THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

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

Aug 2d [1944]

Dear Adrian

That was the best ever¹
Thankyou all 1000 times

Yrs
RVW

1. VW is referring to Boult’s performance of the Symphony no.5 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in one of the Sir Henry Wood Jubilee Concerts (replacing the Promenade Concerts which had been cancelled due to enemy action) which was broadcast on the Home Service on August 1 1944.