THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The White Gates,
Dorking,
Surrey.

25th June, 1952

Dear Hubert

I  really think it will be much better if Adrian conducts my Concerto.¹ I have not the technique to conduct concertos and he knows it well and has done it frequently splendidly.
I will certainly send you a copy of the “Elegy” as soon as it is out.²
Yrs

RVW

Hubert Foss, esq.,
60, Corringham Road,
 N.W.11.

1. Adrian Boult. Probably the Concerto Accademico, later renamed the Violin Concerto in D minor, which was to be performed by Yehudi Menuhin in September 1952.
2. An Oxford Elegy, Catalogue of Works 1949/2, published in 1952 by Oxford University Press.