THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.

Feb 2 [1940]

Dear Schwiller

We hope after all to be able to have some sort of Festival¹ after all – the dates provisionally are March 9^th or March 16^th (both Saturday and both afternoon concerts). I cannot say definitely yet so you must not keep the dates – but will you pencil them? Also there is the question of funds – we hope for a grant – but if that fails to materialize we shall have to restrict expenditure – Do you think that, in that case, the orchestra would be willing to come for a “war-time” fee? – rather than not come at all?
Yrs

R. Vaughan Williams

1. The Leith Hill Musical Festival. The concerts went ahead, the major work being Handel’s Judas Maccabeus on 9 March and Mendelssohn’s Elijah on 16 March. No VW works were included.