THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

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

[18th November 1955 ]

Dear Michael & Eslyn,

I have not seen a proof yet.¹ We heard the record of the Elegy² yesterday.  It was evidently a very good performance, but I did not think the recording good.  Both chorus and orchestra were much too loud while the speaker was on and occasionally nearly drowned him. Surely the control people could have seen to that?
Love to Eslyn
Yrs
RVW

1. Of the Sibelius essay; see VWL3110.
2. An Oxford Elegy (Catalogue of Works 1949/2).