Ralph Vaughan-Williams - An Oxford Elegy (1/2)

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Ralph Vaughan-Williams (1872-1958) An Oxford Elegy, for narrator, small mixed chorus and small orchestra Jack May, speaker Christ Church Cathedral Choir English String Orchestra Stephen Darlington, conductor An Oxford Elegy is a work for narrator, small mixed chorus and small orchestra, written by Ralph Vaughan Williams between 1947 and 1949. It uses portions of two poems by Matthew Arnold, The Scholar Gipsy and Thyrsis. The first performance took place privately, whilst the public premiere ...