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A celebration of the 150th anniversary of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams’ birth may seem to promise a somewhat stuffy affair, but Craig Jessop, director and conductor at the American
The music of Ralph Vaughan Williams – whose 150th anniversary was celebrated this week – embodied England, in all her majesty and darkness
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The English composer deserves a fresh assessment as the world does (and doesn’t) observe the 150th anniversary of his birth.
In reviving local and popular musical traditions, the composer found haunting new expressions of Englishness