Bernstein: Candide - 'Make our Garden Grow' - BBC Proms

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  • @sifridbassoon
    @sifridbassoon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    orchestra drops out + singers continue a capella = spine shiver and goosebumps

  • @RosenthalsOrchestra
    @RosenthalsOrchestra 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Playing this opera and this piece in particular is definitely the highlight of my orchestral career... when the orchestra drops and the choral continues-- it gets me every time!

  • @kabiraltaf
    @kabiraltaf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    So inspiring "We're neither pure nor wise nor good, we'll do the best we know"

    • @orlandoaiden6250
      @orlandoaiden6250 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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    • @blakearchie5416
      @blakearchie5416 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Orlando Aiden Yea, I've been watching on kaldroStream for months myself :D

  • @Midnightblueguy
    @Midnightblueguy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    This ALWAYS makes me BURST out in tears....Partially cos my Garden is f*****! Lolol. But every hair on my body stands on end and the tears just roll. What exquisite writing....and this an earth shattering performance. THANK you.

  • @karenh7997
    @karenh7997 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Every so often I search this out, it's breathtaking, and I am moved every time I listen. Saw it performed at Symphony Hall. Fantastic!

  • @maestromuffin1
    @maestromuffin1 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    wow - this is of the two top versions I've ever heard(and I've heard lots of them). the part where the orchestra drops out was AMAZING!!!!!

  • @paul-zx5du
    @paul-zx5du 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Bernstein’s Masterpiece 💜

  • @bronxboy47
    @bronxboy47 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Oh God, do I miss Lenny! But I'm so grateful for all he's left behind for us.

  • @charlieinfinite9434
    @charlieinfinite9434 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Chills! This is one of the most perfect bundles of talent ever caught on film! 😵

  • @joanneb3935
    @joanneb3935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I could watch and listen to Julian all day! Sigh....so beautiful!

  • @karenh7997
    @karenh7997 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lucky enough to hear Julien Ovenden sing this at Symphony Hall in Birmingham at a concert a few years ago. What a fantastic finale to a musical!

  • @janicepargh5155
    @janicepargh5155 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love Julian Ovenden. Beautiful voice.

  • @christopherjohnson2375
    @christopherjohnson2375 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Such a powerful song

  • @cubicle128advocate7
    @cubicle128advocate7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    3:07 mark is the spine tingling, chilling, magnificent

  • @Budcat101
    @Budcat101 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    LOVE this selection from Candide! Wish I lived in the UK!

  • @julianamatos3866
    @julianamatos3866 8 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    So beautiful... The song... the singers... the orchestra... awesome... everything was perfect

    • @robertmacfarlane8988
      @robertmacfarlane8988 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I sang this in a chorus. It is REALLY HARD. They did a superb job!

    • @ryano.5149
      @ryano.5149 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@robertmacfarlane8988 Really hard, but so worth it! (as so much music is!) I crewed a show just recently for a choir and orchestra that performed this. Even from the wings, youtube DOES NOT by any means do this piece justice!

    • @robertmacfarlane8988
      @robertmacfarlane8988 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ryano.5149 Worth it, for sure! And you are right about hearing it live. Recall struggling with the nuances in 'Three Coins In the Fountain' in 4 part (all male). But when you GET IT RIGHT!

  • @JWP452
    @JWP452 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Thank you, John Wilson!

  • @joshuanesbit
    @joshuanesbit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    jesus that final note from the trumpet 😩

  • @stankozlowski3084
    @stankozlowski3084 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tears of such sweet and tender beauty..

  • @JohnEdelmann1
    @JohnEdelmann1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Simply stunning!

  • @mjamestillson
    @mjamestillson ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Chills, every time!

  • @antoncoats2022
    @antoncoats2022 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Happy Birthday,Leonard Bernstein.

  • @marnybarton2872
    @marnybarton2872 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow and wow .....

  • @Schwansonian_Townsonian
    @Schwansonian_Townsonian ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Never saw the show in it's entirety but the "any questions" always pull me out of it.

    • @niek024
      @niek024 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Within context of the entire opera, it makes complete sense. And I would think it was also meant to pull you out of it. Just to f*ck with the audience one last time.

  • @sifridbassoon
    @sifridbassoon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Julian Ovenden 😍

  • @p1966kful
    @p1966kful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    “Any questions?” - no. No more questions.

  • @reganhunter1861
    @reganhunter1861 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wonderful.

  • @johnperry713
    @johnperry713 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Best ending of a musical, second is Sunday In the Park With George. The best 1st act ending is A Weekend In the Country from A Little Night Music.

    • @hawby7mgh
      @hawby7mgh 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      “A Little Priest” & “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” are right up there!!!

  • @TheDivayenta
    @TheDivayenta 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Julien from Downton Abbey! What a voice and so handsome. I wonder if the opening notes inspired “ The Great Mandala” by PP&M.

  • @caressajohansen3651
    @caressajohansen3651 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful ❤️

  • @johngravityscg8229
    @johngravityscg8229 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for the beautyful song!!!!!♡!!

  • @ianaros2172
    @ianaros2172 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    You've been a fool and so have i
    But come I'll be your wife
    And let us try before we die
    To make some sense of life
    We're neither pure nor wise nor good
    We'll do the best we know
    We'll build our house and chop our wood
    And make our garden grow
    And make our garden grow
    I thought the world was sugar cake
    For so our master said
    But now I'll teach my hands to bake
    Our loaf of daily bread
    We're neither pure nor wise nor good
    We'll do the best we know
    We'll build house and chop our wood
    And make our garden grow
    And make our garden grow
    Let dreamers dream what worlds they please
    Those edens can't be found
    The sweetest flowers
    The fairest trees
    Are grown in solid ground
    We're neither pure nor wise nor good
    We'll do the best we know
    We'll build our house and chop our wood
    And make our garden grow
    And make our garden grow

  • @varunraja3715
    @varunraja3715 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Love that high d on the trumpet in the finale

  • @AristeidisTsialos
    @AristeidisTsialos 8 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    This is great! But sometimes I watch the BBC Proms and think that Julian Ovenden is the only tenor in the UK, not that I'm complaining

    • @CDB8939
      @CDB8939 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +Aristeidis Tsialos This is his first prom concert since 2012

    • @gossamerwings3632
      @gossamerwings3632 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Aristeidis Tsialos I'm so glad that he's come back to the Proms with new songs as i'd been listening to the same songs from his previous appearances on the Proms.

    • @alexanderzamora5930
      @alexanderzamora5930 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Aristeidis Tsialos 😂 true! I love Julian O forever but do wonder about other tenors in bbc

    • @bravaLiz
      @bravaLiz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      check out vintage Fleming Hadley and Co. doing this one.

    • @ResilientBiscuit
      @ResilientBiscuit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Learn what a tenor is, honey.

  • @autumncollins55
    @autumncollins55 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    WOW!!

  • @avastiteler596
    @avastiteler596 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this is a certified banger 🔥🔥🔥

  • @fgonzalez43
    @fgonzalez43 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    A very nice rendering, but the late Jerry Hadley is still the Olympus.

  • @florenceflowers4709
    @florenceflowers4709 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Julian Ovenden is my new crush

    • @flyboy712
      @flyboy712 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too, and I'm not gay!

    • @jamesgraham6935
      @jamesgraham6935 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I bet you could show him what to do with his arms.

  • @Corpus3414
    @Corpus3414 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love that the endiing is sort of Maria and it makes me crazy

  • @abigaildelaney7653
    @abigaildelaney7653 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I’m positive 90% of the people complaining about the singers are mediocre themselves.

  • @multimill
    @multimill 7 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    I wish someone would teach Julian Ovenden what to do with his arms!!!

    • @Marcel_Audubon
      @Marcel_Audubon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      yeah ... wrap them around me!

    • @blf49
      @blf49 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He should sing "What Do I Do with My Hands" over and over until he gets it!

  • @theonlygoodlookinghabsburg2081
    @theonlygoodlookinghabsburg2081 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It's really a shame that most orchestras give much priority to baroque, classic and romantic periods over more modern composers.

  • @Mike-dk7wj
    @Mike-dk7wj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fantastic song, beautiful melody and lyrics, wonderful orchestral scoring - so so singers.

    • @xenidus
      @xenidus ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah the female soloist's intonation... Oof

  • @zuhalyilmaz6624
    @zuhalyilmaz6624 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Julian Ovenden is unic

  • @robertoortizespinoza795
    @robertoortizespinoza795 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very similar to "Luke & Leía Theme" (The first five notes of the melody) by John Williams. This musical theme was used in Star Wars Episode III. "The Return of Jedi".

  • @swnotley
    @swnotley หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love Streisand singing this

  • @bnrteach
    @bnrteach 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bernstein at his very best

  • @ericbenjamin2908
    @ericbenjamin2908 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    It's what I sing in lieu of "The Star-Spangled Banner". Quietly.

    • @carolyncrowefain5825
      @carolyncrowefain5825 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Just found this. You're my people.

    • @alexanderchaihorsky4605
      @alexanderchaihorsky4605 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Exactly. I am a first generation immigrant and after 36 years in US I came to the conclusion that the finale of Candida “And make our garden grow” is much deeper and truer to the American spirit than “Oh, say, can you see”.

    • @melisaez
      @melisaez 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

  • @jimmyboyle3543
    @jimmyboyle3543 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Yo how are some people complaining about the Tenor’s voice?

    • @pevitzachast6892
      @pevitzachast6892 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      James Boyle because it’s not that great

  • @alangriffey8947
    @alangriffey8947 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lot's a comments on this site about the male lead, but what about the female lead? Is it Barbara Cook? She's great. She hasn't the natural timbre of Susan Boyle but her voice soars.

    • @williamgardiner2010
      @williamgardiner2010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Barbara Cook. The late Ms Cook would have been 88 when this concert was staged! No, it's Scarlett Strallen who performed in Candid in a terrific small scale production at London's award winning Menier Chocolate Factory.

  • @greatmomentsofopera7170
    @greatmomentsofopera7170 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    One of the most moving operatic finales. Tenor never stops moving his head and eyes. Obviously not an actor, and this is a concert performance, but this could have done with a director!

    • @nogo4022
      @nogo4022 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Funny. I’ve seen him often on British TV, most recently as the doomed son of Inspector Foyle on the excellent “Foyle’s War.”

  • @littlefurnace
    @littlefurnace 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    OMG i'm sitting here looking at Julian Ovenden thinking i've seen him before somewhere, where have i seen him. IN PERSON OF INTEREST, WTH???

    • @cathryntaylor9855
      @cathryntaylor9855 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      littlefurnace Downton Abbey Season 4

    • @pathenews
      @pathenews 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Julian played JFK in SMASH...

    • @danbev8542
      @danbev8542 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Also the main character’s son in Foyles War (BBC)

  • @ThePepperh
    @ThePepperh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is a fine performance - as the Proms should be - but the most perfect I have found was a "staged concert" a few years earlier in NYC. New York Philharmonic, Conductor: Marin Alsop, starring Paul Groves and Kristin Chenoweth. Groves couples a magnificent voice with a bumptious boyishness and Chenoweth IS Cunegonde!! 4'10 and a powerhouse coloratura! The entire performance is also posted on TH-cam - a national treasure. The vocal clarity from itty bitty Kristin down to the full chorus is amazing.

    • @rachelweisman408
      @rachelweisman408 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pepper Hume u

    • @Marcel_Audubon
      @Marcel_Audubon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Kristen Chenoweth??? *puke, puke, puke* !!!

    • @williamgardiner2010
      @williamgardiner2010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The problem wit that semi-staged production was the poor direction; the comedy was ladled on so thick it drained the life out of the bitter sweet show.

  • @portobellomushroom5764
    @portobellomushroom5764 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Does anyone else hear pieces of Luke and Leia by John Williams in this piece?

  • @cricketshrimp3336
    @cricketshrimp3336 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    officer Krupke?

    • @jmsta2011
      @jmsta2011 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cricketshrimp 333 my thoughts exactly. It was a great rendition!

  • @williamoser5953
    @williamoser5953 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This is a great performance overall, although I would not be inclined to cast Julian Ovenden, whom I almost always adore as Candide. He is too much baritone and not enough really free tenor to do full justice to the role. John Wilson makes magic with what ever he conducts with his orchestra.

  • @jaybonn5973
    @jaybonn5973 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The opening sounds like somewhere lol

    • @weekilter
      @weekilter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Music by Lenny that's why.

  • @eekeymoses
    @eekeymoses 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Im Always Third

  • @mellohomie1237
    @mellohomie1237 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oof at that high trumpet at the end, why stick out tho

  • @TheRoadLessChosen
    @TheRoadLessChosen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Uhhhhhhh ahaha why!!???? Why!? Why? Man. Uhhhh.

  • @eatmybutthairslittletinyman
    @eatmybutthairslittletinyman 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1st!

  • @michaelmiller1215
    @michaelmiller1215 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The tenor has a pleasant voice, but not nearly the power and depth of timbre for this ensemble. Watch the Gold Standard--Jerry Hadley and June Anderson. The Soprano also is too light/lyrical for this Verdiesque finale.

    • @geniehossain3738
      @geniehossain3738 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Michael Miller Verdiesque? Surely you’re joking.

    • @swarze
      @swarze 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The role of Cunegonde is a lyric coloratura. Barbara Cook originated the role, beautifully!

    • @Marcel_Audubon
      @Marcel_Audubon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      June Anderson sang in the first opera I ever saw ... how lucky was that?

  • @Jbm0230
    @Jbm0230 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    His head shaking is distracting. I had to look elsewhere to enjoy it.

  • @appidydafoo
    @appidydafoo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's a bit of a mixed sentiment - the garden grows without you

  • @aurorashea711
    @aurorashea711 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    what... I hope they all love it in there live watching.
    here... listening... I was afraid if my parents ask me to shut down my computer.... I think they're over-power? And, when the orchestra was off, it made more uncomfortable to listen it.
    Sorry.

    • @ashleebickley1222
      @ashleebickley1222 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      this piece is a scream fest, so I get where you're coming from, but that's what makes it exciting!

    • @gossamerwings3632
      @gossamerwings3632 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Ashlee Bickley hahahah

    • @gossamerwings3632
      @gossamerwings3632 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Aurora Esterlia This is an unusual song, only familiar with one tune from 'Candide' not this song, the lyrics are almost laughable, but i will listen to almost anything Julian Ovenden sings, except his 2 cds, just don't like them, as he is not a crooner like Frank Sinatra, but sings these songs from Broadway musicals.

    • @FeyPax
      @FeyPax 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ashlee Bickley that's why I love the song. There's so much emotion from everyone.

    • @ChrisChanningChannel
      @ChrisChanningChannel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      gossamerwings
      have you understood the lyrics yet? I love it them. And in the face of such a bad year as 2016 it's nice to think we can make own own lives strong while the world goes mad around us.

  • @benjaminoller8765
    @benjaminoller8765 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is there nothing Mark Wahlburg cannot do?

  • @DavidChorley-pg2qi
    @DavidChorley-pg2qi 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    And yet it was a Broadway flop. Maybe they would be ready for it now

  • @nuriasubiras3497
    @nuriasubiras3497 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Great orchestra, great music, but the singers... Not that good, basically the ones in the middle

  • @bravaLiz
    @bravaLiz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    a huge meh.

  • @raymundogapan7439
    @raymundogapan7439 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Julian ovenden voice is irritating hear

    • @operabunny1131
      @operabunny1131 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      He reminds me of the teacher from Peanuts.

    • @Sussexguyuk
      @Sussexguyuk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree. Very back in the throat sound and far too much vibrato.

  • @TheRoadLessChosen
    @TheRoadLessChosen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bro. How does he make a living doing this?? This is not very good. I’m not being nice. I’ll put 50k down that I can do it better. Anyone want to bet

  • @Aneokame
    @Aneokame 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is the most boring and lifeless version of this that I've ever heard and I didn't think that was possible for such a wonderful song. What a disappointment.

    • @maestromuffin1
      @maestromuffin1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      what would like them to have done to make it less boring....dance? use jazz hands? I've seen 8 or 9 live versions of candide, including new york city opera and broadway - and everyone just stands there and sings this amazing finale. the music and lyrics speak for themselves.

    • @Aneokame
      @Aneokame 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@maestromuffin1 There's no emotion in it. No feeling. No expression. You can give music all of those things while standing still.

  • @timgriffin3368
    @timgriffin3368 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another mis cast Candide, lead. Blah Julian