What a devine gift to have such a physically beautiful country inspire such music to share with the world. It breaks my heart to see your nation assaulted by the Euro-Socialists on one hand, and the Islamists on the other. Sadly, England, perhaps like France, italy, Sweden and others, will become Muslim within 30 years or so. Already they have set up Sharia courts in your cities. English law means nothing to them. Your elected "leaders" will do nothing to save you. Anyway, thanks for the posting
@IsNully I was responding to previous posts about how great socialist composers are. I have visited England/Scotland and have great respect and love. England, as you know it now, will not survive the onslaught of EU socialism and Islam. Like so much other music of English composers in the past, it is inspired by the beautiful countryside and people. It is changing, like it or not. This piece is fantastic, as is most of Williams' work.
@IsNully If wanting to oppose the Stalinsts who want to deconstruct our nations in order to remake it in the communist model is "right wing," then so be it. The Stalinists want to label all criticism as "hate speech," here I am. If English want to to ruled by Emperors in Belgium, fine. If you are English, I wish you good luck with Sharia Law creeping into your justice system. Learn it. Love it. Live it. I was lamenting the passing of the "English" culture. End of political rant. Sorry Angelcynn.
The more right-wing might care to ponder RVW was a socialist (like friend Holst). RVW gave us some of the most typically "English" music, some of the best hymn tunes (tho' said he was agnostic ....). Chavs will also like The Lark Ascending if they hear it. Many other moving works to his name (not all as pastoral as the Lark ...) His Pastoral Symphony - conceived in the countryside of France in WW1, but surely also yearning for an England & friends who would never return. Swearing - why? Sad
the poem is just as beautiful--"He rises and begins to round, he drops the silver chain of sound....as up he wings the spiral stair, a song of light, and pierces air...and ever winging up and up, our valley is his golden cup...till lost in his aerial wings, in light--and then the fancy sings"
@marvinc999 Ironic that Churchill's actions would go on to destroy the very thing and people he claimed meant so much to him. I hope he's happy wherever he is that he sold out his own people and nation.
Since this is a MUSICAL and not a POLITICAL thread, I shall refrain from comment - beyond suggesting that your remarks would be more aptly directed at Ted Heath and his Euro-fanatic cronies and heirs; it is for people such as these that 'England' is little more than a touristic, chocolate box fantasy.
I merely quote the sentiments of one man (Churchill was no angel, I know) - but ones I happen to share. In this context, one's personal assessment of the man is irrelevant, surely ?
Love the chavs and riots bit! This piece has haunted me all my life, and represents for me (personally) an innocent countryside childhood. Whenever I am stressed or ill, I go back to this. Arguably the most beautiful piece of English orchestral pastoral music ever written.
@MyNinjaSasuke Yes I definitely hear the oriental thing too. It's funny that The Lark Ascending is considered so quintessentially English, but when I hear it I immediately think of Qing Dynasty China and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It is beautiful though.
I liked the images set to this piece, even though they were not the best quality. There was an aerial view of what looks like a 3-sided cloister, starting at 3:14. Does anyone know the name of this site and its location? It's architectural features are very striking. Thanks in advance.
@parkerfj It's the Gothic Temple in the grounds at Stowe School, National Trust manage the grounds. There are about 32 stunning architectural wonders in the grounds, all of the Grade 1 listed buildings.
@sunseeker99 Thank-you for the reply. I looked at an aerial view of the grounds via Google Maps once I knew it was located near Buckingham and was able to quickly spot it by its shadow. As you've remarked, the grounds seem to be studded with quite a lot of interesting structures. I was surprised that you could book a room in the Gothic Temple--my wife & I may explore staying there when we plan to visit the UK in a couple of years. Thanks again.
@MyNinjaSasuke its not just you, 1st time I heard this piece of music (and I didn't know the composer or his nationality) I distinctly picked up on an oriental flavour from the solo violin, there seemed to be a slight blending of the notes when changing pitch that is so characteristic of the erhu (Chinese stringed instrument played rather like a violin), but when I saw on the CD that it was Vaughn Williams, played by the Leeds Philharmonic I was reassured that this was a faithful interpretation.
Hey, how the hell did this issue of "Religion" come into the equation?! This is a great song. Leave Religion OUT of the matter! Politics should not be left to pollute this lovely tune- aswell as our every-day lives. And that includes someone's dick-head-ideas out Religion. If you are an atheist (yes, it's quite deliberate that I gave Religion a captial "R", & atheist a small "a"- because they're all twats)- keep it to yourself. Your athism IS NOT a Religion. It's just an opinion.
I don't believe we should be governed by the law of a foreign country or religion. Christianity should be the number one religion in this country and therefore, if we should be governed by any religion's laws that religion should be Christian. I don't have a problem with Islam. Some of my closest friends are Muslim and I don't have a problem with them practising their faith for themselves. I do have a problem with the Islamic laws coming into power in our country though
@doodleplop800 I fully agree. It is a ridiculous idiocy, which has nothing to do with Faith. This is the opinion of a man believing in God.
In my country, where religion is traditionally (not faithfully) strong in the past years a tremendous shift from reasonable to fantastic tale-like mentality has occurred in minds of the public. Some people that I used to know as sound-minded and possessed of reason have become absolute idiots. All this is because there was no in-time control of religion.
@davidverney I also do have a problem with the Islamic laws coming into power, though I am living in a traditionally muslim country and am supposed to consider myself muslim, which I won't ever do. By no means religion should come in power! Neither buddism, nor judaism, nor christianity, nor islam especially!
I used to study in UK and I fell in love with the country. Britons, preserve your culture, preserve your dignity, do not allow imposing barbaric laws and customs in your society!
@EBMonseigneur I want to say God bless you for what you said, but I realize that would be a paradox... :) But anyone who opposes religious orthodoxy is a friend of mine.
Interesting you post that here - considering that Vaughan Williams was an ardent supporter of left-wing politics, do you think he would have blamed the riots on the chavs, because of who they intrinsically are, like many right or centre-right papers did e.g Daily Mail?
I'm not challenging your viewpoint, I agree with you to quite an extent but I think it is worth remembering that all society is motivated by greed, and the chavs have significantly less than the other classes.
@MirrorKillMusic chavs are a certain section of the poor (and not so poor) who take pride in being ugly , rude, aggresive , violent and uneducated. What's not to hate? Being poor has nothing to do with it. Why am I being made to think of Chavs , ffs , ruined the music now.
The Lark Ascending is a work by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, inspired by George Meredith's 122-line poem of the same name about the skylark. The work was written in two versions: violin and piano, written in 1914; and violin and orchestra, written in 1920. The orchestral version is the one that is almost always heard now. It is one of the most popular pieces in the Classical repertoire among British listeners .(From Wikipedia)
I wonder if any of you have had the same journey as me. I first heard this as Lark's Tongues in Aspic by King Crimson which in the mid 70s split me open to the power of music. Later I found source RVW and I was astounded by its beauty and awed by how KC had rendered it. RVW wrote it in the trenches apparently - KC added the bomb shells.
My sister requested this be played at the end of my dads funeral on Friday, it was the first time I'd heard it but it is stunning so off I go to buy a copy to always remember my lovely dad by- it's so moving.
Calm down, boys and girls - just listen! And weep - sad isn't it. I love the music, I weep not from sadness but deep felt connection with the music that is so deeply moving that one would have have stone of a heart, not to respond. Next, I'm off to Mr. Barber's Adagio - even more powerful in some respects but a musical voice that if, it doesn't move you, you not a living man or woman as we know us.
this guy is a pervert. he's just reached in and fiddled with my soul. i dont like classical music, and i dont like the countryside. i just looked this clip us cos my mum said she liked 'the lark rising'. what an amazing piece of music.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm Vaughan Williams....... Genius... surprised this came top though..would have thought it would have been - Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus ....well whatever
I really like the kinds of comments made to this music. I think of the beautiful minds and hearts that like this music. My brother is working in outback Australia and I have just bought the music to send out to him and his violin. I think they will love it.
@TheFasterDanish Strangely enough, that's how I enjoy MOST of the music I listen too! I guess it's much easier to focus on the sounds when you're in a dark room, hehe.
wow! this was my first time with RVW and I was hooked forever. I have now discovered most of his music and my favorite is The Sea symphony, it takes me to heaven everytime..
I have listened to 'iz some where over the rainbow' as was played at my brothers funeral, so am now able to listen to this which was played at my Dads funeral. I am getting better.
Hi, does anyone know what version this is? I downloaded the Hugh Bean/Sir Adrian Boult/New Philharmonic Orchestra version from iTunes but it's not *this* version, which I have to admit I prefer! Any ideas?
I listened to this because of a book I was reading and this was the protagonists favourite tune and so I wanted to hear it for myself. Its really beautiful.
By the way... Nature is not cruel only to us it seems that way...i spent years in the open in all weathers night and day..it is in fact merceless but cruelity implies intention and there are of course anomolies but generally being fiercely involved in the eternal battle between predator and prey is not cruel or malicious. Either side of the coin.. the song is in fact wonderful..sweet and sad powerful and tender
Waytosavetheworld. couldnt agree with you more..Nature heals us and has its song but most have lost the ears to hear it. If we turn the unecessary off and get past the percieved lonesomeness we think will be there a new world can open up to us. We have the choice each day to let the light shine. There are more of us who live like this from the inside out with the give and take then the Media would have us believe. Keep the faith and share what you know it will resonate like ripples in a pond.
@adventussaxonum yes hes english from gloucestershire but like many borderers has 'welsh' ancestry. I study this area of the world in university.... vaughan is from the welsh fechan meaning small and williams is an anglicised welsh surname (pre norman welsh never had surnames)..................anyway its all constructs....I adore his music
@joebstarsurfer vaughan williams is about as welsh a surname as you can get lol, he was english raised with part welsh ancestry as an english borderer which is very common
@3tangle3 - "he was english raised with part welsh ancestry as an english borderer "
Which means he was English, then! Related ,on his mother's side to Josiah Wedgewood AND Charles Darwin. Presumably there was a Welshman somewhere back in the paternal line.
@adventussaxonum yeah, he was a man of the marchers, the variety of this world makes it a place worth living...not all welsh are the same, not all english are same...its fucking great means I dont have to be exactly like my parents :O ;P :D
@adventussaxonum That really depends - is YOUR nationality the nationality of your parents? Where you grew up? or where you were born? Blood or earth?
@marvinc999 I agree with that, though i hadn't really ever thought of it that way, i guess in the end it really is where your heart is. I thought of this quote, which i saw in one of the Total War games,when i saw your ancestry (i mean no offence by it i just thought the quote was quite funny!) - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor; "I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my horse". Thats you got most bases covered!
When the President of the European Union (the Holy Roman Empire - Mark 2) demonstrates an equal capacity for wit, I might (but probably won't) consider it worthwhile staying in.
I cant help thinking of English country meadows and hedges with Hobbits and Elves everywhere! The video here is a bit naf at 3 frames per second. The thought that counts.
To hear this piece and then to think that a few months later its composer was off in an ambulance unit of World War I astounds me. How it must have shaped forever his views. It did change his music.
My junior and senior yr high school English teacher said something I never forgot... "There is nothing more beautiful than the English countryside in Spring." Of course, she was right.
Don't beat your self up about your video , it comes from the heart , The Lark Acending , sums up pictures of England , with no introduction . I was born in the country , and lived most of my life here , people in the cities ought to get out more , to see what's around them befor it's lost forever , you've shown the rest of the world our country from your point of view , congratulations Angelcynn.
Reminds me of watching skylarks soaring up from the open land next to my school in the 70's.
It used to be the old RAF fighter command airfield at Hornchurch which had been reclaimed by nature and offered a tranquil place to enjoy lunchtimes. It was a hugely atmospheric place.
It was completely built over by a housing estate not long after. (sigh)
I respect you greatly sir/madam for defending this country, of which I love. Modernisation and globalisation through aggressive multiculturism has destroyed this countries sense of pride, and honour; however I refuse to accept that this will continue, we need to stand together against this fares which is our government, and Europe.
One of my favourite pieces of music, particularly from what is broadly referred to as classical music. I am not British but I love their contribution to music :)- something that is not always perfect or dazzling but usually highly evocative, earthy and touching.
This is certainly one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever created. So, too is Aaron Copeland's Appalachian Spring, and Dvorak's New World Symphony. I am sure there are works of music similarly in love with other countries and place, too. And the more the better. It's a big world and this is not a zero-sum game.
@JoelGallob I agree with you and I see we have the same taste in music. I also like Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. Ralph Vaughan Williams is a beautiful counterpoint to the wonderful 20th Century American composers Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, and Aaron Copland (note spelling!!!)
@JoelGallob Appalachian Spring<3 I almost choked in the middle of playing that at my concert, and I play the tuba. I don't have the intense, melodic, moving parts. But still, the impact we low brass can create...That's why I love music. It's an amazing piece.
I think this music is wonderful, i dont care who wrote it or where he or her came from, how it affects you is very personel, if it makes you feel good and you want to tell us then please do, if you hate it then keep it to yourself, that way the comments page does,nt end up in the gutter.
It's being done slowly, to give it a moderate, progressive image. We legislate to allow sharia courts to have a say in civil issues...we have Islamic extremists putting signs up all over London telling people that the are entering a 'sharia-controlled zone', where drinking is banned, as is pornography and MUSIC.
No it isn't, you clearly hear about current events from a fearmongering news source. Also it wasn't all over London at all, that is the kind of sensationalist BS that they peddle at the Daily Mail/Daily Heil. It was a tiny area of London, in a predominantly muslim area and they were denounced from pretty much all sides. Learn to think for yourself instead of the imbeciles in the media instil fear.
It was covered in numerous newspapers, including The Telegraph, and several left wing papers as well. It wasn't a tiny area of London, I know people who live in Waltham Forest, who have said they were everywhere.
They weren't 'everywhere' at all and even if they were it is irrelevant, it was a tiny extreme minority of the muslim population attempting to agitate and inflame. If you believe that is a sign that sharia law is being implemented then you sir are an idiot.
No it is not! It isn't difficult to post a thousand flyers in a city, it could be done by a very small group of people which I guarantee it was. It is a tiny fragment of the muslim population that want sharia law and i suppose you have a problem with Beth Din courts too? As they are currently functioning alongside British law and have done for a long time, but obviously scapegoating of jews is so last century, it is the turn of the muslims for their fair share of the persecution?
@AndycKV Yes, I do have a problem with Beth Din courts. I have a problem with any court that diverts cases from the British legal system to a non-regulated court of foreign origin.
There has hardly been any issues resulting from beth din courts, so why do you even care? The British legal system is a fucking joke anyway, just protects the rich and powerful and provides a crutch to a corrupt political system.
@AndycKV Because this is Britain, and everyone who lives here should be subject to the BRITISH legal system, and no other. It doesn't provide a crutch to a corrupt political system any longer, due to Blair's separation of power, and security of tenure. You can see this from instances over the past few years where laws pushed through by the government have been found to be unlawful by the Supreme Court.
@Skyclad: What royal send-off for your dad. Vaughn Williams was my fathers favorite composer and we had his music playing for my dad when he crossed over to the other side.
@MegaPepper123 and greatest is up for debate. I'd argue Rome. Others would argue Greece. Some Egypt and Mesopotamia. The fairest conclusion we can come to, I think, is that we cannot ignore her 'gifts' to the world, however, she (like Rome and Greece) have also delivered coal to the stockings of the world at times (spirit of Christmas).
@MegaPepper123 I agree that Britons should not be ashamed to promote the grandness of their history. They were an integral part of civilization. However, to make the remark that they contributed more than any other nation are "fighting words". Britain rose from the ashes of Rome, using their system, modifying it to fit the age. Rome had 1 million people under Augustus, the world wouldn't see that until London in the 19th century. Britain was and is a mighty and great nation, but the mightiest...
@MegaPepper123 No my friend, arrogant, one sided cosmic claims like the one you made start wars because those who make them refuse to acknowledge the others that "contributed to this world". I think the Romans would have a little bit of beef with you, and so would the pioneers of the Renaissance in Italy. The Arabic world and the Greeks would find you amusing. As a descendant of Italy living in a once colony of Britain, I still sing God save the Queen, but come on now, let us remain realistic.
Multiculturalism (the bastard child of Capitalism) destroys everyone's unique culture, and Communism, by far, has the largest body count, to put it in rather crude terms.
I think this might be the most beautiful piece I have ever heard. I first ran across it about 3 days ago and can't stop listening. The music and pictures are beautiful enought to make me tear up.
; You're not a 'cheap-skate', you're financially thoughtful.
12Zwolf 2 weeks ago
Thumbs up if David Crowder Band brought you here
seddy47 2 weeks ago
what orchestra is this?
kittyfanatic220 2 weeks ago
What a devine gift to have such a physically beautiful country inspire such music to share with the world. It breaks my heart to see your nation assaulted by the Euro-Socialists on one hand, and the Islamists on the other. Sadly, England, perhaps like France, italy, Sweden and others, will become Muslim within 30 years or so. Already they have set up Sharia courts in your cities. English law means nothing to them. Your elected "leaders" will do nothing to save you. Anyway, thanks for the posting
Broadsidejohn 1 month ago
@Broadsidejohn Lmfao. Great little segue into mindless reactionary hate speech.
IsNully 4 weeks ago
@IsNully be very careful what you shrug off with a giggle
PFCAhammed 4 weeks ago
@PFCAhammed Taking that crap seriously validates it. Mel Brooks understood that.
IsNully 4 weeks ago
@IsNully I was responding to previous posts about how great socialist composers are. I have visited England/Scotland and have great respect and love. England, as you know it now, will not survive the onslaught of EU socialism and Islam. Like so much other music of English composers in the past, it is inspired by the beautiful countryside and people. It is changing, like it or not. This piece is fantastic, as is most of Williams' work.
Broadsidejohn 3 weeks ago
@IsNully If wanting to oppose the Stalinsts who want to deconstruct our nations in order to remake it in the communist model is "right wing," then so be it. The Stalinists want to label all criticism as "hate speech," here I am. If English want to to ruled by Emperors in Belgium, fine. If you are English, I wish you good luck with Sharia Law creeping into your justice system. Learn it. Love it. Live it. I was lamenting the passing of the "English" culture. End of political rant. Sorry Angelcynn.
Broadsidejohn 3 weeks ago
so relaxing
MrNickrust 1 month ago
wow, that third footage was really made in 1737???
martimtavares 1 month ago
@martimtavares it's the unchanging English countryside ;-)
katiush65 1 month ago
The more right-wing might care to ponder RVW was a socialist (like friend Holst). RVW gave us some of the most typically "English" music, some of the best hymn tunes (tho' said he was agnostic ....). Chavs will also like The Lark Ascending if they hear it. Many other moving works to his name (not all as pastoral as the Lark ...) His Pastoral Symphony - conceived in the countryside of France in WW1, but surely also yearning for an England & friends who would never return. Swearing - why? Sad
fairplayforchildren 1 month ago
Music of our earth and life ,how very nice.
dazaro3 2 months ago
the poem is just as beautiful--"He rises and begins to round, he drops the silver chain of sound....as up he wings the spiral stair, a song of light, and pierces air...and ever winging up and up, our valley is his golden cup...till lost in his aerial wings, in light--and then the fancy sings"
SkySpiral8 2 months ago
@SkySpiral8 Delightful. Nice to have a breather of beauty for a short while. Thank you.
Broadsidejohn 1 month ago
22 dislikes..what exactly is going through the heads of those people!
blueeffect23 2 months ago
The time when even GOD will listen, this music turns upside down my memory so as to remember moments of the past in an exhilarating way.
MrKaniyaw 2 months ago
"There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is ENGLAND".
(Winston Churchill)
marvinc999 2 months ago 3
@marvinc999 Ironic that Churchill's actions would go on to destroy the very thing and people he claimed meant so much to him. I hope he's happy wherever he is that he sold out his own people and nation.
Luckilius 2 months ago
@Luckilius
Since this is a MUSICAL and not a POLITICAL thread, I shall refrain from comment - beyond suggesting that your remarks would be more aptly directed at Ted Heath and his Euro-fanatic cronies and heirs; it is for people such as these that 'England' is little more than a touristic, chocolate box fantasy.
I merely quote the sentiments of one man (Churchill was no angel, I know) - but ones I happen to share. In this context, one's personal assessment of the man is irrelevant, surely ?
marvinc999 2 months ago
If I could fly, this would most definitely be my theme song...
fishbrains27 3 months ago
Adorably idyllic England ....
fatalistbg1 3 months ago
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On the seventh day the Lark ascended
curmudgeon113 3 months ago
Wonderful! Absolutely so.
lisamajor 3 months ago
THE ULTIMATE TUNE!
colinr28071 3 months ago
good song to wake up to.
mascthemoney 3 months ago
Love the chavs and riots bit! This piece has haunted me all my life, and represents for me (personally) an innocent countryside childhood. Whenever I am stressed or ill, I go back to this. Arguably the most beautiful piece of English orchestral pastoral music ever written.
wornpick1 3 months ago
@MyNinjaSasuke Yes I definitely hear the oriental thing too. It's funny that The Lark Ascending is considered so quintessentially English, but when I hear it I immediately think of Qing Dynasty China and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It is beautiful though.
apedosmi1 4 months ago 2
I liked the images set to this piece, even though they were not the best quality. There was an aerial view of what looks like a 3-sided cloister, starting at 3:14. Does anyone know the name of this site and its location? It's architectural features are very striking. Thanks in advance.
parkerfj 4 months ago
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sunseeker99 3 months ago
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@parkerfj It's the Gothic Temple in the grounds at Stowe School, National Trust manage the grounds. There are about 32 stunning architectural wonders in the grounds, all of the Grade 1 listed buildings.
sunseeker99 3 months ago
@sunseeker99 Thank-you for the reply. I looked at an aerial view of the grounds via Google Maps once I knew it was located near Buckingham and was able to quickly spot it by its shadow. As you've remarked, the grounds seem to be studded with quite a lot of interesting structures. I was surprised that you could book a room in the Gothic Temple--my wife & I may explore staying there when we plan to visit the UK in a couple of years. Thanks again.
parkerfj 3 months ago
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This is what 'death' is like. No fear my friends, all ages and eras are open.
LeighGhostTao 4 months ago
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LeighGhostTao 4 months ago
Beautiful :) It has a Scottish / oriental ring to it. Maybe that's just me
MyNinjaSasuke 4 months ago
@MyNinjaSasuke its not just you, 1st time I heard this piece of music (and I didn't know the composer or his nationality) I distinctly picked up on an oriental flavour from the solo violin, there seemed to be a slight blending of the notes when changing pitch that is so characteristic of the erhu (Chinese stringed instrument played rather like a violin), but when I saw on the CD that it was Vaughn Williams, played by the Leeds Philharmonic I was reassured that this was a faithful interpretation.
shaun180381 4 months ago
makes one like to go home
twitface100 4 months ago
my favourite classical piece by far.
isedray 4 months ago
This is Scottish!.
joebstarsurfer 4 months ago
Dislike this and you're a fool!
crozuk 4 months ago
Beautiful. Glory to God!
jmgleason 4 months ago
This is just so beautiful. Sometimes I just cry because it's so beautiful.
ThePetiteOboist 4 months ago
Hey, how the hell did this issue of "Religion" come into the equation?! This is a great song. Leave Religion OUT of the matter! Politics should not be left to pollute this lovely tune- aswell as our every-day lives. And that includes someone's dick-head-ideas out Religion. If you are an atheist (yes, it's quite deliberate that I gave Religion a captial "R", & atheist a small "a"- because they're all twats)- keep it to yourself. Your athism IS NOT a Religion. It's just an opinion.
nicholasmaxim3079 5 months ago
England is a place of extremes...in parts extremely pleasant and civilised...in cities extremely vile and alien.
JohnPurchaseArt 5 months ago
I don't believe we should be governed by the law of a foreign country or religion. Christianity should be the number one religion in this country and therefore, if we should be governed by any religion's laws that religion should be Christian. I don't have a problem with Islam. Some of my closest friends are Muslim and I don't have a problem with them practising their faith for themselves. I do have a problem with the Islamic laws coming into power in our country though
davidverney 5 months ago
@davidverney
I don't believe we should be governed by any religion. Such a thing would make this country a theocracy.
Religion shouldn't be treated with such respect, it should be ridiculed for the idiocy that it undoubtedly is.
doodleplop800 5 months ago
@doodleplop800 I fully agree. It is a ridiculous idiocy, which has nothing to do with Faith. This is the opinion of a man believing in God.
In my country, where religion is traditionally (not faithfully) strong in the past years a tremendous shift from reasonable to fantastic tale-like mentality has occurred in minds of the public. Some people that I used to know as sound-minded and possessed of reason have become absolute idiots. All this is because there was no in-time control of religion.
EBMonseigneur 4 months ago
@davidverney I also do have a problem with the Islamic laws coming into power, though I am living in a traditionally muslim country and am supposed to consider myself muslim, which I won't ever do. By no means religion should come in power! Neither buddism, nor judaism, nor christianity, nor islam especially!
I used to study in UK and I fell in love with the country. Britons, preserve your culture, preserve your dignity, do not allow imposing barbaric laws and customs in your society!
EBMonseigneur 4 months ago
@EBMonseigneur I want to say God bless you for what you said, but I realize that would be a paradox... :) But anyone who opposes religious orthodoxy is a friend of mine.
deino117 4 months ago
Listen to this if you want to forget all about the chavs and the riots!
ppdunaway 5 months ago 30
@ppdunaway Can't bloody forget about the scum if you fucking mention it in the top comments now can I.
AartyMc 3 months ago 11
@AartyMc Too true.
Teddyb1939 2 months ago
@AartyMc no need to swear
thomascompton800 2 months ago
@thomascompton800 Sure there is buddy, sure there is. Fuckity Fuck fuck fuck
AartyMc 2 months ago 2
@AartyMc answer to that one is: don't say anything at all :D
Redflowers9 1 month ago
@Redflowers9 Ehhhh what?
AartyMc 1 month ago
@ppdunaway
Interesting you post that here - considering that Vaughan Williams was an ardent supporter of left-wing politics, do you think he would have blamed the riots on the chavs, because of who they intrinsically are, like many right or centre-right papers did e.g Daily Mail?
I'm not challenging your viewpoint, I agree with you to quite an extent but I think it is worth remembering that all society is motivated by greed, and the chavs have significantly less than the other classes.
MirrorKillMusic 1 month ago
@MirrorKillMusic chavs are a certain section of the poor (and not so poor) who take pride in being ugly , rude, aggresive , violent and uneducated. What's not to hate? Being poor has nothing to do with it. Why am I being made to think of Chavs , ffs , ruined the music now.
neilwavg 1 month ago
@ppdunaway Populist petit bourgeois (chav) music
ThePaxip 1 month ago
Never apologize for poorness of vision! Badgers never do! Yet there are those who see and yet are blind!
May God Bless this rendition, dear love.
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JohnPurchaseArt 5 months ago
The Lark Ascending is a work by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, inspired by George Meredith's 122-line poem of the same name about the skylark. The work was written in two versions: violin and piano, written in 1914; and violin and orchestra, written in 1920. The orchestral version is the one that is almost always heard now. It is one of the most popular pieces in the Classical repertoire among British listeners .(From Wikipedia)
MrFerminleon 5 months ago
its funny looking up british things he was scottish oops.
this doesnt make me think of the clueless royals.I imagine the mountains in Scotland Greenslves fucking saxon init.
joebstarsurfer 5 months ago
This is England!
outlander271 5 months ago
Ricky Gervais likes vaughan williams ...top man
bensimps123 6 months ago
@bensimps123
Karl Pilkington likes The Killing of Georgie by Rod Stewart...but he's not gay.
JohnPurchaseArt 5 months ago
gosh nearly brings a tear.. im missing england today. i hope to be back with my dad next summer...
thanks : )
mellraizer 6 months ago
I wonder if any of you have had the same journey as me. I first heard this as Lark's Tongues in Aspic by King Crimson which in the mid 70s split me open to the power of music. Later I found source RVW and I was astounded by its beauty and awed by how KC had rendered it. RVW wrote it in the trenches apparently - KC added the bomb shells.
Eamon0011 6 months ago
Knowing that this was written by a WWI vet with PTSD makes it even more meaningful and incredible
TheMetalguitarguy 6 months ago 2
my gosh, vaughan williams could write beautiful orchestral arrangements and tuba concertos. what a genius.
dylannoble92 6 months ago
Score and Orchestral parts at SheetMusicX [dot] com
hamasburi 7 months ago
My sister requested this be played at the end of my dads funeral on Friday, it was the first time I'd heard it but it is stunning so off I go to buy a copy to always remember my lovely dad by- it's so moving.
MsPastyboy 7 months ago
Calm down, boys and girls - just listen! And weep - sad isn't it. I love the music, I weep not from sadness but deep felt connection with the music that is so deeply moving that one would have have stone of a heart, not to respond. Next, I'm off to Mr. Barber's Adagio - even more powerful in some respects but a musical voice that if, it doesn't move you, you not a living man or woman as we know us.
BrianBruise 7 months ago
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I felt the rise ,fall and flow of every note. Am set
up for the day. Amazing.
iagoband 7 months ago
I felt the rise ,fall and flow of every note. Am set up for the day. Amazing.
iagoband 7 months ago
What no Cerne Abbas man?
Ahzdiosh 7 months ago
this guy is a pervert. he's just reached in and fiddled with my soul. i dont like classical music, and i dont like the countryside. i just looked this clip us cos my mum said she liked 'the lark rising'. what an amazing piece of music.
chrisman1444 7 months ago
flippin heck. what awas that about. tears everywhere. vaughan williams you say?
chrisman1444 7 months ago
Dies irae should have been top.
Just saying...
Nickmanq 7 months ago
Wow I really do forget how beautiful this mighty isle is living in decrepit concrete jungle, this has really brighten my day up :)
SnideCast 7 months ago
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm Vaughan Williams....... Genius... surprised this came top though..would have thought it would have been - Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus ....well whatever
pr0methian 7 months ago
I really like the kinds of comments made to this music. I think of the beautiful minds and hearts that like this music. My brother is working in outback Australia and I have just bought the music to send out to him and his violin. I think they will love it.
Ninetyeight89 7 months ago
@TheFasterDanish Strangely enough, that's how I enjoy MOST of the music I listen too! I guess it's much easier to focus on the sounds when you're in a dark room, hehe.
GoldCogIronMachine 7 months ago
Oooh, this song is so beautiful, thanks for posting it!
GoldCogIronMachine 7 months ago
@GoldCogIronMachine Song.What song? I don't hear any singing!!
coolsdon 5 months ago
@coolsdon Music I meant. ;)
GoldCogIronMachine 5 months ago
wow! this was my first time with RVW and I was hooked forever. I have now discovered most of his music and my favorite is The Sea symphony, it takes me to heaven everytime..
annemarieclaudia 8 months ago
I may or may not be at least 100 of these views. . .
KoreannM 8 months ago
I have listened to 'iz some where over the rainbow' as was played at my brothers funeral, so am now able to listen to this which was played at my Dads funeral. I am getting better.
Skyclad65 8 months ago
Although indeed it is far too majestic for a soap opera
Fordrasyle 8 months ago
So... I know Williams was English and Welsh, but this reminds me of China.
Fordrasyle 8 months ago
@Fordrasyle Lol, no way! Me too! Though that's because I listened to this song when I was younger whilst reading books about China...
ghostshell999 8 months ago
@ghostshell999 :D For me it just sounds like something Chinese people would put in a movie or a soap opera or something
Fordrasyle 8 months ago
He achieved what I will simply describe as perfection around 1:12
thehornedviper 9 months ago
Hi, does anyone know what version this is? I downloaded the Hugh Bean/Sir Adrian Boult/New Philharmonic Orchestra version from iTunes but it's not *this* version, which I have to admit I prefer! Any ideas?
oolalula 9 months ago
This is so evocative of what it means to me to be English. It permeates through my heart and veins when I hear this sweet music.
mileystar99 9 months ago
I love this music , it is great!!!!
Hataw2008able 9 months ago
I listened to this because of a book I was reading and this was the protagonists favourite tune and so I wanted to hear it for myself. Its really beautiful.
Rokaliscious 9 months ago
It looks like Pennsylvania.
norb1937 9 months ago
@norb1937 - Well, William Penn WAS from Berkshire, England.
adventussaxonum 9 months ago
By the way... Nature is not cruel only to us it seems that way...i spent years in the open in all weathers night and day..it is in fact merceless but cruelity implies intention and there are of course anomolies but generally being fiercely involved in the eternal battle between predator and prey is not cruel or malicious. Either side of the coin.. the song is in fact wonderful..sweet and sad powerful and tender
DreamWeaver2020 9 months ago
@DreamWeaver2020 nature is indifferent...but we are nature we are part of the interaction. Heddwch/ peace
3tangle3 9 months ago
Waytosavetheworld. couldnt agree with you more..Nature heals us and has its song but most have lost the ears to hear it. If we turn the unecessary off and get past the percieved lonesomeness we think will be there a new world can open up to us. We have the choice each day to let the light shine. There are more of us who live like this from the inside out with the give and take then the Media would have us believe. Keep the faith and share what you know it will resonate like ripples in a pond.
DreamWeaver2020 9 months ago
Vaughn Williams was Scottish blighty needs some more greats again not retarded Royals!.England anywhere isnt what you think it is is.Sussex doom lol.
joebstarsurfer 9 months ago
@joebstarsurfer - - Scottish? I wasn't aware that Gloucestershire was in Scotland!
English, surely?
adventussaxonum 9 months ago
@adventussaxonum yes hes english from gloucestershire but like many borderers has 'welsh' ancestry. I study this area of the world in university.... vaughan is from the welsh fechan meaning small and williams is an anglicised welsh surname (pre norman welsh never had surnames)..................anyway its all constructs....I adore his music
3tangle3 9 months ago
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@3tangle3 "williams is an anglicised welsh surname "
Williams is an English surname that became incredibly popular in Wales. A bit like Jones.
adventussaxonum 9 months ago
@joebstarsurfer vaughan williams is about as welsh a surname as you can get lol, he was english raised with part welsh ancestry as an english borderer which is very common
3tangle3 9 months ago
@3tangle3 - "he was english raised with part welsh ancestry as an english borderer "
Which means he was English, then! Related ,on his mother's side to Josiah Wedgewood AND Charles Darwin. Presumably there was a Welshman somewhere back in the paternal line.
adventussaxonum 9 months ago
@adventussaxonum yeah, he was a man of the marchers, the variety of this world makes it a place worth living...not all welsh are the same, not all english are same...its fucking great means I dont have to be exactly like my parents :O ;P :D
3tangle3 9 months ago
@adventussaxonum That really depends - is YOUR nationality the nationality of your parents? Where you grew up? or where you were born? Blood or earth?
ghostshell999 8 months ago
@ghostshell999
Good question !
Ultimately, I think, it's where your HEART is.
For me, that's ENGLAND (that is to say, the IDEA and IDEAL of 'England'):
"I have seen much to hate here, much to forgive. But in a world where England is finished and dead, I do not wish to live."
(Alice Duer Miller).
BTW, I'm of English/Italian/German/Spanish ancestry.
Just hope God's not a Frenchman ;-)
marvinc999 8 months ago
@marvinc999 I agree with that, though i hadn't really ever thought of it that way, i guess in the end it really is where your heart is. I thought of this quote, which i saw in one of the Total War games,when i saw your ancestry (i mean no offence by it i just thought the quote was quite funny!) - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor; "I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my horse". Thats you got most bases covered!
ghostshell999 8 months ago
@ghostshell999
Many thanks for that BRILLIANT quote !
(And 75% ain't bad)
When the President of the European Union (the Holy Roman Empire - Mark 2) demonstrates an equal capacity for wit, I might (but probably won't) consider it worthwhile staying in.
Busily learning it even as I type...........
Thanks, again.
Take care ;-)
marvinc999 8 months ago
Vaughn Williams was Scottish blighty needs some more greats again not retarded Royals!.
joebstarsurfer 9 months ago
I cant help thinking of English country meadows and hedges with Hobbits and Elves everywhere! The video here is a bit naf at 3 frames per second. The thought that counts.
random007nadir 9 months ago
To hear this piece and then to think that a few months later its composer was off in an ambulance unit of World War I astounds me. How it must have shaped forever his views. It did change his music.
reenactorgal 9 months ago
I think howard shore must have taken alot of influence from Williams in writing his score for lord of the rings.
jimmiratsfield 9 months ago
he is soo passionite....
7witcombe 10 months ago
This song is beautiful. :)
InduceShockTreatment 10 months ago
My junior and senior yr high school English teacher said something I never forgot... "There is nothing more beautiful than the English countryside in Spring." Of course, she was right.
bon1042 10 months ago
Yuor music is in the sky
martanadaniela1 10 months ago
Every note cuts straight to the heart.
GeorgesBarras 10 months ago 16
@GeorgesBarras
*Dies from blood loss*
TROLLERSDELIGHT 4 months ago
Don't beat your self up about your video , it comes from the heart , The Lark Acending , sums up pictures of England , with no introduction . I was born in the country , and lived most of my life here , people in the cities ought to get out more , to see what's around them befor it's lost forever , you've shown the rest of the world our country from your point of view , congratulations Angelcynn.
Wad12br 10 months ago
18 people are snails who can't imagine flying.
renumeratedfrog 11 months ago
Reminds me of watching skylarks soaring up from the open land next to my school in the 70's.
It used to be the old RAF fighter command airfield at Hornchurch which had been reclaimed by nature and offered a tranquil place to enjoy lunchtimes. It was a hugely atmospheric place.
It was completely built over by a housing estate not long after. (sigh)
dukeofoven 11 months ago
@dukeofoven
I respect you greatly sir/madam for defending this country, of which I love. Modernisation and globalisation through aggressive multiculturism has destroyed this countries sense of pride, and honour; however I refuse to accept that this will continue, we need to stand together against this fares which is our government, and Europe.
Legeceasterscir 10 months ago
0:18 looks like Frocester Hill in beautiful Gloucestershire
Thank you for this life affirming piece
vivatmusica 11 months ago
This piece of music makes life worth living..
SeverusPump 11 months ago 3
Very peaceful. <3
marisols92 11 months ago
I wish I were there...
ForCarolToEnjoy 11 months ago
One of my favourite pieces of music, particularly from what is broadly referred to as classical music. I am not British but I love their contribution to music :)- something that is not always perfect or dazzling but usually highly evocative, earthy and touching.
CrimsonKing589051 11 months ago 2
Please can I use this for my Mum's funeral?
aarika64 1 year ago
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I like this, but I can't stand it with country fucking shit
invertedchords 1 year ago
@invertedchords just a thought,but why not try listening without looking at the video?
carpinus02 1 year ago 2
Ha, ha...don't worry, Angelcynn...I'm a jeweller, and I make 'beautiful things' from items I pick up from the street...! All the best, di
aussiechickdiana 1 year ago
Ireland is greener! Just kidding; beautiful and touching music and landscapes, thank you for uploading.
agormanvideos 1 year ago
This is certainly one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever created. So, too is Aaron Copeland's Appalachian Spring, and Dvorak's New World Symphony. I am sure there are works of music similarly in love with other countries and place, too. And the more the better. It's a big world and this is not a zero-sum game.
JoelGallob 1 year ago
@JoelGallob I agree with you and I see we have the same taste in music. I also like Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. Ralph Vaughan Williams is a beautiful counterpoint to the wonderful 20th Century American composers Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, and Aaron Copland (note spelling!!!)
buddmar 1 year ago
@JoelGallob Appalachian Spring<3 I almost choked in the middle of playing that at my concert, and I play the tuba. I don't have the intense, melodic, moving parts. But still, the impact we low brass can create...That's why I love music. It's an amazing piece.
alexsmmb 1 year ago
I think this music is wonderful, i dont care who wrote it or where he or her came from, how it affects you is very personel, if it makes you feel good and you want to tell us then please do, if you hate it then keep it to yourself, that way the comments page does,nt end up in the gutter.
maxbus56 1 year ago 2
thank god the beauty of britain has been captured in vaughan williams music , where it will remain frozen in time, where no one can destroy it.
GrantDavidGreenham 1 year ago 35
@GrantDavidGreenham
If Sharia law is enforced in Britain, it will be destroyed, or at least banned.
bulletarerad 5 months ago
@bulletarerad
Haha! But it won't though will it. Anyone who believes that really needs to be removed from the gene pool!
AndycKV 5 months ago
@AndycKV
It's being done slowly, to give it a moderate, progressive image. We legislate to allow sharia courts to have a say in civil issues...we have Islamic extremists putting signs up all over London telling people that the are entering a 'sharia-controlled zone', where drinking is banned, as is pornography and MUSIC.
bulletarerad 5 months ago
@bulletarerad
No it isn't, you clearly hear about current events from a fearmongering news source. Also it wasn't all over London at all, that is the kind of sensationalist BS that they peddle at the Daily Mail/Daily Heil. It was a tiny area of London, in a predominantly muslim area and they were denounced from pretty much all sides. Learn to think for yourself instead of the imbeciles in the media instil fear.
AndycKV 5 months ago
@bulletarerad
Also I would like to see that implemented. It just couldn't happen so quit fearmongering.
AndycKV 5 months ago
@AndycKV
It was covered in numerous newspapers, including The Telegraph, and several left wing papers as well. It wasn't a tiny area of London, I know people who live in Waltham Forest, who have said they were everywhere.
bulletarerad 5 months ago
@bulletarerad
They weren't 'everywhere' at all and even if they were it is irrelevant, it was a tiny extreme minority of the muslim population attempting to agitate and inflame. If you believe that is a sign that sharia law is being implemented then you sir are an idiot.
AndycKV 5 months ago
@AndycKV There were thousands of them. And it is a sign of increasing desire for Sharia law
bulletarerad 5 months ago
@bulletarerad
No it is not! It isn't difficult to post a thousand flyers in a city, it could be done by a very small group of people which I guarantee it was. It is a tiny fragment of the muslim population that want sharia law and i suppose you have a problem with Beth Din courts too? As they are currently functioning alongside British law and have done for a long time, but obviously scapegoating of jews is so last century, it is the turn of the muslims for their fair share of the persecution?
AndycKV 5 months ago
@AndycKV Yes, I do have a problem with Beth Din courts. I have a problem with any court that diverts cases from the British legal system to a non-regulated court of foreign origin.
bulletarerad 5 months ago
@bulletarerad
There has hardly been any issues resulting from beth din courts, so why do you even care? The British legal system is a fucking joke anyway, just protects the rich and powerful and provides a crutch to a corrupt political system.
AndycKV 5 months ago
@AndycKV Because this is Britain, and everyone who lives here should be subject to the BRITISH legal system, and no other. It doesn't provide a crutch to a corrupt political system any longer, due to Blair's separation of power, and security of tenure. You can see this from instances over the past few years where laws pushed through by the government have been found to be unlawful by the Supreme Court.
bulletarerad 5 months ago
@bulletarerad I live in London and I didn't see a single rioter. Islington to be exact.
su0rtin 5 months ago
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ZF1000 1 year ago
wow this video is awsome
ronman2763 1 year ago
@Skyclad: What royal send-off for your dad. Vaughn Williams was my fathers favorite composer and we had his music playing for my dad when he crossed over to the other side.
cagepondroad 1 year ago
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it's beautifull, it makes you cry, I can listen it so many times and it isn't boring yet. I heard it 100 times. really wonderfull, i'm only 13
loontjuhhh13 1 year ago
it's beautifull, it makes you cry, I can listen it so many times and it isn't boring yet. I heard it 100 times. really wonderfull, i'm only 13
loontjuhhh13 1 year ago
There are 18 people on here who have no hearts or souls and don,t know what beauty is
surfasteve68 1 year ago
So beautiful ... Really wonderful ! :)
zara2255 1 year ago
This was played at my Dads funeral today, just beautiful piece of music .
Skyclad65 1 year ago 40
@Skyclad65 A most beautiful tribute. Sorry for your loss.
patronsaintofpink 1 year ago
@MegaPepper123 and greatest is up for debate. I'd argue Rome. Others would argue Greece. Some Egypt and Mesopotamia. The fairest conclusion we can come to, I think, is that we cannot ignore her 'gifts' to the world, however, she (like Rome and Greece) have also delivered coal to the stockings of the world at times (spirit of Christmas).
rockythechamp 1 year ago
@MegaPepper123 I agree that Britons should not be ashamed to promote the grandness of their history. They were an integral part of civilization. However, to make the remark that they contributed more than any other nation are "fighting words". Britain rose from the ashes of Rome, using their system, modifying it to fit the age. Rome had 1 million people under Augustus, the world wouldn't see that until London in the 19th century. Britain was and is a mighty and great nation, but the mightiest...
rockythechamp 1 year ago
Whilst serving in Afghanistan I listened to this beautiful piece of music to remind myself of home.
waffen30 1 year ago 3
@MegaPepper123 No my friend, arrogant, one sided cosmic claims like the one you made start wars because those who make them refuse to acknowledge the others that "contributed to this world". I think the Romans would have a little bit of beef with you, and so would the pioneers of the Renaissance in Italy. The Arabic world and the Greeks would find you amusing. As a descendant of Italy living in a once colony of Britain, I still sing God save the Queen, but come on now, let us remain realistic.
rockythechamp 1 year ago
When this started playing, after about 10 seconds my heart welled up...that's how you know it's beautiful.
natezynski 1 year ago
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so beautiful!!
Phateep 1 year ago
Multiculturalism (the bastard child of Capitalism) destroys everyone's unique culture, and Communism, by far, has the largest body count, to put it in rather crude terms.
NewRightLondon 1 year ago
I think this might be the most beautiful piece I have ever heard. I first ran across it about 3 days ago and can't stop listening. The music and pictures are beautiful enought to make me tear up.
aleksavortis 1 year ago
merci au "cheapskate" comme quoi il est possible de réaliser de beaux montages avec de petits moyens !
kougibo 1 year ago
this is the England I love
83happygirl 1 year ago