49th Parallel

Suite of nine movements. The Lake in the Mountains was later published as a piano solo. Composed 1940-41.

BBC Philharmonic, Conductor Rumon Gamba
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	Prelude
	Death of Kühnecke
	Hutterite Settlement Anna's Volkslied

Story of a Flemish Farm

Story of a Flemish Farm
Written 1942. Based on a true story which happened during 1940.

RTE Concert Orchestra, Conductor Andrew Penny
©MARCO POLO

	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
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	Prelude

Coastal Command
A wartime documentary first shown in 1942.

BBC Philharmonic, Conductor Rumon Gamba
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	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
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