About The Lark Ascending
Description
To Vaughan Williams, with an intense love of the English countryside that he knew in his youth, the lark represented the heart’s rapture and the soul’s aspiration. A miniature violin concerto in all but name, the composer called "The Lark Ascending" a "romance" when he completed it in 1920, though he commenced the composition before war broke out in 1914.
This ballet is performed in excerpt in Ailey Highlights.
Performance Schedule
There are no upcoming performances for this repertory piece.
Choreography
Restaging
Tina Yuan Lems and Maxine Sherman
Music
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Costumes
Bea Feitler
Lighting
Chenault Spence
First Performance
World Premiere, 1972Company Revival, 1996
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