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Work: The Lark Ascending

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ComposerVaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Work typeOrchestral
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LondonEchoes of Hill and Horizon

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Vaughan Williams
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

DerbyThe Lark Ascending

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Purcell, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Vivaldi, Bridge
Sinfonia Viva; Karen Ní Bhroin; Sophie Rosa; Jolyon Loy; Derby Cathedral Choir

SheffieldFenella Humphreys and Martin Roscoe

Bradfield Festival of Music
Boulanger, Clarke, Prokofiev, Vaughan Williams, Coleridge-Taylor, Beamish, Beethoven
Fenella Humphreys; Martin Roscoe
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Hollywood and high-brow meet at the Bowl under Leonard Slatkin

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Matters cosmic and earthly intersect in Slatkin's latest visit to the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
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The London Mozart Players’ flight of fancy soars to Heaven’s Gate

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Delightful Dvořák and ravishing Vaughan Williams headline the London Mozart Players’ ‘Flights of Fancy’ concert at St Martin's-in-the-Fields. 
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Aspects of Englishness: Manze and the Hallé explore Vaughan Williams

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An evening of Vaughan Williams’ greatest hits? There’s always an appetite for that, as Andrew Manze and the Hallé prove at Sheffield City Hall. 

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MelbourneMelbourne Symphony / Sir Andrew Davis

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Britten, Lutosławski, Vaughan Williams, Rachmaninov
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Sir Andrew Davis; Richard Tognetti
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Bachtrack top ten: Ralph Vaughan Williams

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Mark Pullinger celebrates this quintessentially English composer with a list of RVW's most inspiring works.

Fight or flight? Violinists on tackling The Lark Ascending

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Often dismissed on account of its popularity, The Lark Ascending divides audiences... and players. Our own Kevin Ng is a violinist and avoided it for years, but took advice from three violinists when adding it to his repertoire. 

Strings to its bow: the changing face of the violin

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“When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you’re telling a story.”~ Joshua Bell. We explore the extreme beauty of this most versatile instrument.