All Vaughan-Williams articles
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ReviewJames Ehnes: Vaughan Williams
James Ehnes: Vaughan Williams The Strad Issue: January 2020Description: Beautifully shaped string playing is the hallmark of this new instalmentMusicians: James Ehnes (violin) Thelma Handy (violin) Kate Richardson (violin) Alex Mitchell (viola) Jonathan Aasgaard (cello) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew ManzeWorks: Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music (orchestral version); ...
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ReviewHong-Mei Xiao: Bax, Walton and Vaughan Williams
Seductively beautiful tone in rare British viola works
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ArticleVaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending; The Solent; Fantasia for piano and orchestra; Six Short Pieces for piano
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: April 2017 Description: Pike's soaring Lark is a masterclass in expressive free flightMusicians: Jennifer Pike (violin), Sina Kloke (piano), Chamber Orchestra of New York/Salvatore di VittorioComposer: Vaughan WilliamsCatalogue number: NAXOS 8.573530 Jennifer Pike opens The Lark Ascending with delicacy and grace, ...
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ReviewBritish Violin Sonatas, Volume 2. Bridge: Violin Sonata in E flat major; Ireland: Violin Sonata no.1; Bliss: Violin Sonata in F major; Vaughan Williams: Two Pieces; W. Lloyd Webber: The Gardens at Eas
The Strad Issue: August 2016 Description: More sonatas from Little and Lane, and some delightful discoveries Musicians: Tasmin Little (violin), Piers Lane (piano) Composer: Bridge, Ireland, Bliss, Vaughan Williams, Lloyd Webber Catalogue number: ...
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ReviewElgar: Serenade for strings; Salut d’amour; Chanson de matin; Chanson de nuit; In Moonlight; Introduction and Allegro. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending; Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
The Strad Issue: June 2016 Description: Zukerman returns to VW’s Lark and the English music he loves Musicians: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Pinchas Zukerman (violin/viola) Composer: Elgar; Vaughan-Williams Principal guest conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra since 2009, ...
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ReviewEnglish Delight. Bridge: Pensiero; Allegro appassionato. Britten: Lachrymae. Clark: E Viola Sonata. Dowland: Flow my tears; If my complaints. Harvey: Chant. Vaughan Williams: Six Studies on English Fo
The Strad Issue: May 2016Description: Vivid viola sounds in La Marca’s thoughtfully conceived programmeMusicians: Adrien La Marca (viola) Thomas Hoppe (piano)Composer: Bridge; Britten; Clarke; Dowland; Harvey; Vaughan Williams; PurcellFrom the opening fanfares of Rebecca Clarke’s Sonata, Adrien La Marca lays down his credentials as a sophisticated player ...
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ReviewThomas Gould: Live in Riga. Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major op.61. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
The Strad Issue: August 2015Description: Contemporary music specialist performs a pair of violin standardsMusicians: Sinfonietta Riga/Thomas Gould (violin)Composer: Beethoven, Vaughan WilliamsThomas Gould – familiar to British audiences as associate leader of the Britten Sinfonia and leader of the yet more dynamic Aurora Orchestra – has a strong ...
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ReviewVaughan Williams: Violin Concerto, The Lark Ascending. Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, Serenade for Strings
The Strad Issue: February 2015Description: A disappointing revival of a little-known concertoMusicians: Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin) Orchestra of the Swan/David CurtisComposer: Vaughan Williams, ElgarWritten for Jelly d’Arányi (who, the composer thought, took scant advantage of her six-month exclusive performing period), Vaughan Williams’s Violin Concerto has few champions even ...