History, Music and Weather.

[jazzy_dave]

I will be catching up  with this latest look into Georgian history (The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain) after the Rule Britannia one on music from the last three weeks. I have watched half of the first episode on the tablet already.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01wq5xr

Presented  by Dr. Lucy Worsley, this is telly that i will be watching. It is part of the Beeb's 18th Century season.

When i woke up this morning the sun was out. It has now clouded over and looks likely precipitation will be the order of the day and just when i thought it would be nice to walk to Sittingbourne, that idea might be scuppered.

This morning i found this lovely clip of Vaughan Williams exquisite "Five Variants of Dives And Lazarus" which i recently heard on BBC Radio 3. I had forgotten about this lovely piece of sublime music, and hence decided to share it with LJ readers here - Enjoy!

Takes my breath away every time i listen to it.

Comments

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Lucy Worsley's a decent historian although this isn't really her period.

It's RVW, so it's bound to be gorgeous. :o)

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the video. I adore Vaughn Williams and that's exquisite.

Would that I could see the BBC show. I'll have to hope it comes to BBCAmerica or PBS.

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I love Vaughan Williams, though I rarely listen to classical and haven't heard him in years. I'll listen to this later, when I don't have a meeting coming up in a few minutes. Thank you.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

That is a really lovely piece of music. :)
Hugs, Jon

[kaishin108.livejournal.com]

That is beautiful, thank you!

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

*HUGS*

Ohh, that is lovely!

[technophobe1975.livejournal.com]

What a lovely piece of music! Very soothing.

[coming42.livejournal.com]

Ralph Vaughan Williams achieved notoriety in this year's Classic FM Hall of Fame. Listeners voted him into 1st and 3rd places with 'The Lark Ascending' and 'Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis' respectively. I love his music, particularly the 'Dives and Lazarus'. This is a great post!