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Conducting at the Royal Albert Hall
Above: Vaughan Williams conducting his 5th Symphony at the Royal Albert Hall on 14th June 1943.
ST Matthew Passion CD
Bach's St Matthew Passion

One great composer conducting another. Like Bach, VW was a great believer in music made for and made by ordinary people. Recorded in 1958, the year of VW's death, by Gerald Finzi's son Christopher and Noel Taylor, this is a uniquely important recording. Lots of coughing and poor recording cannot disguise a moving interpretation of what VW considered along with Bach's B minor Mass, was the finest music ever written. An amateur Leith Hill Choir with the help of the likes of Wilfrid Brown and John Carol Case. Oh, to have been there!

Eric Greene (tenor), Gordon Clinton, (bass baritone), Pauline Brockless (soprano), Nancy Evans (mezzo sporano), Wilfrid Brown (tenor), John Carol Case (bass baritone). Continuo: Eric Grinton (piano), Dr William Cole (organ).
For more information see link: www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/May02/JSBACH_StMatthew_Pearl.htm
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When Jesus understood it
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Break in grief
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Dona nobis pacem

Recorded in November 1936.

BBC Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, Soloists: Renee Flyn, Roy Henderson. Conductor Ralph Vaughan Williams.
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