Letter from Adeline Vaughan Williams to Gerald Finzi

Letter No. VWL3132

Letter from Adeline Vaughan Williams to Gerald Finzi

Letter No.: VWL3132

Dork.

Tuesday [18th October 1949]

We listened in to the wonderful new series. R is writing later. As for me my cup of delight was brimful after No 1.¹
Yrs
AMVW
Re Before & After Summer. 1st performance²

1. Before and After Summer was first performed by Robert Irwin and Frederick Stone and broadcast on 17^th October 1949. The first song is Childhood among the ferns. R had attended the Surrey Philharmonic concert which began at 7.30 (see VWL3138) and presumably got home in time to catch the Finzi broadcast on the Third Programme, 10.15-10.50 p.m.

2. Note in a different hand?

To:

Finzi, Gerald, 1901-1956
From:

Vaughan Williams, Adeline, 1870-1951
Scribe:

Vaughan Williams, Adeline, 1870-1951
Names:

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958 Irwin, Robert, 1895-1983 Stone, Frederick
Subject:

Broadcasts
Musical Works:

Finzi, Gerald, 1901-1956. Before and after summer
Format:

Postcard
General Notes:

Date from postmark.
Location Of Copy:

Bodleian Library, Oxford
Shelfmark Copy:

Finzi Box 10

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