THE LARK ASCENDING

Vaughan Williams describes this piece as “an English landscape transcribed into musical terms”.

Scottish violin virtuoso Nicola Benedetti won the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2004.

In this clip from the launch event for the BBC Proms 2010, Nicola plays music by Vaughan Williams.

This version features unaccompanied solo violin.

‘The Lark Ascending’ is usually performed as a violin solo with orchestra.

Here is a famous recording by violinist Jean Pougnet.

This EMI recording of the London Philharmonic Orchestra dates from 1952

and is made available through ‘community audio’ available on the Internet Archive.

Conductor: Sir Adrian Boult.