The image of the Lark ascending onto the horizon resonated with the mood of the time, which was characterised by a general ...

His piece, The Lark Ascending, has been emblematic of the English countryside for over a century. First performed in 1920, The Lark Ascending is scored for orchestra and a solo violinist who ...

His 4th Symphony, for instance, sounds particularly full of anger and sadness. The Lark Ascending was inspired by a poem of the same name written by George Meredith, which tells the tale of a ...

The Lark Ascending, by Ralph Vaughan Williams, was inspired by George Meredith verses imagining the flight and vocal virtuosity of the eponymous bird. Respighi‘s “Spring” is aflutter with ...

New Jersey stargazers will be treated to visual splendor in the night sky this month. February features what scientists call a “planetary parade” with Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune ...

Emma McGrath (violin) and Eivind Aadland (TSO Chief Conductor and Artistic Director) perform Vaughan Williams' poignant The Lark Ascending. Filmed to an empty hall, this was TSO's last concert prior ...

Star soloists violinist Nigel Kennedy and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato take to the stage to perform a wide range of popular pieces including Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending, ‘Over the ...