Twenty Minutes - Fantasia on a Theme
Roy Palmer explores the songs Vaughan Williams collected, and how they inspired him
Twenty Minutes - Fantasia on a Theme - Fantasia on a Theme - Bushes and Briars
Roy Palmer explores the songs and tunes Vaughan Williams collected, revealing how after hearing a farm labourer singing Bushes and Briars, his life and work were changed forever.
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Twenty Minutes - Fantasia on a Theme - Fantasia on a Theme - Dives and Lazarus
Roy Palmer explores Vaughan Williams's intense love of the folksong Dives and Lazarus and the way he used it in one of his finest works, which was played at his funeral.
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Twenty Minutes - Fantasia on a Theme - Fantasia on a Theme - The Captain's Apprentice
Roy Palmer's series on the folksongs Vaughan Williams collected concludes with the socially and musically influential song The Captain's Apprentice.
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