Ralph Vaughan Williams- The Lark Ascending

 

Ralph Vaughan Williams

(1872~1958/영국)

 

 

The Lark Ascending

 

Soloist Janine Jansen plays her 1727 Stradivari "Barrere" violin,

in this popular Vaughan Williams masterpiece. From the BBC Proms 2003.

                 

 

 'The Lark Ascending', inspired by a poem of the same name by George Meredith, was begun shortly before the outbreak of the First World War but not completed until Vaughan Williams returned from active service in France. This performance is by Nicola Benedetti with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton

 

 

         

The full performance of 'The Lark Ascending' as it was originally heard, for violin and piano, and staged at Shirehampton Public Hall near Bristol where the piece was performed for the very first time in December 1920 - from the BBC4 documentary THE LARK ASCENDING (first shown 13/01/12) presented by Dame Diana Rigg