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William Thomas, Anna Tilbrook: Vaughan Williams: Perspectives 2

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Part of the Oxford Lieder Festival 2022

Add to my Calendar 19-10-2022 13:00 19-10-2022 15:00 36 William Thomas, Anna Tilbrook: Vaughan Williams: Perspectives 2 The centrepiece of any celebration of the songs of Vaughan Williams has to be his Songs of Travel. These settings of Robert Louis Stevenson have been immensely popular ever since they were first heard in 1904. Fast-rising baritone William Thomas, a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, also includes The Sky Above the Roof, a setting of Paul Verlaine, and songs by Maurice Ravel, works which call to mind Vaughan Williams’s studies with Ravel and the importance of French music to his development as a composer. For more information, or to view a full programme, please visit our website. N.B. This event will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 Holywell Music Room, Oxford DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Holywell Music Room
Holywell Street
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 3SD
England

Programme

Ralph Vaughan Williams – Songs of Travel
Maurice Ravel – Histoires naturelles

Performers

Will Thomas – Bass
 Anna Tilbrook – piano

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Programme Note

The centrepiece of any celebration of the songs of Vaughan Williams has to be his Songs of Travel. These settings of Robert Louis Stevenson have been immensely popular ever since they were first heard in 1904. Fast-rising baritone William Thomas, a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, also includes The Sky Above the Roof, a setting of Paul Verlaine, and songs by Maurice Ravel, works which call to mind Vaughan Williams’s studies with Ravel and the importance of French music to his development as a composer.

For more information, or to view a full programme, please visit our website.

N.B. This event will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3

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