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Scottish Chamber Orchestra: The Lark Ascending

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra and conductor Andrew Manze perform a concert of music by Vaughan Williams, celebrating his distinctly British sound and style.

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra and conductor Andrew Manze perform a concert of music by Vaughan Williams, celebrating his pastoral inspiration and use of folk songs to create a distinctly British sound and style.

The SCO's leader Stephanie Gonley performs Vaughan Williams's much loved work for solo violin and orchestra, The Lark Ascending. It's a musical depiction of a bird on the wing, its song filling the air inspired by George Meredith's poem of the same name. Young musicians from the SCO String Academy join for Vaughan Williams five movement Concerto Grosso, written initially in 1950 for the Rural Music School strings programme. The concert ends with Vaughan Williams Symphony No 5, a hopeful, spiritual work written during the Second World War with musical themes taken from his opera The Pilgrim’s Progress.

Vaughan Williams: Concerto Grosso
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5

Stephanie Gonley, violin
SCO Strings Academy
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Manze, conductor

Presenter, Stephen Broad
Producer, Laura Metcalfe

2 hours, 14 minutes

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Wed 10 Jul 2024 19:30
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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Concerto Grosso

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Stephanie Gonley. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.

  • Grace Williams

    Suite for 9 Instruments I. Allegro moderato

    Ensemble: London Chamber Ensemble.

  • Grace Williams

    Suite for 9 Instruments II. Andantino

    Ensemble: London Chamber Ensemble.

  • Grace Williams

    Suite for 9 Instruments III. Allegro con brio

    Ensemble: London Chamber Ensemble.

  • Elizabeth Maconchy

    Reflections I. Poco lento

    Ensemble: Okeanos.

  • Elizabeth Maconchy

    Reflections IV. Con allegrezza

    Ensemble: Okeanos.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No. 5

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.

  • Aaron Copland

    12 Poems of Emily Dickinson

    Performer: Matti Hirvonen. Singer: Ida Falk Winland.
    • Winland, Ida Falk: Copland, Nystroem & Strauss.
    • Caprice.
    • 1-12.

Broadcast

  • Wed 10 Jul 2024 19:30
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