Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Nancy Evans
Letter No. VWL4489
Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Nancy Evans
Letter No.: VWL4489
From R. Vaughan Williams,
10, Hanover Terrace,
Regents Park,
London, N.W.1.
March 6th 1958.
Dearest Nancy
You looked lovely and you sounded lovely last night.1 It seemed to me that you and Vera2 rose to a high point of passionate expression.
I wish I could have seen more of you, but trains make it inevitable.
Love from
Ralph
1, Evans had sung the soprano solo in the St Matthew Passion at Dorking as part of the Leith Hill Musical Festival, conducted by VW.
2. Vera Kantrovich led the orchestra in the performance.
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Typewritten, signed.
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Shelfmark:ECR
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External Link:http://www.bpfcatalogue.org/view/355785