Path 03
Calm classical music
Twelve slow, quiet pieces, from Chopin's lullaby to Pärt's Fratres.
Chopin → Liszt → Wagner → Debussy → Massenet → Fauré → Grainger → Delius → Williams → Rachmaninoff → Pärt
The Lark Ascending
This guide follows Williams’s The Lark Ascending (1914) in one part.
Premium
Follow all 18 sections as they play
0:05–12:43
Woodwinds and muted strings sound two soft in the , then the violin enters alone in a ( I). Near its end a melody in G major brings the orchestra back for 1. The B section begins with a folk-like flute tune; violin trills over an offbeat triangle and a playful oboe tune follow, and the flute tune on the violin. The opening material comes back as A′, and the ( III) climbs to a high D, then falls a minor third to B.
- I
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
Reviews