THE LARK ASCENDING
Ensemble 360
Palace Theatre, Mansfield
Thursday 25 September 2025, 7.30pm

HOLST Phantasy String Quartet (10′)
BRITTEN Three Divertimenti for String Quartet (10′)
HOLBROOKE Ellean Shona (4′)
HOWELLS Phantasy Sting Quartet (13′)
PURCELL Three-part Fantasias (8′)
HOWELLS Rhapsodic Quintet (12′)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (arr. Gerigk) The Lark Ascending
The violin soars melodiously above the rest of the quartet in the gorgeous arrangement of Vaughan Williams’ most popular work The Lark Ascending, which concludes this concert of English music. Fantasies from the Baroque gems of Purcell’s Three-part Fantasias to Imogen Holst’s Phantasy String Quartet sit alongside this perennial favourite.