
A journey to Vaughan Williams' Lark Ascending
As part of ѿý 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 ѿý 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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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).
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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.
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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.
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Robert Schumann
Waldszenen, Op. 82 - 7. Vogel als Prophet
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.- Schumann: G Minor Sonata; Waldszenen; Gesänge der Frühe.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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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).
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Le Rappel des oiseaux
Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- Debussy – Rameau.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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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.
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Olivier Messiaen
Catalogue d'oiseaux / Book 5 - 8. L'alouette calandrelle
Performer: Yvonne Loriod.- Messiaen: Catalogue d'oiseaux.
- Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
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Grigoras Dinicu
L'Alouette
Performer: Roby Lakatos. Ensemble: Lakatos.- Ensemble Roby Lakatos - "La Bohème".
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Jules Massenet
Thaïs - Méditation
Performer: Bomsori. Lyricist: Louis Marie Alexandre Gallet. Lyricist: Anatole France. Orchestra: Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero.- Massenet: Thaïs: Méditation.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius
Quid tantos
Ensemble: Sequentia.- Glossa.
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John Dowland
Semper Dowland Semper Dolens from Lachrimae
Ensemble: Fretwork.- Dowland - Lachrimae.
- Warner Classics.
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Cécile Chaminade
Pièces humoristiques, Op. 87: V. Consolation
Performer: Peter Jacobs.- Chaminade: Piano Music, Vol. 2.
- Hyperion.
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Pauline Oliveros
A Love Song
Performer: Pauline Oliveros.- The Well & The Gentle.
- Important Records.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Turtle Dove
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Hubert Parry: Songs of Farewell.
- Signum Records.
Broadcast
- Sun 18 May 2025 13:30ѿý Radio 3