Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Elizabeth Maconchy
Letter No. VWL3218
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Elizabeth Maconchy
Letter No.: VWL3218
From R. Vaughan Williams,
10, Hanover Terrace,
Regents Park,
London, N.W.1.
November 10th 1955
My dear Betty
Your piece is first rate, why have I never heard it, or even of it, before? It seemed to me a very good performance.1
Love
Uncle Ralph
1. The first broadcast performance of Maconchy’s Dialogue for piano and orchestra, written in 1940 was in a concert at 6 pm on Tuesday 8 November on the Third Programme. Maurice Miles conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Other works were by Boyce and Robin Orr.
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