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A Sea Symphony
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performers: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra
Performers: ±«Óãtv Symphony Chorus
Performer: Elizabeth Llewellyn (Soprano)
Vaughan Williams' first symphony was composed between 1903 and 1909, with text from American poet Walt Whitman's. 'Leaves of Grass'. One of the mightiest openings to any symphony; the chorus exclaims "Behold the Sea Itself!" and crashes over you like a giant wave that settles on the high adventure of an ocean voyage.
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performers: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra
Performers: ±«Óãtv Symphony Chorus
Performer: Elizabeth Llewellyn (Soprano)
Performer: Marcus Farnsworth (Baritone)
Conductor: Martyn Brabbins
Recording date: 13 October 2017
Date of broadcast: 16 October 2017
