Musical Time Travel: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis by Vaughan Williams

Update: 2023-07-26

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Tom Service experiences musical time travel as he listens to "Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis" by Ralph Vaughan Williams, with its magical interplay of ancient and modern.

And film music expert Neil Brand examines how this and other classical adagios have been used to great effect in Hollywood blockbusters.

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Musical Time Travel: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis by Vaughan Williams

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Musical Time Travel: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis by Vaughan Williams