Williams, Ralph Vaughan: The Lark Ascending
Paperback
score and parts
Setting: Violin
Length: 40 pages
Weight: 0.149 kg
Published: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Item number: OUP9780193692039
Other reference: 9780193692039
ISMN: 9780193692039
Vaughan Williams' hauntingly beautiful The Lark Ascending is one of his most enduringly popular works. A serene romance, the work takes its title from a poem by George Meredith. The violin's magical evocation of the lark's 'chirrup, whistle, slur and shake', as it soars above delicate orchestral textures, demonstates the composer's mastery of the pastoral idiom. This edition of the full score, with the parts freshly engraved and edited and available on hire, is produced in collaboration with RVW