This composer's experience witnessing WWI inspired him to rewrite a work for solo violin and piano accompaniment as a work for violin and orchestra; that work is prefaced with lines like "He rises and begins to round" from a poem by George Meredith.
One of this composer's works includes a violin solo arpeggiating the C minor triad over three octaves before ending in a three-bar decrescendo from fortissimo to quadruple piano on a G minor triad. This composer wrote a symphony that begins with B-flat minor chords in the horns and trumpets before vocalists enter with the same chord on the word "Behold." One of this composer's works is for a string orchestra (*) split into three parts of different sizes, and his first symphony has a fourth movement called "The Explorers." This composer's experience witnessing WWI inspired him to rewrite a work for solo violin and piano accompaniment as a work for violin and orchestra; that work is prefaced with lines like "He rises and begins to round" from a poem by George Meredith. For 10 points, name the composer of A Sea Symphony, The Lark Ascending, and Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis.
One of this composer's works includes a violin solo arpeggiating the C minor triad over three octaves before ending in a three-bar decrescendo from fortissimo to quadruple piano on a G minor triad.
Ralph Vaughan Williams