THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

13 Cheyne Walk
Chelsea, S.W.

22/3/24

Dear Sir¹

Many thanks for your letter.  I am glad you liked most of our performance.  As regards the final chorus, I feel that grief can & should sometimes be loud, as long as it is not boisterous, & I do not think that we were that.²
Yours faithfully

R. Vaughan Williams

1.  Addressee unidentified.
2.  The Bach Choir had given a performance of the St Matthew Passion on 15 March conducted by VW.