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in 1952. Vaughan
Williams considered the orchestral suite to be so much the work of Roy Douglas, that he arranged for it to be published as Douglas's composition based on his own, rather than his own arrangement of an earlier work. The orchestral version was first recorded in 2012.
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The work is one of
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A fully orchestral version was arranged by
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remembered that owing to the huge choir "the audience seemed far fewer than the performers".
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on 15 June 1950. The first performance featured a choir of 3,000 women, accompanied by the
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The work is in four movements grouped into the seasons, with a prologue:
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Working with
Vaughan Williams: Some Newly Discovered Manuscripts
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for women's voices with orchestra or piano by
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in the early 20th century, the work was commissioned by the
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Jerusalem: Music in the Women's Institute, 1919–1969
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187:Early in the Spring
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179:: To the Ploughboy
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804:Vocal music
621:Concertante
385:Vwct.org.uk
252:Roy Douglas
1084:Categories
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739:Magnificat
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259:References
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193:, May Song
102:1950-06-15
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865:The Wasps
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