{"id":695,"date":"2016-06-15T15:50:31","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T20:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.attheorgan.com\/?p=695"},"modified":"2016-06-15T15:50:31","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T20:50:31","slug":"june-15-2016-ralph-vaughan-williams-toward-the-unknown-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.attheorgan.com\/?p=695","title":{"rendered":"June 15, 2016 &#8211; Ralph Vaughan Williams, Toward the Unknown Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ralph Vaughn Williams&#8217; setting of the Walt Whitman poem <i>Toward the Unknown Region<\/i> launched him onto the international musical scene.  Despite the quality of this work, it&#8217;s rarely performed today.  In this episode we hear the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal) in St. Louis, Missouri perform the work, and hear Cathedral Organist William Partridge discuss the work and why we don&#8217;t hear it very often.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.attheorgan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/rvw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.attheorgan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/rvw-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ralph Vaughan Williams\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-701\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.attheorgan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/rvw-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/www.attheorgan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/rvw.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.attheorgan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/pwp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.attheorgan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/pwp-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"William (Pat) Partridge\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-700\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.attheorgan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/pwp-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/www.attheorgan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/pwp.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.attheorgan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ccc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.attheorgan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ccc-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"Christ Church Cathedral\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-698\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.attheorgan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ccc-209x300.jpg 209w, http:\/\/www.attheorgan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ccc.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2313\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-695-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/at_the_organ\/audio.attheorgan.com\/2016\/ATO141.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/at_the_organ\/audio.attheorgan.com\/2016\/ATO141.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/at_the_organ\/audio.attheorgan.com\/2016\/ATO141.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/at_the_organ\/audio.attheorgan.com\/2016\/ATO141.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/www.attheorgan.com\/?powerpress_pinw=695-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/at_the_organ\/audio.attheorgan.com\/2016\/ATO141.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ATO141.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ralph Vaughn Williams&#8217; setting of the Walt Whitman poem Toward the Unknown Region launched him onto the international musical scene. 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