Description
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Garden of Proserpine, The. Vocal Score
Ref
D101
Category
Choral Music
By
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Soprano solo, chorus and orchestra
Composed between 1897 and 1899 and lasting around 25 minutes,
The Garden of Proserpine
is a major early score by Vaughan Williams which remained unperformed during the composer’s lifetime and for over fifty years thereafter. The music is a rich and revealing setting for soprano solo, chorus and orchestra of a celebrated Pre-Raphaelite poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne.
The Garden of Proserpine
has been recorded on Albion Records (ALBCD012) by Jane Irwin (soprano) with the Joyful Company of Singers and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Paul Daniel.
Orchestral material available for rental (Ref.
HL401
).
