1812 Overture v The Lark Ascending – which best represents Brexit Britain?
Tchaikovsky’s militaristic bombast has knocked Vaughan Williams’s bucolic birdsong off the top of the Classic FM charts, which may say something about our national mindsetClassic FM listeners have voted Tchaikovsky’s rousing 1812 Overture as their favourite piece of classical music, pushing Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending off the top spot and into third place (Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor came in second). This is a bit of a shock: The Lark Asc
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