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Above: Leith Hill Place, VW's childhood
home, as it is today. This was Vaughan Williams’ home from the
age of three until he left the Royal College of Music although he was
regular visitor thereafter. He inherited the property in 1944 but left
the house and the surrounding area to the National Trust. The house had
been built in c1600 and bought by RVW’s maternal grandfather, Josiah
Wedgwood. The famous Leith Hill Festival took its name from the beauty
spot nearby. VW moved to a more modest house in Dorking (White Gates)
in order to concentrate on his work. "If I had to decide what trees
were to be cut, what vegetables planted, what cows sold, I should lose
all pleasure in the place – and if I ran the place properly I shouldn't
have any time for my own work."
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Symphonic Impression.
Composed 1904.
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor Bernard Haitink
©EMI
Left: VW's wife Adeline
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Norfolk Rhapsody
No 1 in E minor |
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Symphonic Impression.
London Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Richard Hickox
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Fantasia on a Theme
by Thomas Tallis |
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For double
string orchestra and string quartet.
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Andrew Davis. Recorded
at Gloucester Cathedral.
©BBC
Left: Gloucester
Cathedral where the Tallis Fantasia was first performed
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Five Variants of
Dives and Lazarus |
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For strings
and harp.
London Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Richard Hickox.
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Concerto Grosso |
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For string
orchestra.
London Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Bryden Thomson.
©CHANDOS
Left: VW was partial
to the company of ladies! Seen here with Mrs Sumsion
and Vera Wood. |
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Prelude and Fugue
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For strings
and harp.
London Symphony Orchestra, Ian Watson (organ), Conductor
Richard Hickox.
©CHANDOS
Left: VW and Ursula at
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