THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

April 9

Dear R
I’ve nothing more to say so I will merely give you the recapitulation section in close stretto.
1)  It’s what I’ve been waiting for for 47½ years
2)  The performance¹ was so full of You – even apart from the places I cribbed from you years ago.
3)  Are you willing to sign a contract to conduct every first performance I get during the next 10 years or so?
4)  You are teaching those people to sing!
5)  Pray accept my Blessing
Y
G

1.  On 7 April the Bach Choir, conducted by VW, performed Holst’s Rig Veda.