Composer of the Week - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Donald Macleod surveys Vaughan Williams's operas, a neglected area of his work
Composer of the Week - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) - The Stage Works - A Masterpiece and a Problem Opera
Donald Macleod focuses on two completely contrasting Vaughan Williams operas, one being his most successful and the other a work that the composer fretted over for many years.
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Composer of the Week - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) - The Stage Works - A Vision of Albion
Donald Macleod explores the appeal to Vaughan Williams of John Bunyan's book The Pilgrim's Progress, as well as the composer's friendship with Gustav Holst.
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Composer of the Week - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) - The Stage Works - Shakespearean Portraits
Donald Macleod looks at Vaughan Williams's works on Elizabethan and Tudor themes as well as the chequered performance history of his operas.
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Composer of the Week - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) - The Stage Works - The Labour of a Lifetime
Donald Macleod looks at Vaughan Williams during the Second World War, including his treatment of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.
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Composer of the Week - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) - Who Wants the English Composer?
Donald Macleod discusses Vaughan Williams's first opera, Hugh the Drover, influenced by his folksong collecting.
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