Rule, Britannia ! St. Paul's Cathedral London

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  • Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
  • A brief excerpt from a September 18, 2016 concert by the cathedral's sub-organist, Peter Holder. The arrangement is by Henry Wood, from his "Fantasia on British Sea Songs."

Комментарии • 174

  • @williameddy3895
    @williameddy3895 5 лет назад +223

    I am American but am so proud to hear Rule Britannia for our British friends.

    • @ambertaylor9561
      @ambertaylor9561 5 лет назад +10

      Same here. I am an American and I am singing to this right now.

    • @ambertaylor9561
      @ambertaylor9561 4 года назад +6

      @just a name I proud to be an American. I love my home, but I also love other countries too, so I am not a traitor. Thank you very much!

    • @Offshoreorganbuilder
      @Offshoreorganbuilder 4 года назад +3

      @just a name How very crude. I take it, you are a foreigner of some sort?

    •  4 года назад +3

      They must not be British but want to be

    • @PedroCucuchucho
      @PedroCucuchucho 4 года назад

      Este himno se compuso para celebrar el pillaje de los piratas ingleses en el mar Caribe. La acumulación primitiva de capital es entonces el motivo del bendito himno de Thomas Arnes.

  • @95theraptor83
    @95theraptor83 4 года назад +300

    When your empire is sponsored by the angels in heaven

  • @John-ub1uy
    @John-ub1uy 4 года назад +42

    A song made in heaven ✝️🇬🇧🇱🇷

    • @SHALOM77H
      @SHALOM77H 2 года назад +2

      ✝️🇬🇧✊🏻😍🤩

  • @ponypint6635
    @ponypint6635 3 года назад +37

    Rule Brittania...a magnificent composition.

  • @damienmcbratney3197
    @damienmcbratney3197 4 года назад +76

    Brilliant. When the walls shake a pipe organ does its master proud!

    • @raphaelelvish2430
      @raphaelelvish2430 4 года назад +6

      Damien McBratney that’s cause of the huge scale tubas and jus the instrument is so massive

    • @xEchora
      @xEchora 4 года назад +1

      Quite so!

  • @shamteal8614
    @shamteal8614 4 года назад +32

    I just love the sound of a church organ and especially this beautiful piece of music.

  • @chrisholley2954
    @chrisholley2954 2 года назад +16

    The reverb in that room is AWESOME!!!!!

  • @PMS1950
    @PMS1950 4 года назад +56

    Outstanding performance on the world's finest organ. This is such a fabulous tune and works well within the context of Thomas Arne's "King Arthur. The British Worthy" a musical work for theatre, or more famously, on its own as a rousing and patriotic anthem. Long may it and its subject flourish.

    • @ZL54JK8
      @ZL54JK8 2 года назад +4

      It works even better within the context of Thomas Arne's Masque, "Alfred", which is where it comes from.

  • @andreatag
    @andreatag 2 года назад +10

    I can feal the patriotism enter my heart, and I’m Italian.

  • @bryanhardy3311
    @bryanhardy3311 2 года назад +15

    Having played this most "Grand" of Organs some 30 years ago just watching the Organist at the Console takes be back to St. Paul's in a trice!
    Despite its size and far flung departments this Organ is very expressive & aided by the Cathedral acoustics presents the listener with a "fait accompli" of music dispersal in this Historic Building that remains with one...for life!
    Thank you.
    Bryan Hardy. ( Australia)

    • @a55b47
      @a55b47  2 года назад +1

      I think (but am not sure) that they mostly use the remote console now, that sits on the floor of the choir. This console was being used because the remote console was having some repair work done.

    • @bbinchi
      @bbinchi Год назад

      Bryan, I relate to your comment about the lifelong effect of hearing music within the magnificent space that is St. Paul's Cathedral, London. I attended the Easter Day Sung Eucharist at St. Paul's Cathedral in 1995. The late John Scott LVO conducted the Cathedral Choir and Andrew Lucas played the organ. It was musical bliss on a scale I had not previously known, an experience I shall never forget.

  • @c-historia
    @c-historia 2 года назад +6

    magnificent performance

  • @jimkeener3773
    @jimkeener3773 6 лет назад +16

    The definition of grand.

  • @flomo6778
    @flomo6778 Год назад +7

    playing the piano is hard, but this is on another level

  • @sofiaconserva4110
    @sofiaconserva4110 4 года назад +12

    The harmonisation is beautiful.

  • @archie8788
    @archie8788 3 года назад +18

    What a wonderful, joyful noise!! I often hear this mighty beast but most organists seem to be very reserved and seldom use the full organ. Great! :)

  • @jonathanfarrar1650
    @jonathanfarrar1650 2 года назад +8

    This is the best pipe organ video on RUclips!

  • @justinf.3293
    @justinf.3293 4 года назад +108

    When you realize that you are 1% British

    • @xEchora
      @xEchora 4 года назад +5

      That’s a good one!

    • @peterfernandeztv8750
      @peterfernandeztv8750 3 года назад +7

      As a Canadian citizen for two years, I’m something of a British subject myself 😂😂✌️✌️

    • @farnabyurquhart6970
      @farnabyurquhart6970 3 года назад +5

      Providing you drink tea and bring cucumber sandwiches, 1% is enough.

    • @jtgd
      @jtgd Год назад

      “Starts talking in some British açčèñt”

  • @RobCharles1981
    @RobCharles1981 7 лет назад +79

    OMG What a Sound and that last Chord was amazing!!!! :D

    • @PMS1950
      @PMS1950 4 года назад +2

      The Royal Trumpet stop has to be heard and felt to be believed. It was installed in time for the Queen's Jubilee celebrations in 1977 and first heard when she attended a special service at the cathedral in her honour. The sound of these magnificent pipes virtually " blew the Royal socks off" and their future use forbidden in her majesty's presence. (or so legend has it.)

    • @SoggySandwich80
      @SoggySandwich80 3 года назад +2

      The sound quality didn’t like that chord tho

  • @scottnyc6572
    @scottnyc6572 2 года назад +3

    That organ sounds glorious and powerful!!!

  • @rubbishsignup
    @rubbishsignup 4 года назад +5

    Spine tingling grand.

  • @pianosnpipes1940
    @pianosnpipes1940 7 лет назад +36

    Wow, that's great! I love the sound of this great organ!!

  • @pipeorganizer8336
    @pipeorganizer8336 6 лет назад +22

    I heard this organ Live.. the sound is Massiv!

  • @eibpilotfstobi
    @eibpilotfstobi 4 года назад +4

    very nicely played thank you God Bless the Queen and all brits many blessed greetings brother Tobias
    scarce from OMCTH 🏰⛪✝🛡⚔

  • @williamlewis4318
    @williamlewis4318 7 лет назад +12

    Never ceases to surprise me....

  • @michaelmiller1215
    @michaelmiller1215 3 года назад +3

    Love this magazine instrument, especially the powerful 🎺 trumpets!

  • @johnfox9939
    @johnfox9939 Год назад +2

    Majestic, simply majestic …!!

  • @charlesdavis7087
    @charlesdavis7087 5 лет назад +12

    You guys are having way too much fun. Thanks for sharing... from the other side of the pond.

  • @user-by4lw3or9h
    @user-by4lw3or9h 7 лет назад +37

    Bravo!Really amazing!British Empire,the sun never sets!

  • @geneva49
    @geneva49 6 лет назад +3

    St Paul, one of my favorite location to see when I’m in a London. Many more however.

  • @BenEmberley
    @BenEmberley 6 лет назад +11

    There are very few Organs I would never tire of listening to. This is one of them :)

  • @Sathrandur
    @Sathrandur 7 лет назад +23

    That is a nice Tuba chorus!

  • @tambrosia
    @tambrosia 5 лет назад +7

    Thank you so much for posting.
    I heard this wonderful organ many years ago when in London.
    To say it brought tears to my eyes and even now would be a lie.
    Rule Britian, Amen.
    God Save the Queen
    Our best wishes to all in the UK who stands with America.
    Pax+

  • @johnbrooks3750
    @johnbrooks3750 5 лет назад +8

    late to the party, but, wow! Would love to hear it in person.

  • @nebmis
    @nebmis 5 лет назад +6

    >listening on full volume

  • @passacaglia28
    @passacaglia28 7 лет назад +7

    So stately!

  • @michaelschantz6708
    @michaelschantz6708 7 лет назад +9

    So much fun, a most whimsical Fantasia. The Tuba Magna is recorded very well.

  • @hudsonbailey674
    @hudsonbailey674 6 лет назад +3

    Waves bow and winds salute! A favorite Trinity Sunday was celebrated at St. Paul's Cathedral the decades ago. Hopefully, another Sunday in Trinitytide awaits me.

  • @samuelwardell1233
    @samuelwardell1233 7 лет назад +69

    Proud to be British

    • @outbackred107
      @outbackred107 6 лет назад +8

      hey can i be british too

    • @williameddy3895
      @williameddy3895 5 лет назад +2

      I am an American of British descent.

    • @SWR012
      @SWR012 5 лет назад +1

      Bye bye 🇬🇧😂👋🏼

    • @jameslloyd2288
      @jameslloyd2288 5 лет назад +3

      🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

    • @kimberlyvito6391
      @kimberlyvito6391 4 года назад +2

      Pround to be in it too

  • @nathanaellee8356
    @nathanaellee8356 3 года назад +2

    Rule Brittania written in 1781 by Sir Thomas Arne comemerating the return and coronation of King Charles the Second as King of England which took place in 1660

  • @paoloargento8974
    @paoloargento8974 7 лет назад +13

    Very Good greetings from Italy

  • @prezzyjim
    @prezzyjim 4 года назад +1

    Beautiful

  • @parisalan1
    @parisalan1 6 лет назад +3

    Brilliant...thanks!

  • @adelarsen9776
    @adelarsen9776 3 года назад +1

    Well that was jolly nice.

  • @sofiaconserva4110
    @sofiaconserva4110 5 лет назад +3

    Studying this piece

  • @addeblaeij108
    @addeblaeij108 3 года назад

    Very musical beautiful sounds out of this pipe organ.

  • @DocMot
    @DocMot 3 года назад

    I don't know why any sane person would give this masterpiece a thumb down, let alone 39 morons as of the time of writing this. It takes talent, intellect, resilience and discipline (and much more) to master what this guy did. If you don't appreciate Classical, Church or any type of decent, classy, tasteful music, then keep scrolling. You don't have to bring your personal issues over here. Take a hike losers. Kudos to to talented organist and the other guy who helped turn the pages. He might be another great organist too. Very beautiful rendition guys. Love from across the pond. thank you for posting.

  • @CC-em4pe
    @CC-em4pe 7 лет назад +4

    amazing

  • @bryanhardy3311
    @bryanhardy3311 2 года назад

    Indeed the "New" Remote Console" on the floor of the Cathedral is more often used to hear the whole organ in balance and accompany the Choir more "sensitively" ( it was not there when I played) ....this arrangement is proving quite acceptable from Organists point of view! all over the World in great Buildings.
    Thank You.
    Bryan Hardy

  • @gcvanwerd1
    @gcvanwerd1 5 лет назад +1

    Wow, one piece of wonderful organ playing. Thanks for posting !!

  • @bobcochran2890
    @bobcochran2890 3 года назад +1

    Wonderful. Would love to hear this organ in person! Thanks for sharing.

  • @BrewsterOldDog
    @BrewsterOldDog 10 месяцев назад

    They are not only an ally, they are a good friend.
    God bless you British friends.

  • @GordonClare
    @GordonClare Год назад

    so great more please

  • @melaubach
    @melaubach 4 года назад +4

    I’m a proud American, but after hearing HM the Queen’s strong, inspiring, and compassionate COVID-19 speech yesterday and comparing it to the useless, daily, self-congratulatory diatribes and lies emanating from the White House briefing room, I’m sorry to have to say I’d much rather be singing THIS than the “Star-spangled banner” right now.

    • @a55b47
      @a55b47  4 года назад

      Precisely. And it's too bad we don't have a great fight song like "Rule, Britannia!" here on this side of the Atlantic.

    • @davidpoulton2860
      @davidpoulton2860 4 года назад +1

      Thanks from all of us in UK

    •  4 года назад

      Americans are great folks ,I have worked with them and vacationed amongst them ,thier politicians not so great

  • @oliverlee-os6tr
    @oliverlee-os6tr 3 месяца назад

    without question this has got to be one of the best renditions of rule britannia i've ever heard, the stop selection is magnificent and even he is (or was ?) a sub organist I think peter holder is easily comparable with Daniel Roth, anna lapwood and Olivier latry. this is also one of the few videos I've seen where the organ has been played from it's original loft, I'm guessing there was something wrong with the mobile console at the time?.

    • @a55b47
      @a55b47  3 месяца назад

      The mobile console was undergoing some kind of repairs. And if you look closely at the side of the loft console, you can see it's being worked on, too.

  • @TradOrganist
    @TradOrganist 6 лет назад +1

    Well done!

  • @marcowunnenberg2239
    @marcowunnenberg2239 4 года назад

    Very Nice playing...thanks

  • @emanuelperez9669
    @emanuelperez9669 5 лет назад +1

    Simplemente Hermoso 😍

  • @CGYTrainz
    @CGYTrainz 4 года назад +3

    St. Paul survives!

  • @miaranarazaf2930
    @miaranarazaf2930 5 лет назад

    Bravo! Very very good sound and player

  • @jennifermckinnon5827
    @jennifermckinnon5827 2 года назад +3

    Boss music in the 1700s.

  • @2snowgirl520
    @2snowgirl520 7 лет назад +1

    Awesome!!!!

  • @sailormann1
    @sailormann1 2 года назад

    Those tubas are totally cool.

  • @purromemes7395
    @purromemes7395 3 года назад +1

    The empire must return

  • @mainaccount131
    @mainaccount131 4 года назад

    Excellent

  • @31Alden
    @31Alden 3 года назад

    Magnificent

  • @hlondon2408
    @hlondon2408 2 года назад

    Magnifico!!

  • @cettejuste4398
    @cettejuste4398 6 лет назад +2

    the path to heaven

  • @eliasjanos9191
    @eliasjanos9191 Год назад

    Played on this organ since 1700

  • @samrose565
    @samrose565 3 года назад +1

    Sounds a bit like the Overture to the Music for the Royal Fireworks by Handel

  • @wohlki123
    @wohlki123 4 года назад

    Great 👍👍

  • @Based_location
    @Based_location 10 месяцев назад

    By heavens command

  • @timdaugherty5921
    @timdaugherty5921 7 лет назад +7

    what!! he would not even let me record when I sat there.

    • @a55b47
      @a55b47  7 лет назад +9

      They couldn't have been more accommodating to me -- maybe because I emailed them a couple of months in advance to see if it was OK?

  • @JohnBoyDeere
    @JohnBoyDeere 6 лет назад +3

    What's the little tray to the right of the organist? For crumpets and tea, har! Really, a great performance on a great instrument, bravo!!

    • @a55b47
      @a55b47  6 лет назад +1

      I was wondering the same thing while I was recording this, but I forgot to ask Peter. I think it controls the memory levels for the combination action.

    • @JohnBoyDeere
      @JohnBoyDeere 6 лет назад +1

      My oldest daughter was in London last year and visited St. Paul's. She brought me back a CD, "Organ Extravaganza!" with John Scott, Huw Williams and Christpher Dearnley. Obviously a MONSTER room, I don't know how you can play and listen at the same time:) Great job again!!

  • @kizermason
    @kizermason 6 лет назад +12

    British Patriotism Intensifies

  • @MegaBIMBO88
    @MegaBIMBO88 4 года назад

    ist zwar keine Rühlmann-Orgel, aber auch ganz nett ;-) Grandios gespielt! Chapeau!!!

  • @12823matthewkao
    @12823matthewkao 4 года назад

    That Trumpet sound though....

  • @pulzarmicrochip
    @pulzarmicrochip 5 лет назад

    Excelente 😊😊😊

  • @ruperttmls7985
    @ruperttmls7985 6 лет назад +4

    It's baroque music... Thomas A. Arne

  • @ceoaalp
    @ceoaalp 2 года назад +1

    The British Empire will return one day

  • @ellenwolf3561
    @ellenwolf3561 2 года назад

    I am a Red Hat Society Queen, this will be my Processional music at my Coronation.

  • @Tongireth
    @Tongireth 6 лет назад +24

    Is the sound quality poor because I'm not a British? :(

    • @richardharrold9736
      @richardharrold9736 6 лет назад +11

      Nope, it's because the mics are hideously overloaded!

    • @benparry3934
      @benparry3934 5 лет назад +4

      Because the organ has such an amazingly awesome strong sound

    • @sofiaconserva4110
      @sofiaconserva4110 5 лет назад

      Another softer register would have been a better choice

    • @ghostfacegrillah7891
      @ghostfacegrillah7891 5 лет назад +2

      Ben Parry Not that, the Britishness was simply too strong for it 😂

    • @Offshoreorganbuilder
      @Offshoreorganbuilder 4 года назад

      @@sofiaconserva4110 Not for the audience, I think.

  • @princeramesesbadana2398
    @princeramesesbadana2398 4 года назад +17

    When the Pope doesn't want you to marry another girl

  • @earny80
    @earny80 6 лет назад +1

    dat trumpets! :O

  • @Goodchappy
    @Goodchappy 7 лет назад +64

    Somewhat overloaded your microphone :-)

    • @sailormann1
      @sailormann1 6 лет назад +8

      goodchappy Somewhat is an Understatement 😀

    • @ghostfacegrillah7891
      @ghostfacegrillah7891 5 лет назад +10

      The Britishness was too much for it 😂

    • @phillipbaggio7915
      @phillipbaggio7915 4 года назад +2

      The Tuba stops will do it.

    • @PMS1950
      @PMS1950 4 года назад +1

      How dreadful. It's a trip to the headmaster's study for the sound recordist and a good smack!

    • @rowanlidbury
      @rowanlidbury 3 года назад

      @@PMS1950 You have a go recording it.

  • @LePereNarbasse
    @LePereNarbasse 8 месяцев назад

    the microphone doesn't rule Britannia enough.

  • @denverjames4864
    @denverjames4864 Месяц назад

    Any chance you could link a copy of the sheet music?

  • @danielgolden5352
    @danielgolden5352 4 года назад

    Which Tuba or Trumpet are you using for the dialogue? It doesn't sound like the dome.

  • @skymarshallmarz5573
    @skymarshallmarz5573 6 лет назад +6

    I would have loved to record this with the proper equipment.

  • @mushroomfog2509
    @mushroomfog2509 3 года назад +1

    *happy British noises*

  • @mrstevebournias
    @mrstevebournias 7 лет назад +5

    willis solo tubas and mander dome tubas

    • @martinashwoodsmith7674
      @martinashwoodsmith7674 7 лет назад +2

      steve bournias ... and the "battery" of Mander 4, 8 and 16ft trumpets at the opposite end of the nave :)

    • @richardharrold9736
      @richardharrold9736 6 лет назад

      ...and the Willis III (Gottfried/Wurlitzer type) brass trumpet in the dome...

  • @protocolofficer2629
    @protocolofficer2629 3 года назад

    Yowza!

  • @ahrmgoos
    @ahrmgoos 4 года назад

    Are the scores of this piece for sale? I love this arrangement, but I cannot find it online

    • @a55b47
      @a55b47  4 года назад

      www.scoreexchange.com/scores/170463.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwgJv4BRCrARIsAB17JI7Yt_G151cxZcQCb6yIW-5cHCq_sgjmGokdQ0o-uIz5Kz9Fs2Vgm2IaAs-EEALw_wcB#full-details

    • @ZL54JK8
      @ZL54JK8 4 года назад +1

      @@a55b47 I saw this wonderful clip some while ago and looked for the score on line. I had no difficulty in finding it. However, if I had needed to ask you here and you kindly responded I think I would have made it a priority to say thank you!

  • @justamrcreeper6467
    @justamrcreeper6467 2 года назад

    0:09 starts

  • @DragonsAndDragons777
    @DragonsAndDragons777 5 месяцев назад

    Colonised

  • @ashleythorpe7933
    @ashleythorpe7933 3 года назад +1

    I've played Wagner on that organ

    • @TheBony45
      @TheBony45 3 года назад

      What piece did you play? Tannhauser?

    • @ashleythorpe7933
      @ashleythorpe7933 3 года назад +1

      @@TheBony45 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

  • @tpmiranda
    @tpmiranda 6 месяцев назад +1

    The poor microphone couldn't handle it... 😭

  • @ellenwolf2499
    @ellenwolf2499 4 года назад +2

    I'm a Red Hat Society Queen soon to be crowned, at my coronation this will be played as a processional.

  • @user__100
    @user__100 5 лет назад +5

    3.5 million Indians fought for Britain in both world wars. We got famines and theft in return.

    • @SirMrShanks
      @SirMrShanks 5 лет назад +3

      The Glorious Empire 🇬🇧

    • @alangallagher4040
      @alangallagher4040 3 года назад

      You got democracy and a whole host of national functions. Dont be so ungrateful

    • @porridgeandprunes
      @porridgeandprunes 2 года назад

      The British caused the famines?

    • @user__100
      @user__100 2 года назад +1

      @@porridgeandprunes Britain killed 4 million Indians in Bengal in 1943 by imposing a famine

  • @james_loney
    @james_loney 4 года назад

    Recorded organ music in a big space is usually a plate of spaghetti, as is this version of "Rule Brittania." I'm sure in person it would have sounded very impressive. A little bit ridiculous to still be playing this tune in the age of this new age. How many ships of a fleet does Britain still float around the globe? How many aircraft carriers, please? So--a plate of spaghetti for sure

    • @a55b47
      @a55b47  4 года назад +3

      Yet you listened and feel compelled to grace us with your observation.

    • @ZL54JK8
      @ZL54JK8 4 года назад +2

      As I write this there is strong protest about the BBC's desire to remove Rule Britannia (and you will note the correct spelling) from the 2020 Proms Last Night. I haven't heard any mention of spaghetti, but it would seem that there are a great many people who would not subscribe to your rather supercilious appraisal of it.

  • @user-dv4he4xd3k
    @user-dv4he4xd3k 5 лет назад

    Bnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnuuuvbb