Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to an unidentified correspondent
Letter No. VWL4601
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to an unidentified correspondent
Letter No.: VWL4601
The White Gates
Westcott Road
Dorking
[19 March 1931]
Bach Passion
Dorking Halls
Tuesday March 24
Leave Waterloo 10-5 am
Rehearsals 11.am & 2.30pm
Concert 7.30pm
Return train 10.46 (L. Bridge)
10.59 (Waterloo)
Flat Pitch – Morning Dress
If you come to the Monday evening rehearsal the 6.5 from Waterloo will do – But if you would like to come earlier we should be delighted if you would come to a meal here at 6.00 but I expect that after all Gianni Schicchi1 will keep you
R Vaughan Williams
1. Puccini’s opera Gianni Schicchi was performed at the Lyceum in London by the Carl Rosa Opera Company on 23 March.
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The recipient has not been identified. This was the first performance of Bach’s Passion music in the newly opened Dorking Halls.
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Shelfmark Copy:MS Mus. 1714/1/8, f.4