London Philharmonic Orchestra

Fabien Gabel - conductor
Fanny Clamagirand - violin
Weber - Overture, Oberon
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto
Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
Sibelius - Symphony No. 5

Vaughan Williams's lark soars skywards; a single violin countering the weight of the orchestra. Sibelius thrust the swans' sure but graceful ascent into the final movement of his Fifth Symphony, which itself soars optimistically upwards, free from its creator's earthly concerns.