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Tony Palmer's film is now complete. Undoubtedly controversial it will also be very important in raising awareness of RVW. Two-and-a-half hours long, it looks at Vaughan Williams' life as a disturbed and frustrated one. Powerful with some harrowing imagery, the film firmly dispels the myth that VW was a only a cuddly folk song collector and recycler who was affectionately known as "Uncle Ralph".
As well as exploring his musical legacy, Palmer also... more