The Lark Ascending

Album by Ralph Vaughan Williams & Chamber Orchestra of New York & Salvatore Di Vittorio & Jennifer Pike & Sina Kloke

The Lark Ascending is a composition for violin and orchestra by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, composed in 1914 and revised and completed for orchestra in 1920. Blending modal, folk-inflected melodies with spacious, pastoral orchestration, it features a lyrical solo violin line that evokes English countryside imagery and exemplifies Vaughan Williams's engagement with folk modalities and pastoral nationalism in early 20th-century British music.
First released: November 2016

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Solent
    11:23
  2. 2.
    Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra
    20:27
  3. 3.
    Suite of Six Short Pieces for Piano: No. 1. Prelude
    2:16
  4. 4.
    Suite of Six Short Pieces for Piano: No. 2. Slow dance
    1:37
  5. 5.
    Suite of Six Short Pieces for Piano: No. 3. Quick dance
    2:08
  6. 6.
    Suite of Six Short Pieces for Piano: No. 4. Slow air
    3:36
  7. 7.
    Suite of Six Short Pieces for Piano: No. 5. Rondo
    2:16
  8. 8.
    Suite of Six Short Pieces for Piano: No. 6. Pezzo ostinato
    2:16
  9. 9.
    The Lark Ascending
    16:27

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