Vaughan Williams ascending

[colincurry]

I took these yesterday. The larks were struggling to hold their station in a very strong wind.

A lovely Spring sight and sound







Colin

[PMG]

Well done - I've failed miserably with these up till now - so I shall enjoy yours instead! Just as an aside to refer to the Vaughan Williams bit - I listened all day on Mon to the last 80 of the Classic FM's top 300 and once again The Lark Ascending took the top spot .... I must be in an absolute minority but I have to say it - despite a long time love of classical music - I really dislike this peice - I think I prefer my skylarks singing for real!

[loripo]

Now look what you've done I can hear violins playing. What a lovely sight.

[Stinky Bob]

Originally Posted by PMG

Well done - I've failed miserably with these up till now - so I shall enjoy yours instead! Just as an aside to refer to the Vaughan Williams bit - I listened all day on Mon to the last 80 of the Classic FM's top 300 and once again The Lark Ascending took the top spot .... I must be in an absolute minority but I have to say it - despite a long time love of classical music - I really dislike this peice - I think I prefer my skylarks singing for real!

Yep me too, I walk out the back door and I can hear 2 skylarks most days this time of year, I creep around the fields they are in and usually end up with a crick in the neck or blind from the sun, and for my pains I have a small black dot in a frame. Four years on the trot that blooming Ralph and his 17 minutes of lark ascending has been voted number 1 - I have had enough , and to rub it in even more its will be on the CD on the magazine yet again

Colin I have never seen such fanstatic shots as those, I applaud your skill

[PMG]

Originally Posted by loripo

Now look what you've done I can hear violins playing. What a lovely sight.

Yes so can I ..... Bruch or Beethoven or Mendelssohn - just not that pesky poor imitation RVW ......... sorry I really don't like it .......

Originally Posted by Stinky Bob

Yep me too, I walk out the back door and I can hear 2 skylarks most days this time of year, I creep around the fields they are in and usually end up with a crick in the neck or blind from the sun, and for my pains I have a small black dot in a frame. Four years on the trot that blooming Ralph and his 17 minutes of lark ascending has been voted number 1 - I have had enough , and to rub it in even more its will be on the CD on the magazine yet again

Colin I have never seen such fanstatic shots as those, I applaud your skill

Well thats a minority of two then! I've tried to talk myself into liking it for years or at least wonder what it is I don't like and I've not come up with a satisfactory answer ........ it does just the opposite of what music is supposed to - my heart doesn't soar nor my eyes water - it just grates on me..... oh well .........

And yes they are grand shots and worth enjoying ......

[valleyforge]

Colin,

I think you have beautifully captured the essence of that lark's vitality ... something that I'd also tend to agree RVW's impressionistic piece falls somewhat short of achieving.

[artdemole]

Out walking yesterday afternoon also saw The Larks Ascending.Their song and trills was well worth the walk by the open fields.

[CaptainHook]

Great pictures Colin.
As for Vaughan Williams - well I quite like his "Lark Ascending", always reminds me of that great gardener Geoff Hamilton and his series called "Paradise Gardens".
But I did hear a quote from Mrs VW who when asked about her husband's love of skylarks remarked that, " He wouldn't know one if he saw it!"
Such is life!

Peter

[Jonners]

I don't know about the music, but they always remind me of poetry:
Hail to thee blithe spirit
Bird thou never wert
That from Heaven or near it
Pourest thy full heart
In profuse strains
Of unpremeditated art.

I reckon that reather nicely sums it up (Shelley I think)

[Jim Ford]

Originally Posted by PMG

I listened all day on Mon to the last 80 of the Classic FM's top 300 and once again The Lark Ascending took the top spot.

Gosh, so Classic FM are now playing music other than Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez? I gave up listening to CFM when I found that whenever I switched it on they were playing it!

Jim