Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to John Lowe (BBC)
Letter No. VWL2811
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to John Lowe (BBC)
Letter No.: VWL2811
From R. Vaughan Williams,
10, Hanover Terrace,
Regents Park,
London, N.W.1.
March 28th 1954.
Dear Mr Lowe,
I am very sorry but I have a rehearsal for our Dorking Festival on April 25th which will prevent my accepting your kind invitation. You say the soprano is not chosen for the violin songs yet.1 I should very much like to have Miss Nancy Evans, who has lately recorded them. I should very much like to have the same violinist as played for the record, unfortunately I cannot remember his name,2 but I feel sure that Argo would tell you.
Yours sincerely,
R Vaughan Williams
1. Along the Field (Catalogue of Works 1927/1), a song-cycle for voice and violin featuring texts by A. E. Housman.
2. Leonard Hirsch. The recording was not issued – see Catalogue of Works.
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Shelfmark:Midland Region Composer Files, M25/1128