In the Fen Country
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In the Fen Country is an orchestral tone poem written by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1904. It is Vaughan William's earliest composition not to be withdrawn.
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Described by Vaughan Williams as a "symphonic impression", it premiered under the conductor Thomas Beecham in 1909. The piece is meant to evoke feelings of traversing East Anglia's often bleak Fen landscape, illustrated by the solo opening melody, the wide open spaces then portrayed by the sweeping string orchestral textures.
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