Presteigne Festival

Friday 22 August 2008, 11.30 hrs

Stephen Johnson on Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Imprint of Our Time
Arkwright Hall, Kinsham

Vaughan Williams is still sometimes portrayed as a nostalgist, or as one writer put it, ‘The embodiment of cream tea England.’ In fact, Stephen Johnson argues, his music bears the imprint of its troubled times as powerfully as Shostakovich, while his innovations remain an inspiration to composers today.

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