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Written by Ralph Vaughan Williams, also Fantasia on “Greensleeves” (Sir John in Love) (Sinfonia of London), The Lark Ascending (opening) (Hugh Bean) and O Little Town of Bethlehem (Choir of King’s College, Cambridge)
Released on Dutton Epoch, also Concerto in D for Lute and Strings, RV 93: II. Largo (Julian Bream), Concerto for Lute and Harp in B-flat major, Op. 4 No. 6: I. Allegro (Julian Bream) and Concerto for Lute and Harp in B-flat major, Op. 4 No. 6: III. Allegro moderato (Robert Spencer)
Part of Folk Songs of the Four Seasons Suite / Bucolic Suite / Dark Pastoral for Cello & Orchestra / Serenade in A Minor (1898), also Folk Songs of the Four Seasons: II. To the Green Meadow / An Acre of Land (Royal Scottish National Orchestra), Folk Songs of the Four Seasons: I. To the Ploughboy / May Song (Royal Scottish National Orchestra) and Folk Songs of the Four Seasons: V. Wassail Song / Children's Christmas Song (Royal Scottish National Orchestra)
Written by David Matthews, also Romanza for Cello and small Orchestra, op. 49 (Мстислав Ростропович)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote 255 songs on fono
Ralph Vaughan Williams’s most frequent co-writer is Walt Whitman (19 songs together)
Ralph Vaughan Williams first appears on fono in 1970, 42 years before this song
Credits
All 6 credits
- Written by
- David Matthews and Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Performed by
- Guy Johnson and Guy Johnston
- Released on
- Dutton Epoch
- Written by
- David Matthews and Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Performed by
- Guy Johnson and Guy Johnston
- Released on
- Dutton Epoch
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Same writer: David Matthews
Same label: Dutton Epoch
Same release: Folk Songs of the Four Seasons Suite / Bucolic Suite / Dark Pastoral for Cello & Orchestra / Serenade in A Minor (1898)
Same writer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Same label: Dutton Epoch
Same release: Folk Songs of the Four Seasons Suite / Bucolic Suite / Dark Pastoral for Cello & Orchestra / Serenade in A Minor (1898)
Same writer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Dark Pastoral for Cello and Orchestra was performed by Guy Johnson
Dark Pastoral for Cello and Orchestra was performed by Guy Johnson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Dark Pastoral for Cello and Orchestra was performed by Guy Johnston
Dark Pastoral for Cello and Orchestra was performed by Guy Johnston
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Dark Pastoral for Cello and Orchestra was written by David Matthews
Dark Pastoral for Cello and Orchestra was written by David Matthews
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Dark Pastoral for Cello and Orchestra was written by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Dark Pastoral for Cello and Orchestra was written by Ralph Vaughan Williams
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Dark Pastoral for Cello and Orchestra is part of the release Folk Songs of the Four Seasons Suite / Bucolic Suite / Dark Pastoral for Cello & Orchestra / Serenade in A Minor (1898)
Dark Pastoral for Cello and Orchestra is part of the release Folk Songs of the Four Seasons Suite / Bucolic Suite / Dark Pastoral for Cello & Orchestra / Serenade in A Minor (1898)
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Dutton Epoch is the label of the song Dark Pastoral for Cello and Orchestra
Dutton Epoch is the label of the song Dark Pastoral for Cello and Orchestra
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Dark Pastoral for Cello and Orchestra was released on 2012-08
Dark Pastoral for Cello and Orchestra was released on 2012-08
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026