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Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performers: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka
Recording date: 31 July 2012
Date of broadcast: 31 July 2012
The theme chosen by Vaughan Williams for this 1910 work was composed by Thomas Tallis around 350 year earlier; the Elizabethan chant "Why Fum'th in Fight?". Vaughn Williams' Fantasia was composed for string orchestra. The musicians are split in to 3 sections of varying size - a very unusual format, allowing the melody to come at you from different directions, creating an enveloping soundscape.
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performers: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka
Recording date: 31 July 2012
Date of broadcast: 31 July 2012
