Zadok the Priest - King Charles Coronation 2023

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  • Zadok the Priest is a British anthem that was composed by Handel for the coronation of King George II in 1727. Zadok the Priest is one of Handel's coronation anthems. One of Handel's best known works, Zadok the Priest has been sung prior to the anointing of the sovereign at the coronation of every British monarch since its composition and has become recognised as a British patriotic anthem.
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  • @colliewollie1471
    @colliewollie1471 ปีที่แล้ว +1683

    We were all waiting for this to be sung.

    • @I.AM.JUPITER
      @I.AM.JUPITER ปีที่แล้ว +79

      I did, I could not wait - but listening back I’m more overwhelmed than at the live event -it’s overwhelming!!!!!!!

    • @ivorhanson531
      @ivorhanson531 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Definitely

    • @azuwikechile-agada2282
      @azuwikechile-agada2282 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Exactly

    • @trueleo7893
      @trueleo7893 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Goosebumps.
      Hard.

    • @marvindiego1958
      @marvindiego1958 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      As a football fan yes.😂

  • @Vientianelover
    @Vientianelover ปีที่แล้ว +1121

    Old Handel certainly knew how to stir the emotions. Genius.

    • @arcturus4067
      @arcturus4067 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Indeed! Totally agree!

    • @UmvimvaniT
      @UmvimvaniT ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Beyond splendid!

    • @fionabegonia7802
      @fionabegonia7802 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It sold his music and made him a rich man!

    • @gastgast967
      @gastgast967 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Händel ist in Halle an der Saale geboren. Er und Johann Sebastian Bach waren die größten Komponisten des Barock. Sie sind sich nie begegnet. Aber ich habe an Bachs Grab in der Leipziger Thomaskirche schon gestanden.

    • @rivenoak
      @rivenoak ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@gastgast967 Händel liegt quasi umme Ecke der Könige weil in der Abtei begraben

  • @FatNorthernBigot
    @FatNorthernBigot ปีที่แล้ว +515

    There's nothing more regal than Zadok the Priest. 👍

    • @s.e.silkowski8740
      @s.e.silkowski8740 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      don't forget Nathan the Prophet

    • @karennoble1076
      @karennoble1076 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I fully agree Andee Barratt, immortal magnificent!!

    • @neerajkerkar
      @neerajkerkar ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Handel’s choruses have that regal quality that other composers generally lack.

    • @Avenger981
      @Avenger981 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Let us also not forget Solomon whom they anointed as king.

    • @spectre8_fulcrum
      @spectre8_fulcrum ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Let us not forget everybody who rejoiced either.

  • @Zadok_Priest
    @Zadok_Priest ปีที่แล้ว +449

    This was the only part of the Coronation I wanted to watch. Handel was a master composer.

    • @AURIsa90
      @AURIsa90 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You can see what happens behind the panel at the King in the episode of the Crown where you can see the beloved Queen Elisabeth's coronation: he receive some drops of the sacred oil on the head, heart and mouth or sth similar

    • @arcturus4067
      @arcturus4067 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Agree !

    • @karennoble1076
      @karennoble1076 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I felt the same way Figaro Zadok, to hear this immortal magnificent music by Handel i so 💕 love.
      Thanks God they used it!!

    • @jobotmang
      @jobotmang ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Haendel will be played at our wedding.

    • @karennoble1076
      @karennoble1076 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@jobotmang great choice and taste. Congrats! and all my best!

  • @husa0190
    @husa0190 ปีที่แล้ว +413

    It's difficult to Handel your emotions with this masterpiece.

    • @reluctantheist5224
      @reluctantheist5224 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Are you here all week?😊

    • @johndaarteest
      @johndaarteest ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I'd give you a good Haydn for that pun.

    • @david9243
      @david9243 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I bet that joke was on your to do-Lizst

    • @johndaarteest
      @johndaarteest ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@david9243 Well it was on my Chopin list yes.

    • @roddo1955
      @roddo1955 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Get out!(no please; stay and keep the puns coming)🤣 I all Mozart myself.

  • @graphiquejack
    @graphiquejack ปีที่แล้ว +392

    The people singing and performing in the orchestra must have been so moved to perform this on this occasion. Once in a lifetime opportunity. I was holding my breath, but it all went off without a hitch

    • @GOLDENEYEAL
      @GOLDENEYEAL ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yup. I waited 28 years to hear this in an event. Beautiful song

    • @jon8304
      @jon8304 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      At Charles age, probably not a once in a lifetime event

    • @piratesswoop725
      @piratesswoop725 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jon8304Charles and four of his mother’s cousins witnessed her coronation back in 1953.

    • @aceofspades8634
      @aceofspades8634 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not to be a stickler, but I can’t help but cringe a little at 1:12. I’ve heard this happen so many times before in middle or high school bands, but for a coronation, dang that’s bad…

    • @piratesswoop725
      @piratesswoop725 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aceofspades8634What happened?

  • @AURIsa90
    @AURIsa90 ปีที่แล้ว +355

    Zadok the Priest and Nathan the Prophet anointed Solomon King.
    And all the people rejoic'd, and said:
    "God save The King, long live The King, may The King live for ever!
    Amen, Hallelujah!"

    • @redstar7292
      @redstar7292 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Was that Soloman who had 400 wives?!

    • @yippee8570
      @yippee8570 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@redstar7292 I think it was 600

    • @mfaizsyahmi
      @mfaizsyahmi ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@yippee8570 totally not a solo man that's for sure 😂

    • @Ultrapro011
      @Ultrapro011 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@redstar7292 1000

    • @marymurphy2605
      @marymurphy2605 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you. Now I understand the significance. I have read the passage in the Bible, but never made the connection.

  • @philippalsleben8819
    @philippalsleben8819 ปีที่แล้ว +273

    It is so special that in these times where everything is always caught by some camera there is still this sacred place and event of anointing the king that we aren’t allowed to see it.

    • @rwlynch3468
      @rwlynch3468 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That was my thought at the time too

    • @samtgcraig
      @samtgcraig ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@I.AM.JUPITER tradition and culture are what humanity uphold - this ‘belief system’ are to give people a basis for growth and self exploration. We can explore our own fear of the unknown knowing there is always going to be an institution that will forever be the one constant in our lives. It allows people to explore new territories of every aspect of our very own existence. If it didn’t work we would have got rid of the monarchy a hell of a long time ago.

    • @j.zubizarreta-sagasti5891
      @j.zubizarreta-sagasti5891 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Sanctum Sanctorum. The Holy of Holies. קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים‎ Mysterium fidei!!!

    • @koreographydanceclub
      @koreographydanceclub ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We bloomin paid for it we should get to see it

    • @philippalsleben8819
      @philippalsleben8819 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@koreographydanceclub lmao. This is a sacred moment. There was also more than enough time to enjoy the king today. And well a monarchy also lives from its mysteries…

  • @panthercreek60
    @panthercreek60 ปีที่แล้ว +266

    May he be as gracious in his reign as his mother was before him.
    Long live the King.
    From Alabama.

    • @johncorrall1739
      @johncorrall1739 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      God bless and preserve our kinsmen,throughout the diaspora.

    • @oluwaseunonolaja6545
      @oluwaseunonolaja6545 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Amen 🙏 🙏 🙏

    • @panthercreek60
      @panthercreek60 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@johncorrall1739
      The US is an extension of the UK/British empire and the eternal search for freedom and self- government whether my fellow countrymen know it or not.
      The British monarchy is something very special and something that most Americans will never understand, but that's ok.
      Americans are different. And the monarchy we descended from is still an inspiration- even though many try to deny it.

    • @thewealduk9802
      @thewealduk9802 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Thank you from the UK, King Charles will be a wonderful King.

    • @shuttergirlUK
      @shuttergirlUK ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@panthercreek60 Yes. The principles are the same, even though several broke away and wanted independence and a differing form of Government.
      The principle of coming to serve, not be served, is something that should still inspire other forms of leadership (and Presidents!). Although that sadly seems increasingly lost in this modern day and age, all around the world.
      With love to our American cousins. xx

  • @tebec3624
    @tebec3624 ปีที่แล้ว +336

    As an American, this display of humility, a king wearing plain clothes and humbly kneeling surrounded by priests, is deeply moving. I truly believe that Charles will be a remarkable king. I realize that it takes a lot of courage to be publicly invested. I'm not sure I'd be able to go through with something like that. Thank you very much for posting!

    • @tinalettieri
      @tinalettieri ปีที่แล้ว +37

      The symbolism of him being stripped down to a simple shirt and then robed in splendor was breathtaking. It brought tears to my eyes. I'm a Roman Catholic and I found the whole service very inspiring, even the Archbishop's homily. I pray the two factions will reunite into one church again.

    • @denisescutt1865
      @denisescutt1865 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Heavy the head that wears the crown

    • @user-nn5uh9ye3w
      @user-nn5uh9ye3w ปีที่แล้ว +12

      as a Russian, I agree with you.

    • @kyberbricks3781
      @kyberbricks3781 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Did you say that the king who, not more than 10 minutes later, was wearing silk robes and a crown worth millions of dollars with stolen diamonds and jewels was showing humility?

    • @tinalettieri
      @tinalettieri ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@kyberbricks3781 I said that the symbolism was impressive. He could be sincere or he could be the biggest hypicrite in history. I have no way to know which.

  • @user-uv6yd6vp9k
    @user-uv6yd6vp9k ปีที่แล้ว +189

    A 300 year old piece of music, performed at a ceremony which has lasted over 1,000 years, in an Abbey which is over 700 years old - and people still claim the UK has no culture.

    • @sebastianhall6554
      @sebastianhall6554 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who claims that? Are they blind?it’s the cornerstone of western civilisation

    • @hellfirepictures
      @hellfirepictures ปีที่แล้ว +24

      On a religious site in use since at least 960, possibly 604, and maybe even the second century ad, using a throne that's 723 years old, a crown made from St Edward's original crown used 1020 years ago, and a coronation service that was first used 1050 years ago - performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury since 1066!

    • @dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621
      @dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Those people probably say the UK have no culture because they don’t realize that almost everything they do is a result of UK culture (depending on where they live)

    • @SirHargreeves
      @SirHargreeves 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The very miserable communists who say we have no culture themselves produce the bleakest ‘culture’ imaginable.

    • @Lord_Sebastian_Snufflepuss
      @Lord_Sebastian_Snufflepuss 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      UK has cultural significance in bucket loads, but there’s a left-wing narrative that wants to eradicate this culture.

  • @lss74
    @lss74 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    As a little island we do things bloody well 🤴🇬🇧

    • @johnmh1000
      @johnmh1000 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Indeed - well said.

    • @mfaizsyahmi
      @mfaizsyahmi ปีที่แล้ว +23

      The fact that this single place, this institution (Westminster Abbey) has maintained its original function (place of coronation) for almost a thousand years (since 1066) is what's remarkable. Everywhere else had seen kingdoms rise and fall and eventually abolished, but the English (now British) kept at it, coronating in this place, without fail. That's what makes the place and the event so steeped in history. The ghost of every English/British king and queen since Edward the Confessor is there.

    • @hellfirepictures
      @hellfirepictures ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Over 1000 years of practice!

    • @venomsucks
      @venomsucks ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Murdering, stealing, raping and colonising included😂

    • @arrlocro1786
      @arrlocro1786 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@venomsucks ha ha ha ha ha this comment is so original and edgy ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha you are a comic genius ha ha ha ha ha

  • @mildandbitter
    @mildandbitter ปีที่แล้ว +188

    "The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes" Sir Thomas Beecham. I only watched the coronation for this bit, what a glorious noise!

    • @a.t.c.3862
      @a.t.c.3862 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There were even more beautiful ones.

    • @cyrenepaparottigounin3616
      @cyrenepaparottigounin3616 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was expecting this music! For me is the most beautiful piece oh Haendel!

    • @UTUBEFREAK1974
      @UTUBEFREAK1974 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Erm... We love music. 😊

    • @giannimaximilian.bennett6124
      @giannimaximilian.bennett6124 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      English don’t like Music, ?

    • @alecfoster4413
      @alecfoster4413 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@giannimaximilian.bennett6124 Your "tongue-in-cheek" detector is broken.

  • @melodietimm276
    @melodietimm276 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    THE MUSIC WAS EPIC. GOD SAVE THE KING .

  • @simonbird1973
    @simonbird1973 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    Zadok The Priest was composed by Handel specifically for the Coronation of George II in 1727 & has been used ever since. Handel went on to take British Citizenship & is buried within Westminster Abbey itself. How he must love hearing this still being played nearly 300 years later!

    • @adityapurohit8232
      @adityapurohit8232 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Very true Mr. Bird. One of the most melodious, avant-garde composers of the 17th century.

    • @hamburgerhamburgerv2
      @hamburgerhamburgerv2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How would he know? He’s dead!

    • @catherinerobilliard7662
      @catherinerobilliard7662 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@hamburgerhamburgerv2 how do you know where his spirit is, you’re not dead?

    • @heinzfass2564
      @heinzfass2564 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      да,тот самый король Великобритании с богатой и древней культурой из Ганновера, которому писал композитор из Тюрингии.😁 Что действительно является британской культурой - кровожадная колонизация и оккупация.👍

  • @StonyRC
    @StonyRC ปีที่แล้ว +148

    I am not a religious person, but this coronation moved me to tears and left me proud to be a British subject, with Charles as My Monarch. God Save The King.

    • @greggrimer1428
      @greggrimer1428 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You are a theatre person. It is great theatre. Like watching Carmen or The Phantom of the Opera

    • @hellfirepictures
      @hellfirepictures ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nowt better at Pomp and Ceremony than the Brits - and yet those daft anti-monarchists want to get rid of the one thing we're good at because we've done it for over 1000 years! Mental fools lol.
      God Save the King indeed!

    • @shuttergirlUK
      @shuttergirlUK ปีที่แล้ว +10

      ​@@greggrimer1428 I think the British Monarchy has lasted far longer than Phantom of the Opera...🙄

    • @withapulse2000
      @withapulse2000 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I was exactly the same.that day.....was so incredible to watch....tears in my eyes and chest bursting with pride to be an englishman and the historical sense of occasion . Watching now all these months later.

  • @pixbychris3182
    @pixbychris3182 ปีที่แล้ว +239

    So lovely to hear it at a coronation where it was meant to be sung

    • @alexauga
      @alexauga ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Champions League still hits differently

  • @khouseright517
    @khouseright517 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    The choir, organist and orchestra did not disappoint on this one

  • @harryricochet8134
    @harryricochet8134 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    This! Stupendous! I have now lived it in real time, a true day of days.
    God Save the King!!

  • @ant2312
    @ant2312 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Wonderful, watched it live, when the chorus started it was like the whole of Westminster Abbey was taken aback with emotion, so powerful

  • @JeremyWong194
    @JeremyWong194 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    When the trumpets make their entrance with the choir.... What a glorious moment 🥲

    • @fandelisboa
      @fandelisboa ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Absolutely divine! ❤️

  • @jacksonaktak
    @jacksonaktak ปีที่แล้ว +154

    I loved this part. I'm not religious but this music is beautiful and incredibly uplifting. Händel was a genius.

    • @hellfirepictures
      @hellfirepictures ปีที่แล้ว +1

      H-a-ndel. No umlaut (?). You can tell, cos Handel wrote his signature without.

    • @annekrauskopf3945
      @annekrauskopf3945 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't forget Gustov Holst. His music is extraordinary.

    • @cloudybeforerain7134
      @cloudybeforerain7134 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@hellfirepictures There is an umlaut above the a. Whether he dropped it after becoming a naturalised Brit, I’m not sure. In Germany his name is still written with the umlaut.

  • @andymaafu4111
    @andymaafu4111 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Was born in England bought to new Zealand as a child now eighty one I cried watching this just beautiful I love the royals and miss the UK although don't remember much but still feel british❤❤❤

    • @thewealduk9802
      @thewealduk9802 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      My family rang the bells for the King in our fourteenth century village church, roots run deep.

    • @oneitalia2312
      @oneitalia2312 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Home is where the heart is ❤

  • @edaxsachorwzky8898
    @edaxsachorwzky8898 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    Beethoven once said: Handel is the greatest composer to have ever lived, to him I bow one knee and kneel at his grave

    • @pstim7584
      @pstim7584 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Bach said: ""[Handel] is the only person I would wish to see before I die, and the only person I would wish to be, were I not Bach."
      And Beethoven said, "WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU."

    • @Tolkienlady
      @Tolkienlady ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And that's a great compliment coming from Beethoven, who, while walking down the middle of a road, refused to move to the side when the Queen's chariot came up behind, and instead made them slow down for him, and who said to Prince Lichnowsky, "Prince, what you are, you are through chance and birth; what I am, I am through my own labor. There are many princes and there will continue to be thousands more, but there is only one Beethoven."

    • @hellfirepictures
      @hellfirepictures ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Tolkienlady What a knob then! Nobody has the right to be such an arrogant, conceited nitwit.

    • @clarab6092
      @clarab6092 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I doubt that very much. Pretty much all musicians agree that Bach is and was the greatest composer ever. Händel is genius in the affect he creates in the listener. Bach, however, is genius in basically every aspect. Emotion, affect, harmony, melody, inventiveness, improvisation, formal structure....his music is as if a mathematical genius decided to turn mathematics into music and it was accidentally beautiful. The only thing is that Bach's music isn't beautiful by accident but by purpose. Because he was genius. Also, as a musicologist, great composers are always said to have said something and it rarely ever is true. People also claim Mozart and Beethoven met and said xyz about each other, when in truth they never met even once.

    • @clarab6092
      @clarab6092 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@TolkienladyWell, no surprise. Beethoven admired Napoleon. He initially dedicated his third symphony to him and then, when he heard what Napoleon did to the people, erased his inscription again. However, many musicologist think all of his symphonies from the third one onward actually have revolutionary character. I wouldn't agree with it, but the seventh, fourth and third certainly do. You can already see enlightened ideas of rebellious bourgeoisie in Mozart's work (Figaro). Beethoven came later and he certainly was a child of his time.

  • @jamestennison6887
    @jamestennison6887 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    The most moving part of the coronation. Majestic. I can’t imagine what the King must feel like during this; humbling himself before God & entering into a lifelong pact with Him. What a commitment to make. I’d take this over an inauguration any day. Much love from Texas!

  • @PotatoSalad614
    @PotatoSalad614 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    This coronation was brought to you by Heineken

    • @hellfirepictures
      @hellfirepictures ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Long may it continue to be without. Amen! ;-)

    • @gurrrn1102
      @gurrrn1102 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And
      Continental tyres

    • @ukfarangkhonkaen9051
      @ukfarangkhonkaen9051 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was brought to me by many Heinekens lol 😆

  • @BwInNewJersey
    @BwInNewJersey ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Thank you. American broadcast felt the need to speak over part of this.

    • @arianaalioth
      @arianaalioth ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I knew better than to watch an AMERICAN. Roadcast! Cus im American! They think everything has to have idle chatter over it

    • @BwInNewJersey
      @BwInNewJersey ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@arianaalioth Right? Its sad I knew more than the talking heads. They knew Zadok the Priest was going to be played, introduce at be quiet. At one point Guthrie said his gold robe was the oldest regalia -but no age. Wtf

    • @hellfirepictures
      @hellfirepictures ปีที่แล้ว

      For future reference, all Royal events are screened live on The Royal's youtube channel - without commentators.

    • @BwInNewJersey
      @BwInNewJersey ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hellfirepictures Thank You.

    • @ukfarangkhonkaen9051
      @ukfarangkhonkaen9051 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@arianaalioththank you for taking an interest in our traditions. I know that your nation is free of our monarchy but we still hold it dear as part of our national identity and so many Americans talk poorly of it I appreciate you being respectful of it 🇬🇧 ❤️ 🇺🇸

  • @ericaashley8338
    @ericaashley8338 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    So glad this is posted. The hosts on the NBC news channel here in the US talked over this amazing music!! 🙄🙄🙄

    • @mamascarlatti
      @mamascarlatti ปีที่แล้ว +16

      OMG that is philistinism at its peak

    • @deldia
      @deldia ปีที่แล้ว +13

      BBC did the same. Talked over the start.

    • @andrepettersson175
      @andrepettersson175 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@deldia Swedish public television didn't thankfully but they did talk over some other important parts like the coronation oath. Very unprofessional.

    • @ferguscrystal6315
      @ferguscrystal6315 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This happened in Spain too

    • @mamascarlatti
      @mamascarlatti ปีที่แล้ว

      @@deldia They did but at least it was relevant, and then they shut up for the best bits.

  • @peeerlyb.7762
    @peeerlyb.7762 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I was chatting with a friend watching the coronation when this hymn came in- we stopped in our tracks and were glue to the screen with goosebumps

  • @user-zl8sh3nt7m
    @user-zl8sh3nt7m ปีที่แล้ว +115

    Made me cry. God save the king. God save the Queen!

  • @neerajkerkar
    @neerajkerkar ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Epitome of culture.

    • @PotatoSalad614
      @PotatoSalad614 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "The west has no culture"

    • @alecfoster4413
      @alecfoster4413 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Not culture. Civilization.

    • @nostalgia9338
      @nostalgia9338 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is a another "Neeraj" that I'm so desperately trying to get hold of but keeps rejecting me..

  • @kieranmonk4646
    @kieranmonk4646 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    What an amazing piece of music and history. Proud to be British, god save the king

  • @longforgotten4823
    @longforgotten4823 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    As an American, I got the chance to perform this piece with a Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra last year. It is incredible to see it performed at this once in a lifetime historic event. The place where it was intended to be performed.

    • @Jdksejejxnxndnd
      @Jdksejejxnxndnd 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      OH MY ITS SO ANNOYING TO SEE COMMENTS FROM AMERICANS THST START WITH "AS AN AMERICAN" AAAAAA NOBODY CARES

    • @longforgotten4823
      @longforgotten4823 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@Jdksejejxnxndnd welcome to the global internet friend. I am just expressing my appreciation for the peace and where it has been performed. If you do not like it, keep scrolling.

    • @mickyboy7586
      @mickyboy7586 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@Jdksejejxnxndndobviously you do or else you wouldn't comment. 😂

    • @ukfarangkhonkaen9051
      @ukfarangkhonkaen9051 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you for being respectful of our traditions 🇬🇧 ❤️ 🇺🇸 also well done to you for partaking in a skill that gives us all deep felt emotion

    • @ukfarangkhonkaen9051
      @ukfarangkhonkaen9051 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@longforgotten4823take no notice unfortunately every country has these kinds of people, idiots

  • @shubhangbahadur7112
    @shubhangbahadur7112 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Playing “Zadok the Priest anointed Solomon” really raises the King of England to a divine pedestal in a moment. 🤴🏻🇬🇧

  • @jasonwells183
    @jasonwells183 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    At 3.45 the smile on the young lady singing following all those semi quavers is fantastic. How proud she must feel. We can never lose music in our schools. Awesome piece of music, awesome musicianship from everyone involved and a special historical occasion.

  • @brucekuehn4031
    @brucekuehn4031 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    The last time that a king was crowned in the UK was for George VI on May 12, 1937. After his daughter, Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II, the words were never changed because this piece by GF Handel is about King Solomon. “God save the King!” may have sounded out of place, but it remained a favorite of the Queen and was used often at royal events.

    • @strictly2leftfeet
      @strictly2leftfeet ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The late Queen Elizabeth loved this piece of music and always insisted it be sung at the Royal Maundy Service even though it is known as a coronation anthem.

    • @voaniopalm3209
      @voaniopalm3209 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Because "the King" here refers to King Solomon. This song is based on a bible passage

    • @brucekuehn4031
      @brucekuehn4031 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@voaniopalm3209 Exactly
      “Long live the King! God save the King!
      May the King live for ever.”
      The chorus sings this about the biblical King Solomon. The same sentiments would have also applied to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.

    • @hellfirepictures
      @hellfirepictures ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣 I don't think Her Maj would've had the stones to go changing the words in the Bible! The song is about King Solomon - she'd have to have been brazen indeed to demand that it be rewritten for her!

    • @Implond
      @Implond ปีที่แล้ว

      @@strictly2leftfeet yep, I saw the Queen at a Royal Maundy when I was younger. She used this as her formal entrance music, coming up the nave just as it hit the beginning of the choral part, surrounded by the Yeoman of the Guard. It was *glorious*.

  • @lincolnpierce7895
    @lincolnpierce7895 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    I've performed Zadok the priest before, and the energy while performing was the best thing in the world. I'm in the states, so I can't imagine how powerful it is being from England and being in the choir singing this amazing piece during the Coronation. I'm getting all the flashbacks listening to this. It sounded exactly like this when I performed of shat I remember. The fact I was alive while this happened holds a special place in my heart.

    • @uchemaryjane3583
      @uchemaryjane3583 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Honestly it gives me joy ❤

    • @hellfirepictures
      @hellfirepictures ปีที่แล้ว

      It couldn't have sounded 'exactly' the same due to the differences in singing styles between British and American choirs. You guys 'warble' with the vibrato (which quite genuinely is like nails on chalkboards for me). We don't. Give it another listen and see. Maybe I'm wrong and your choir was trained in the British/European style but I've yet to come across one in the US that was lol.

    • @longforgotten4823
      @longforgotten4823 ปีที่แล้ว

      Some of us are trained in America.

    • @longforgotten4823
      @longforgotten4823 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same experience from Minnesota.

  • @roddo1955
    @roddo1955 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I was absentmindedly watching it sitting on the couch following the proceedings a bit but when this came on; even I-an atheist- sat up and got chills. Not because it is a beautiful, rousing piece of music. But because it was a moment most profound and historical(I am a romantic!). The meaning behind it, the significance and the deeply personal and heavy moment for Charles. I can understand the need to be shielded as you basically surrender your entire being to reign in the name of your deity/philosophy. And it's just a great piece of music. My first introduction to it was as the theme for the Champions' League😄 Took me years to find out it was a bit more than that.

  • @713davidh42
    @713davidh42 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The acoustics in this church are fantastic. Of course, when considering the composition was written to be performed here it is not surprising and a testament to Handel's genius as a composer.

  • @nii7865
    @nii7865 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    The best of Zadok the Priest I have heard so far, God bless the King

  • @jackmorrison7379
    @jackmorrison7379 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    To add to this sublime moment is the knowledge (if you've toured the Abbey) that the composer Handel is buried only yards away from the chancel where the anointing took place. A memorial sculpture of him above his tomb has him holding the music from his most famous oratorio "Messiah". The choir and orchestra gave a piece of Handel's magic to the world in this performance of a coronation anthem.

  • @Foudedanse
    @Foudedanse ปีที่แล้ว +27

    An incredible moment -- no one does it like the English monarchy and Handel. Everything is perfectly orchestrated and beautiful.

  • @selenea7788
    @selenea7788 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Was eagerly waiting for the anoiting of our King. He looked so vulnerable. Stunning piece of music from Handel.

  • @bevinboulder5039
    @bevinboulder5039 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Thank you for posting this! American here and the commentator on the network I was watching was yammering away as the choir began singing. Idiot!

    • @bevinboulder5039
      @bevinboulder5039 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PADARM I'll check that out. PBS carried the BBC coverage but for some reason my DVR only got the first hour. Thanks!

  • @jq4444
    @jq4444 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Moment of absolute wonder. Speechless, as always, by Handel's genius.

  • @dogone7262
    @dogone7262 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Without a question, the most important symbolic moment in modern time in the western world. I love when the soldiers look down not to interfere with the private moment with God, that the new king has.

  • @hellfirepictures
    @hellfirepictures ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Without a doubt, the best version of this I have EVER heard - and I've sung it with a few awesome groups. But this was truly 'divine'. Kudos to the musicians and singers who made this (and the Parry) so amazing.

  • @arianaalioth
    @arianaalioth ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Major ASMR chills down my spine. The Hallowing is truly a magnificent moment. When the song starts and they start unbuttoning his red jacket, my heart couldnt contain myself. Quelle magnifique!

    • @cutelittledoll
      @cutelittledoll ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was welling up from the moment the first hymn kicked in “I was glad”

  • @LearningBasso
    @LearningBasso ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I was waiting for this performance my entire life

  • @MegaBeaumont
    @MegaBeaumont ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Our King, , by the Grace of God

  • @MrSlingshotdubai
    @MrSlingshotdubai ปีที่แล้ว +38

    God save the King... and long live to our King... and his queen.... a 1000 years of history in a time when we are losing everyday history.... my grandfather told me when he stormed the beaches in WWII it was not for the government... but for the King... He was from a Welsh mining family and they fought for the crown.... it says something.... we fight for our country... not the politicians who are only out for themselves... so thank you to our Monarchy.....

    • @NigelJackson
      @NigelJackson ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Superbly expressed. God save the King! 👑🇬🇧

    • @hellfirepictures
      @hellfirepictures ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What a lovely sentiment

  • @KronosArF
    @KronosArF ปีที่แล้ว +12

    In 2013 I was received the ordination to catholic priest. One day after I celebrated my first mass in my home church, where I grew up. When the service entered the church choir sung Zadok the priest. It was the perfect moment at this weekend!

  • @kyrieeleison7065
    @kyrieeleison7065 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    There's no way the Queen or the King would not live long when Zadok and Priest is being sung at Coronation Service. Zadok the priest is a powerful prayer on its own.

    • @DS9TREK
      @DS9TREK ปีที่แล้ว

      George VII didn't live long...

    • @rivenoak
      @rivenoak ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DS9TREK we will see about that, G7 will be, if any, the second monarch *after* Charles ;)
      G6 was king for less than 16 years

    • @Tmanaz480
      @Tmanaz480 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Charles has already lived long. Everything after this is a bonus.

    • @Lord_Sebastian_Snufflepuss
      @Lord_Sebastian_Snufflepuss 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DS9TREKThere hasn’t been a George VII yet. Dumbo.

  • @skellez83
    @skellez83 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The music is so great. It’s like the kingship is emerging from a foggy chaos, ready to restore order and itself. The holiness of the crown hovers over the chaos. It’s beautiful to be part of a tradition. It’s history relived. If this stops it would be a great loss.

  • @billyjenemusiclover667
    @billyjenemusiclover667 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Thank you for posting this video. I was watching ABC News with Micheal Strahan and the other blabbermouth commentators and was offended by their constant jabbering during King Charles' anointing and the playing/singing of Zadok The Priest. American media is so uncultured!

    • @FA-ir6oo
      @FA-ir6oo ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I noticed the same with CNN's coverage..i thought some of their comments were disrespectful. I just watched cos that was the only Hd channel i had..

    • @wailupewahine
      @wailupewahine ปีที่แล้ว

      That is exactly why I watched BBC streaming. American newscasters so often have verbal diarrhea. Clueless and classless.

    • @jackmorrison7379
      @jackmorrison7379 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It's deliberate and political/cultural. On NBC the Today lady person host deliberately mispronounced vestment as VEST-A-MENT. They jabbered on as if this was a Hollywood red carpet affair and not a pious religious service. The corner offices of the American networks are occupied almost exclusively by persons (AHEM) unfamiliar with Christian worship, and to be blunt sometimes hostile to it. On ABC the ex-American football player host thought this anthem was one of the "new" musical compositions. They talked over it, like it was nothing. You can't make this up, sad to say.

    • @fayeslover
      @fayeslover ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I'm so glad I'm not the only American upset by that. This is a church service, not the Super Bowl. Sometimes no commentary is needed.

    • @thesarcastic1915
      @thesarcastic1915 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You weren't the only one. I wanted them to shut up for this part. I think MSNBC coverage was better.

  • @GrandTheftAidan
    @GrandTheftAidan ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This is just perfection! Was in London for coronation on the mall. Watched this back the next day (as obviously I missed it live lol).. and this part brought tears to my eyes.

  • @juliawitts7270
    @juliawitts7270 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Love this piece of music, timeless and gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it. ❤

  • @glendodds3824
    @glendodds3824 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Handel has played a starring role at every British coronation since 1727. He was a genius and it is fitting that he lies buried in the abbey.

  • @borneodayak479
    @borneodayak479 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    After 70 years of glorious Elizabethan era, the waiting is finally over. We got to hear & witness this masterpiece being performed again marking the beginning of the Carolean era. God bless the King & his family

    • @ananda_miaoyin
      @ananda_miaoyin ปีที่แล้ว

      Carolean Era. New word. Thanks from America!
      In 2017, I once found myself alone in that section of Westminster where the Cosmati floor was uncovered for some reason.
      I could not resist; removed my shoes and stood upon it to the center. I swear I could hear the singing.
      I was fast for I knew that to be caught would likely mean immediate deportation after a good ass whipping by the entire guard and probably the Queen herself - but not too fast.
      I enjoyed it.

  • @evanshelley44
    @evanshelley44 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    It's amazing to think the composer laid to rest in same building his music is being played 300 years later.

    • @zara4793
      @zara4793 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes it’s incredible and more so to hear the music played for its original purpose.

  • @markrichmond7971
    @markrichmond7971 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    This brought tears to my eyes - a middle aged male Brit x

    • @debussy3222
      @debussy3222 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I do not shed tears, since I am Chilean and it is a distant event, but so much history and tradition is overwhelming with that masterpiece by Handel in the background.

    • @kinvara5621
      @kinvara5621 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This brought tears to my eyes a middle aged Brit woman! and every time since!

  • @bbailey4383
    @bbailey4383 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The most beautiful hymn played exactly when and where it was written for. Soul stirring and divinity incarnate, and that's from a non religious pleb.

  • @dfaltin
    @dfaltin ปีที่แล้ว +16

    When it comes to epic music, Georg Friedrich Händel is unbeatable. Also the performance is marvelous.

  • @Capybaraism
    @Capybaraism ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I waited with bated breath for this moment!

  • @philippepichot4474
    @philippepichot4474 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Un morceau extraordinaire pour un moment extraordinaire ! L'onction du Roi est un moment très émouvant, ce qu'Haendel a su remarquablement mettre en valeur. Dieu garde le Roi !

  • @jon_co
    @jon_co ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Visually, musically and emotionally this part of the ceremony was particularly powerful and magnificent.

  • @PeacockRhino
    @PeacockRhino ปีที่แล้ว +14

    There’s only one true setting for this masterpiece. The first time in 70 years…!

  • @rosemimi973
    @rosemimi973 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Händel is buried in the Abbey. I am sure he was happy to hear his music at the coronation.

  • @junkbucket50
    @junkbucket50 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I had the privilege to be there in the crowds as the carriages went by and they played this live over the speaker system. Will never forget it. God save the king

  • @mauriciocilingg4935
    @mauriciocilingg4935 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    One word: GLORIOUS

  • @I.AM.JUPITER
    @I.AM.JUPITER ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Fabulous! I woke earlier for this moment! Long live the King!

  • @greendino2329
    @greendino2329 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Full Lyrics:
    Zadok the priest
    And Nathan the prophet
    Anointed Solomon king
    And all the people
    Rejoiced, rejoiced, rejoiced
    And all the people
    Rejoiced, rejoiced, rejoiced
    Rejoiced, rejoiced, rejoiced
    And all the people
    Rejoiced, rejoiced, rejoiced and said
    God save the king
    Long live the king
    God save the king
    May the king live forever
    Amen, amen, alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen
    Amen, amen, alleluia, amen
    God save the king
    Long live the king
    May the king live forever
    Amen, amen, alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen
    May the king live
    May the king live
    For ever, for ever, for ever,
    Amen, amen, alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen
    Alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen, amen
    Amen, amen, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, amen
    Long live the king
    God save the king
    Long live the king
    May the king live
    May the king live
    For ever, for ever, for ever,
    Amen, amen, alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen
    Alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen, amen
    Amen, amen, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, amen

  • @TacetPotentia
    @TacetPotentia ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Handel's "Zadok the Priest" and Parry's "I was glad" were the only reasons I tuned in. Fantastic music, couldn't resist singing along.

    • @ftumschk
      @ftumschk ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Those were the two highlights, for sure, but I thought the music throughout was stunning. Credit to all the musicians and singers involved!

  • @NoahMDub
    @NoahMDub ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This was what I was looking forward to seeing the most. It’s an awesome song, I actually blasted it while I was driving in the days before the coronation to get pumped up for it, and I might still do it!😂
    God Save the King! 👑

  • @fandelisboa
    @fandelisboa ปีที่แล้ว +22

    So unglaublich erhebend! ❤❤❤ Gänsehaut!!! Overwhelming! The whole coronation procedure as well as this overwhelming music ❤❤❤
    Thank you for uploading! ❤ GOD SAVE THE KING!! 👑🇬🇧

  • @dawnangelawalker
    @dawnangelawalker ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I loved this, soul stirring music.
    Also enjoyed 'I was glad'.

  • @lakkess3889
    @lakkess3889 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Just Epic.
    What an historic, emotional & Glorious Day!

  • @barryjacobs8524
    @barryjacobs8524 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I thought the Archbishop of Canterbury did a marvellous job. 😊

  • @MsGerryo
    @MsGerryo ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Just beautiful and so emotional, moved to tears.

  • @user-gh7xd7cm9u
    @user-gh7xd7cm9u ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Wow ... what a magnificent choir

  • @Floridantea
    @Floridantea ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Best music ever for coronations.

  • @borleyboo5613
    @borleyboo5613 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    One of my favourite composers, Handel. Such a fitting and glorious anthem for the coronation. Very stirring.

  • @montyzumazoom1337
    @montyzumazoom1337 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Those priests were brilliant. So attentive and supportive to the King.
    They guided and assisted him throughout. You would need that guidance as it is such an important occasion.
    Such an amazing day.
    By God us Brits do it so well don’t we?
    No other nation in the world does it as well as we do.
    Over a thousand years of history in this ceremony alone.
    God Save The King🇬🇧👏❤️

    • @bartholomewdan
      @bartholomewdan ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think the Queen's funeral and the coronation have really made the point to the world that the UK can uphold traditions in a dignified and tasteful manner.

    • @beno1129
      @beno1129 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree. Over the last year the UK has shown the world what it means to be a society built on both strong traditions and progressiveness.

  • @user-rw7vh6hf1h
    @user-rw7vh6hf1h ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My absolute favourite part of the Coronation. It seemed so intimate and so stirring. Just wow!! ❤🇬🇧❤

  • @lauralopez3042
    @lauralopez3042 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Loved the chorus, We all loved Diana, but we know his one true love was Camilla, so love won despite everything

    • @LarryRobert-sg1gm
      @LarryRobert-sg1gm ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Laura 👋🏻

    • @iwasglad122
      @iwasglad122 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thank you, Laura. In all of this there have been so many unpleasant and negative comments, dredging up the very difficult episodes of the past.. Yours is a beautiful and simple statement of fact - Love won. Let's concentrate on the present and give our support to our new King and Queen. Your post really made my day!

    • @siberianeagle4904
      @siberianeagle4904 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This doesn't change the fact that Charles cheated on his marriage. And the one was cheated on is Diana. He shouldn't have hurt someone if he's a moral and decent human. If he really loves Camila then he shouldn't wed Diana in the first place. So I have no sympathy for them because they used and hurt someone. There's no love with being immoral and causing pain to someone. You have a flawed idea of love.

    • @hellfirepictures
      @hellfirepictures ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@siberianeagle4904 Diana cheated on her marriage (several times) - and then had the brass stones to go pubic criticising Charles and slagging him off.
      He was FORCED to marry Diana. He had zero choice - the monarchy often don't get to choose (and throughout history it has been normal for them to have forced arranged marriages). Camilla was married and at that time no monarch (or monarch to be) was permitted to marry a divorcee so it's not as if she could have got divorced and married Charles anyway. Have a heart!! They were kept apart by constitutional law.
      Diana wasn't forced to marry Charles and she didn't love him - she just wanted to be a princess. Her pain was self-inflicted as she married for self-serving reasons, not love.

    • @hellfirepictures
      @hellfirepictures ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually, I hated Diana from childhood. Couldn't stand her and hated all the fake fawning over her. So I was very glad when QEII had the government change the constitution so Charles could finally marry his one true love.

  • @karencrookshank4971
    @karencrookshank4971 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Out of a very emotional day, this is the part that got to me the most 🥹😭 Our King looked very vulnerable imo, when he was stripped of his robes. Absolutely exquisite ceremony.
    Huge shout out to Johnnie, The King’s Equerry, for doing such a sterling job throughout the day, in such a calm, dignified manner. He’s also a fine looking man ☺️ GSTK 👑🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧❤️

    • @LarryRobert-sg1gm
      @LarryRobert-sg1gm ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Karen

    • @hellfirepictures
      @hellfirepictures ปีที่แล้ว

      It was a good comment till you started objectifying the poor guy. Be better!

  • @maxm2317
    @maxm2317 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    *2:41*
    This is where the music goes from awesome to *EPIC* in less than a second!

  • @menvicstudio
    @menvicstudio ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Absolutely beautiful 😍 The highlight of the coronation for me.

  • @melaniefreeman121
    @melaniefreeman121 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Love the intro, beautiful to listen all the way til the end.❤

  • @reignz6968
    @reignz6968 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love these traditions, very beautiful

  • @PADARM
    @PADARM ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I feel so Lucky to have witnessed this magnificent piece at the event for which It Was Written, The Anointing of the King of UK. Something I will remember forever

    • @Brigantius
      @Brigantius ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agreed. (PS - King of the United Kingdom. :) )

    • @DS9TREK
      @DS9TREK ปีที่แล้ว

      The last King of England was William III who was crowned in 1672. How old are you? 😱

    • @PADARM
      @PADARM ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DS9TREK Sorry, my bad

  • @georgehutto2157
    @georgehutto2157 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    While this piece I'm sure sounds amazing to untrained ears, I believe you have to know something about music and specifically classical music to truly understand what an absolute masterpiece George Frideric Handel created here. It really should be considered one of the greatest pieces of written music of all time.

    • @hellfirepictures
      @hellfirepictures ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No. Nobody needs to 'know about music' to know how great it is. It's quite simple - one knows how great music is by how it moves them. Nothing more complicated than that.

  • @robertwilson123
    @robertwilson123 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    A really really superb Handel anthem...
    The long introduction gives great calm and slow build up.
    I chose Zadok the Priest to be the piece of music played as my dear mother was carried in her flower covered wicker work coffin from my house. She lay in the drawing room, the front door was open and the undertaker and his men waited silently outside in the garden as the introduction was played and then entered an lifted her on their shoulders as the choir joins with the opening choir chant "God save the King," and carried her from the house to travel for her service at the 800 year old Christchurch Priory.

  • @user-bt1yp9kw1u
    @user-bt1yp9kw1u ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Brilliant performance of the great music! Bravo and thanks a lot!🙏👏👏👏

  • @silviosaditesche1556
    @silviosaditesche1556 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Esse espetáculo, apesar dos pesares, vai garantir novamente a sobrevida da Casa Real inglesa junto ao povo britânico.

  • @MagiTailWelkin
    @MagiTailWelkin ปีที่แล้ว +16

    People don't seem to understand the significance of the UK Monarchy. Yes, they could pay more taxes and act fairer, but they also act as an ideal. The sovereign is above politics. If we had an elected head of state that would get a divisive as the petty shouting matches we see in the US Presidential elections and Parliamentary debate. We can look to the monarch to see how things can be different.
    To sum up, I would much rather live in a country with King Charles III than President Boris Johnson.

    • @bartholomewdan
      @bartholomewdan ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Finally, someone who gets it. I genuinely don't understand the people who say "but he's unelected!!!!!" - that's kind of the point.

    • @leonard4928
      @leonard4928 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree with this, monarcy is the better solution until now

    • @DS9TREK
      @DS9TREK ปีที่แล้ว

      That's such a weak comment. For decades now now I've heard the weak "I'd rather have a queen/king over a president Thatcher/Blair/Brown/Cameron/Johnson".
      That's an argument against a PM you don't like, not an argument for a king.

    • @Elysium4D
      @Elysium4D ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You know about the Soverign Grant right? The royal family pay 80% of their estate income to the government, they are the highest tax payers in the country, not to mention bringing in billions a year in tourism

    • @DS9TREK
      @DS9TREK ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@bartholomewdan who says our head of state has to be elected (though that said, the Anglo-Saxon kings were quasi elected by the wotan). The old Labour warhorse suggested that Mr Speaker becomes head of state.

  • @bunnyb3760
    @bunnyb3760 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Love it or not no other country in the world can put on a ceremony like the British.

    • @vwright1021
      @vwright1021 ปีที่แล้ว

      They can. Don't be so jingoistic. I'm British and know we do a good job but so do other countries. Stop bragging .

    • @hellfirepictures
      @hellfirepictures ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vwright1021 No. Nowhere else does it as well. It's not jingositic or bragging - it's fact. We didn't become reknowned for it if others can do it as well. Fact is, nowhere on earth can do the Pomp and Ceremony as well as us because nobody else has 'The' Royal family and nowhere else has over 1000 years of unbroken tradition in a venue that's been used for almost 1000 years... Heck, we have a pretty involved 90 minute ceremony just for handing over ceremonial keys!

    • @vwright1021
      @vwright1021 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hellfirepictures You are entitled to your opinion ... and yes, the UK does it wonderfully well ... but so do other countries. Ever watched the US Marines do the silent drill ?
      If the UK is THE best in the World it will speak for itself. Plain & simple.

    • @bunnyb3760
      @bunnyb3760 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vwright1021 Where's the pomp and ceremony and pageant and colour in a couple of US Marines doing silent drill? No comparison. You'll have to do far better than that. Poor effort.

    • @CMOT101
      @CMOT101 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@vwright1021no comparison. Americans aren't even a tenth as good at this sort of thing. You need a culture and a history for a start. There is nothing America does that comes close to British ceremonies

  • @Tolkienlady
    @Tolkienlady ปีที่แล้ว +2

    THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!!! CNN skipped over it, and the BBC TALKED DURING IT!!! The gaul. I have been trying to find a narrator free version. Thank you!

  • @graehamquilliam7019
    @graehamquilliam7019 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I looked forward to this so much. I wasn't disappointed.

  • @antonydandrea
    @antonydandrea ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was yesterday years old when i found out the origin of the champions league theme and the significance of this tune