Friday 13 September 2019

Pastoral English String Music


The slow movement of the Concerto for Double String Orchestra, by Michael Tippett; and the Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis by Vaughan Williams.

These were both featured on one of the earliest LP recordings I owned, while at school.

Simply gorgeous.

P.S: Here is the Psalm from which the Tallis theme was derived:

 

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