This new edition of Ralph Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. 7 the Sinfonia Antartica has been prepared by David Matthews with support from the Ralph Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust. The work was drawn from the music Ralph Vaughan Williams provided for the film Scott of the Antarctic in 1947 and was completed in 1952. In it the composer skilfully evokes the sparse beauty and grandeur of the lands…

Hardback-Ralph Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 8 for Orchestra. Full score. Orchestration: 2 fl 2 ob 2 cl 2 bn(opt 3rd) 2 hn 2 tpt 3 tbn timp 4 perc [opt 5th] 2 hp cel str. Vaughan Williams wrote Symphony No. 8 between 1953 and 1955 while in his eighties. It is his shortest symphony and considered by many to be his least serious. Aside from a few sombre moments the symphony is optimisti…

Ralph Vaughan Williams's Concerto for Bass Tuba and Orchestra was composed in 1953-4 to mark the 50th anniversary of the formation of the LSO and was written for the orchestra's principal tuba player Philip Catelinet. It was the first major concerto to be written for the instrument and remains today the outstanding work of its kind. This new edition is based on all extant sources and contains fu…

Piano-Ralph Vaughan Williams's Concerto for Bass Tuba and Orchestra was composed in 1953-4 to mark the 50th anniversary of the formation of the LSO and was written for the orchestra's principal tuba player Philip Catelinet. It was the first major concerto to be written for the instrument and remains today the outstanding work of its kind. This new edition is based on all extant sources and conta…

This is the first publication of Ralph Vaughan Williams's early work for orchestra Bucolic Suite which was completed in November 1900 and first performed by the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra in March 1902. This attractive work is cast in four movements - Allegro Andante Intermezzo Finale - and already shows evidence of the composer's emerging musical style and sure grasp of orchestral techn…

Ralph Vaughan Williams' Flos Campi for SATB wordless chorus Viola solo and Orchestra. Vocal score.This work is one of Vaughan Williams's most enigmatic pieces. Although the six movements all borrow their titles from the Old Testament's Song of Solomon the Chorus never articulates a single word. Instead it serves as a section of the Orchestra creating an elegant vocal texture and backdrop to th…

This is a beautiful collection of ten settings of William Blake's poignant poetry by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Arranged for Meduim Voice and Oboe.

Alternatively known as All People That On Earth Do Dwell this piece has been arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams. This version was composed for the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second in Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 2nd June 1953.

Paperback-Ralph Vaughan Williams's An Invitation for Unison Voice.