 He always gave the greatest satisfaction when he sang in music festivals, and Wood felt that he could trust him with anything.He was one of the soloists in the original line-up for Vaughan Williams's "Serenade to Music" on 5 October 1938.The words set for his solo are 'The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus,' the lowest-lying solo line of the work.