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Vaughan Williams: Valiant for Truth

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Last broadcast on Sun, 21 Jun 2009, 21:30 on BBC Radio 3 (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

Stephen Johnson presents an elegiac portrait of Vaughan Williams the man and composer. Travelling across England - the country he so loved - to see the places he lived and worked, and meet the people who knew him, Johnson tries to get a little closer to an underrated mind.

With contributions from philosopher AC Grayling, biographers Simon Heffer and Michael Kennedy, Vaughan Williams's musical assistant Roy Douglas as well as friend and colleague Simona Pakenham.

Broadcasts

  1. Sun 24 Aug 2008
    21:15
    BBC Radio 3
  2. Sun 21 Jun 2009
    21:30
    BBC Radio 3

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  1. Sunday Feature

Duration

45 minutes

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