Ralph Vaughan Williams: "A London Symphony"

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Vaughan Williams's great paean to the city of London, written shortly before the outbreak of the Great War of 1914-18.
1st movment: Lento - Allegro risoluto 00:00
2nd movement: Lento: 14:00
3rd movement: Scherzo 24:43
4th movement Andante con moto - Maestoso all marcia 32:28
The performance is by the London Philharmonic conducted by Sir Roger Norrington on a wonderful Decca disc which also includes beautiful performances of the Tallis Fantasia and the Serenade to Music.
To accompany the music, I have used paintings of London which reflect the changing mood of the music as I hear it. Most of the paintings date from the early 20th century, though some are much later and a few somewhat earlier. They are listed below (work in progress: first three movements only.
FIRST MOVEMENT
00:10 George Hyde Pownell (1876-1932) Tower Bridge
00:59 David Roberts (1796-1864) St Paul's From the West
01:54 Marcus Ford (1914-1989) Tower Bridge
02:53 Edward Seago (1910-1974) Thames Embankment
03:25 Charles William Wyllie (1853-1923) Tower Bridge
04:13 William Logsdail (1859-1944) Bank of England
04:28 Anon (circa 1850) Snow Hill, Holborn
04:58 Rose Maynard Barton (1856-1929) Trafalgar Square
05:11 " " " " "
05:21 " " " " Fleet Street
05:33 William Logsdail Royal Exchange
05:44 Rose Maynard Barton Wesminster
05:44 Anders Zorn (1860-1920) 'Impressions of London'
06:03 Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) Blackman Street
06:24 Rose Maynard Barton
06:44 John O'Connor (1830-1899) Pentonville Road & St Pancras
06:56 Donald Maxwell (1877-1936) Lots Road Power Station
07:12 Sir George Clausen (1852-1944) 'Where the Guns Are Made'
07:32 Luther Hooper (1849-1932) 'Nocturn'
08:10 George Hyde Pownall (1876-1932) London Bridge
08:38 " " "
09:33 Edward Seago
10:27 Atkinson Grimshaw Hampstead
10:43 Unknown Street scene
11:01 Unknown High Holborn? Signed 'Smith'
11:27 John O'Connor Detail from picture at 06.44
11:43 Atkinson Grimshaw
11:54 " "
12:06 " " The Strand
12:24 Rose Maynard Barton London Bridge and Parliament
12:39 George Hyde Pownall St Pauls
12:50 Charles Dixon (1872-1934) Shipping on the Thames
13:10 William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931) 'Toil Glitter Grime & Wealth'
13:34 Charles Dixon Greenwich
SECOND MOVEMENT
14:00 John Atkinson Grimshaw
14:27 Abraham Pether (1756-1812)
14:53 John Atkinson Grimshaw
15:17 Unknown
15:38 John Atkinson Grimshaw
16:09 David Cressman (b1980) Battersea Power Station
16:31 George Hyde Pownall (1876-1932)
17:02 John Atkinson Grimshaw
17:26 Claude Monet (1840-1926)
18:00 John Atkinson Grimshaw
19:19 John Arnesby Brown (1866-1955)
19:48 Unknown
19:55 John Atkinson Grimshaw (sequence of 4 pictures)
21:34 Unknown
22:06 Frederick William Scarborough (1860-1930)
22:43 John Atkinson Grimshaw (sequence of 2 pictures)
THIRD MOVEMENT
Most pictures in this movement are paintings of Piccadilly and London's 'theatreland' at night by George Hyde Pownall. Other paintings featured are:
26:14 Unknown (Piccadilly Circus at night)
28:49 John Atkinson Grimshaw (Pall Mall)
30:32 John T Wood (Piccadilly and Regent Steet)
30:50 Giuseppe De Nittis (1846-1884) Westminster
31:21 John Atkinson Grimshaw: 2 pictures of Westminster

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@carolwaugh5466 2 года назад

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.

@271250cl 2 года назад

Thanks for your interesting response Carol.

@JackSmith-si1sn 6 лет назад

My father was born in1898 and when I hear this amazing music while looking at beautiful scenes, I am there with him.

@Joshuasmirror 9 лет назад

Vaughan Williams's style "one is never quite sure whether one is listening to something very old or very new."

@user-td4do3op2d 4 года назад

Wasn't that written about the Tallis fantasia?

@timotheuspeter734 4 года назад

@@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."

@pottersmiles7238 3 года назад

@@user-td4do3op2d the opening of the Tallis Fantasia sounds like a few notes in the great escape movie score

@karldelavigne8134 3 года назад

Musical atavism.

@claudemasse8028 Год назад

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?

@robertmoore9965 7 лет назад

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.

@RGSBusinessSolutions 3 года назад

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!

@jmd555555 2 года назад

What a lovely thing to do for your mother.

@georgejaxxon481 2 года назад

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@zayneyael1258 2 года назад

@George Jaxxon instablaster :)

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@stephenjames8560 7 лет назад

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.

@tobycat48 7 лет назад

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.

@sameester 7 лет назад

Stephen James Well maybe, but one can't forget Holst and Elgar!

@tobycat48 7 лет назад

Quite true Sami Faheem. Hearing a great performance of the 'Enigma Variations' is an essential experience!

@davidjames9626 7 лет назад

I think he has rivals in Tallis and Purcell, to name but two, they were all great..

@tobycat48 7 лет назад

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.

@stevetheprogger1 2 года назад

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.

@sunnemaettli 10 лет назад

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.

@DelvingEye 2 года назад

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'.

@plastique45 2 года назад

Wow, amazing story, thanks for sharing!

@paulcapaccio9905 Год назад

You’re a special person. God bless you

@indeserto 2 года назад

Fabulous music, and beautiful images. It makes me weep for what has now been lost, and for ever ...

@MegaCirse 4 года назад

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 !

@nicholas72611 9 лет назад

Love that you included so many Grimshaw paintings! Very underrated artist.

@claudemasse8028 2 года назад

Worry good to bring up a conversation on thoughts of painting

@fgb3126 Год назад

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.

@JackSmith-si1sn 2 года назад

The marriage art and music is brilliant. Feels like a time machine. Thank you

@1101millie97 8 лет назад

I love those pictures of imperial-era London.

@daphneanson9587 7 лет назад

The part of the second movement beginning at 20:10 or so is probably the most beautiful music ever written.

@tonymostromable 4 года назад

also 31:15.

@famprima 2 года назад

Meh. Nimrod for me, every time.

@linzieloo1 2 месяца назад

I I imagine this is what it’s like to die and your soul is finally free from your body and you reach heaven

@syafiqp 8 лет назад

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.

@abigailhamiltonactor 3 года назад

.........and watching those 100 years, too!

@kathyvilim1047 Год назад

RVW is certainly a master of English Classical music. I am glad to share this music with you.👍

@donrayjay 3 года назад

The opening music reminds me of being on a large boat, slowly leaving dock, and embarking on a remarkable journey

@namrats66 Год назад

An astronomer emeritus suggested I listen to Williams' "Pastoral Symphony", perhaps 10 years ago, he thought I would enjoy it, he was right. This is my first time time listening to "A London Symphony", very much enjoy it, also.

@271250cl Год назад

Try number 5 in D next!

@namrats66 Год назад

@@271250cl I listened tonight to it but thought it was not so light, maybe even a little dark.

@ludicer122 9 лет назад

I'm a young lad and I love English music, I'm very proud to be British. I wish I learned about the great British composers while in school!

@ShortStuffOnline 7 лет назад

are you from shropshire?

@ludicer122 7 лет назад

No, I'm from Yorkshire.

@charlierumoleboi3578 6 лет назад

Vaughan Williams would not write a symphony like this if he lived in London now. No cries of street sellers now. It would have to be full of hip hop beatz and moslem calls to prayer. Old London is dead and gone. He must be turning in his grave. RIP Old Smoke.

@warmswarm 4 года назад

@@charlierumoleboi3578 - Well, you don't sound racist at all do you.

@Kate-cw8ef 4 года назад

I bet you wish you learned about all the barbaric, cruel things you Brits have done all over the world such as in ireland when you were in school!! Funny how what all young brits know about history is WW2, when that is probably the ONLY time Britain was on the right side of history!

@Nicodimdom 8 лет назад

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!

@271250cl 8 лет назад

Thanks for your kind comment!

@MrVigilanteman 10 лет назад

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.

@271250cl 10 лет назад

Many thanks for your comment - really glad you liked it.

@kristinhaskins1668 10 лет назад

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.

@stefhublou1813 7 лет назад

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

@jamesmarquette6856 3 месяца назад

Doesn't it make you feel proud to be English? From a Frenchman.

@Random-gn8iv 9 лет назад

Thank you so much for going to all the trouble of finding these wonderful paintings. It doubled the pleasure.

@baritonic3 9 лет назад

a wonderful symphony surely englands greatest composer

@tobycat48 7 лет назад

Thank-you Adrian for affirming what I've believed most all my life!!!!

@tonyx2802 8 лет назад

Oh my Good Lord in Heaven 21:25!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Almost too much for my head to take in. BEAUTUFUL. God Bless RVW x

@tobycat48 7 лет назад

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...

@shin-i-chikozima 2 года назад

I think about London while listening to this symphony In London , all is far superior splendor amazing like this wonderful performance

@andrewterrien9818 7 лет назад

A wonderful song dedicated to the greatest city on earth

@aclark903 4 года назад

Alas, London is not now what it was.

@isaacanwarwatts8844 3 года назад

@@aclark903 what do you mean

@aclark903 3 года назад

@@isaacanwarwatts8844 They have turned #HolyTrinity #Marylebone into an exhibition centre.

@isaacanwarwatts8844 2 года назад

@@aclark903 ah I see what you mean

@andromedapersea4792 2 года назад

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

@MrJezza31 9 лет назад

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.

@patrickhows1482 2 года назад

It was Vaughan Williams' own favourite of his symphonies.

@sanseveria826 4 года назад

One thing for sure, Vaughan Williams' pieces are enlightening and uplifting, both serious and joyful.

@salvadordearmas-perez5246 10 лет назад

Stimmungsvolle Musik von R..Vaughan Williams.Ich bin froh,vor einigen Jahren diese Musik kennengelernt zu haben.Ich kann ihr gegenüber nicht gleichgültig sein;sie sprichst mich an.Genauso tut es Dimitri Schostakovich.Ich könnte sagen(bezogen auf diese zwei Komponisten),mit den Worten von Wilhelm Reich :" Mit Beethovens Siebter oder Mozart fühle ich mich identisch.Es ist,als ob ich mich selber hörte"

@dannomusic47 5 месяцев назад

Something this sublime really shouldn’t be interrupted by ads.

@linzieloo1 2 месяца назад

@georgejaxxon481 Or by stupid questions about how to get in to instagram as by some philistine

@Lansola 9 лет назад

What beautiful pictures. Complements the music perfectly.

@271250cl 9 лет назад

Thankyou kindly Jane!

@maxlinder5262 2 года назад

It's called Art 🎨🖌️....

@daphneanson9587 5 лет назад

The music at about 20:50 is among the most beautiful ever written, and majestic.

@hartzell7407 4 года назад

It is. It ebbs and flows with emotion. Following that, the third movement (scherzo), is exhilarating with life and optimism. RVW was amazing.

@Badmintonforall 10 лет назад

Nice work ! As Paris, my hometown, London was beautiful in the ancien time...

@271250cl 10 лет назад

Merci!

@ianfraser4243 10 лет назад

Only just noticed the acknowledgements of the pictures. A work of art in its own right. Congratulations Colin.

@271250cl 10 лет назад

Thanks, Ian. Glad you like it and thanks for taking the time to respond!

@sherlockholmeslives.1605 9 лет назад

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

@271250cl 9 лет назад

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.

@sherlockholmeslives.1605 9 лет назад

Colin Thank You!!! Colin!!! Your a 'True Gentleman'!!! Cheers - Mike

@ubergeraldine Год назад

A thousand thanks for listing all the artists too of the wonderfully atmospheric paintings!

@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930 6 лет назад

Exquisita Sinfonía, que se funde con las magnificas ilustraciones de Londres..¡¡ Gracias..¡¡¡

@markrubin9449 9 лет назад

It's easy to become a Vaughn Williams fan. Nice job.

@emilymcculloch7745 8 лет назад

My orchestra just played this, such a fantastic piece

@tobycat48 7 лет назад

I have never heard it live, what an amazing experience it must be....

@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930 Год назад

RECORDANDO UNA BELLEZA DE VIDEO Y MUSICA

@jksteven1 9 лет назад

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!

@tobycat48 7 лет назад

Especially the slow second movement - an unforgettable traversal of what eternity may be like, as only RVW of all composers, could possibly render it.....

@johnlamb4504 3 года назад

Truly excellent. Thoroughly enthralled by your inspired pictorial additions. Thank you, Colin.

@271250cl 3 года назад

Very kind of you to say so John.

@sjwis 5 лет назад

Thank you so much for the pictures that accompany the beautiful music.

@maxlinder5262 2 года назад

It's called Art 🎨🖌️.....

@keithrhodes9883 5 лет назад

Who the heck would give this a thumbs down?

@maxlinder5262 2 года назад

ME !!!!!!

@Rouffillac1066 7 лет назад

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.

@271250cl 7 лет назад

Many thanks for your kind words.

@daidegan 10 лет назад

the artful combination of Vaughan Williams' music with impressionistic images brings out the best of both - thanks for this timeless posting.

@paulthompson8996 4 года назад

Beautifully put together, the genuis of Vaughan Williams with all those evocative paintings, superb. Thank you.

@leswhitehouse 5 месяцев назад

Played this last night with the Worcestershire Symphony Orchestra. Magical!

@kirsteni.russell5903 7 лет назад

The late Bernard Herrmann loved this symphony, according to Herrmann's biographer. In 1959 Herrmann wrote a letter to Musical Times stating, "As a boy I first heard the 'London Symphony'. . . . Up to that time I had only been to London through the magic of Dickens' prose and the ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. But through the evocative power of this music I was there again." (quoted in Steven C. Smith, A HEART AT FIRE'S CENTER: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann)

@grifter99 Год назад

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.

@jowox 3 года назад

Very grateful for your work fitting all the old paintings to accompany the sublime music

@271250cl 3 года назад

Kind words, indeed, Jowox. Thanks!

@williamirwin7107 7 лет назад

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

@mizofan 4 года назад

England is not an island

@stephenvince9994 4 года назад

@@mizofan Neither is grass at your sole...Its now a car park full of cheap housing. Very Sad. Paradise lost..

@hartzell7407 4 года назад

@@mizofan So said the EU. Who cares what they think?

@josephbarna807 3 года назад

The Sceptered Isle. Such a beautiful name, for the Queen of Western Civilization.

@grangetowncardiff6935 3 года назад

@@mizofan Think it is, both literally and metaphorically.

@JJ21210 8 лет назад

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.

@271250cl 8 лет назад

+J J Thank you! :)

@camillesaunders4548 6 лет назад

J J hear hear!!

@bettewoodland1157 5 лет назад

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.

@271250cl 5 лет назад

Glad you enjoyed it, Bette and thanks for taking the time to comment.

@JeffL57 7 лет назад

I remember first hearing this gorgeous symphony way back in the mid-1970's when I was an undergrad music student in college. At the time never having been to London yet in my life, still and especially with the simply exquisite opening of the First movement I thought that the entire symphony as a whole captures the very essence of that famous city perfectly. I have listened to this symphony quite often over the years. This and his sublime 5th symphony in D major are my absolute favorite works composed by Sir Vaughn Williams. And btw, I did visit London in the summer of 1995.

@vincentlefebvre9255 4 года назад

The 7th is also excellent.

@QMPhilosophe 8 лет назад

A really nice recording that brings out sonorities I haven't heard before. The paintings are a fantastic accompaniment. Thanks.

@davidmoreau5247 Год назад

I stand thoroughly in agreement 🤝 with everyone else's enthusiastic refrains. Thank you over ☺️ & over again!!!

@271250cl Год назад

You are very welcome David. And, yes, I think the symphony depicts a day in london from dawn to nighttime.

@lapicker1010 7 лет назад

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!

@BritinIsrael 9 лет назад

Such a beautiful work. One of RVW greatest creations.Alongside Elgars 2 symphonies and Walton's 1st.....represent the best of British.

@billgrange3189 2 месяца назад

A combination of superb music and superb paintings. Yes, indeed, Vaughan Williams is one of the greatest of composers and this, I think, is his greatest symphony.

@timskelton4383 3 года назад

Very evocative pictures, I especially love the work of John Atkinson Grimshaw.

@robertcohn8858 3 года назад

I never tire of hearing this peaceful and beautiful composition. Thank you so much for giving this recording to us.

@arcturusvmoon 10 лет назад

2nd movement, Lento is one of my all-time favorite pieces, wonderful!

@davidkelly9833 7 месяцев назад

I came across this album while finishing school in New York circa 1981, to this day I have every note and mood memorized,,,

@Lamvesp 10 лет назад

I've seen beautiful historical paintings and illustrations that of my home town that I otherwise probably wouldn't have seen. Thank you.

@CravenBC24 10 лет назад

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!

@271250cl 10 лет назад

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.

@claudemasse8028 2 года назад

A great city laid bare by a giant.The speed of Edwardian steampunk..

@phyllishamilton165 3 года назад

Colin, thank you for creating this superlative experience!

@271250cl 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it Phyllis!

@siobhant9608 9 лет назад

I always listen to this when I'm away from London and homesick. Thank you for such a great quality video!

@robertlambeaux897 Год назад

I knew the music, but with this wonderful montage of impressionnist visions of London, I discover nice painters I totally ignored. 40 wonderful minutes...

@271250cl 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for your kind appreciation Robert

@jmd555555 2 года назад

Usually I don't think much of Norrington's VW recordings but this took me by surprise. I love the accompanying images which are just right.

@desdicado999 8 лет назад

the imagery is out of this world and seems to accompany the music very well thank you .

@catmansell2987 2 года назад

I have much admiration for the reaseach of the paintings depicted. The Second symphony is one of my favourites of RVW's works. You hve succeeded in skillfully blending both into a journey across London. Since discovery I cannot leave this treat alone oin my mobile - thank you. CAT MANSELL .

@271250cl 2 года назад

Thanks, Cat. It's good to know that people enjoy these videos. It was kind of you to go to the trouble of responding in this way.

@johndoudna7055 5 лет назад

Clearly a labor of love. Thanks for the light in all the darkness!! For sharing this music and art.

@Beatshui 9 лет назад

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! :)

@alexandrecosta2708 8 лет назад

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..

@gracielabarilari8925 9 лет назад

GRACIAS !

@windstorm1000 8 лет назад

love the paintings--they fit the atmospheric music perfectly--London...-a few of them must be by our James Whistler.

@timothymartin4149 7 лет назад

Absolutely sublime

@stenaldomehilli8809 5 лет назад

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!

@gumpy4960 4 года назад

Incredibly moody and atmospheric, it’s called the London symphony but it takes me somewhere beyond this world

@pvhep4036 3 года назад

Perhaps some wardrobe ;)

@cdeweijer12 8 месяцев назад

Certainly one of my favourite composers, thank you so much!❤

@KatbotZ 8 лет назад

Astounding. Thank you.

@keiththomas795 5 лет назад

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.

@davebournemouth 9 лет назад

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.

@bradleyevans2637 7 лет назад

A lot of work went into this, Colin. Thanks for sharing your sentiments in pictures as you saw them. :)

@JackSmith-si1sn 5 лет назад

The syncing of Williams music and art from period becomes like a time machine. . Very creative. Well done!

@bubbajohn8131 8 лет назад

Why would 26 people not like this?

@McGrottomaster 7 лет назад

Prolly the number of demons in hell divided by the sum of pi x 666. I'm pretty sure on that one.

@Lebowski53 2 года назад

Probably Britten’s relatives.

@pablobajardi3705 9 лет назад

Exelente Colin...!!!!!.. Soy Argentino y me gusta todo lo que tiene que ver con vuestra cultura. No conocia demasiado la obra de Wiliams, es bellisima...!!!.. Muy buena la combinacion de imagenes con la musica.

@271250cl 9 лет назад

Gracias! Estoy muy feliz de que te guste!

@Areyoubeingfilmed 7 лет назад

Beautiful Slide Show, Colin, thanks.

@lauradavidson4326 3 года назад

So beautifully orchestrated. You can feel what you are seeing.

@PiratesCommodore 10 лет назад

Absolutely beautiful; thank you for this wonderful mixture of heartwarming music and emotional pictures :)

@271250cl 10 лет назад

Very glad you enjoyed it. I have done similar videos on 'A Sea Symphony' and 'A Pastoral Symphony, which I hope you'll look at some time. This is a link to the Pastoral... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--KF2Kb6pIaE.html Thanks for commenting.

@EddieContrario07 Год назад

Gracias. 🙌

@sunnemaettli 10 лет назад

It's a joy reading this, written by a 11-year old artist! My best wishes for your concerts!

@paulputnam8211 5 лет назад

Wow - a real audio visual treat ! One of the great C20 Symphonies & an extraordinary selection of London Scenes. I discovered this symphony in my late teens and at 67 I still love it !

@mysterybrick8936 5 лет назад

There aren't many pieces of music that bring me to tears, but 19:30 to 22:30 is able to every time...

@zebras54 6 лет назад

wow! Not only such a beautiful piece of music but you illustrated it with stunning paintings - fantastic research.

@pianobanter 2 года назад

A magnificent symphony and to take the time to upload this video with paintings of the city, suitably matching the music, is a job very well done. Thankyou!

@271250cl 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@271250cl 11 лет назад

Thanks Marty, I'm so glad you enjoyed it and thanks for talking the time to comment.