Performance history

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Letter No.	Title	Transcribed text	Date
VWL3646	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Adrian Boult	Dear Adrian I want to thank you and your merry men (and women) for a fine performance. I believe you rang up some time about the tempo of the...	194405--
VWL3379	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Adrian Boult	My dear Adrian, I want to say, once again, that it was a fine performance of a fine work, played by a fine orchestra under a fine conductor...	19580209
VWL4615	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Adrian Boult	Personal Dear Adrian I hear a rumour that my Pfte Concerto is to have a studied performance. - In case there is any truth in...	19350927
VWL1093	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Adrian Boult	Dear Adrian There seem to be two essentials of great conducting (1) Faithfulness to the composer (2) The power of the conductor...	19361022
VWL5196	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Adrian Boult	Dear Adrian That was the best ever¹ Thankyou all 1000 times Yrs RVW 1. VW is referring to Boult's...	19440802
VWL1519	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Adrian Boult	Dear Adrian I tried to ring you up this morning to say “thank you” for a very fine performance last night.^q I decided in...	19390302
VWL3450	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Adrian Boult	My dear Adrian, I think your idea of changing the order of the programme for the Holst Concert, and putting The Morning of the Year second,...	19561201
VWL3306	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Adrian Boult	Dear Adrian It was a fine performance of Sancta by you and your singers and players the other night - the tempi, the balance, - everything...	19580408
VWL1871	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Adrian Boult	Dear Adrian Thankyou very much for your letter - 1st I want to say thankyou for a splendid performance¹ & the chorus...	19450201
VWL2773	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Adrian Boult	Dear Adrian Symphony in E. minor.¹ I listened to the broadcast the other...	19480624

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