 The warmth and flexibility of her voice made her an outstanding exponent of the music of Purcell, Handel and other baroque composers.She frequently collaborated with the Royal Choral Society, often under conductor Malcolm Sargent, and sang countless performances of Messiah throughout Britain and abroad – not least, with the Berlin Philharmonic.Born in Broadstairs, England, Vyvyan entered the Royal Academy of Music in 1941 where she initially was a piano student.