The Hampsong Foundation creates platforms to support and proliferate the art of song. In collaboration with the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society #RVW it explores RVW's vocal music with distinguished musicians and expert analysts who have recorded interviews exclusively for this feature: bit.ly/3ZciVwE

Look at this beautiful cover for the new recording of 'In Gloucestershire'. This is the Premiere Recording of the Earlier Version. (Having thought he'd lost it, he then rewrote it). Out 18th October and available for pre-order today: listn.fm/howellswoodqua…

A bit of #Friday fun! 🎶 We'd love to see clips from any trombone players out there who feel like taking on Vaughan Williams' challenge to Gustav Holst! We can't guarantee you 2d though 😆

Discovering Imogen is No. 2 in the Specialist Classical Charts! This major album of choral and orchestral music showcases Holst's compositional voice and pays tribute to her enduring legacy in the world of classical music. Listen now: buff.ly/3XsmOLs

🗓️ OTD 14th September 1911 🗓️ Five Mystical Songs by Vaughan Williams had its premiere performance OTD in 1911, conducted by the composer. We recorded this work for our ‘Colourise’ album - here is the triumphant final movement, a perfect accompaniment for this sunny Saturday!

"Holst uses a very large orchestra in the Planets not to make his score look impressive, but because he needs the extra tone colour and knows how to use it" - Vaughan Williams 📻 Hear the BBC's brilliant How to Play Holst's The Planets with Royal College of Music 👉 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Vaughan Williams & Holst reimagined: Stevens & Pound tour the UK this Autumn, reinventing iconic works including The Lark Ascending, St. Paul's Suite and The Planets - 'bringing the past into the future'. Details here: stevensandpound.com

Clare & Colin are working on Clare’s new piece Friður - using the vowel sounds of different Nordic languages to explore digital & vocal effects - it’s sounding great - come along on Thurs 19th Sept St Cecilia's Hall - eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-words-ne… PRS Foundation Vaughan Williams Foundation Creative Scotland

This letter describes a near-death experience RVW's friend composer Gustav Holst had during an episode with a duodenal ulcer. The rest of the letter is equally interesting - find it here: vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org/letter/letter-…

The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library is the library and archive of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, at Cecil Sharp House in London. It's England’s national folk music & dance archive, an essential resource for anybody interested in folk arts 👉 efdss.org/vwml

Katharine Thomson conducted the #Birmingham Birmingham Clarion in the 1940s. This socialist choir "singing for peace" is still going strong today. We wonder if her letter to RVW asked him his thoughts on composing a song about the war?

"Initially inspired by tales of vengeance and justice, this symphony balances dark with warmth, dread with hope" - London Symphony Orchestra & antoniopappanoconductor perform RVW's Symphony No 9 & works by Elgar & Tintagel at Barbican Centre on December 15. Details 👉 barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2024/…

Wonderful session with James B. Wilson on his brand new piece ‘My Love is Sleeping’ commissioned with Vaughan Williams Foundation It’s beautiful! Premiere 18.10 Red Violin Festival UoL Concert Series

As the nights draw in and the evenings get chillier, we are tempted to agree...🍂 📺 Happy #Weekend!

The Vaughan Williams Foundation is a grant-giving charity which upholds the values and vision of the celebrated composer Ralph Vaughan Williams and his wife Ursula Vaughan Williams. We are one of the foremost sources of funding for recent and contemporary music in the UK.

I’m performing Vaughan Williams’ stunning The Lark Ascending tonight St John's Smith Square with the brilliant Jack Gonzalez-Harding & Barbican Sinfonia. Gorgeous programme and fabulous musicians - come if you can! ❤️ 🎟️ sinfoniasmithsq.org.uk/event/gonzalez… Vaughan Williams Ralph Vaughan Williams Society #RVW Vaughan Williams Foundation

Applications for our next round of general funding open soon! 🎼 Details here vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org/funding/

Sound festival: Laura Bowler (voice) and electronics. Dr Laura Bowler (Wells) performs works commissioned from 3 fellow female composers. All have at their heart an exploration of the female identity in contemporary society. At The Lemon Tree in Aberdeen on Oct 21. Backed by the VWF.