That opening cadenza is recapitulated by the orchestra, before the oboes and clarinets play an English folk dance.
Pentatonic scales are played at one point in this work, during which the violin is meant to imitate Oriental sounds by mimicking the Chinese erhu. The opening parts of this composition include double stops by the violin, and features the first theme presented in a cadenza, which has ascending intervals and arpeggios but no bar lines in the score. That opening cadenza is recapitulated by the orchestra, before the oboes and clarinets play an English folk dance. Later, the violin plays a trill as the woodwinds play (*) bird like songs behind a rhythm played by the triangle. Dedicated to Marie Hall, it was based on a poem beginning "He rises and begins to round" by George Meridith. For 10 points, identify this piece by Ralph Vaughan Williams in which the violin represents the titular bird.
Pentatonic scales are played at one point in this work, during which the violin is meant to imitate Oriental sounds by mimicking the Chinese erhu.
The {Lark} Ascending