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A grant-giving charity, with composers at the heart, formed by the merger of the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust and the RVW Trust

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Funding the work of professional composers... 🎼 The VWF supports the performance, commissioning or recording of music by professional British or Irish composers active in the last 100 years. We also support projects creating developmental opportunities for composers.
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"I'm not at all sure that I like it myself now. All I know is that it's what I wanted to do at the time" - Vaughan Williams' observation about his Symphony No. 4 in F minor (1934). Something to wake you up on a Monday morning! Listen here: youtube.com/watch?v=rLuYgW__…
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Today at 1pm! A Road All Paved With Stars, a symphonic synthesis of themes from RVW's A Poisoned Kiss, which was partially funded by the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust some years ago, will be broadcast on Radio 3's ‘Classical Live’: Details here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0032s5…
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Today we remember Ursula Vaughan Williams, who died on October 23, 2007. Ursula was a writer, poet, editor and devoted custodian of her husband's legacy.
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We hope the music makers among you enjoy any opportunities that come your way to perform this week! 🎶
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A strong vote for Bach here from RVW! What would you save? 🤔
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Ralph Vaughan Williams Society #RVW@RVWSocietyOct 21
“Come and join us for this fantastic day of making music 🎵 ticketsource.com/choir-2000/…” #VaughanWilliams #Choir2000
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This Friday, October 23, A Road All Paved With Stars, a symphonic synthesis of themes from RVW's A Poisoned Kiss, which was partially funded by the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust some years ago, will be broadcast on Radio 3's ‘Classical Live’: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0032s5…
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Our next general funding application deadline is January 5, 2027 (for projects taking place from April 2027 onwards). Applications for our Postgraduate Scholarships reopen in December 2026. Find out more about what we fund and the level of grants we make via our website.
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The Vaughan Williams Foundation holds a wonderful collection of photographs of Ralph Vaughan Williams at every stage of his life. Explore them via the Discover page on our website.
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The University of Nottingham is to close its pioneering Department of Music, axing 5 degree courses. The Campaign for the Arts (@_CFTA) has launched a petition urging the Prime Minister to include the arts in his new UK 10-year plan. Sign here 👇 campaignforthearts.org/petit…

Prime Minister – put the arts in your 10-year plan for the UK | Campaign for the Arts

Sign our petition urging the UK Government to build a country where the arts are available from childhood, accessible to all and thriving everywhere.

campaignforthearts.org
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The London Symphony Orchestra has released its new album Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony - Maconchy: Nocturne for Orchestra on the LSO Live recording label. Discover more about it here: theviolinchannel.com/london-…
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Cartoonist Glan Williams, who worked for major British publications like the Sunday Express, News Chronicle, and Daily Mail, used his signature illustrative style to capture the larger-than-life qualities of Vaughan Williams in this portrait of the composer.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams Society #RVW@RVWSocietyOct 18
Let Kings Heath Choirs take you for a winter walk - full of magic, fun, ambience and laughter! Music by Fleet Foxes, Vaughan-Williams, Narverud, Palestrina, Benj and Pasek (The Greatest Showman), Quartel and many others. All profits go to Kingsheath Food Bank!
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Written in 1907, Vaughan Williams' In the Fen Country is a musical evocation of the large, flat eastern region of the Fens, which includes the cathedral town of Ely. Listen here: youtube.com/watch?v=NkdqdWjA…
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A little nudge from RVW here, to get involved in making music as well as listening to it! 🎶
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📻 In case you missed it! Hear Vaughan Williams’s ‘Tallis Fantasia’ and Symphony No. 9 at the BBC Proms, performed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Manze. Listen here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0030j…
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Ralph Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony was his first symphony, premiered at the Leeds Festival in 1910, with the composer himself conducting. Inspired by Walt Whitman’s poetry, the work broke new ground in British music.
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Vaughan Williams Foundation retweeted
Richmond Nub News@RichmondNubNewsOct 13
Join The Barnes Choir for its Winter Concert as we present Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem with its compelling dramatic arc and magnificent choral writing 🎶 READ MORE ➡️ richmond.nub.news/whats-on/m…
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Vaughan Williams Foundation retweeted
The Church of St. John the Evangelist@redroofmtlOct 13
At St. John's we sing from The English Hymnal, published by Oxford University Press in 1906. Its principal editors were the Anglican priest Percy Dearmer and the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, who sought to bring together fine poetry, sound theology and music worthy of worship.
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"Showstopping hits and magical musicianship" - the lineup for the Hallé Orchestra's Classical Extravaganza at the Bridgewater Hall on Saturday, October 17, starts with Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending. Conducted by Stephen Bell. Details here: bridgewater-hall.co.uk/whats…
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