Why Beauty Matters III. A Viola Sings

Here, in a most beautiful performance at the BBC Proms, Maxim Ryzanov plays the sweetly lyrical Prelude from Vaughan Williams' Suite for Viola. I'm not ashamed to say that I wept upon first hearing this piece in Mr Ryzanov's hands.

Why Beauty Matters is a 2009 British documentary film written and presented by philosopher, the late Sir Roger Scruton. In it, Sir Roger argues for the importance and transcendental nature of beauty.

It has been blocked Worldwide by the BBC.

I took these images in the Peak District National Park, along with the star vault of the chapter house (1220) at Lincoln Cathedral, England.

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