BSO takes 'Musical Journey' Nov 20, 2009
Twentieth-century compositions such as Ottorino Respighi's "Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1" and Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Fantasia on Greensleeves" were informed by music written centuries ago. "At times, (Respighi) sounds like he's trying to imitate Baroque or a more formal sound," Confessore said. (Florida Today)
Senior Neighbors: Nov. 12 Nov 13, 2009
The program is titled Shakespeare in Song and will feature music by George Shearing, Johannes Brahms, Cole Porter, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Leonard Bernstein, Edward Whalen and others. For more information visit www. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
• Inspirations! Oct 4, 2009
Guiher said "First Suite," by Gustav Holst, and "English Folk Song Suite," by Ralph Vaughan Williams, are two of his favorites. "We played one of them on our trip to Florida and the other on our trip to Chicago, and those were very fond memories," Guiher said. (Juneau Empire)
Things to do around town this weekend Sep 15, 2009
Compositions by Paul Ducas, Napoleon Coste, Ralph Vaughan Williams, James Biery, Emil Mlynarski, John Stanley, and Dietrich Buxtehude will be on the program. Sunday, Sept. 13. (Hudson Sun, MA)
Alcorn to perform recital in Coppell Jul 28, 2009
Alcorn will be performing works by Mozart, Robert Schumann, Joaquin Rodrigo, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Samuel Barber during the one hour recital. Alcorn will return to Oberlin College following the internship in New York. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
FULL HIGHLIGHTS May 29, 2009
The University Chorus and Motet Choir, along with the Grand Prairie Singers, will join the University Symphony Orchestra to present Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 1, A Sea Symphony, an expansive, grandiloquent musical essay based on texts by Walt Whitman. Soloists Kimberly Jones, soprano, and Thomas Hall, baritone, will be featured; USO Music Director Barbara Schubert will conduct. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Critic's picks - classical music May 24, 2009
MUSICA SACRA Mary Beekman leads the chorus in a program dedicated to choral settings of Shakespeare, by William Byrd, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Matthew Harris, and others. May 30 at 8 p.m., $15-$40, First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, 617-349-3400. (Boston Globe)
49th Parallel Movie (1941) May 19, 2009
Ralph Vaughan Williams created the original music score, with Freddie Young as cinematographer and David Lean as film editor. 49th Parallel Cast. (Suite101.com)
Civic Orchestra concert hits the trifecta May 13, 2009
signal a long exchange of struggle, tension, chaos and trouble before -- with the sweep of the harp -- a simple, folk-like hymn tune (apparently collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams of "For All the Saints" fame) takes over and a mood of triumph and tranquility ("Menuha" is Hebrew for "rest") concludes the piece. Intense and challenging, it set the tone for one of the most ambitious and interesting programs presented here in the past few years. (Anchorage Daily News)
Outgoing director has led Winona Symphony Orchestra and its audience through tremendous growth Apr 30, 2009
A free A Musical Sea Voyage concert by the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, directed by Donald Lovejoy, at 2 p.m. Saturday on the Performing Arts Center s Main Stage, featuring Sea Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sea Songs by Thomas Knox, Of Sailors and Whales by W. Francis McBeth and Save the Sea by Frigyes Hidas. Donations are being accepted to benefit employees of North Star Foods in St. Charles, Minn. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Conservatory bids farewell with Vaughan Williams masterpiece Apr 28, 2009
Media Credit: Conservatory Orchestra and students from Conservatory Choirs perform Ralph Vaughan Williams 'Dona nobis pacem. . (University News, MO)
SONOS Chamber Orchestra Presents Two World Premieres and a Memoriam To Finnish Composer Pehr Henrik Nordgren Mar 11, 2009
Ralph Vaughan Williams' Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus, (for harp and string orchestra) will also be performed. Conductor Erik E. Ochsner is the founder and Music Director of SONOS Chamber Orchestra. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Cover story: Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra: Medelssohn Bi-Centennial! Mar 6, 2009
"Stanford was notable as a contemporary of Elgar's," said MacLeod, "and he was also teacher of two of the next generation's greatest romantic composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst." Get your tickets soon, readers. This concert promises to be even more attended than the November concert. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Smilin' in the rain Feb 19, 2009
The new organ will be used in "The 100th Psalm Tune" by Ralph Vaughan Williams, performed by the University Wind Ensemble and University Singers. The concert will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday in the Fine Arts Building recital hall. (Anchorage Daily News)
