Vaughan Williams premiere – review

Fairfield Hall, CroydonWritten to obtain his doctorate in music in 1899, Vaughan Williams's early Mass may have achieved its immediate purpose, but was shelved, and no performance took place. Four years ago, the conductor Alan Tongue came across it in Cambridge University Library, and gained permission to transcribe the manuscript and bring it to life. More than 110 years after its composition, the 45-minute piece received its belated premiere in this concert given by Tongue with the New Queen's...

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