Vaughan Williams : The Sprig of Thyme and the Lark in the Morning. Sir George Clausen : Paintings.
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2017
- "The Sprig of Thyme and the Lark in the Morning" is the third movement of the orchestral arrangement of Vaughan Williams' "Folk Songs of the Four Seasons". Originally written as an extended choral work for the National Federation of Women's Institutes, it was crafted into an orchestral suite in 1952 by Roy Douglas, who contributed so much to Vaughan Williams' later music by creating decent copies of his shockingly chaotic manuscript scores.
It is played here by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by Martin Yates.
The paintings are by the English artist Sir George Clausen.
Reminds me of a time when everything was much slower and things seemed simpler. Im 52 and I spent the first 7 years of my life in a cottage in rural Ireland. We had no heating and no bathroom. Not that long ago. I remember we had a black and white television and my grandfather hated it. He called it the conversation killer.
That must seem like another life now, although at the time it would have been just the way things were. What changes we've lived through; progress isn't always a forward step, sometimes we lose by it.
At almost 71 I know exactly what you mean. This music speaks to me, penetrating my soul and I long for that simpler time.
Your grandfather was right. Today, the threat is even worse: the smartphone. I teach middle and high school. The smartphone not only damages attention spans, it makes the kids much less sociable. During free hours and lunch, they sit together, scrolling their phones but rarely paying attention to the companions. All that said, thanks to davidharris2844 for posting the lovely Ralph Vaughan-Williams piece.
I love the illusion that the music and paintings like this give us. Intellectually, I know that life then was full of back breaking work. It was at the least, uncomfortable all the time, and certainly did not have a "soundtrack" like this. Ah, but emotionally, it was heaven.
Such Beautiful Music and Wonderful Painting's.
Magical music and beautiful paintings of the past❤
What a lovely and sensitive way to present such two accomplished artists. i love it.
This is a theme of the landed people who were the ancient folk of our country for whom the hardship of their task battled with the hours of their day and the ways in which they found their ease. My people of the Greenwood can be seen here in their daily toil with enjoyment thereby in small measure that they enjoyed by God's design. Thanks, David.
Pleasure, glad you enjoyed the video Adam.
Simply lovely
So very English, so beautiful...
Such a delight..
Einfach wunderschön. 👍 👍 👍 👏 👏 👏 🙋
so lush and transcendent, and perfectly paired with beautiful artwork. thank you for the wonderful video.
Pleasure, glad you enjoyed it Aisling.
And from me, a wonderful 4 plus minutes of pure joy. Thank you.
Heartbreakingly nostalgic; tears in my eyes. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it Bonnie. Sir George Clausen's paintings really stand out, for me, from others of a similar style and period; I love trying to read the character in the faces of the people he painted and imagining how their lives unfolded.
This "Sprig of Thyme" melody is based on the singing of the Lincolnshire singer Joseph Taylor, who you can hear singing the song here: ua-cam.com/video/3PxQ37K3rQs/v-deo.html
I think there is a part of all of us that hankers after simpler times. What we all forget, however, is how hard that life was. No hot and cold running water. No electricity, no anything really, apart from manual work and hard graft.
I'm not English but I've spent some lovely summers there working seasonally. I heard Maddy Prior singing the Lark in the Morning many
years ago and felt one of those pinnacle experiences of life had just happened.
Best composer♥
No matter where you come from in England, Lark in the Morning speaks to your soul, beautiful....
I agree, if Lady Britannia had a voice, then she would sing like this. RVW has this unique sense of Englishness to his music.
"Oh, time suspend your flight"
Lamartine's expressions that comes to mind for these resplendent Music and Paintings; Beauty of one harmoniously complementing the beauty of others. What atmosphere; Impossible to get tired.
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Thanks David Harris for this... I love Vaughan Williams in all his many and varied melodic guises... and Sir George Clausen's paintings are most apt....I also had the pleasure and privilege of selling several beautiful paintings by him during my time in the art world in UK back in the 1980's....
Glad you enjoyed the video Michael. Sir George Clausen is one of my favourite artists, and his paintings do seem to harmonise with Vaughan Williams' more bucolic pieces.
@@davidharris2844 Yes indeed!
What lovely music and paintings
This music makes me feel young again.
The music of RVW makes me yearn irrationally to have been born in England at a
different time. Of course this is but a fanciful and impractical dream but the music
sends me on flights of fancy, perhaps but with the purpose of escaping the difficult
present moment.
I could not have said it better....
It was a better England, forged by better people than you or I
Joboy. Your desire to escape the troubles of the modern world is actually understandable. We don't necessarily live in a better than the one RVW knew. Tolkien warned us against the "progress" of continual innovation.
This "Sprig of Thyme" melody is based on the singing of the Lincolnshire singer Joseph Taylor, who you can hear singing the song here: ua-cam.com/video/3PxQ37K3rQs/v-deo.html
Vaughan Williams: classical music taken from folk songs, the very essence of this country...Time past, forever lost.
These pictures are comfortable to the eye and the mind、
and This music is comfortable to the ear
Such beautiful paintings presented against a fabric of wonderful Vaughan Williams music. Thanks for the efforts put into this delightful video!
My apologies for not replying before and a belated thank you for your comment, I'm afraid I've only just come across it. I'm glad you enjoyed the video anyway.
This is like Heaven for me! My favourite composer and painter in one package! Thanks for posting David Harris! Both composer and painter created realistic, memorable and beautiful impressions! Never striving to be popular or liked, their works of beauty will live on!
Glad you enjoyed it Daniel. I only came across Sir George Clausen a few years ago, but, like you, I think his paintings are really quite special.
Que perfeição nesses quadros!
Exquisita música.Da tranquilidad en este tiempo de pandemia.Gracias
Es un placer que hayas disfrutado del video Jorge.
Beautiful work
Utterly gorgeous music.
wonderful
A nice collection of Clausen's work. Such a wonderful artist!
The nostalgic melody of Vaughan Williams fits Japanese emotions
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Dear David, your knack for pairing music & art reminds that of a Master Sommelier! Beautifully inspiring, thank you.
Thanks for your kind comment Gerlinde. Glad you're finding a few videos you like.
What a beautiful musical delivery!☆
so wonderfully soft and relaxing as the end of the work day...!☆...Good rest.. Good 🌃 night!!!☆
I relax listening to it..!..thank you very much for such a pleasant melody 🎶🐎👱♀️👋❗️❗️
Pleasure. Vaughan Williams would often take traditional folk songs and turn them into these orchestrated marvels. Best wishes.
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The pleasure is mine...to listen to your extensive Magnificent works!☆☆
very grateful...I am always in an imaginary paradise when I hear them...my imagination flies, flies!!!🏍👱♀️🫖☕️🌻🍀🌳💚👋👍👌🎵🎶👏🌴❗️..I hope you have a nice day in your Autumn and romantic season!🍂🍁❄️🌬🌫❄️👋
Simply wonderful, say no more.
Dulce belleza ,pureza❤❤❤😅🎉🎉🎉
Oh so beautiful. Thank you, David. Zinnia
So glad you enjoyed it Zinnia. Sir George Clausen is one of my favourite artists, I think the people in his paintings have such life.
His work is absolutely enchanting. My dear mother would have loved this video. 💐@@davidharris2844
Listening to this exquisite piece in the half light at the midnight hour just prior to my nocturnal rendezvous with Mr. Sandman. I can’t decide which is more beautiful: the music or artwork. Both so lovely. Thank you, David.
I think Sir George Clausen is possibly my favourite artist; you can smell the scents of the countryside in his paintings and I love imagining the lives of the people he painted.
@@davidharris2844 The artwork you selected for this piece is spectacular, David, and like you I, too, love imagining the stories behind the lives depicted in each painting. I’ve listened to and watched this video several times. Very special.
I once lived next to someone who claimed to be distant descendant of his. Apart from the name I couldn't discern any similarities.
Hope all goes well with you.
Absolutely gorgeous! Music and paintings, a feast! Thank you!
Pleasure, glad you enjoyed it. I think Sir George Clausen's paintings are something really quite special.
MERAVIGLIOSO, COMPLIMENTI VIVISSIMI, BELLISSIMO VIDEO E MAGNIFICA MUSICA 👏👏👏
Così felice che ti sia piaciuto. Penso che i dipinti di Sir George Clausen siano molto speciali.
Oh so beautiful! Music and art that tugs at the heart. Thank you so much, dear David. Zinnia
Glad you enjoyed it Zinnia. Sir George Clausen is very much a favourite artist of mine, his figures have such life. I like your name by the way - shades of H. E. Bates. Best wishes.
Dear David, I am listening to Gerald Finzi's The Fall of the Leaf that you put on UA-cam a few years ago, and listening to a party of jackdaws outside. The scene is autumnal.
I mentioned quite a while ago a painting that my mother loved. One of the little girls looks like my daughter when she was very young. I had promised to let you know who had painted the tender pastoral scene. I hadn't forgotten but I wasn't sure where the postcard was as I have had it for about 40 years. I have the postcard here, from the National Gallery of Scotland, showing 'Summertime, Gloucestershire' by James Archer. I am sure you will have shown this sweet painting at some time. The tiny bit of information on the back of the postcard is interesting. Archer initially worked mainly in chalk.He exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy and London's Royal Academy (my favourire gallery). I have just finished reading Caroline Moorhead's Village of Secrets. In it is mentioned a 'group of resisters called Zinnia'. Best wishes. Zinnia@@davidharris2844
@@zinnia1626 Dear Zinnia, I've just been looking at the painting you mention - what a delightful scene; I especially like the inquisitive cowherd peering over the fence in the background. Is the girl who looks like your daughter the central figure looking out of the painting? I haven't used any of James Archer's paintings up to now, an omission I might have to try and rectify.
I also might have to rectify not having read any of the books in Caroline Moorehead's "Resistance Quartet". It looks a fascinating and moving series.
I hope you are keeping well, best wishes, David.
Good evening, David. Yes, isn't the painting so enchanting. The young girl I mentioned is on the right of the painting, wearing a little hat and dark cape. She has beautiful long golden hair which looks exactly as my daughter once had. Caroline Moorhead's books are excellent. I am reading the fourth book in the series although I didn't read them in their order. It doesn't matter though. And as with the first three I read, A Bold and Dangerous Family is hard to put aside.
October tomorrow. Folk were still in shorts at the coast this morning. Have a very happy weekend. Zinnia. @@davidharris2844
Hello, dear David. I am listening yet again to this particular video with its sublime music and art. I was actually trying to find the recording of Andreas Scholl singing Fairest Isle at the 2005 Proms concert accompanied by John Williams but it seems that so many of the proms have disappeared. Scholl's rendition that evening was so beautiful. I do hope you are keeping well. Wimbledon starts soon as does the 2024 proms season. I haven't bought my Proms guide yet. Very best wishes to you. Zinnia
Hello Zinnia, nice to hear from you again. I've had a quick search to see if I could find that particular performance, but, like you, to no avail. It's a shame, it would have been interesting to hear how it worked with classical guitar.
I've recently been listening to some of Julian Bream's masterclasses on BBC iPlayer, he and John Williams did so much to popularise the classical guitar. These days there are any number of fine young players.
I hope all is well with you. My very best wishes, David
@@davidharris2844 Dear David, thank you for having a search for that particular piece that I mentioned. Andreas Scholl and John Williams stole the evening at that 2005 Prom. I watched it often on UA-cam. It was such a beautiful performance. They also played/sang Down By The Sally Gardens. I must take a look at Julian Bream on UA-cam. I know nothing about masterclasses on iPlayer. Thank you for the advice. I am listening to and watching Dmitri Hvorostovsky singing Moscow Nights at a Prom in 2006. I must get my Proms programme this week. 🎉Zinnia
Hello again Zinnia, I suspect the Julian Bream masterclasses may only be of interest if you play the classical guitar, but give them a go by all means. I play very badly, by the way.
Let's hope for a good Proms season.
Best wishes, David
@@davidharris2844 Just a quick reply, David. I am listening to another favourite Andreas Scholl performance - 'One Charming Night' from Purcell's The Fairy Queen. It is on UA-cam.
Take care. Zinnia
Wonderful! The paintings really do stand out. Thank you.
It's a pleasure, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Clausen certainly saw beauty in the young male body, every bit as much as the bodies of girls. And his paintings of children leave one gasping in admiration.
It strikes me that the original choral work would make a suitable addition to the Last Night of the Proms, the women being all decked out in Edwardian costume, of course. As for the paintings, what a glorious evocation of a simpler time and the carefree days of youth. And when I see the farm machinery in use today, it's easy to see how much harder the work used to be.
Una explosión de gozo y felicidad para los sentidos se siente al escuchar esta música celestial y llena de paz y felicidad, maravillosa y dulce Paz interpretada por esas grandísimas voces, todo un playa y un LUJO, Felicidades (ADEUS)
Estoy muy contento de que lo hayas disfrutado tanto Daniel.
Delightful. I adore the music of RVW and your video has enhanced my appreciation of George Clausen. A lovely combination.
Thanks for your kind comment. I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
Thanks David for combining the evocative scenes of rural life from days gone by with the nostalgic tunes of England following the great wars
Pleasure, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Wonderful music, wonderful paintings - you can't go wrong really.
I've only just come upon this utterly charming channel.
Thank you, David, for your hard work and impeccable taste.
@@mavisching3280 Apologies and a rather tardy thank you to you Mavis for your kind comment. I'm glad you enjoy the channel.
@@davidharris2844 Thank you, David. As you can see, I'm still here.😁
Haunting...the paintings are like ghosts.
Yay! Love it. Thanks :-)
Pleasure Beth. Some of these old folk tunes had lovely melodies and VW knew how to make the most of them. Hope all goes well. :-)
Quintessentially British!
Great 🌈😇🙏🙋
Music for the soul
RVW. music for these times..really helps music asks for nothing in return just gives
Bonjour,
Le travail pénible aux champs, très bien représenté, très beau.
Y a-t-il dans vos collections, les tableaux de d'Henri Stenn.
Merci.
Salut Franz, je suis content que vous avez apprécié la vidéo. J’ai bien peur de ne pas avoir de tableaux d’Henri Stenn, en fait, si je suis honnête, je n’ai jamais vraiment entendu parler de lui; quelque chose que je vais devoir rectifier.
This "Sprig of Thyme" melody is based on the singing of the Lincolnshire singer Joseph Taylor, who you can hear singing the song here: ua-cam.com/video/3PxQ37K3rQs/v-deo.html
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Is “ the Lark in the morning” at 2:52? Is it perhaps just before that, it sounds like an introduction to a new melody?
I don't know, but I would imagine that "The Lark in the Morning" is the section that runs between 1:10 and 2:52, "The Sprig of Thyme" being the sections at the beginning and end.
I know the Pastoral fantasy of a simpler time to be alive is utter hogswash but the music and art that came out of it is lovely.
EXQUISITA
un peu la musique du Hobbit... mais en beaucoup mieux...