DESCRIPTION:
Written in 1907, "In the Fen Country" was Vaughan Williams's first truly characteristic work for orchestra. As the name suggests, it is a musical evocation of the large flat region of Eastern England known as the Fens, an area which includes parts of Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk and Lincolnshire. The university city of Cambridge stands on the southern edge of the Fens; twenty miles north is the small city of Ely whose cathedral features prominently in this film.