THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Adrian Boult

Letter No. VWL3953

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Adrian Boult

Letter No.: VWL3953


The White Gates,
Westcott Road,
Dorking.

Jan 8 [1950]

Dear Adrian
I am very sorry to say that I have been obliged to cancel my concert of May 26 – The story is as follows – the concert was, almost entirely, for the purpose of bringing out the new symphony of Elizabeth McConchywhichI admire very much and which I did not think had had a fair deal – I only heard yesterday that the Contemporary Music Society propose to do it at their concert with the BBC orchestra in April – This practically takes away the point of my concert and I feel that I must keep my ammunition for another attack of a similar nature later on.
I do hope that this change of plans has not upset your engagement book or otherwise inconvenienced you much –
My love Ann2
Yrs
R Vaughan Williams


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