- ooooh look its a lark ascending!
KUDOS: X X X X O
MOVINGNESS: X X X X O
ENJOYABILITY: (CLASSICAL FANS) X X X X X
(NEUTRAL TASTES) X X X O O
(HARD ROCK ENTHUSIASTS) X O O O O (BUT YOU NEVER KNOW)
BY: RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
VERSIONS: VIOLIN
PIANO
VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRAL (MOST HEARD VERSION)
LISTEN FOR:
- The soft waves of sound at the beginning
- The solo wavering unpredictable 'Lark'
- Pure excellent high notes on the violin
- The idyllic feeling of undefined bliss...
- ... and the odd feeling of sadness and nostalgia!
- For some reason it reminded me of Ben-Hur... something wasn't entirely 'english' about it... It had a touch of the ethereal and 'out-there-ness'...
- The soft waves of sound at the beginning
- The solo wavering unpredictable 'Lark'
- Pure excellent high notes on the violin
- The idyllic feeling of undefined bliss...
- ... and the odd feeling of sadness and nostalgia!
- For some reason it reminded me of Ben-Hur... something wasn't entirely 'english' about it... It had a touch of the ethereal and 'out-there-ness'...
WARNINGS:
- This music can't be listened to with impunity.
- Really stop what you are doing and LISTEN.
- For me this song doesn't reveal much of the english countryside... too heavenly and ethereal for that...
- For my 12 year old little brother, he said he felt sleepy, and then he said he wanted to go to Korea - after overexposure to the music. It's incredible because he isn't the most sensitive thing in the world... music brings out things in people most things can't...
- This also reminds me of 'The Lord of the Rings'. Hmm. Of Hobbiton and the Shire... so is that 'english countryside feeling'? Perhaps not. I told you it was musical fantasia. - my dad said it reminded him of an oriental mountain (he said that vaughan williams had studied chinese music or something so that explains that)
- Really stop what you are doing and LISTEN.
- For me this song doesn't reveal much of the english countryside... too heavenly and ethereal for that...
- For my 12 year old little brother, he said he felt sleepy, and then he said he wanted to go to Korea - after overexposure to the music. It's incredible because he isn't the most sensitive thing in the world... music brings out things in people most things can't...
- This also reminds me of 'The Lord of the Rings'. Hmm. Of Hobbiton and the Shire... so is that 'english countryside feeling'? Perhaps not. I told you it was musical fantasia. - my dad said it reminded him of an oriental mountain (he said that vaughan williams had studied chinese music or something so that explains that)
- argh! restrain me: I love it so much!!!
MAKE SURE YOU:
- have fun listening to it... and if stirs up the wanderlust within you then go for it! its a chance in a lifetime.
- see the korean gold medalist figure skater Kim Yuna skate to this piece of music somewhere in youtube
- watch the Lord of the Rings and Ben-Hur. You must. I order you
- do a full scale wall mural of the imagery and emotions the Lark Ascending arouse in you. In fresco.
- don't fall through a window trying to 'fly' to the music. like my little brother almost did.
- have some Sky-lark pie while you're at it. That was a joke.
- get your family to shut up at dinner time and ask them to listen to the music while they eat and then force them to tell you what they thought. Like I did.
- the incredible kim yuna
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