Listen to this when
The Lark Ascending
For the days you feel cooped up: close your eyes and let something rise. 🕊️
Who it's for
As an instrumental piece with a clear image (a skylark climbing and singing), it invites awe and nature visualisation, experiences linked to feeling part of something larger and less weighed down by one's own worries.
Stuck→Awe / Wonder
Feelings it meets
What it is
The Lark Ascending is a single-movement romance for solo violin and orchestra by Ralph Vaughan Williams, taking its title and imagery from George Meredith's 1881 poem.
Where to find it
Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music (widely available); many recordings available (e.g. performances by Nigel Kennedy, Hilary Hahn, Janine Jansen). Also regularly broadcast on classical.
Before you start
Age: All ages
whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul;Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 1. Loomings
