Vaughan Williams also insisted on a balance between words and music in A Sea Symphony, writing in his program note for the work, "It is also noticeable that the orchestra has an equal share with the chorus and soloists in carrying out the musical ideas".
Vaughan Williams tamén insistiu no equilibrio entre as palabras e a música en A Sea Symphony, escribindo nas súas notas ao programa para a obra, "Tamén é notable que a orquestra ten unha participación igual ao coro e os solistas na realización das ideas musicais".