Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

🎟 Access to the arts is a fundamental right, so we’ve made this concert series free and for everyone. We can only continue to do so with the help of our Friends and supporters. Please give what you can to Keep the Philharmonia Playing for you, wherever you are in the world. ➡️ Go to to give by card or PayPal. John Wilson conducts the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. Vaughan Williams’s rhapsodic masterpiece is well suited to socially-distanced performance – he divides his forces into two mini-orchestras and a string quartet, and asks for them to be placed as far apart as possible, to weave a web of luminous sound around the listener. This piece was filmed as part of the Philharmonia Sessions, a series of new online performances. Take the best seat in your house to enjoy specially created performances of some of the most uplifting classical music. Supported by: John and Carol Wates The Wates Foundation Promoted in partnership with Classic FM.