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(Section C)
Led by Marie Wilson
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
Isolde Menges (violin)
ISOLDE MENGES AND ORCHESTRA The lark ascending Vaughan Williams
Vaughan Williams 's The Lark Ascending' was composed in 1914 but was not heard in public until after the last war. It is based on a poem by George Meredith describing how the soaring lark ' drops the

Contributors

Conductor:
Marie Wilson
Conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult
Violin:
Isolde Menges
Unknown:
Vaughan Williarhs
Unknown:
George Meredith

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