THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

From R. Vaughan Williams
10, Hanover Terrace,
Regents Park,
London, N.W.1.

Oct 14 [1957]

My dear John

Thank you & Evelyn warmly for your splendid letter & telegram¹ – I wish I c^d have heard you do my [Flourish].²
I knew you & your orchestra w^d make it (and everything else) sound fine. I am glad the Flourish is all right – we are coming on 27th if we may.³
Love to Evelyn & Greetings & profound thanks to your grand orchestra
Yrs

Ralph

1. Good wishes for VW’s 85th birthday, two days before. The Hallé’s all-VW birthday concert was on 28 October.
2. Word missing
3. Flourish for Glorious John, Catalogue of Works 1957/3, which had been first performed at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, on 16^th October.  According to UVW the VWs went to Manchester on 28 October.- see R.V.W.: a biography, p.385.