Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to John Barbirolli
From R. Vaughan Williams,
10, Hanover Terrace,
Regents Park,
London, N.W.1.
Passion
VW’s choice for Matthew Passion
Margaret Ritchie
Nancy Evans
Wilfrid Brown (Tenor for arias)
Eric Greene Evangelist
David Galliher (Arias)
Standen (Christus) or
Faulkner if here
Scott Joynt to sing to V.W.
Ring Percy
__________________________________________
Send Bardgett1 to see V.W.
Manchester Schools Choir?
__________________________________________
Reh[earsal]s to be carefully arranged so he doesn’t have more than 1 a day.
1. On Herbert Bardgett’s involvement see VWL3311.
Names:
Musical works:
Location of original letter:
Notes apparently taken at a discussion with VW of the performance of the St Matthew Passion he was to conduct in Manchester on 18 March 1956, see R.V.W.: a biography, pp.369-370 and Kennedy, Works of Vaughan Williams p.334.