Sir Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 The Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39 are a series of five marches for orchestra composed by Sir Edward Elgar.
@@apasihsayang3881 I said it's ironic because this song is used in literally EVERY High School graduation ceremony across the United States It is forever associated with graduating High School students, yet he didn't even go to High School
As somebody who's been in the orchestra... I'm glad it was enjoyable for you at least. For me, well... same 20-something measures, until everybody was through with graduation...
@@xXTomokoKurokiXx i had to play this for graduation last year. it was so boring. at least we weren't the year that had to play it for 10 minutes straight because nobody had told the graduates to come out
@@aeiou6766 Which one? If you mean blocking in the Graf Spee that was before all our times. Remember the answer of the captain of the Campbeltown to his colleague about how come he was really for the blockade: “Anticipation”!
1:50 Classmates!! Who am I to deserve such a great honor? Why, I would be nothing without Mrs. Puff. Give me a break. And to my public, all I can say is I'm touched. And furthermore, I will carry out my duties.....crime and punishment, punishment and crime in the hall! Which reminds me of an extremely long speech written by the greatest hall monitor of all time. "Friends, students, juvenile delinquents, lend me your ears." In conclusion, and without a moment to spare, I will put on this uniform [takes out the hat and belt] and assume my duties as...hall monitor!
My grandmother and great aunt were in Elgar's orchestra and performed this with him conducting. Ergo it melts my heart every single time I hear! Also because all their husbands and brothers and fathers fought in the wars and this song sums up the emotion stunningly
Thank you for sharing Delphine! Apparently Elgar was saddened that his piece was to become, in some instances, a call to arms; just like more recently Joe Strummer (of The Clash) was saddened that his song 'Rock the Casbah' similarly gained 'call to arms' overtones, the exact opposite of his intent; and clearly watching the official video there was a playful side to it; certainly indicating that he didn't mean for anyone to come to any harm over it; a composer once said to me that once you put a piece out into the world it takes on a life of its own; you can't help it, or stop it; on a positive note, perhaps my favourite recollection relating to this piece, is talking to Tim Brooke-Taylor about it; asking him "Are you a fan of Elgar?", to which he replied after thinking for a moment, "I find 'Land Of Hope And Glory' very emotive." And here we all are, all these years later still finding it emotive .. stirring .. majestic .. a song for all time!
Whenever I hear this majestic match, I think of Maestra Patricia Burda Janeckova, the iconic Slovak soprano who passed away last year after a heroic battle with cancer.
Chorus Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free, How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee? Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set; God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet, God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet.
This recording was taken from the BBC Last night of the Proms. The Crackling sounds are people letting of poppers. Along with the balloons being let off throughout. It adds to the atmosphere!
Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free, How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee? Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set; God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet, God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet.
The music track used in this video was recorded during the last night of the BBC proms, an operatic and orchestral concert of sorts, and the last night is when all the patriotic British music is played. Now, during the last night it is a lot less formal, and so people attending are invited to bring flags, and dress a little less formal. They are also allowed to bring things like air-horns or clappers etc to join in, this is the sound you can hear. Also the singing you hear is the audience.
In IT back in high school we had like 10 songs installed on every computer. Most of them were orchestral so no one bothered listening to them (with headphones). I find it incredibly hard to work without music so I listened to all of the songs despite the fact I didn't like them that much. But the more I listened the more I appreciated this one, and it's resulted in a music taste I normally get weird looks at for having.
This song is either an indication that you graduated high school and for the best of luck in college or an indication that you graduated from college and that student debts are coming
Elgar was a genius, much like the 4 boys from Liverpool a few generations later. This is such a wonderful piece, with joyous memories associated therewith by every person in the Anglophone world privileged to attend a public school. It is pure. It is it so human. Thank you for posting it.
RIP Macho Man Randy Savage. The important thing is you were loved by so many including myself. I will bet they played this when you entered the Kingdom ~~~ Ohhhhhhh yeeeeaaaahhh
This brings me to tears every time one of my kids gets to enter and leave their graduation ceremony. There is some weird combination of pretentiousness and relief about it. I have one or two left to hear.
I thought I never wanted to hear this again after playing it EVERY year in high school in our orchestra THEN hearing it in college. But after watching Kingsman, I had to listen to it again. The way they used it was hilarious lol!
Even though most of my clarinet part consisted of repeated quarter notes, I could never get through playing this without tears streaming down my cheeks.
I'm sure that when this number is playing, the "frolicking whales", are on screen. I could be wrong. But I swear that that's what I remember seeing. Just sayin'.
+Loreille Hobo Merci joyeux noël à toi aussi :D J'espère que tu aura ce que t'avais demandé au Père noël ;D Oui, je parle vraiment français et je comprends à peine l'anglais
Yes. The lyrics were put to this theme later. Elgar composed it entirely as an orchestral piece and apparently didn't like it being used as quite such a jingoistic song!
I believe this March is one of the most beautiful music ever written. I am so glad I googled it to hear the whole thing including the singing. Kids today don’t know what they are missing.
"Land of hope and glory, mother of the free / How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee / Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set / God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet / God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet" Those lyrics...I really can feel patriotism leaking from them. They're so invigorating, and make you feel proud to be British. That's not a feeling you can get easily in modern Britain either.
This song is the sign the payment to student loans are coming lol Edited: wow 1.2k likes??? BTW STILL ON THOSE LOANS DAMNIT AHAHAHHA. here's to hoping y'all get yours paid!
It is amazing how the Macho Man singlehandedly makes this song his own, replacing the friggin' BRITISH EMPIRE. The sun never sets on the Macho Man. Especially in front of 83,000 people at Wembley Stadium.
Great song! I love the song's tone from 1:47-3:42 of the video's timeframe. Makes me think of the very complex nature of the universe and our human existence...Haha idk if anyone feels the same
so proud to be English and i love how we have such a beautiful anthem :') Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free, How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee? Wider still, and wider, shall thy bounds be set; God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet! (ive noticed on all the BBC proms preformances of this at around 1:50 there is always a noise balloon let off xD)
In most common wealth countries we have 2 anthem, the Royal and the National. In canada we used to sing both before a hockey game but then there was a nationalist socialist separatist movement in the 60's and we never have since even though the Nazi separatist movement is in ruins, we don't switch back to that because patriotism lvl are also down the drain. with globalisation, people do not care anymore
Playing this over Macho Man's Wrestlemania IV World Championship victory. Makes it more emotional. Randy Savage (Ms. Elizabeth and Angelo Poffo) forever in the Land Of Glory. *wipes tear*
I can't remember how Cornette phrased it but it was like "he's sleeping on the floor with no mattress and 3 years later he's the WWF champion making $1M"
I have this Philly Soul version swimming around in my head right now, that's how seriously I'm taking the song - think I'll work it out on my guitar. 'Cease-and-desist' version, I'll call it...
25% of the comments praising the anthem 25% of the comments about graduation 25% of the comments on his mustache 25% of the comments:Macho Man Randy Savage