For Vaughan Williams, The Pilgrim’s Progress represented a deeply personal journey that inspired several works, writes Geraint Lewis for BBC Music Magazine. classical-music.com/features/works…

The Vaughan Williams Foundation was established in 2022, 150 years after the birth of the celebrated composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. We're now open for funding applications – find out how to apply via our website.

Over 40 years, the VWF has supported 270 postgraduate students in the study of composition. This year, funding was extended to PhD students, and we're now pleased to announce 4 new scholarships, totalling £32K, for the 25-6 academic year 🎉 Details here: vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org/news/2025-vaug…

Two great choirs, one iconic space. ✨ Join us for Summer Serenade on Sunday 6 July at 3PM at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G Minor, with organ music by Howells, Farrington & more. Free entry | All welcome

Free resources for teaching about the work of Ralph Vaughan Williams from Early Years Foundation Stage through to Key Stage 5 are available via a programme created by the Music Teachers’ Association. Find them here: musicteachers.org/rvw150/

We love this line from RVW...

More than 100 years ago, #Glastonbury was host to a different kind of festival, developed by a Royal College of Music peer of Vaughan Williams, Rutland Boughton... Read more here 👉 classical-music.com/articles/glast…

Enjoy listening to and sharing music this weekend 🎼

In this episode of the All the Right Notes podcast, we look at the phenomenon of Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending – why are we so obsessed with it? classical-music.com/listen/podcast…

Our website has lots of useful resources relating to the life and works of Ralph Vaughan Williams. Explore a list of curated links here: vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org/discover/usefu…

Explore the London Symphony Orchestra's 2025/26 line-up - including Tchaikovsky and Vaughan Williams on Sunday, December 7. lso.co.uk/seasons/2025-2…

This letter to Rene Gattty, one of RVW's university friends, refers to an unknown illness Gatty was suffering from. He did, it seems, recover, with a little bit of help from his friends.

Vaughan Williams' thoughts on Edwardian discussions around class...

The VWF database includes transcripts of over 5,000 items of annotated correspondence relating to the lives of Ralph and Ursula Williams. The letters are fully indexed and searchable, and can all be read online. ✉️ Find them here: vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org/discover/lette…

✉️ Ralph Vaughan Williams offers advice to young composer and friend George Butterworth.

BBC Radio 3's Record Review's Building a Library, with Kate Kennedy and Gillian Moore, will feature Vaughan Williams' Symphony No.5 - Saturday, 2pm, and then available via BBC Sounds.

🎵 Out today! New definitive editions of Vaughan Williams’ The Wasps Suite and Overture offer fresh insight into one of the composer’s most beloved orchestral works. Read more: fabermusic.com/news/new-editi…

Applications for our 2026 scholarships open in December! In the meantime, we're thrilled to introduce the 2025 Vaughan Williams scholars 👏 Congratulations - wishing you a fascinating and rewarding year ahead. Listen out for these talented new voices! vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org/news/2025-vaug…

📖 Ready for some racy holiday reading?!

Well, we agree that the chief engineer does sound a little dull 😆