THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.

April 1 [1937]

Dear Joyce

Your stocks are a great delight to me – a stronger scent now that they have had more sun & what a wonderful scent it is – and I admire the kind & colour so much.
“Bruno”¹ made a very nice impression on us. Your flowers were a happy start.
I am facing the din & going up to Queens Hall this evening as there is no rehearsal this morning w^h I would have preferred.² There was a full rehearsal³ at Covent Garden⁴ last evening – so what the balance will be tonight R cannot guess. Love from us
AMVW

1.  Margaret Brown, recently married to Cedric Thorpe Davie.
2. AVW was not in good health and preferred to attend a rehearsal rather than a first performance.
3.  For Flourish for a Coronation, Catalogue of Works 1937/1, first performed that evening at the Queen’s Hall by the Philharmonic Choir and the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Thomas Beecham.
4. Presumably at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.