THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Sir Adrian Boult (BBC)

Letter No. VWL1514

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Sir Adrian Boult (BBC)

Letter No.: VWL1514


From R. Vaughan Williams,
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.

Jan 30 [1939]

Dear Adrian

I heard bits of the S S1 being floated on the air from Stockholm between shouts from Rome and howls from Paris – from what I could judge it was a fine performance – Thank you very much
I wish I cd come to hear the record on Thursday, but I fear it will be impossible.
Yrs

RVW

Please thank Mrs Beckett2 for keeping me so well informed


1.  A Sea Symphony (Catalogue of Works 1909/3).
2.  Gwen Beckett, Boult’s secretary.