Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Major Percy S.G. O'Donnell
From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.
Dear Major O’Donnell1
I will be with you at Maida Vale by 8.00 pm (I know my way very well) on March 27th (Wednesday).
Have you timed the items? I shd like to know how long a talk I must prepare. Or possibly on the other hand the programme is too long and some repeats must be cut.
Yrs sincerely
R Vaughan Williams
1. Conductor of the BBC Military Band. VW was to present a programme with a talk on Folk song music illustrated with performances by the BBC Military Band. The programme was to be broadast on 27 March 1940 at 9.35pm.