perfection! MBa Peace, ho! the moon sleeps with Endymion And would not be awak'd. Soft stillness and the night Become the touches IB of sweet harmony. Recordings The recordings of the original version, for sixteen singers and orchestra, are conducted by Sir Henry Wood (1938), the composer (1951), Sir Adrian Boult (1969), Matthew Best (1990) and Sir Roger Norrington (1996). In the table below, each row shows the original singer, followed by those performing the same part in the later recordings. The wholly orchestral version has been recorded by the London Philharmonic under Vernon Handley and the Northern Sinfonia of England under Richard Hickox. In popular culture The Serenade to Music figures prominently in No Distance Left to Run, a 2010 documentary film about the British rock band Blur. The film also features Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending. References Compositions by Ralph Vaughan Williams Vaughan Williams 1938 compositions Choral compositions Music based on works by William Shakespeare Works based on The Merchant of Venice