Sergei Rachmaninoff was supposedly moved to tears at the premiere of this composer's setting of lines from The Merchant of Venice for sixteen vocal soloists, Serenade to Music.
His compositions for string orchestra include a Partita for Double Orchestra and a Concerto Grosso for student performers, in which the orchestra is split into groups according to skill level. Sergei Rachmaninoff was supposedly moved to tears at the premiere of this composer's setting of lines from The Merchant of Venice for sixteen vocal soloists, Serenade to Music. His first symphony is the choral Sea Symphony, while his seventh symphony includes a spoken excerpt from Captain Scott's journal and is titled Sinfonia Anarctica, and his second symphony is titled A London Symphony. For 10 points, who is this British composer of The Lark Ascending and Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis?
His compositions for string orchestra include a Partita for Double Orchestra and a Concerto Grosso for student performers, in which the orchestra is split into groups according to skill level.
Ralph Vaughan Williams