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Classical Music

bif

(23,980 posts) Sun Mar 24, 2019, 09:19 AM Mar 2019

Saw the DSO perform Vaughn Williams Symphony #5 last night

What a gorgeous piece and sensitive performance.

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Saw the DSO perform Vaughn Williams Symphony #5 last night (Original Post) bif Mar 2019 OP

My favorite composer. tymorial Mar 2019 #1

Thanks for the rec. I'll look for it. bif Mar 2019 #2

tymorial

(3,433 posts)

1. My favorite composer.

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sun Mar 24, 2019, 11:04 AM

Mar 2019

I love his works. A Song of Thansgiving is one of my favorites. It was commissioned by the BBC to commemorate the end of WWII. It has adult choir, children's choir, soprano solo, spoken word with dialogue from Shakespeare, The Bible and Rudyard Kipling.

bif

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2. Thanks for the rec. I'll look for it.

Reply to tymorial (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 24, 2019, 09:06 PM

Mar 2019

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