Melody: He’s actually a family friend of mine. I’ve been talking to him throughout the years about his different projects. When we talked about the Lark – you know, now we have a 1.5-year ...

The story goes that Vaughan Williams was walking along the cliffs in Margate, while on holiday, when the melody came to him. He jotted the tune down – and was promptly apprehended by a scout in a ...

Classic FM’s Alan Titchmarsh said: “I’m not remotely surprised that The Lark Ascending is number one in the Classic FM Hall of Fame, because it has everything you want in a piece of music. It has a ...