THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

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

Jan 30 [1939]

Dear Adrian

I heard bits of the S S¹ being floated on the air from Stockholm between shouts from Rome and howls from Paris – from what I could judge it was a fine performance – Thank you very much
I wish I c^d come to hear the record on Thursday, but I fear it will be impossible.
Yrs

RVW

Please thank Mrs Beckett² for keeping me so well informed

1.  A Sea Symphony (Catalogue of Works 1909/3).
2.  Gwen Beckett, Boult’s secretary.