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  Vaughan Williams  in Dorking

Above: Vaughan Williams in the garden of his house, 'White Gates' in Dorking.

  49th Parallel
  Suite of nine movements. Lake in the Mountains later published as a piano solo. Composed 1940-41.
BBC Philharmonic, Conductor Rumon Gamba
©CHANDOS

 
Prelude
Death of Kühnecke
Hutterite Settlement Anna's Volkslied

  Story of a Flemish Farm
  Written 1942. Based on a true story which happened during 1940.
RTE Concert Orchestra, Conductor Andrew Penny.
©MARCO POLO

Above: VW in his garden at the White gates in Dorking
 
The Flag Flutters

  The People's Land
  Film describing the work of the National Trust. Composed in 1942 and is mainly based on folksongs.
BBC Philharmonic, Conductor Rumon Gamba.
©CHANDOS
 
Prelude

  Coastal Command
  A wartime documentary first shown in 1942.
BBC Philharmonic, Conductor Rumon Gamba.
©CHANDOS
 
Prelude
Battle of the Beauforts

  The Dim Little Island
  A 10-minute Central Office of Information film produced and directed in 1949 by Humphrey Jennings for Wessex Film Productions. Composed at the same time as the 8th Symphony. Vaughan Williams is heard speaking during the film.
BBC Philharmonic, Conductor Rumon Gamba.
©CHANDOS
 
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