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War sees the nationalist in Vaughan Williams character come to the fore. He finds and opportunity to serve his country as an ambulance orderly, and later as Director of Music to the First Army of the British Expeditionary Force in France. Harrowing war-time experiences would never leave him, and deeply influenced much of his work.

Plus Donald Macleod explores the composer's strong personal response to another key moment of the early twentieth century, Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole, which inspired one of the many successful film scores Vaughan Williams produced.

Main Titles (Scott of the Antarctic)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba, conductor

Ice floes (Scott of the Antarctic)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba, conductor

Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No 3) (1st movement: molto moderato)
Hallé Orchestra
Mark Elder, director

The Lark Ascending
Tasmin Little, violin
´óÏó´«Ã½ Smyphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor

String Quartet No 2 (Prelude: Allegro appassionato)
The Nash Ensemble:
Marianne Thorsen, violin
Elizabeth Wexler, violin
Lawrence Power, viola
Paul Watkins, cello.