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The Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis is notable for the full, shimmering tone of its many-voiced string ensemble, its flowing, interwoven themes, and the diaphanous modal harmony by which Vaughan Williams mutates the sound of the work’s 16th-century counterpart: the instrumental fantasia for an ensemble of strings so popular during the ...
Vaughan Williams in 1955. Ralph Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. 8 in D minor was composed between 1953 and 1955. Sir John Barbirolli, its dedicatee, conducted the Hallé Orchestra in the premiere at the Kings Hall in Manchester, on 2 May 1956. It is the shortest of the composer's nine symphonies, and is mostly buoyant and optimistic in tone.
The large-scale structure of Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis is defined by three major articulations: at E.5, I.1 and T.5. The proportions these define are remarkably constant across 12 recordings and Vaughan Williams's own metronome indications.
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis.The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Davis at Gloucester Cathedral, where in 1910, it was pla...
Symphony No. 8 in D minor (1953-1955) Symphony No. 9 in E minor (1956-1957) In the Fen Country, for orchestra (1904) Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 (1906, rev. 1914) The Wasps, an Aristophanic suite (1909) Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis (1910, rev. 1913 and 1919) Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus (1939)
An English Fantasia. Oboe Concerto in A minor Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. Britten Simply Symphony, Op. 4 Purcell Chacony in G minor, Z.730 Delius Two Aquarelles Walton Two Pieces from Henry V James Wilson The Green Fuse. Orchestra of the Swan Nicholas Daniel oboe Jason Lai conductor. website
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Notes on the Program By Noel Morris ©2021 T hroughout England, one can peer inside a curious collection of secret rooms and cubbies — vestiges of unspeakable violence committed long ago. “Bloody Mary,” Mary I, burned hundreds of Protestants at the stake.
