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A journey to Vaughan Williams' Lark Ascending

As part of BBC Mental Health & Wellbeing Season, Sara Mohr-Pietsch is your guide on a journey towards a serenely beautiful classical favourite: Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending

As part of BBC Mental Health & Wellbeing Season, Sara Mohr-Pietsch is your guide on a journey towards a serenely beautiful classical favourite: Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending.

Along the way, Sara will find inspiration from birds in the music of Mozart, Schumann, Rameau and Einojuhani Rautavaara; she also explores music expressing consolation in pieces by John Dowland and Cecile Chaminade, and music which invokes a sense of calm by Massenet and Pauline Oliveros.

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Last Sunday 13:30
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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (Classic FM: The Full Works).
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance in F Major, Op. 50

    Performer: Charlie Siem. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Oleg Caetani.
    • Romance in F Major, Op. 50.
    • Signum Records.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Columba aspexit, BN 54

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Choir: Gothic Voices. Conductor: Christopher Page.
    • A Feather on the Breath of God: Songs of Hildegard von Bingen.
    • Hyperion.

  • Robert Schumann

    Waldszenen, Op. 82 - 7. Vogel als Prophet

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Schumann: G Minor Sonata; Waldszenen; Gesänge der Frühe.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 1 - "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja"

    Lyricist: Emanuel Schikaneder. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Tutto Mozart!.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Le Rappel des oiseaux

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Debussy – Rameau.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Cantus arcticus, Op. 61, "Concerto for Birds and Orchestra": Melankolia

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus / Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 3.
    • Naxos.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Catalogue d'oiseaux / Book 5 - 8. L'alouette calandrelle

    Performer: Yvonne Loriod.
    • Messiaen: Catalogue d'oiseaux.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records .

  • Grigoras Dinicu

    L'Alouette

    Performer: Roby Lakatos. Ensemble: Lakatos.
    • Ensemble Roby Lakatos - "La Bohème".
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Jules Massenet

    Thaïs - Méditation

    Performer: Bomsori. Lyricist: Louis Marie Alexandre Gallet. Lyricist: Anatole . Orchestra: Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero.
    • Massenet: Thaïs: Méditation.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius

    Quid tantos

    Ensemble: Sequentia.
    • Glossa.

  • John Dowland

    Semper Dowland Semper Dolens from Lachrimae

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Dowland - Lachrimae.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Pièces humoristiques, Op. 87: V. Consolation

    Performer: Peter Jacobs.
    • Chaminade: Piano Music, Vol. 2.
    • Hyperion.

  • Pauline Oliveros

    A Love Song

    Performer: Pauline Oliveros.
    • The Well & The Gentle.
    • Important Records.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Turtle Dove

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Hubert Parry: Songs of Farewell.
    • Signum Records.

Broadcast

  • Last Sunday 13:30
    BBC Radio 3