Update from The House of Plague, Day 44

[elisi]

One of the unexpected gifts of Lockdown was Ralph Vaughan Williams:

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He rises and begins to round,
He drops the silver chain of sound,
Of many links without a break,
In chirrup, whistle, slur and shake.

For singing till his heaven fills,
'Tis love of earth that he instils,
And ever winging up and up,
Our valley is his golden cup
And he the wine which overflows
to lift us with him as he goes.

Till lost on his aerial rings
In light, and then the fancy sings.
(From The Lark Ascending by George Meredith)

From Tumblr:

If you could have groceries and internet– Pick where to spent your quarantine in complete isolation.

(x)

For me - G, no question. (I look at it and just think 'South Downs cottage'.)

Comments

[kathyh]

I think I'd go with C (minus the flag) or I if that is the sea in the background. None are quite my ideal place but I could learn to live with all of them :)

I love Vaughan Williams. There was a very good BBC4 documentary about him a few years ago which is worth looking out for. We saw his widow at the Proms in the early 2000s and it was quite strange to think even then that she was still alive.

[elisi]

None are quite my ideal place but I could learn to live with all of them :)
LOL. We all have to make sacrifices. ;)

I love Vaughan Williams. There was a very good BBC4 documentary about him a few years ago which is worth looking out for.
Oooh, I'll see if I can hunt it down.

We saw his widow at the Proms in the early 2000s and it was quite strange to think even then that she was still alive.
Oh wow. The past is so much nearer than expected. Am rather jealous.

(Sorry I am so rubbish at commenting! I do read your posts, but posting daily takes... a surprising amount of time? So I neglect other things.)

[kathyh]

No worries. My posts are just rambles with no content.

I knew I'd written about seeing Ursula Vaughan Williams at a Prom and I've just found it. It was in 2007 and not very long before she died. The entry is here if you are interested.

https://kathyh.livejournal.com/202231.html

If you like Vaughan Williams I really recommend Hodie at Christmas. It's one of my absolute favourite pieces of Christmas music and we play it every year. Not quite the season for it yet though :)

[elisi]

No worries. My posts are just rambles with no content.
But delightfully so! I do read.

I knew I'd written about seeing Ursula Vaughan Williams at a Prom and I've just found it. It was in 2007 and not very long before she died. The entry is here if you are interested.
Thank you! (I'd love to hear his Fifth in concert...)

If you like Vaughan Williams I really recommend Hodie at Christmas. It's one of my absolute favourite pieces of Christmas music and we play it every year. Not quite the season for it yet though :)
I shall add it to my list of Michael Buble! :)