THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Norman Peterkin

Letter No. VWL1911

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Norman Peterkin

Letter No.: VWL1911


The White Gates,
Dorking.

[30th April 1944]

Dear Peterkin

Many thanks for all the trouble you have taken re Richard II.  I sent the score 2 days ago – but I understand that the performance has been postponed to the autumn – so I suppose I shall not get my money till then!1
The “Hymn of Praise” arrived safely – Many thanks2
Yrs sincerely

R. Vaughan Williams


1. See VWL1910. Peterkin replied on 2nd May that the BBC had already sent a cheque for £65.
2. VW was to conduct Mendelssohn’s Hymn of Praise (Lobgesang) at the Leith Hill Musical Festival that year.