Lark hit by cannon fire?

Well, praise be - Classic FM's Hall Of Fame this year has been headed by Tchaikovsky's "1812" overture,  For the past few years Vaughan Williams's "The Lark Ascending" has taken top spot.  And as I have commented in the past, that's a piece which does nothing for me, and does not improve in any way by repetition.  So hooray for something new - even though it's definitely not Tchaikovsky's best, and even he was not that keen on it, describing it as "very loud" and "without artistic merit".  But at least it stirs the blood, unlike that damned lark!