The Lark Ascending - Ralph Vaughan Williams - Part 1

[dpruett4]

If there is a more beautiful piece of music, I have not heard it. The notes at 2:47 and again at 2:58 punctuate the magnificance of this piece.

[fmecantfindaname]

@dpruett4 Love the note at 6.49 too :) Great piece, great performance.

[MrPhucktard]

Soloist and orchestra all are quite good. Great sound coming from a smaller than normal ensemble....probably excellent recording engineers. Some nice sensitive and intense playing by the soloist. Quite a laudable performance by the entire ensemble.

[annie252]

I think this piece has single-handedly revived my love for the violin.

[MrLvfg]

Sencillamente perfecta...

[Cocoheadedcannibal]

The lack of glamour of the performer is easily compensated for by the sheer prowess of playing; wisdom of intelligence and experience, distilled over the years by hard work and the fulfillment of a vision...

No other interpretation of this piece comes close: this one soars highest.

[hamasburi]

Score and Orchestral parts for The Lark Ascending can be found at SheetMusicX [dot] com

[ThunderGobble]

Outstanding in every way!

[ronweasly11]

someone got fired at 6:49

[TheLfwjo]

Every time I hear this, I am reminded how easy the life is despite of problems, I want to cry while smiling, I begin to think that I shall continue living, there are solutions to any problem. This piece make me to move on.

:D

[DavidJPitt]

A tiny spotlight on a fragment of englishness.

[dab505279]

WOW! What a great LIVE performance. And the soloist: Exceptional.

[Vook]

I don't think I've ever considered what music might actually be playing in Heaven until now.

[candevhec]

Vraiment très beau, voilà des années que M. et Mme Turovsky enrichissent la vie culturelle à Montréal. Merci.

[snake3446]

any one have a link to where i can buy this version of the song by Eleonora Turovsky?

[pelomiao]

meravigliosa!!

[spielmanlover808]

i came at 4:33

[mulattokid]

Youtube: Even in the presence of such musical genius and sublime rendition, civility turns to just so much 'betting office' shite!

'The Lark Ascending' My introduction to the man - what a reputation classical music would have to live up to from that time on.

[boys0fsummer1]

@mulattokid

ah, yes and this is supposed to be the INFORMATION AGE, the next step on man's enlightenment.

yeah right...

[MegaHunter108]

really stunning, i like this performance, I like it when it's not all about the Lead Violin, maybe it's the recording..., it's just that all the other performers seam to shine just just as much!

[raphaelhudson]

Vaughan Williams' genius.

[ihatefitpro]

@194jerry A piece of information for you i) RVW has nothing to do with the RAF (it IS "nonsense and tosh" and didn't compose music for it. ii) He actually served in the Army.

Don't put a romantic spin on it please - he wasn't a 'deep lover' of the countryside. We all like going for a walk in the country, who doesn't? In fact RVM was into Morris Dancing and English folk music and hence the somewhat over use of Violins in his compositions.

[hdqcb99]

@ihatefitpro

He composed a new anthem for the unveiling of the Battle of Britain memorial chapel in the Abbey in 1947

[hdqcb99]

@ihatefitpro

why can't you edit these things...that's meant to say Westmister Abbey, where the great man lies to this day...

[violinmusicfan]

so beautiful

[madkat1981]

just beautiful

[Aliiak]

Gorgeous, I came across this by the name alone... and wow, beautiful.

[888muriel]

This ALWAYS brings a tear to my eye.

[alyncurtis]

beautiful

[scott18pressed]

Lying lazy in the heat of the mid summer afternoon on a RAF airfield in the heart of England with the distant drone of aircraft coming and going...and then in the peace that finds itself as venturers to the clouds pass out of earshot, the piercing shrill of the sky lark rising from the long grass at the perimeter.

Vaughan Williams couldn't have made it any more befitting even if he'd spent time lying on his back for a thousand english summers in a meadow. Serene.

[ihatefitpro]

@scott18pressed what a load of nonsense and tosh.

[194jerry]

@ihatefitpro You say "nonsense and tosh"... but basically, it IS a piece of music evocative of Engllish countryside, midsummer, sky lark ascending and shrilling it's skylark song. A couple of clues for you: (i) R V-W was an English composer with a deep love of and familiarity with the English countryside,and (ii) um... the title of this piece of music.

[scott18pressed]

@ihatefitpro "what a load of nonsense and tosh"...I was not referring to Vaughan Williams past. I was actually referring to how it connected to my own life. The piece of music merely was a soundtrack to my own memories...as I'm sure many can empathise with. Music is not just a factual entity where people such as yourself have to make abrupt, hostile and needless comments about other people views.

[drew4u]

Wow those high notes are hard to play.

[macrodick]

Umm... yeah, LOTS of intonation errors. And the line is broken up too many times for my own personal taste.

You guys know this lady is the wife of the conductor, right... ha ha...

[CapriccioMusic]

Hauntingly beautiful.

[jonathanaconway]

Really nice; I absolutely loved this interpretation.

This chick is way better than Susan Boyle!

[zizx321]

SO beautiful !

[cellovekk]

Really touched by this performance!

[charlieau]

Alright I will admit she can play this better than I can, but there were some major flaws - too sharp and not time in some section her top notes too sharp! but nice

[CapriccioMusic]

Those minor errors are hardly the most important things in a performance. The pure brilliance of her interpretation and her absolutely angelic and unique sound are much more important.