Letter from Adeline Vaughan Williams to Cordelia Curle

Belov Boo.

Morris’s Symph came through perfectly - It sounded very distinguished to me - The 1^st movement just slightly like R’s ‘Pastoral’ in sound. The 2^nd movement very delicate & curious, the last more rhythmic & perhaps the most attractive - I think the end of it all might have been more emotional -
R liked it very much - but says the form is a bit too clear for the emotional content & that Adrian¹ didn’t put enough passion into it - & never really got inside it - but certainly it was marvellously clear to follow - good applause from QH² w^h was a good half full- w^h was remarkable considering the fog.  Everyone who had a wireless must have listened in with pleasure - Morris is such a good broadcaster - his scoring so clear.³
 All is well with us - R going to London for Folk dance Fest on Saturday -
Morris & Emmie⁴ are coming here tomorrow or Friday - such a good visit from Mac Lettle[?] & Mary⁵  -
Mac has done good work in stirring up Ad’s head master!⁶
Yours

A

Mrs Curle
c/o Charles Tennyson Esq
Farring ford
Freshwater
I of Wight

1. Adrian Boult
2. Queen's Hall
3. R.O. Morris’s Sinfonia in C major (unpublished and not mentioned in The New Grove, but listed in Grove 5).
4. R.O. Morris and Emmeline Morris.
5. Unidentified
6. Adam was Cordelia's son.