▁important ▁to ▁receive ▁performances ▁at ▁the ▁big ▁provincial ▁music ▁festiv als , ▁which ▁generated ▁public ity ▁and ▁roy alt ies . ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 0 ▁his ▁music ▁featured ▁at ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁largest ▁and ▁most ▁pr estig ious ▁festiv als , ▁with ▁the ▁premier es ▁of ▁the ▁Fant asia ▁on ▁a ▁Th eme ▁by ▁Thomas ▁T all is ▁at ▁the ▁Three ▁Ch oir s ▁Festival ▁in ▁Gl ouc ester ▁C athedral ▁in ▁September ▁and ▁A ▁Sea ▁Sym phony ▁at ▁the ▁Le eds ▁Festival ▁the ▁following ▁month . ▁The ▁leading ▁British ▁music ▁critics ▁of ▁the ▁time , ▁J . ▁A . ▁Full er ▁M ait land ▁of ▁The ▁Times ▁and ▁Samuel ▁Lang ford ▁of ▁The ▁Manchester ▁Guardian , ▁were ▁strong ▁in ▁their ▁pra ise . ▁The ▁former ▁wrote ▁of ▁the ▁fant asia , ▁" The ▁work ▁is ▁wonderful ▁because ▁it ▁seems ▁to ▁lift ▁one ▁into ▁some ▁unknown ▁region ▁of ▁musical ▁thought ▁and ▁feeling . ▁Through out ▁its ▁course ▁one ▁is ▁never ▁sure ▁whether ▁one ▁is ▁listening ▁to ▁something ▁very ▁old ▁or ▁very ▁new ". ▁Lang ford ▁declared ▁that ▁the ▁sym phony ▁" def initely ▁places ▁a ▁new ▁figure ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁rank ▁of ▁our ▁English ▁compos ers ". ▁Between ▁these ▁success es ▁and ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁war ▁V aug han ▁Williams ' s ▁largest - scale ▁work ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁version ▁of ▁A ▁London ▁Sym phony ▁( 1 9 1 4 ). ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁he ▁wrote ▁The ▁L ark ▁As c ending ▁in ▁its ▁original ▁form ▁for ▁viol in ▁and