Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Sir Adrian Boult (BBC)
The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.
PP./ACB
Dear Adrian
Certainly - I think it a v. good plan.1 By the way is it possible to get in to any of Toscanini’s rehearsals - I should like so much to see how it is done.2
Yrs
RVW
1. The reference here is not clear. Possibly it refers to plans for VW to conduct a promenade concert – see VWL1263.
2. The times are noted on the original in the hand of Gwen Beckett: ‘10-1 Jun 3,5,12,14 Q.H.’ These were the dates on which Toscanini conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra recording in 1935.
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Year date taken from context; see footnote above.