Schindler's list - John Williams - NL orchestra 

“If you feel pain, you're alive. If you feel other people's pain, you're a human being.” - Leo Tolstoy

When Spielberg asked John Williams to write the score for Schindler’s List he showed him an early cut of the movie. Williams stood up and walked out of the screening room. He came back in a few minutes later crying and said “you need someone better than me to write music for this.” And Spielberg said “I know, but everyone better than you is dead.”

That violin cries and sobs in the face of that enormous tragedy and all the tragedies that afflict the world of yesterday and today. Thank you, John Williams, for this heartbreaking, soul-awakening music!

I've just watched (again...many times) Schindler's list on BBC2 2024 and realise that films like this is now part of history and should never be forgotten😢❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

in germany the only movie that is also shown on private television without commercial breaks. out of respect for the victims

"We may speak different language" "but music is a language that all people understand"

Brilliant performance and you can see how much it affects the orchestra and also the audience. So very moving.

It just feels so unreal, that atrocity happened less than 100 years ago. I can't fathom the pain and suffering those folks went through, particularly the emotional and psychological pain. God rest them, and God bless Schindler and others like him. 🙏🙏

I watched Schindler's List twice in my life - once in the cinema with my school class (as a student, not as a teacher) - and the second time as an adult, because I wanted to make sure I could process the movie with the thoughts of an adult. When I watched it as a teen with my class, I felt ashamed afterwards - ashamed of being German. In the same month when we went to cinema to watch Schindler's List, maybe a week or two after we watched the movie, we got a visitor in school. His name was Alex Deutsch - he was a survivor of Auschwitz. He told us about it. I felt even more ashamed. Especially double so because my grandfather was a member of the Waffen SS. I asked Mr. Deutsch if I could shake his hand. I told him that I was sorry. He answered that it was his pleasure to shake my hand and that I had no reason to be sorry, because I wasn't even born when it all happened and had no part in it. I'm incredibly thankful to have been able to shake this mans hand. Years later, when I watched the movie for the second (and last time) I realized that it was up to me, up to us all who are adults today to make sure nothing like this could ever happen again. I made peace with myself. I made peace with my grandfather - even if he was part of that system, to me he was just my grandfather. And I loved him dearly and I'm not ashamed to admit that. I wouldn't try to find a reasoning for what he might have done in the war - IF he did something that goes beyond the duty of a normal soldier, then it is like it is and I'm not responsible for that. Because I wasn't even born at that time. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE anymore for what happened back then. But WE ARE RESPONSIBLE for what happens now. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE to make sure NO ONE EVER FORGETS ABOUT IT. We are allowed to live free from guilt - remembrance DOES NOT EQUAL guilt. It took me years to realize that. I do my very best every day to make sure it won't ever happen again. I can only hope that there are enough people left in Germany who think like me to make sure it never happens again.

As Tolstoy says "If you feel pain you're alive, if you feel other's pain you're human." We all felt their pain..

Я не раз слышал данную композицию, но всегда ком в горле подкатывает и слёзы наворачиваются! Это гениально! 👏

Absolutely beautiful! How could anyone not shed tears knowing what this song represents. This touched my heart deeply.

The fact that the girl who plays violin has a red dress when the others have black one is a really touching detail

That violin is telling us millions of people’s stories

Music alone is already so fantastic. But music played with so much background, so much heart, love and compassion is simply overwhelming! Many thanks to Davida for this wonderful performance! Thanks to Steven Spielberg and John Williams for the best cinematic and musical masterpiece that has moved me to tears since my youth. AGAINST FORGETTING!!!

I cry every time. Such talent, compassion, the epitome of art!

The English Horn player has MS and her illness was progressing. This was the last time she was able to play with the orchestra. Her 18 year old daughter is the blonde girl in the audience. Totally moving and she put her whole life into this final piece 😢

Music is probably the closest humans ever came to perfection.

Каждый раз слушаю, не могу сдержать слёзы, эмоции переполняют

I really don't know if I have musical sensitivity, but it's just hearing the first notes of the violin and a chill runs through my body and the tears don't stop coming.

When Steven Spielberg first showed John Williams a cut of this movie, Williams was so moved he had to take a walk outside for several minutes to collect himself. Upon his return, he told Spielberg he deserved a better composer. Spielberg replied, "I know, but they're all dead."

That violin is crying the cries of a million

Merci pour ce moment d'humanité et de musique.

Музыка - это лучшее творение человека! Все эмоции и чувства без слов передать! Спасибо композитору и исполнителям, просто божественно.

The lady wasn't crying over the music, she was crying because she never thought she'd be able to preform again because of a brain issue. She was not only able to preform but did so with her daughter watching on. I'm only pointing this out because a lot of people are missing out on this beautiful moment. (All this information can be found in the description of the video) P.S to the person who said my English is bad, thank you I guess? And to anyone else reading this I hope you have a wonderful day and life :)

Music is the best Thing humans have created.

I feel emotionally moved. My thanks to the orchestra and of course to John Williams

May the Good Lord bless you Oskar Schindler, and thank you for your courage and compassion. ❤

The moment Oskar Schindler said "i could've done more" has my heart crushed😞😞😞

When we left the theater, there was no talking, just very quiet. I'll never for get one elderly man leaving with tears streaming down his face.

Amazing how this work of art speaks directly to our hearts without a single word

Какое сердце должно быть у человека, чтобы сочинить такую музыку?💔

We may speak different language" "but music is a language that all people understand

“Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it”

Every time I listen to this music it breaks my heart, but I am compelled to listen to it over and over again. ❤

So moving. So beautiful I could actually picture people going through extreme distress. I have not watched Schindler's List but know what it is about. Music is a great gift. So powerful.

"Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire".

my dad passed away yesterday. a minute after he died..I put this music for him..hoping he was still being able to listen to what is happening around him. i hope it made his passing away easier.

Эта музыка,исполнеие,эмоции-звучат ангельски!!!Браво!!!

Music can still make me cry. I am grateful.

It doesn’t matter what kind of music you like; hip hop, techno, disco, country, salsa, whatever. You should always have an appreciation for a beautiful orchestral composition.

The significance of the red dress gives me chills

Wonderful performance. I also cried. Never Again!!!

John williams deserves all the awards.

this is not for ears, it is for heart

The lady playing the woodwind has a painful neurological disease and thought she would never play in an orchestra again. It was also her Daughter's 18th Birthday. Such beautiful and emotional music from such an evil time in history. I'm of Dutch background and have been to Europe to see where this evil took and lay testament to Dachau near Munich. It is real, it was real, the Holocaust really happened. I come back and listen to pay tribute to all the lives lost during this evil time in History. I cry each time I hear this music.

Beautiful. Powerful. It brings tears to my eyes.

Thank you John, for everything.

Watching the musicians trying their damndest to hold it all together is just so warming. It really shows how much they feel it too.

"I could have gotten one more person, and I didn't." - Oskar Schindler

Gorgeous delivery!!!! Well done! 👏 It still brings tears to my eyes. All the emotion and sensations that John Williams might had felt when he composed it. I have pictured many times, the faces and tears of millions of people around the world like you and me.....specially the survivers of the Holocaust and their descendents after watching the movie and listening to the score. My son, as a Freshman in High School, chose The Schindler's list for a project on this Honors European History Class; being just 16 he captured the pain on Spilberg's movie and J. Williams' score.....then portrayed it all with such sentiment on his power point presentation. It was awesome and got sealed in his heart forever. ❤

It's such an incredibly moving piece of music. It's even more powerful when you watch the film.

when Schindler's list came out in the cinemas I went with my then Girlfriend to see it. I was about 19. The film really shocked me. At the end when the credits started to go up no one left their seats. Literally everyone was crying and couldn't stand up. Afterwards I told my girlfriend that I thought it was good the entire film was in black and white. She then asked me "was it in black and white". The story in the film was so strong that she never even noticed.

I remember when my wife and I decided to see Schindler's list at the movie theater. We avoided seeing it for a while because we knew how difficult it would be, and how emotional we would get because our ancestors were from eastern Europe, and we had likely lost relatives in the Holocaust. So, we decided to travel far from our home to a cinema in a rural area where we wouldn't know anyone and most people likely had no connection to the Holocaust. The one thing I will never forget was right after the movie ended...you could hear a pin drop as people silently and slowly made their way out of the theater. There was no talking, no looking around, just people staring straight ahead and in deep thought. That was just the confirmation my wife and I needed; that we are all in this thing called life together, and that our ability to care for each other, to empathize with each other, and to help each other will be the glue that binds us and assures a future of peace and compassion for generations to come.

Always goosebumps; still goosebumps and tears for both its beauty, sheer emotion and sadness. Thank you.

This is my favorite. Been listening to this video over for years. Wish my dad were alive to hear this.

The woman: Davida Scheffers has a painful neuromuscular condition which disrupted her career as a musician. Despite her fear that she might never be able to play with a professional orchestra again, Davida’s dream was to play with the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra. And last year, she managed it. In a performance with the orchestra, Davida managed to play the entire cor anglais solo from John Williams’ Schindler’s List theme, before bursting into tears during Simone Lamsma’s violin solo. It was a powerful moment that affected both the audience and orchestra. Look out for Davida’s daughter in the audience, who had just turned 18 that day. Well done, Davida - what a remarkable achievement!

Crying and playing woman.. She's truly dedicated artist ... No words to say.. Hats off to Davida...

Oh my... I'm crying... so sad... so beautiful... such beautiful people ❤❤❤❤

My grandfather died in the Buchenwald concentration camp. The pain of people who lost their loved ones in this nightmare is known to my family. And watching the movie Schindler's List, hearing this melody, we always remember our relatives. None of the dead should be forgotten. As long as we remember, our loved ones are alive. Excuse my English, please.

"He who saves one life, saves the world entire."

I suffer from amongst other things depression and thought I would listen to this beautiful music but it is so magnificant, I had to stop for it brings me to tears.

나도 같이 울고 있음. . 왜 이리 슬퍼요. . 감성이 고스라니 느껴지네요

when Steven Spielberg encountered John Williams to score the movie, Williams said: I can't do it! You need someone better... Spielberg answered: I know, but they're all dead.

"There will be generations, because of what you did."

The music and this performance is heartbreaking and yet extremely beautiful !

Schindler's list is a masterpiece of one of the most tragic and horrendous things that ever happened and we should never ever forget or repeat it ever again. The girl in the red dress in the movie is the only colour in the whole film and something everyone remembers.🙏

John Williams: "You need a better composer than I am for this film." Steven Spielberg: "I know. But they're all dead." Apparently not.

When I was a child I went to take an afternoon tea at my grandmother's friend home. Our host was an elegant old lady and thus I asked her with astonishment why she had a number tatoed on her arm. She tenderly answered me "You are too young to understand now, my friend, I'll tell you about the story of this tattoo when you'll be older". I never saw her again but when I learned what the tattoo was I cried. She probably has passed away now but I often remember her.

The first i saw this movie i was a teenager and when the end came it truly broke me and broke my heart i cried for a hour straight i thought to myself how can people be so cruel so heartless i couldn't not comprehend it. This movie should be shown in every middle school and high school history class so every young person to never let this happen ever again.

Лучшее исполнение этого произведения!На разрыв души!

I’ve never heard a music instrument crying. That violin was crying for sure. So emotional! Truly amazing ♥️

映画を観て知った曲です、 しかしバイオリンがこれほど心に響くこと､､､初めての体験でした、まるで囁くよう、泣くよう、そして脇役のオーボエ奏者さんの懸命な演奏に思わず私自身まで涙が溢れてしまいました、美しい。

Beautiful, just beautiful. The only film that actually makes me cry. This music is usually what does it. Beautiful.

The crying woman is davida, she is professional musician but ill...she wont be able to play later, this is 2014. That is why she is so emotional.

The women tearing while playing she's a angel she puts her entire soul in the music

This music makes you feel the pain of every human being in this world. 😭

Its beautifully played and very very haunting music love it

The ending of the movie really got me, when he started crying saying that he could have done more. Legendary movie man, Liam Neeson did an amazing job.

She deserves the applause. Her play is just amazing, full of emotions from the bottom of her heart.

С первых аккордов слушаю с замиранием в сердце. До чего же трогательная пьеса и какое проникновенное исполнение!❤

How beautifully she played. A lifetime of aching desire and pain in that performance.

I want to share something with all of you that holds dear to me and my family. It's about my grandfather and his two best friends who went off to war. My grandfather served in Vietnam with his two best friends Rigo and Carlos. My grandfather didn't have any brothers but he looked at Rigo and Carlos as his own brothers. Not knowing English they were from a poor town in Puerto Rico. They grew up since they were 7 and would play outdoors daily, helping elders with their needs, from what my father told me. He mentioned they were always together. My dad was told by my grandfather before he left for Vietnam that he's going with Rigo y Carlos and to not worry cause they will all be back home together soon. When the war was over my grandfather came home by himself alone. My grandfather never talked about the actions that took place. He was hated called a baby killer, a rapist, a murderer. Years have gone by he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's' and had to stay in a nursing home. When I and my twin brother visit him opening the door, he's just staring out the window with his blanket over his shoulders. We would pull up by his side and greet him and kiss his cheek and He would just tear up sobbing saying "Rigo y Carlos estás aquí, ¿cómo estás aquí? (Rigo and Carlos your here how are you here) He doesn't remember me and my brother so we just pretend we are Rigo and Carlos. in 2020 of May he had passed away and when we went to his home to clean up we had found an old journal he had shared writing with Rigo and Carlos of what happened during in Vietnam. They took turns writing and 22 pages after Rigo wasn't writing anymore and Carlos stopped writing after page 37. My grandfather continued to write but his handwriting wasn't clear and the pages were wet from raindrops or tears and there was soo much pain through the whole journal. There wasn't any more writing but on the very last page with my grandfather's old childhood picture with Carlos and Rigo smiling when they were kids, it said "Nuestra bandera no vuela al viento, vuela con el último aliento de cada uno de los que hemos muerto y protegido por ella". (Our flag doesn't fly do to the wind, it flies with the last breathes of every single one of us who has died and protected it) Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Show your children this beautiful song, and the history that it portrays. Teach them to be kind to one another. Do not let history repeat itself.

heartbreaking and fantastically acted - great performance by Ms. Davida Scheffers

No words ....only tears😢

John Williams is a genius. When Steven approached him to do the score for Schindler's List, he responded "You need a better composer than I for this film." And Steven replied "You're right, but they're all dead!"

The amount of emotion these people show while playing is arguably the best thing about this entire performance. The combination of the music and mostly the emotions just force me to cry, it's incredible.

Ich war heute bei einer Aufführung in Köln. Dieses Stück, hat Emotionen losgelassen, was ich so nicht erwartet habe. Ich saß da und habe absolut "Rotz und Wasser" geheult. Es war so extrem berührend, gerade mit dem realen Hintergrund. Jetzt, Stunden später, komme ich noch immer nicht hinweg über dieses krasse Gefühl allein von der Melodie.

One of the most beautiful videos I have every witnessed.

My eleven year old grandson played this piece for his first recital on the violin. As young as he is, he got the essence of the piece and I can see him playing this piece with greater passion each time he plays it. I am indeed proud.

Happy 91st, John Williams! February 8th, 1932 Last season, John Williams became 90. February 8th, 2022.

I always wonder how it is possible to play such moving songs without shedding tears. Thank you, I cried too, and such pure tears heal and cleanse the soul. And what's more, it's her daughter's 18th birthday. A beautiful moment!

When that woman cried I cried too Peace and love in the world.

If this is not the saddest, most gut wrenching melody ever, I don't what is. Thanks John, for making me cry every time I hear it.

I believe this theme,on its own,portrays with painful vividness the horrors,broken hopes and incredible resilience involving people fallen into the clutches of monsters.

The sadness. The bitterness. The pain.

These musicians pulled the agony and heartbreak out of the music with every tortured note they played. The tears of the world fall with you

I can never avoid tears. There is a lot of pain in this melody. Few will understand. Only those involved understand the whole.

Watch so many times and every time is different emotions and what a great piece