Thank you very much for the presenting of this video! The pictures are very interesting, too. English composers are seldom played in the concert halls on the continent. My first contact with English music was during the war, when I was 12 years old, living in Germany under the Nazi regime, I listened to Radio London, though it was forbidden. The transmission for the German youth by Hugh Carlton Greene in German used to begin with the music of Elgar's "Nimrod". Thanks&Greetings from Switzerland.
Nimrod is one of my all-time favorites. Gives me chills, as does this. And yes, perfect artwork to accompany. Sounds like James Horner lifted the section at 3:27 for "Land Before Time." Horner also lifted an iconic phrase from Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet" for the main theme of "Land Before Time." Same spot, 3:26, for Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom." Just sayin'.
What a beautiful gesture. I have well-expressed the music I want played if I am ever in a state where I can't communicate. This is on my list - right alongside The Moody Blues!
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I’ve just discovered this channel. I grew up in London, and my father and his parents were all Londoners. Every weekend my father would take me to see EVERYTHING. We walked EVERYWHERE. Now I’m 77 and can still in my imagination walk again all through London. These paintings are beautiful and the music captures the spirit of the different times London went through. Many thanks.
@@user-td4do3op2d Yes, John Fuller Maitland wrote in The Times: "The work is wonderful because it seems to lift one into some unknown region of musical thought and feeling. Throughout its course one is never quite sure whether one is listening to something very old or very new. . . . The voices of the old church musicians . . . are around one, and yet there is more besides, for their music is enriched with all that modern art has done since. Debussy, too, is somewhere in the picture and it is hard to tell how much of the complete freedom from tonality comes from the new French school and how much from the old English one. But that is just what makes this Fantasia so delightful to listen to; it cannot be assigned to a time or a school, but it is full of visions which have haunted the seers of all times."
I can understand your thought.Imagen this man is not kighted.Happy birthday! The British Charm School was established by Elgar; they say. May I reccomend the entire symphonic cycle?
Subjective I know, but I think Vaughan Williams is one of the greatest world composers and certainly the greatest English composer. I never tire of listening to him.
You are right on both counts Stephen. I've been collecting music all my life, and have always said the same. No other composer has ever succeeded at capturing the transcendent potential of serious music as RVW has done.
You really can't compare a modern-era neo-classicist to centuries-earlier composers like Tallis or Purcell. Without going into detail here, is there anything that came out of Renaissance times that could possibly match the thrill, splendor, and transcendence of what RVW did in the 20th century with his Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis?? I rest my case.
Merci, merci pour votre travail à rendre la musique extraordinaire de RVW encore plus belle par ces peintures! RVW est pour moi, Français, un compositeur extraordinaire trop peu connu du public et encore moins de mes compatriotes. Dommage! Thanks a lot Colin for your remarkable work at rendering the wonderful music of RVW even more beautiful thanks to all this nice paintings! RVW is for the Frenchman I am, an extraordinary composer who should deserve a greater public consideration all over the world. Unfortunately, he is almost unknown in France. What a pity! I was very happy and lucky to have once the opportunity to sing his SEA SYMPHONY in Hong Kong. Great memory!
Dans la musique anglaise je connaissais déjà Benjamin Britten..mais je découvre rvw .....69 ans !. Moins vaut tard que jamais ..j apprécié surtout la musique chorale . Belle découverte
Cette musique est absolument somptueuse....richesse du discours mélodique, harmonies à couper le souffle, orchestration sans cesse renouvelée dans l’utilisation des timbres de l'orchestre, bref une babylonienne architecture sonore érigée par d’humbles et immenses interprètes !
Thank you for this great multimedia you have created! It made me realize just how homesick of London I sometimes am. Also, your arrangement is proof of how an illustrative approach can have a truly wonderful effect. Thank you! :)
Colin; well crafted, even masterful video creation highlighting the genius of Vaughan Williams. Uplifting and panoramic. I love how you were able to seamlessly blend the art of numerous artists with this splendid symphony by Williams. Well done and many thanks for your upload and the work you put forth. Grace and blessings. Absolutely beautiful.
Just a shoutout to all those in orchestra's who after playing this piece have been inspired to share their experience in comment sections where people such as myself come and listen. Wonder if in a few hundred years from now some classical music enthusiast ends up here marvelling at it's beauty. If I were to share anything of humanity with the great beyond it would have to be our music, and this piece would be on the list. Thanks RVW, from an 18 year old admirer listening 100 years into the past.
For me, quite a classic. Makes me feel like a Londonian, regardless of how deep the fog is.and even if I don´t own any umbrella... Thanks. Great performance..
I think exactly the same thing there as you Ian!!! Well done Colin!!! Have a 'GREAT' Christmas and New Year Colin and Ian to You and All Your Friends and Families!!! Do either of you remember the programme 'This Realm' from 1978. The last movement of this 'Fantastic' Symphony was the background to extracts by Wordsworth!!! All The Best Lads!!! Cheers - Mike
I don't remember that, Mike. Seasons greetings to you, too, and thanks for your appreciation of my channel and, even more, your enjoyment of RVW's music.
Always loved this work, together with the other eight, but for me this is greatest. This amazing recording tells us what a superb orchestra the LPO is. Not usually a fan of Norrington but he excels here. Thanks for the chance to hear it.
Thank you Colin for this exceptional video and your profound work on it! Excellent presentment of British painters.I have never been to Britain but am very much interested in its art and culture.
Well, I tried! I have heard this symphony many times since my college days in the 1960's, but I had never heard this particular performance, so I thought I'd do....like... a needle drop (we used to call them)...to see how different sections sounded, and that didn't work! I got caught by that first bar and had to listen to the whole thing. So I turned the lights off and leaned back in my office chair and took the journey. Wow! What a symphony!
Especially the slow second movement - an unforgettable traversal of what eternity may be like, as only RVW of all composers, could possibly render it.....
What is there to say? This is simply beautiful, rich, and very "filling"...to the heart, and soul. It's happy-to-be-alive music. If you don't get it, you don't get it. If you do get it, you keep it.
Un profundo agradecimiento por dedicar tanta inteligencia y tanto tiempo a elaborar esta estupenda presentación de la sinfonía de Vaughan Williams sobre estupendas imágenes de Londres.
I must say the images you've assembled of Edwardian London do so much to complement Vaugn William's grand score. This is the London of Virginia Woolf and Clive Bell. And the imagery gives a sense of the city's grandeur and majesty before the damage inflicted by two wars and the intrusions of modern architecture.
Once again Colin, a stellar job bringing the symphony to life with your extraordinary illustrations. I can imagine myself in 18th - 19th century London, in the years when the British Empire ruled the seas.
Colin, I have heard this piece many times, but listening whilst viewing your video is especially enjoyable. The visuals are perfectly chosen, and add a new dimension to it. Thanks.
Brilliant! Your joining of perhaps the best treatment of Vaughn-Williams's 'London' with such evocative paintings is deeply appreciated by us -- and opens a new world of knowledge and perception to so many others. May you enjoy a wonderful New Year, and may we continue to enjoy the fruits of your energy and talent!
I went thru a fairly long period of real passion for this symphony. And, when I left Texas for the first time in 1989 I lived outside of Philadelphia. During our courtship my future wife and I had tickets to the Philadelphia Orchestra and I was able to hear this played live 4, 5, 8 May 1990.
Don - Thanks so much for your appreciative remarks! Thanks also for subscribing to my channel and I look forward to reading your thoughts about some of my other presentations, if you have time. Not all of them are as ambitious as 'A London Symphony' but you might enjoy the piece I did on 'A Sea Symphony', in which I also used paintings to match the shifting mood of the music. Thanks for taking the trouble to respond.
Colin, I've never seen a collection of London paintings as extensive as the ones you've so skilfully employed here. I have a book of them, but you have at least twice as many! Add to that the way you have matched picture to sound and your video is pure joy. Many thanks for a stupendous effort and keep them coming!
So glad you liked it, Craven. The picture collection is all thanks to Google Images, I have to admit. I have done videos of a number of RVW works including A Sea Symphony and A Pastoral Symphony which you might like, too. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Not exactly correct but I regard RVW's work as romantic always portraying with sound what the painter shows with brush stokes. His work are easily understood as metaphors.
...Bravo Colin: a fabulous, nostalgic, quickened heart-beat of a journey from my studio in the depths of the Swedish pine forest lake-land... born a Londoner in the Blitz, grew up in her through the 'swinging 60's' left for 20 years, came back again in the 80's only to leave again in 2008... RVW's grandly evocative, mistily emotive symphonic poem does capital justice to 'London Pride'... I loved your choice of paintings yet again... especially the 'Grime, Glitter, Toil and Wealth' of Old Father Thames, the Pool, and the long gone seven seas trade and mercantile flags London flew proudly for so many generations... a wonderful musical memory of the people, places and history that made her the Queen of Cities... a most appreciative nod and grateful wave to the care, taste and skill you've taken complementing RVW's musical genius in evocative visual form!
+Michael Vanderosen What can I say, other than 'Thank you'! It's always good to hear from someone who really enjoys the music and what I've tried to do with it. I've done 2 videos of A Pastoral Symphony, one with paintings, which you might enjoy. Keep in touch.
+Colin .. will do... thanks... BTW did you see my wee story on your 'Sea Symphony' post... re my non-performing role in 'Sea Symphony' at Harrow and how I came to re-discover and love it in later years?.. it might amuse... ;-)
+Colin hi...sorry... should mentioned it's on your 'Discussion' Page: but here 'tis as well.. (BTW have just finished watching the wonderful BBC 4 John Bridcut docu "The Passions of Vaughan Williams" simply breathtaking!) ... re Sea Symphony: "...Hi there Colin... I just wanted to thank you most sincerely for your exhaustive, informative and loving background and tour d'horizon of RVW works and life... I stumbled across your RUclips post of his magnificent 4th movement of The Sea Symphony which I listened to to help with some self-healing I needed this morning... I then discovered your treasure trove of recordings, information and background on the man and his music... a little background of my own that you may find fun: back in the late 50's - actually 1958 to be precise - as a rather diffident, self-conscious young teenager at Harrow, it was decided that the school would give an end-of-term performance of RVW's 'Sea Symphony' to be conducted by the great man himself... instead of an orchestra for rehearsals on Sunday (in place of morning chapel) we were accompanied on the Speech Room organ - reputed to be the largest of its kind in the country - and conducted by our Music Master. Harrow had several school choirs: the Byron Consort (creme de la creme), Chapel choir (the largest, Chamber Choir (the school Concert choir) Harmony Choir (the most harmonious), The Choral Society (largest with 150) then the now defunct Unison Choir - the loudest and least accomplished of all then - comprising members of the school's rugby/harrow-football and House monitors... then came the main body of the School (ca 400)... fancying my untutored alto as a choir possible I joined the Choral Society... pride of voice cometh before an ignominious fall: during the first rehearsal each choir sang a section of the Libretto ... I was quickly and ignominiously singled out by the M M for a solo in each choir in turn as "Someone is flat...You Boy sing the last line..." as I tumbled down the vocal ranks to end up within the raucously lusty, lower-ranks voice of the School Body... much to the 600+ assembled ranks of cheering/jeering boys and my chums' ecstatic amusement. So we like the tide swelled and ebbed our way towards a pretty passable vocal rendition of WW's immortal words encompassed in the magnificent vessel of RVW's sublime music... despite my lowly status as a motley crew member of the School's musical Ship of State I was captivated by the sheer breadth, depth, power and beauty of this wondrously evocative choral miracle of music... only to have my and the School's hopes and pride in our climatic performance coldly dashed on rocks of disappointment when, on the Sunday following the August 26 1958. it was announced to the assembled school in Speecher that the composer - and our eagerly awaited Guest Conductor - Ralph Vaughan Williams had passed away on the Tuesday... and for us young chaps the unkindest cut of all were the next words that fell from the MM's lips like cold water on the stunned school body was that the concert would be cancelled in deference to his demise... instead of performing The Sea Symphony in honour and celebration of his amazing life-works' contribution to English and World music! It was a decision that rankled with and within us... and the least musically adept of us all - myself included - mourned that decision for many years to come... Footnote: for a multitude of reasons 'Sea Symphony' did not resurge back into my life for many, many years, when in 1988 - now in my mid 40's - during a period of burn-out, inner turmoil and the reflection and self-healing/personal development that this occasioned - I walked into HMV in Oxford Street, went straight to the 'Classical' section and asked the chap behind the counter... "What is in your opinion the best recording of RVW's 'Sea Symphony'"... without a word he handed me a cassette of the 1968 EMI Adrian Boult. recording.. which I still have! As Blair Sanderson wrote: "...This performance is one of the most stirring on disc, with brilliant solos by soprano Sheila Armstrong and baritone John Carol Case, ecstatic singing from the London Philharmonic Choir, and resolute ensemble playing from the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Vaughan Williams' paean to the world's oceans and sailors on texts by Walt Whitman requires an expansive vision, a fervent mysticism, and a deep sympathy with the late Romantic worldview, of which the composer and conductor were products..." I've also treasured the recordings of Richard Hickox and Andre Previn... Whenever in healing or deeply reflective moods 'Sea Symphony" is my constant shipmate, pilot and solace! Thanks so much again for your wonderful work on RVW and his music's behalf! ....P.S. I also really like your eclectic and evocative choice of artists & paintings... many of which I know well, having worked in the London art world for many years with the gallery that introduced reassessed and popularised the Social Realists of Newlyn, St. Ives, Staithes etc - and in the 80's coining the distinction 'British Impressionism' (we wrote the first book on the period) as a fact of our artistic heritage... I've had the pleasure and privilege of seeing/selling woks by the artists you've depicted (once owning a very lovely 'rocks & surf in moonlight' at St Ives by J.O.) with Best wishes, Michael :-)
+Michael Vanderosen Thanks for sharing that, Michael. I can imagine how disappointed you must have been about RVW's death and I agree that the decision not to perform the work seems perverse. The concert would have been a marvellous opportunity to mark the passing of a great man and a celebration of his achievement over a long and fulfilling life. A Sea Symphony is a wonderful work - I try never to miss a chance to hear it live - something I would imagine you're denied living in Sweden! It contains some of the most sublime of RVW's inspirations. For me, the 'O Thou transcendent' moment is the crowning glory of the piece but I must admit that the whole work keeps me rapt with attention from its rousing start to its mysterious end. Sir Adrian's recording is in my collection, of course! I'm led to believe that Sir Mark Elder's new CD is outstanding, by the way - it's reviewed on Radio 3 next Saturday morning. In another life, I would have liked to have worked in the art-world, perhaps as a restorer, so I envy you your life in galleries. I used to wander the Cork Street area around the RA gazing in at the paintings in galleries like Messums but never had the courage to go inside. One day, I was so taken with a picture I could see at the back of the shop, that I steeled myself to go in. Rather to my surprise, everyone was incredibly friendly and interested in talking to me about the picture (I think it was a Seago) and after this warm welcome I now often venture inside such galleries and always get a friendly welcome. I lack the social confidence which (if you'll excuse me for saying) an eductation in a top public school often gives, and it really was quite hard for me to do this. I do it often now! Now, may I do a quick commercial? I am a Trustee of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society, a group which works to promote RVW's music. You may have come across Albion Records, which is part of the Society's effort to bring rare RVW works to public attention. The Society has an excellent website (just Google RVW Society) which is well worth visiting and it produces a regular Journal for members, which appears three times a year. You might even consider becoming a member! I also run a Facebook page called Ralph Vaughan Williams Discussion. As the name implies, it's a group which chats about RVW's life and music - and other things as well. It's a lively little group - very relaxed and informal - with contributors from around the world: an English professor in Alabama, and people in Australia, Argentina, Germany, Scandinavia and all stops to New Zealand. If you 'do' Facebook, please consider looking in, you'd be most welcome.
Thanks Colin, a very nice job. RVW moves me like no other classical composer. Being from London myself, I think the painting you have used illustrate just how magnificent London used to be. Thank you.
Oh, wow! I just wanted to say this ... The intense feelings I experience when listening to Vaughn Williams' music surpass anything. Is it hilarious?Is it Divine? No, that's not enough! It goes beyond words, far beyond! To me, knowing about the existence of this masterpiece and its sublime creator is a life-Event. I express the highest Appreciation towards the owner of this youtube channel, who is surely a top artist; thank you for letting us live such a wonderful experience!
Colin, you have given me the best 45 minutes I have spent for a long time. Thank you. It is an exquisite performance, superbly enhanced by your selection of paintings.
Dear Colin, thank you very much. I live in Louvain, B, and my mother lives in London. I tonight listened quietly to the symphony on my cd player, played by the Philarmonia Orchestra, led by Owain Arwel Hughes. I enjoyed that hour so much! So I came to youtube to find a link and share all the beauty with my facebook friends. This music is a great way of connecting to Britain. Recently I have done soo too by reading the graphic novels in the pleasant Belgian series "Blake and Mortimer", and by reading, more seriously touched, "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by Thomas Edward Lawrence... These works help me to be proud of our European legacy. The disc of the London Symphony, I bought it two years ago on a trip to the capital, which I have by now visited some twenty times, starting with a school trip in 1981! Kind regards, thanks for the very nice painting views too, Steven
Absolutely wonderful...please keep this stuff coming. I've sort of thought of trying to do stuff like this but lack the skills and patience. Thanks, your channel is great and so glad I found it.
This is by far one of THE greatest symphonic works ever composed; the vast majority of symphonies by even more well-known composers are more like so much 'filler' compared to this transcendent masterpiece...
I usually catalog composer playlists by name and performers. In RVW's case, it's always RVW-Colin. Thank you for such an integral visual-aural experience.
Combien de peintres ici qui ne sont considérés que comme des petits maîtres alors qu'ils valent bien les impressionnistes français les plus célèbres...
I really enjoyed this, A wonderful performance by Roger Norrington, equally matched by beautiful pictures of the city, every one perfectly matched to the mood of the music, thank you.
Yes, they are a puzzle, aren't they? I think some people just hit 'dislike' for the hell of it, to be annoying. It's also possible that a few are very discerning listeners who dislike that particular performance, I guess. There may even be a few people who disapprove of the way I illustrate the music with pictures. Some purists might argue that it's better to let great music speak for itself without the addition of images. Who knows?!
What's the punchline to that old joke -- where someone says, "I do it, just because I CAN!!" A cynical, selfish way to be in real life..but sometimes these 'speakers of dislike' do strike me precisely this way. That said - please do continue posting these sublime music pieces. There is indeed something quite special about Vaughan Williams...I find when I am anxious or stressed out, he is 'balm in Gilead'..
No doubt most of these 'purists' are wandering about in the attic of the original "Castle" at the Smithsonian in DC, communing with the resident bats and lending validation to that classic phrase (no need for me to say it; you already have it!)
This will, undoubtedly remain the greatest RVW symphony to be completed. Every essence of it allows my hairs to stand on end, I've really learned to love Vaughan Williams, and this is what started it.
Der 2te Satz ist seit Jahren eines meiner Lieblingsstücke von R.V.W.! Da gibt es diese Stelle zwischen 17:20 und 17:50. Da zieht es einem den Boden unter den Füßen weg und man fängt für Sekunden an ... zu schweben! Genau auf 17:38 hebt man ab!
Es ist sehr gut zu wissen, dass einige Leute in Deutschland Vaughan Williams's Musik zu genießen! Vielen Dank für Ihren Kommentar, Stephan. [It is very good to know that some people in Germany enjoy the music of Vaughan Williams! Thank you for your comment, Stephan.]
I wish this would be played somewhere in my area so that I could hear it live. I would even drive 3 or 4 hours but I guess this sort of Music is only played by orchestras in the UK and Commonwealth countries
Well, you certainly don't see RVW on symphony-concert programs in the U.S. Conductors are too busy filling out their schedules with the usual 'Mostly Mozart' events - when they're not performing Beethoven or Bach, that is....
It is tough to tell which is more stunning: the paintings or the music of Ralph Vaughn Williams. May Britain awaken and rediscover that greatness which lies within.
The symphony, overall, is wonderful. However, the second movement is so beautifully sublime. The emotion and complexities therein are so haunting and serene as if a poem set to music. Every note, wafts so gracefully and purposefully.
Thank you very much for the presenting of this video! The pictures are very interesting, too. English composers are seldom played in the concert halls on the continent. My first contact with English music was during the war, when I was 12 years old, living in Germany under the Nazi regime, I listened to Radio London, though it was forbidden. The transmission for the German youth by Hugh Carlton Greene in German used to begin with the music of Elgar's "Nimrod".
Thanks&Greetings from Switzerland.
Nimrod is one of my all-time favorites. Gives me chills, as does this. And yes, perfect artwork to accompany. Sounds like James Horner lifted the section at 3:27 for "Land Before Time." Horner also lifted an iconic phrase from Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet" for the main theme of "Land Before Time." Same spot, 3:26, for Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom." Just sayin'.
Wow, amazing story, thanks for sharing!
You’re a special person. God bless you
Love that you included so many Grimshaw paintings!
Very underrated artist.
Worry good to bring up a conversation on thoughts of painting
A truly wonderful symphony and ohhhh... That 2nd movement....I come back to it time and time again. RVW you truly were a master of your craft sir.
played this to my mother when she was in a coma stage of late stage cancer. Hearing is said to go last before death. This music is wonderful.
What a beautiful gesture. I have well-expressed the music I want played if I am ever in a state where I can't communicate. This is on my list - right alongside The Moody Blues!
What a lovely thing to do for your mother.
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I came across this album while finishing school in New York circa 1981, to this day I have every note and mood memorized,,,
I’ve just discovered this channel. I grew up in London, and my father and his parents were all Londoners. Every weekend my father would take me to see EVERYTHING. We walked EVERYWHERE. Now I’m 77 and can still in my imagination walk again all through London. These paintings are beautiful and the music captures the spirit of the different times London went through. Many thanks.
Thanks for your interesting response Carol.
Vaughan Williams's style "one is never quite sure whether one is listening to something very old or very new."
Wasn't that written about the Tallis fantasia?
@@user-td4do3op2d Yes, John Fuller Maitland wrote in The Times: "The work is wonderful because it seems to lift one into some unknown region of musical thought and feeling. Throughout its course one is never quite sure whether one is listening to something very old or very new. . . . The voices of the old church musicians . . . are around one, and yet there is more besides, for their music is enriched with all that modern art has done since. Debussy, too, is somewhere in the picture and it is hard to tell how much of the complete freedom from tonality comes from the new French school and how much from the old English one. But that is just what makes this Fantasia so delightful to listen to; it cannot be assigned to a time or a school, but it is full of visions which have haunted the seers of all times."
@@user-td4do3op2d the opening of the Tallis Fantasia sounds like a few notes in the great escape movie score
Musical atavism.
I can understand your thought.Imagen this man is not kighted.Happy birthday! The British Charm School was established by Elgar; they say. May I reccomend the entire symphonic cycle?
A deeply beautiful and well-thought-out pairing of image and music. Thank you for taking so much time, for sharing so much. Best wishes to you.
+J J Thank you! :)
J J hear hear!!
Subjective I know, but I think Vaughan Williams is one of the greatest world composers and certainly the greatest English composer. I never tire of listening to him.
You are right on both counts Stephen. I've been collecting music all my life, and have always said the same. No other composer has ever succeeded at capturing the transcendent potential of serious music as RVW has done.
Stephen James Well maybe, but one can't forget Holst and Elgar!
Quite true Sami Faheem. Hearing a great performance of the 'Enigma Variations' is an essential experience!
I think he has rivals in Tallis and Purcell, to name but two, they were all great..
You really can't compare a modern-era neo-classicist to centuries-earlier composers like Tallis or Purcell. Without going into detail here, is there anything that came out of Renaissance times that could possibly match the thrill, splendor, and transcendence of what RVW did in the 20th century with his Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis?? I rest my case.
The part of the second movement beginning at 20:10 or so is probably the most beautiful music ever written.
also 31:15.
Meh. Nimrod for me, every time.
I I imagine this is what it’s like to die and your soul is finally free from your body and you reach heaven
Merci, merci pour votre travail à rendre la musique extraordinaire de RVW encore plus belle par ces peintures! RVW est pour moi, Français, un compositeur extraordinaire trop peu connu du public et encore moins de mes compatriotes. Dommage!
Thanks a lot Colin for your remarkable work at rendering the wonderful music of RVW even more beautiful thanks to all this nice paintings! RVW is for the Frenchman I am, an extraordinary composer who should deserve a greater public consideration all over the world. Unfortunately, he is almost unknown in France. What a pity! I was very happy and lucky to have once the opportunity to sing his SEA SYMPHONY in Hong Kong. Great memory!
Thanks for your kind comment!
Dans la musique anglaise je connaissais déjà Benjamin Britten..mais je découvre rvw .....69 ans !. Moins vaut tard que jamais ..j apprécié surtout la musique chorale . Belle découverte
My father was born in1898 and when I hear this amazing music while looking at beautiful scenes, I am there with him.
Cette musique est absolument somptueuse....richesse du discours mélodique, harmonies à couper le souffle, orchestration sans cesse renouvelée dans l’utilisation des timbres de l'orchestre, bref une babylonienne architecture sonore érigée par d’humbles et immenses interprètes !
A really nice recording that brings out sonorities I haven't heard before. The paintings are a fantastic accompaniment. Thanks.
Thank you for this great multimedia you have created! It made me realize just how homesick of London I sometimes am. Also, your arrangement is proof of how an illustrative approach can have a truly wonderful effect. Thank you! :)
Colin; well crafted, even masterful video creation highlighting the genius of Vaughan Williams. Uplifting and panoramic. I love how you were able to seamlessly blend the art of numerous artists with this splendid symphony by Williams. Well done and many thanks for your upload and the work you put forth. Grace and blessings. Absolutely beautiful.
Many thanks for your kind words.
Fabulous music, and beautiful images. It makes me weep for what has now been lost, and for ever ...
Just a shoutout to all those in orchestra's who after playing this piece have been inspired to share their experience in comment sections where people such as myself come and listen. Wonder if in a few hundred years from now some classical music enthusiast ends up here marvelling at it's beauty. If I were to share anything of humanity with the great beyond it would have to be our music, and this piece would be on the list. Thanks RVW, from an 18 year old admirer listening 100 years into the past.
.........and watching those 100 years, too!
RVW is certainly a master of English Classical music. I am glad to share this music with you.👍
Beautifully put together, the genuis of Vaughan Williams with all those evocative paintings, superb. Thank you.
For me, quite a classic. Makes me feel like a Londonian, regardless of how deep the fog is.and even if I don´t own any umbrella... Thanks. Great performance..
It's easy to become a Vaughn Williams fan. Nice job.
Very grateful for your work fitting all the old paintings to accompany the sublime music
Kind words, indeed, Jowox. Thanks!
Only just noticed the acknowledgements of the pictures. A work of art in its own right. Congratulations Colin.
Thanks, Ian. Glad you like it and thanks for taking the time to respond!
I think exactly the same thing there as you Ian!!! Well done Colin!!! Have a 'GREAT' Christmas and New Year Colin and Ian to You and All Your Friends and Families!!!
Do either of you remember the programme 'This Realm' from 1978. The last movement of this 'Fantastic' Symphony was the background to extracts by Wordsworth!!!
All The Best Lads!!!
Cheers - Mike
I don't remember that, Mike. Seasons greetings to you, too, and thanks for your appreciation of my channel and, even more, your enjoyment of RVW's music.
Colin
Thank You!!! Colin!!!
Your a 'True Gentleman'!!!
Cheers - Mike
Thank you so much for going to all the trouble of finding these wonderful paintings. It doubled the pleasure.
The combination of truly wonderful music and exquisite paintings is inspired. Thank you Colin.
Always loved this work, together with the other eight, but for me this is greatest. This amazing recording tells us what a superb orchestra the LPO is. Not usually a fan of Norrington but he excels here. Thanks for the chance to hear it.
the imagery is out of this world and seems to accompany the music very well thank you .
You really take your time making your videos. Really nice, thank you for sharing music and paintings, both really enjoyable
I never tire of hearing this peaceful and beautiful composition. Thank you so much for giving this recording to us.
Thank you Colin for this exceptional video and your profound work on it! Excellent presentment of British painters.I have never been to Britain but am very much interested in its art and culture.
Thank you for your kind reply; it's good to know people like my videos! I hope you were able to enjoy it in spite of the adverstisements.
Well, I tried! I have heard this symphony many times since my college days in the 1960's, but I had never heard this particular performance, so I thought I'd do....like... a needle drop (we used to call them)...to see how different sections sounded, and that didn't work! I got caught by that first bar and had to listen to the whole thing. So I turned the lights off and leaned back in my office chair and took the journey. Wow! What a symphony!
Especially the slow second movement - an unforgettable traversal of what eternity may be like, as only RVW of all composers, could possibly render it.....
What is there to say? This is simply beautiful, rich, and very "filling"...to the heart, and soul.
It's happy-to-be-alive music. If you don't get it, you don't get it. If you do get it, you keep it.
Colin, thank you for creating this superlative experience!
Glad you enjoyed it Phyllis!
What beautiful pictures. Complements the music perfectly.
Thankyou kindly Jane!
It's called Art 🎨🖌️....
The music at about 20:50 is among the most beautiful ever written, and majestic.
It is. It ebbs and flows with emotion. Following that, the third movement (scherzo), is exhilarating with life and optimism. RVW was amazing.
I love those pictures of imperial-era London.
Exquisita Sinfonía, que se funde con las magnificas ilustraciones de Londres..¡¡ Gracias..¡¡¡
Un profundo agradecimiento por dedicar tanta inteligencia y tanto tiempo a elaborar esta estupenda presentación de la sinfonía de Vaughan Williams sobre estupendas imágenes de Londres.
The syncing of Williams music and art from period becomes like a time machine.
. Very creative. Well done!
I must say the images you've assembled of Edwardian London do so much to complement Vaugn William's grand score. This is the London of Virginia Woolf and Clive Bell. And the imagery gives a sense of the city's grandeur and majesty before the damage inflicted by two wars and the intrusions of modern architecture.
Glad you enjoyed it, Bette and thanks for taking the time to comment.
Thank you so much for all the info about the pictures. A stunning collection.
There aren't many pieces of music that bring me to tears, but 19:30 to 22:30 is able to every time...
Wonderful video Colin! You did a remarkable job of pairing these very evocative images with this great music.
Once again Colin, a stellar job bringing the symphony to life with your extraordinary illustrations. I can imagine myself in 18th - 19th century London, in the years when the British Empire ruled the seas.
Yes. I think the British Empire was probably at its height at the time this piece was written; just before everything changed in the world forever.
Incredibly moody and atmospheric, it’s called the London symphony but it takes me somewhere beyond this world
Perhaps some wardrobe ;)
the artful combination of Vaughan Williams' music with impressionistic images brings out the best of both - thanks for this timeless posting.
Colin, I have heard this piece many times, but listening whilst viewing your video is especially enjoyable. The visuals are perfectly chosen, and add a new dimension to it. Thanks.
Thanks for taking the time to respond Hartzell; I'm very glad you enjoyed it.
This is magisterial! Thanks for putting this together. You introduced me to a lot of great artists!
G Mendoza So glad you enjoyed it. Do check out my videos on the Sea and Pastoral Symphs!
Brilliant! Your joining of perhaps the best treatment of Vaughn-Williams's 'London' with such evocative paintings is deeply appreciated by us -- and opens a new world of knowledge and perception to so many others. May you enjoy a wonderful New Year, and may we continue to enjoy the fruits of your energy and talent!
Many thanks Phyllis. Hap;py New Year to you, too.
2nd movement, Lento is one of my all-time favorite pieces, wonderful!
I went thru a fairly long period of real passion for this symphony. And, when I left Texas for the first time in 1989 I lived outside of Philadelphia. During our courtship my future wife and I had tickets to the Philadelphia Orchestra and I was able to hear this played live 4, 5, 8 May 1990.
Don - Thanks so much for your appreciative remarks! Thanks also for subscribing to my channel and I look forward to reading your thoughts about some of my other presentations, if you have time. Not all of them are as ambitious as 'A London Symphony' but you might enjoy the piece I did on 'A Sea Symphony', in which I also used paintings to match the shifting mood of the music. Thanks for taking the trouble to respond.
I always listen to this when I'm away from London and homesick. Thank you for such a great quality video!
One thing for sure, Vaughan Williams' pieces are enlightening and uplifting, both serious and joyful.
Why would 26 people not like this?
Prolly the number of demons in hell divided by the sum of pi x 666. I'm pretty sure on that one.
Probably Britten’s relatives.
The marriage art and music is brilliant. Feels like a time machine. Thank you
Colin, I've never seen a collection of London paintings as extensive as the ones you've so skilfully employed here. I have a book of them, but you have at least twice as many! Add to that the way you have matched picture to sound and your video is pure joy. Many thanks for a stupendous effort and keep them coming!
So glad you liked it, Craven. The picture collection is all thanks to Google Images, I have to admit. I have done videos of a number of RVW works including A Sea Symphony and A Pastoral Symphony which you might like, too. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Not exactly correct but I regard RVW's work as romantic always portraying with sound what the painter shows with brush stokes. His work are easily understood as metaphors.
The second movement of the London is arguably one of the most beautiful pieces of music written. And a stellar job by the London Phil. Bravo!
Truly excellent. Thoroughly enthralled by your inspired pictorial additions. Thank you, Colin.
Very kind of you to say so John.
Nice work ! As Paris, my hometown, London was beautiful in the ancien time...
Merci!
I stand thoroughly in agreement 🤝 with everyone else's enthusiastic refrains. Thank you over ☺️ & over again!!!
You are very welcome David. And, yes, I think the symphony depicts a day in london from dawn to nighttime.
Thanks Marty, I'm so glad you enjoyed it and thanks for talking the time to comment.
I've seen beautiful historical paintings and illustrations that of my home town that I otherwise probably wouldn't have seen. Thank you.
...Bravo Colin: a fabulous, nostalgic, quickened heart-beat of a journey from my studio in the depths of the Swedish pine forest lake-land... born a Londoner in the Blitz, grew up in her through the 'swinging 60's' left for 20 years, came back again in the 80's only to leave again in 2008... RVW's grandly evocative, mistily emotive symphonic poem does capital justice to 'London Pride'... I loved your choice of paintings yet again... especially the 'Grime, Glitter, Toil and Wealth' of Old Father Thames, the Pool, and the long gone seven seas trade and mercantile flags London flew proudly for so many generations... a wonderful musical memory of the people, places and history that made her the Queen of Cities... a most appreciative nod and grateful wave to the care, taste and skill you've taken complementing RVW's musical genius in evocative visual form!
+Michael Vanderosen What can I say, other than 'Thank you'! It's always good to hear from someone who really enjoys the music and what I've tried to do with it. I've done 2 videos of A Pastoral Symphony, one with paintings, which you might enjoy. Keep in touch.
+Colin .. will do... thanks... BTW did you see my wee story on your 'Sea Symphony' post... re my non-performing role in 'Sea Symphony' at Harrow and how I came to re-discover and love it in later years?.. it might amuse... ;-)
+Michael Vanderosen No, Michael, I can't trace that one....
+Colin hi...sorry... should mentioned it's on your 'Discussion' Page: but here 'tis as well.. (BTW have just finished watching the wonderful BBC 4 John Bridcut docu "The Passions of Vaughan Williams" simply breathtaking!) ... re Sea Symphony:
"...Hi there Colin... I just wanted to thank you most sincerely for your exhaustive, informative and loving background and tour d'horizon of RVW works and life... I stumbled across your RUclips post of his magnificent 4th movement of The Sea Symphony which I listened to to help with some self-healing I needed this morning... I then discovered your treasure trove of recordings, information and background on the man and his music... a little background of my own that you may find fun: back in the late 50's -
actually 1958 to be precise - as a rather diffident, self-conscious
young teenager at Harrow, it was decided that the school would give an
end-of-term performance of RVW's 'Sea Symphony' to be conducted by the
great man himself... instead of an orchestra for rehearsals on Sunday
(in place of morning chapel) we were accompanied on the Speech Room
organ - reputed to be the largest of its kind in the country - and
conducted by our Music Master. Harrow had several school choirs: the
Byron Consort (creme de la creme), Chapel choir (the largest, Chamber
Choir (the school Concert choir) Harmony Choir (the most harmonious),
The Choral Society (largest with 150) then the now defunct Unison Choir -
the loudest and least accomplished of all then - comprising members of
the school's rugby/harrow-football and House monitors... then came the
main body of the School (ca 400)... fancying my untutored alto as a
choir possible I joined the Choral Society... pride of voice cometh
before an ignominious fall: during the first rehearsal each choir sang a
section of the Libretto ... I was quickly and ignominiously singled out
by the M M for a solo in each choir in turn as "Someone is flat...You
Boy sing the last line..." as I tumbled down the vocal ranks to end up
within the raucously lusty, lower-ranks voice of the School Body... much
to the 600+ assembled ranks of cheering/jeering boys and my chums'
ecstatic amusement. So we like the tide swelled and ebbed our way
towards a pretty passable vocal rendition of WW's immortal words
encompassed in the magnificent vessel of RVW's sublime music... despite
my lowly status as a motley crew member of the School's musical Ship of
State I was captivated by the sheer breadth, depth, power and beauty of
this wondrously evocative choral miracle of music... only to have my and
the School's hopes and pride in our climatic performance coldly dashed
on rocks of disappointment when, on the Sunday following the August 26
1958. it was announced to the assembled school in Speecher that the
composer - and our eagerly awaited Guest Conductor - Ralph Vaughan
Williams had passed away on the Tuesday... and for us young chaps the
unkindest cut of all were the next words that fell from the MM's lips
like cold water on the stunned school body was that the concert would be
cancelled in deference to his demise... instead of performing The Sea
Symphony in honour and celebration of his amazing life-works'
contribution to English and World music! It was a decision that rankled
with and within us... and the least musically adept of us all - myself
included - mourned that decision for many years to come... Footnote: for
a multitude of reasons 'Sea Symphony' did not resurge back into my life
for many, many years, when in 1988 - now in my mid 40's - during a
period of burn-out, inner turmoil and the reflection and
self-healing/personal development that this occasioned - I walked into
HMV in Oxford Street, went straight to the 'Classical' section and asked
the chap behind the counter... "What is in your opinion the best
recording of RVW's 'Sea Symphony'"... without a word he handed me a
cassette of the 1968 EMI Adrian Boult. recording.. which I still have!
As Blair Sanderson wrote: "...This performance is one of the most
stirring on disc, with brilliant solos by soprano Sheila Armstrong and
baritone John Carol Case, ecstatic singing from the London Philharmonic
Choir, and resolute ensemble playing from the London Philharmonic
Orchestra. Vaughan Williams' paean to the world's oceans and sailors on
texts by Walt Whitman requires an expansive vision, a fervent mysticism,
and a deep sympathy with the late Romantic worldview, of which the
composer and conductor were products..." I've also treasured the
recordings of Richard Hickox and Andre Previn... Whenever in healing or
deeply reflective moods 'Sea Symphony" is my constant shipmate, pilot
and solace! Thanks so much again for your wonderful work on RVW and his
music's behalf! ....P.S. I also really like your eclectic and evocative
choice of artists & paintings... many of which I know well, having
worked in the London art world for many years with the gallery that
introduced reassessed and popularised the Social Realists of Newlyn, St.
Ives, Staithes etc - and in the 80's coining the distinction 'British
Impressionism' (we wrote the first book on the period) as a fact of our
artistic heritage... I've had the pleasure and privilege of
seeing/selling woks by the artists you've depicted (once owning a very
lovely 'rocks & surf in moonlight' at St Ives by J.O.) with Best
wishes, Michael :-)
+Michael Vanderosen Thanks for sharing that, Michael. I can imagine how disappointed you must have been about RVW's death and I agree that the decision not to perform the work seems perverse. The concert would have been a marvellous opportunity to mark the passing of a great man and a celebration of his achievement over a long and fulfilling life. A Sea Symphony is a wonderful work - I try never to miss a chance to hear it live - something I would imagine you're denied living in Sweden! It contains some of the most sublime of RVW's inspirations. For me, the 'O Thou transcendent' moment is the crowning glory of the piece but I must admit that the whole work keeps me rapt with attention from its rousing start to its mysterious end. Sir Adrian's recording is in my collection, of course! I'm led to believe that Sir Mark Elder's new CD is outstanding, by the way - it's reviewed on Radio 3 next Saturday morning. In another life, I would have liked to have worked in the art-world, perhaps as a restorer, so I envy you your life in galleries. I used to wander the Cork Street area around the RA gazing in at the paintings in galleries like Messums but never had the courage to go inside. One day, I was so taken with a picture I could see at the back of the shop, that I steeled myself to go in. Rather to my surprise, everyone was incredibly friendly and interested in talking to me about the picture (I think it was a Seago) and after this warm welcome I now often venture inside such galleries and always get a friendly welcome. I lack the social confidence which (if you'll excuse me for saying) an eductation in a top public school often gives, and it really was quite hard for me to do this. I do it often now! Now, may I do a quick commercial? I am a Trustee of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society, a group which works to promote RVW's music. You may have come across Albion Records, which is part of the Society's effort to bring rare RVW works to public attention. The Society has an excellent website (just Google RVW Society) which is well worth visiting and it produces a regular Journal for members, which appears three times a year. You might even consider becoming a member! I also run a Facebook page called Ralph Vaughan Williams Discussion. As the name implies, it's a group which chats about RVW's life and music - and other things as well. It's a lively little group - very relaxed and informal - with contributors from around the world: an English professor in Alabama, and people in Australia, Argentina, Germany, Scandinavia and all stops to New Zealand. If you 'do' Facebook, please consider looking in, you'd be most welcome.
wow! Not only such a beautiful piece of music but you illustrated it with stunning paintings - fantastic research.
Thanks Colin, a very nice job. RVW moves me like no other classical composer. Being from London myself, I think the painting you have used illustrate just how magnificent London used to be. Thank you.
So glad you enjoyed it, Darren.
cheers Colin.
Oh, wow! I just wanted to say this ... The intense feelings I experience when listening to Vaughn Williams' music surpass anything. Is it hilarious?Is it Divine? No, that's not enough! It goes beyond words, far beyond! To me, knowing about the existence of this masterpiece and its sublime creator is a life-Event.
I express the highest Appreciation towards the owner of this youtube channel, who is surely a top artist; thank you for letting us live such a wonderful experience!
Indeed the London paintings harmonize perfectly with the music. It seems to me there is a poetic relation of RVW's music, and "Turner's light".
Yes indeed, Turner is a Magician of the purest kind...
Couldn't agree more!
Many thanks for the effort you've put into this!
Colin, you have given me the best 45 minutes I have spent for a long time. Thank you. It is an exquisite performance, superbly enhanced by your selection of paintings.
+howardshelton Many thanks, Howard. It's great to know that the music (and the images) reach people and mean something to them.
+howardshelton Many thanks, Howard. It's great to know that the music (and the images) reach people and mean something to them.
This is a very lovely recording indeed! My favourites are Boult, Previn & Slatkin so far but now this one too. Thank you! Cheers from Oz.
Dear Colin, thank you very much. I live in Louvain, B, and my mother lives in London. I tonight listened quietly to the symphony on my cd player, played by the Philarmonia Orchestra, led by Owain Arwel Hughes. I enjoyed that hour so much! So I came to youtube to find a link and share all the beauty with my facebook friends. This music is a great way of connecting to Britain. Recently I have done soo too by reading the graphic novels in the pleasant Belgian series "Blake and Mortimer", and by reading, more seriously touched, "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by Thomas Edward Lawrence... These works help me to be proud of our European legacy. The disc of the London Symphony, I bought it two years ago on a trip to the capital, which I have by now visited some twenty times, starting with a school trip in 1981! Kind regards, thanks for the very nice painting views too, Steven
Doesn't it make you feel proud to be English? From a Frenchman.
Absolutely wonderful...please keep this stuff coming. I've sort of thought of trying to do stuff like this but lack the skills and patience. Thanks, your channel is great and so glad I found it.
Many thanks & appreciation for this upload, especially for the accompanying pictures.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Oh my Good Lord in Heaven 21:25!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Almost too much for my head to take in. BEAUTUFUL. God Bless RVW x
This is by far one of THE greatest symphonic works ever composed; the vast majority of symphonies by even more well-known composers are more like so much 'filler' compared to this transcendent masterpiece...
I usually catalog composer playlists by name and performers. In RVW's case, it's always RVW-Colin. Thank you for such an integral visual-aural experience.
A lot of work went into this, Colin. Thanks for sharing your sentiments in pictures as you saw them. :)
Thank you for this beautiful music! I can't begin to tell you how much I appreciate it!
Such a beautiful work. One of RVW greatest creations.Alongside Elgars 2 symphonies and Walton's 1st.....represent the best of British.
Sempre fico satisfeito com as obras de RVW, ele foi sem dúvida grande gênio da música.
My orchestra just played this, such a fantastic piece
I have never heard it live, what an amazing experience it must be....
a wonderful symphony surely englands greatest composer
Thank-you Adrian for affirming what I've believed most all my life!!!!
Thank you so much for the pictures that accompany the beautiful music.
It's called Art 🎨🖌️.....
Very evocative pictures, I especially love the work of John Atkinson Grimshaw.
I remember reading about the smog of London and the strange, eerie coloring it gave the atmosphere. I see it in the second movement of this piece.
I always feel the English grass at my sole, when I hear his work. He, Elgar, Britten, and Holst are the sound of that Sceptered Isle
England is not an island
@@mizofan Neither is grass at your sole...Its now a car park full of cheap housing. Very Sad. Paradise lost..
@@mizofan So said the EU. Who cares what they think?
The Sceptered Isle. Such a beautiful name, for the Queen of Western Civilization.
@@mizofan Think it is, both literally and metaphorically.
Combien de peintres ici qui ne sont considérés que comme des petits maîtres alors qu'ils valent bien les impressionnistes français les plus célèbres...
I really enjoyed this, A wonderful performance by Roger Norrington, equally matched by beautiful pictures of the city, every one perfectly matched to the mood of the music, thank you.
An absolutely wonderful work of art. Thanks for the tip about Ad block
Thank you for doing such "artful"work...beaufully rendered with magnificent music
I always wonder about those pesky NOT LIKES..in this case, they simply make no sense at all.
Yes, they are a puzzle, aren't they? I think some people just hit 'dislike' for the hell of it, to be annoying. It's also possible that a few are very discerning listeners who dislike that particular performance, I guess. There may even be a few people who disapprove of the way I illustrate the music with pictures. Some purists might argue that it's better to let great music speak for itself without the addition of images. Who knows?!
What's the punchline to that old joke -- where someone says, "I do it, just because I CAN!!" A cynical, selfish way to be in real life..but sometimes these 'speakers of dislike' do strike me precisely this way. That said - please do continue posting these sublime music pieces. There is indeed something quite special about Vaughan Williams...I find when I am anxious or stressed out, he is 'balm in Gilead'..
No doubt most of these 'purists' are wandering about in the attic of the original "Castle" at the Smithsonian in DC, communing with the resident bats and lending validation to that classic phrase (no need for me to say it; you already have it!)
This will, undoubtedly remain the greatest RVW symphony to be completed. Every essence of it allows my hairs to stand on end, I've really learned to love Vaughan Williams, and this is what started it.
It was Vaughan Williams' own favourite of his symphonies.
This is great!! thanks for sharing
Der 2te Satz ist seit Jahren eines meiner Lieblingsstücke von R.V.W.! Da gibt es diese Stelle zwischen 17:20 und 17:50. Da zieht es einem den Boden unter den Füßen weg und man fängt für Sekunden an ... zu schweben!
Genau auf 17:38 hebt man ab!
Es ist sehr gut zu wissen, dass einige Leute in Deutschland Vaughan Williams's Musik zu genießen! Vielen Dank für Ihren Kommentar, Stephan. [It is very good to know that some people in Germany enjoy the music of Vaughan Williams! Thank you for your comment, Stephan.]
Das ist so wunderbar formuliert!
I wish this would be played somewhere in my area so that I could hear it live.
I would even drive 3 or 4 hours but I guess this sort of Music is only played by orchestras in the UK and Commonwealth countries
eberbacher007 Sir Roger Norrington had been performing VW's symphonies in Germany. www.dso-berlin.de/content/e43/e484/index_eng.html
Colin
True, but they are only playing one of his symphonys and to be honest, thats not worth about 400€ for gas, hotel, etc plus vacation days.
Well, you certainly don't see RVW on symphony-concert programs in the U.S. Conductors are too busy filling out their schedules with the usual 'Mostly Mozart' events - when they're not performing Beethoven or Bach, that is....
They are playing this at the proms on July 31st at The Royal Albert Hall - BBC Proms so you’ll be able to watch it online I’m sure x
It is tough to tell which is more stunning: the paintings or the music of Ralph Vaughn Williams. May Britain awaken and rediscover that greatness which lies within.
Many thanks for your comment - really glad you liked it.
I haven't been here before but am super impressed with your art presentation. I think it is one of the best here on RUclips. Thank you!
The symphony, overall, is wonderful. However, the second movement is so beautifully sublime. The emotion and complexities therein are so haunting and serene as if a poem set to music. Every note, wafts so gracefully and purposefully.