Vaughan Williams Foundation
@vwfndn.bsky.social
A grant-giving charity, with composers at the heart, formed by the merger of the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust and the RVW Trust.
vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org
vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org
The VWF has three annual deadlines for general funding. The next are:
🎵 Monday, January 5, 2026 (for work taking place from April 2026 onwards)
🎵 Friday, May 1, 2026
🎵 Thursday, September 3, 2026
Each funding round is for projects to be delivered a minimum of three months after that deadline.
🎵 Monday, January 5, 2026 (for work taking place from April 2026 onwards)
🎵 Friday, May 1, 2026
🎵 Thursday, September 3, 2026
Each funding round is for projects to be delivered a minimum of three months after that deadline.
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The VWF has three annual deadlines for general funding. The next are:
🎵 Monday, January 5, 2026 (for work taking place from April 2026 onwards)
🎵 Friday, May 1, 2026
🎵 Thursday, September 3, 2026
Each funding round is for projects to be delivered a minimum of three months after that deadline.
🎵 Monday, January 5, 2026 (for work taking place from April 2026 onwards)
🎵 Friday, May 1, 2026
🎵 Thursday, September 3, 2026
Each funding round is for projects to be delivered a minimum of three months after that deadline.
"The art of music, above all the other arts, is the expression of the soul of a nation" - Ralph Vaughan Williams.
A dive into the life and work of the 'quintessential British composer' by the London Symphony Orchestra here 👇
www.lso.co.uk/what-you-sho...
A dive into the life and work of the 'quintessential British composer' by the London Symphony Orchestra here 👇
www.lso.co.uk/what-you-sho...
November 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"The art of music, above all the other arts, is the expression of the soul of a nation" - Ralph Vaughan Williams.
A dive into the life and work of the 'quintessential British composer' by the London Symphony Orchestra here 👇
www.lso.co.uk/what-you-sho...
A dive into the life and work of the 'quintessential British composer' by the London Symphony Orchestra here 👇
www.lso.co.uk/what-you-sho...
Tonight at 7:30pm on BBC Radio 3 - Mark Elder conducts the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra in Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony.
Recorded last month at the Royal Festival Hall, presented by Ian Skelly.
Recorded last month at the Royal Festival Hall, presented by Ian Skelly.
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Tonight at 7:30pm on BBC Radio 3 - Mark Elder conducts the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra in Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony.
Recorded last month at the Royal Festival Hall, presented by Ian Skelly.
Recorded last month at the Royal Festival Hall, presented by Ian Skelly.
The Vaughan Williams Foundation is one of the foremost sources of funding for recent and contemporary music in the UK.
Our principal aims are to honour RVW’s desire to support his fellow composers through funding for performances and recordings, and to help make his own work widely accessible.
Our principal aims are to honour RVW’s desire to support his fellow composers through funding for performances and recordings, and to help make his own work widely accessible.
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The Vaughan Williams Foundation is one of the foremost sources of funding for recent and contemporary music in the UK.
Our principal aims are to honour RVW’s desire to support his fellow composers through funding for performances and recordings, and to help make his own work widely accessible.
Our principal aims are to honour RVW’s desire to support his fellow composers through funding for performances and recordings, and to help make his own work widely accessible.
Alternative Classical provides loads of useful resources for classical music performers and composers, including a roundup of funding opportunities.
Explore it here: www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/classical-mu...
Explore it here: www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/classical-mu...
November 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Alternative Classical provides loads of useful resources for classical music performers and composers, including a roundup of funding opportunities.
Explore it here: www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/classical-mu...
Explore it here: www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/classical-mu...
In this article, BBC Music Magazine looks at music "to help us through difficult times" - starting with Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 – Romanza.
Find it here: www.classical-music.com/features/wor...
Find it here: www.classical-music.com/features/wor...
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
In this article, BBC Music Magazine looks at music "to help us through difficult times" - starting with Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 – Romanza.
Find it here: www.classical-music.com/features/wor...
Find it here: www.classical-music.com/features/wor...
📅 A treat to come at 7:30pm on BBC Radio 3 later this week!
Mark Elder conducts the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra in a sea-themed concert including Vaughan Williams's mighty Sea Symphony with soloists Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and David Stout.
Recorded at the Royal Festival Hall.
Mark Elder conducts the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra in a sea-themed concert including Vaughan Williams's mighty Sea Symphony with soloists Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and David Stout.
Recorded at the Royal Festival Hall.
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
📅 A treat to come at 7:30pm on BBC Radio 3 later this week!
Mark Elder conducts the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra in a sea-themed concert including Vaughan Williams's mighty Sea Symphony with soloists Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and David Stout.
Recorded at the Royal Festival Hall.
Mark Elder conducts the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra in a sea-themed concert including Vaughan Williams's mighty Sea Symphony with soloists Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and David Stout.
Recorded at the Royal Festival Hall.
We feel Vaughan Williams might have agreed with this thought from Sir Elton John...
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
We feel Vaughan Williams might have agreed with this thought from Sir Elton John...
Symphony no.4 in F minor was first performed in April 1935 by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Boult. This letter was later dated by Boult as ‘Autumn 1944’; he did conduct the symphony again on 14 February 1945 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, in Bedford.
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Symphony no.4 in F minor was first performed in April 1935 by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Boult. This letter was later dated by Boult as ‘Autumn 1944’; he did conduct the symphony again on 14 February 1945 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, in Bedford.
At the age of 41, Ralph Vaughan Williams volunteered as an ambulance driver in WWI.
He saw the horror of the war firsthand, and his experiences haunted the music he created subsequently.
He saw the horror of the war firsthand, and his experiences haunted the music he created subsequently.
November 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
At the age of 41, Ralph Vaughan Williams volunteered as an ambulance driver in WWI.
He saw the horror of the war firsthand, and his experiences haunted the music he created subsequently.
He saw the horror of the war firsthand, and his experiences haunted the music he created subsequently.
The winners of the Ivors Classical Awards will be revealed on Tuesday, November 11.
Shortlisted works span orchestral, choral, chamber and community composition, showcasing a range of contemporary voices and perspectives.
We are delighted that many VWF-funded projects are included! 👏
Shortlisted works span orchestral, choral, chamber and community composition, showcasing a range of contemporary voices and perspectives.
We are delighted that many VWF-funded projects are included! 👏
November 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The winners of the Ivors Classical Awards will be revealed on Tuesday, November 11.
Shortlisted works span orchestral, choral, chamber and community composition, showcasing a range of contemporary voices and perspectives.
We are delighted that many VWF-funded projects are included! 👏
Shortlisted works span orchestral, choral, chamber and community composition, showcasing a range of contemporary voices and perspectives.
We are delighted that many VWF-funded projects are included! 👏
Remember, remember… the sound of November... Whether it’s fireworks in the sky or the soaring notes of Vaughan Williams 🎆
#BonfireNight
#BonfireNight
November 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Remember, remember… the sound of November... Whether it’s fireworks in the sky or the soaring notes of Vaughan Williams 🎆
#BonfireNight
#BonfireNight
Composer Colin Matthews on Vaughan Williams' determination to support fellow composers.
Our grant-giving is funded by the royalties earned from RVW’s music.
Our grant-giving is funded by the royalties earned from RVW’s music.
November 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Composer Colin Matthews on Vaughan Williams' determination to support fellow composers.
Our grant-giving is funded by the royalties earned from RVW’s music.
Our grant-giving is funded by the royalties earned from RVW’s music.
"It had the maturity and surefootedness of a conductor who has fully absorbed the work and long since recognised it as a masterpiece" - A 5⭐ review from @bachtrack of a recent performance of RVW's Sea Symphony by Sir Mark Elder and the @lporchestra.bsky.social.
November 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"It had the maturity and surefootedness of a conductor who has fully absorbed the work and long since recognised it as a masterpiece" - A 5⭐ review from @bachtrack of a recent performance of RVW's Sea Symphony by Sir Mark Elder and the @lporchestra.bsky.social.
Vaughan Williams on Elgar's First Symphony...
November 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Vaughan Williams on Elgar's First Symphony...
For those raising their voices in song this weekend! 🎶
October 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
For those raising their voices in song this weekend! 🎶
The Vaughan Williams Foundation offers a range of funding opportunities. Find out more via our website.
October 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The Vaughan Williams Foundation offers a range of funding opportunities. Find out more via our website.
This transcript was sent to Ursula Vaughan Williams in 1959 by Charles Parker who had produced the programme. In a covering letter, he said: "At first he was very reluctant to be recorded, although of course when he finally agreed to do so he was quite superb."
October 30, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This transcript was sent to Ursula Vaughan Williams in 1959 by Charles Parker who had produced the programme. In a covering letter, he said: "At first he was very reluctant to be recorded, although of course when he finally agreed to do so he was quite superb."
The Vaughan Williams Foundation is a grant-making charity which aims to honour the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams' desire to support his fellow composers, and to make his own work widely accessible to the general public.
October 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Vaughan Williams Foundation is a grant-making charity which aims to honour the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams' desire to support his fellow composers, and to make his own work widely accessible to the general public.
Not a full concerto - rather a gentle and nostalgic single movement, Vaughan Williams' Romance for Harmonica and Orchestra was composed in 1951.
In this short, folksy piece the harmonica plays a sweet, flowing melody over a lush string orchestra.
In this short, folksy piece the harmonica plays a sweet, flowing melody over a lush string orchestra.
October 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Not a full concerto - rather a gentle and nostalgic single movement, Vaughan Williams' Romance for Harmonica and Orchestra was composed in 1951.
In this short, folksy piece the harmonica plays a sweet, flowing melody over a lush string orchestra.
In this short, folksy piece the harmonica plays a sweet, flowing melody over a lush string orchestra.
Vaughan Williams' Tuba Concerto is fun, quirky, and full of personality. It has surprisingly lyrical melodies, along with some playful moments, particularly in the third movement.
October 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Vaughan Williams' Tuba Concerto is fun, quirky, and full of personality. It has surprisingly lyrical melodies, along with some playful moments, particularly in the third movement.
During his career Vaughan Williams wrote no less than six operas, including Hugh the Drover, Riders to the Sea and The Pilgrim’s Progress.
This #WorldOperaDay why not explore them?
This #WorldOperaDay why not explore them?
October 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
During his career Vaughan Williams wrote no less than six operas, including Hugh the Drover, Riders to the Sea and The Pilgrim’s Progress.
This #WorldOperaDay why not explore them?
This #WorldOperaDay why not explore them?
It's #WorldOperaDay tomorrow 🎶
After the premiere of his opera The Pilgrim's Progress in 1951, Vaughan Williams said: "They won’t like it. They don’t want an opera with no heroine and no love duets – and I don’t care. It’s what I meant, and there it is."
After the premiere of his opera The Pilgrim's Progress in 1951, Vaughan Williams said: "They won’t like it. They don’t want an opera with no heroine and no love duets – and I don’t care. It’s what I meant, and there it is."
October 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
It's #WorldOperaDay tomorrow 🎶
After the premiere of his opera The Pilgrim's Progress in 1951, Vaughan Williams said: "They won’t like it. They don’t want an opera with no heroine and no love duets – and I don’t care. It’s what I meant, and there it is."
After the premiere of his opera The Pilgrim's Progress in 1951, Vaughan Williams said: "They won’t like it. They don’t want an opera with no heroine and no love duets – and I don’t care. It’s what I meant, and there it is."
Our website is packed with resources relating to the life and works of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, including a fabulous archive of photos 📷
October 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Our website is packed with resources relating to the life and works of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, including a fabulous archive of photos 📷
Written between 1926 and 1931, Vaughan Williams' Piano Concerto in C major is a bold, modern-sounding piece that shows the composer experimenting with a mixture of romantic, neoclassical and pastoral elements.
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Written between 1926 and 1931, Vaughan Williams' Piano Concerto in C major is a bold, modern-sounding piece that shows the composer experimenting with a mixture of romantic, neoclassical and pastoral elements.