JTI Friday Series
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Vilde Frang violin
London Philharmonic ChoirGrieg Peer Gynt, Suite 1
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Ravel Tzigane
Holst The Planets
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Vaughan Williams’s lark soars skywards – spiralling, floating and climbing towards the firmament with a sense of aspiration and discovery, as if Holst’s majestic and boisterous Planets are its just reward. ‘It is the blend of the visionary with the realist that gives his music its distinctive character’, said the former composer of Holst, and he has a point, for never have such elevated concepts – planets as bringers of war, jollity, magic and mysticism – seemed so human and readily engaging as in Holst’s orchestral vision of them.
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Vaughan Williams: The Lark AscendingRavel: TziganeHolst: The Planets - I. Mars, the Bringer of WarHolst: The Planets - II. Venus, the Bringer of PeaceHolst: The Planets - III. Mercury, the Winged MessengerHolst: The Planets - IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of JollityHolst: The Planets - V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old AgeHolst: The Planets - VI. Uranus, the MagicianHolst: The Planets - VII. Neptune, the Mystic
