Ralph Vaughan Williams
The cowpat myth
He is caricatured as a populist and purveyor of ‘folky-wolky’ melodies, says Richard Bratby, but Vaughan Williams was a modernist master of uncompromising originality
Without borders
Community music-making is the unifying jewel in the British crown, says James MacMillan
Low life
As is traditional in this village, the Chapel congregation had walked the 100 yards up the hill to unite with…
Sacred songs
I love a good hymn, so long as I’m not expected to sing it. Lusty declarations of faith sound ridiculous…
