Premiered as part of the 1910 Three Choirs Festival at Gloucester Cathedral, FANTASIA ON A THEME BY THOMAS TALLIS borrows the melody from the English Renaissance composer's "Third Tune (Psalm 2)" of his 9 PSALM TUNES FOR ARCHBISHOP PARKER'S PSALTER. Full of mystical harmonies that have one foot in the Renaissance and another in the 20th-century, this richly textured fantasia for double string orchestra and a solo string quartet has entered the orchestral repertoire, with frequent concert performances and recordings around the world.
- Vendor:
- Alfred
- Composer:
- By Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Date of Publication:
- 9/2020
- Format:
- Conductor Score & Parts
- Pages:
- 0
- UPC:
- 7.46241E+11
- Instrumentation:
- 2 Str Orch (SO1: 7-7-4-4-4. SO2: 1-1-1-1-1): Solo Str Quartet (solos written into SO1 parts) : Chamber Orchestra