News Story of the Day / nsotd Remembrance Sunday London England 2009 in the presence of HM The Queen. The massed bands of the Household Division under the baton of Colonel Graham Jones Senior Director of Music.
Surely the most heartrending piece of music ever composed. It was played at my Normandy Veteran father's funeral and there wasn't a dry eye in the church.
I dedicate this to my late mother who served in the RAF and sadly passed away 3 year's ago and it still feels like yesterday. To all the fallen and veterans God Bless You All 🙏 ❤😢❤😢
There is no piece of music that does not fail to make me cry like this. Tears running down my face thinking about my Grandparents and all the others who gave the ultimate sacrifice. So humbling and emotional. God Bless You. X
Years ago I had the pleasure of hearing the St. Petersburg Symphony in concert. They were wonderful. So much so, that the audience brought them back for four encores. The last was this the piece. It was like a musical prayer. After they finished, no one applauded or made a sound. Heads were bowed and many were weeping, myself included. There was no applause even then. We all simply gathered our things and filed out in the quiet of the theater. No one wanted to alter the absolute peace that fell over the symphony hall. A musical moment that I will never forget.
Remembrance Sunday is one of the things us Brits do really well. Paying tribute and remembering all the brave lads & lasses from the British Isles and the Commonwealth in all the conflicts since 1914 who gave all.
If a piece of music can embody Remembrance, this is it. I remember my brothers lost in Afghanistan every day. I am thankful to have known you and fought alongside you. Airborne Warriors. Ready For Anything.
Like Barber's Adagio, it tells of a terrible sorrow endured and overcome. May they stand in the light and have the peace they were denied in this life.
We pay tribute to those who have fallen in 2 world wars and many conflicts since. It's a time of year when Britain and her commonwealth come together to give thanks for are freedom that many of us take for granted. "They shall not grow old As we that are left grow old Age shall not weary them Nor the years condem At the going down of the sun and in the morning we shall remember them" .
I LOVE THIS PIECE BY Elgar. My mom always said that she wanted it played at her funeral mass. We granted her wish. I know that she heard every note played. Miss you mom ~ Marilyn M Brennan 9/17/29 ~ 12/26/21
I've heard Nimrod performed by symphony orchestras, organists, pianists and sung and I dearly love them all but this is my favorite performance. Big brass makes for a magnificent Nimrod experience. Thank you.
I think people in Britain prefer the piece played by military (brass) bands. Some of us know the piece is meant to be happy (dedicated to one of Elgar's friends), but for us it always the thought of those men and boys dying, probably alone, far from home, far from those they loved and who loved them.
I love how the British never fail to remember their fallen warriors! This is a wonderful, beautiful and most meaningful musical tribute to those in the military who will never, ever be forgotten by these great British people right here!
@@racheldemain1940 There's a time for noise and a time for quiet - Remembering your fallen is a time for quiet. It is NOT a festival of War but a rememberance of those who fell - God Bless them all.
My grandad fought through the horrors of trench warfare in the First World War. He was deafened by an artillery shell but survived and lived until he was three days short of his hundredth birthday. I always think of him and his comrades when I hear this, and remember how important it is for everyone to strive for peace in the world.
Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given; Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day; And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness, In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.
This tune will always be Great Britain to me my ancestral home, I first came over to the UK in 2003 to attend a wedding, dressed in suit and tie out in some place I took my shoes off and socks and had to feel the grass beneath my feet and truly I could feel that belonging, I was told this years before that when you visit for the first time that spirit will come and it did and does each time I return HOME
Absolutely the best piece of music played on the day, sends shivers down my spine and chokes me up everytime i hear it. My thoughts are immediately with all families around the allied world who have family members on active duty. Be safe.
I am not ashamed to say that every time I see this played on Remembrance Sunday it always brings a tear to my eye. Wonderful music to remember those who gave everything.
This has to be the most moving piece of music and so rightly played at this most solemn moment. There are events that are solely, quintissentially, British and this Cenotaph Service is just such an event. It shows everything that is still Great about Britain: Respect for history, Honour of sacrifice, Pageantry, National pride, Military precision and the Queen leading the Nation. It must remain solely for British and Commonwealth dead so let others honour their own dead in their own ways.
80 years D Day 2024. Remembering all the veterans and the thousands of brave service men and women who lost their lives, with gratitude - we will never ever forget you.
I thank those men and women who gave up their 'tomorrow,' so that I could have my 'today' ... and the freedom to be able to write here about this wonderful music.
This is Great Britain, boys and girls. It's something worth fighting for. We have a very long history of doing right and wrong. And history has proved we have our hearts in the right place, and we would much prefer to do right.
What a lovely, balanced comment. Historically, we've certainly had a immense influence on the world. As in all countries, the ordinary folk certainly do have their hearts in the right place. You're right there. In this particular ceremony, you can sense that quite powerfully. We always blame our governments, but we're learning now, that there has always been a much darker, hidden hand behind our supposed leaders, and these hidden characters are completely amoral. On a brighter note, the music and ceremonial of this emotional event demonstrate the wonderful creative legacy of the British.
Jerry10062 Let's not get bogged down in a discussion of Ireland's repeated raiding, raping and attempted invasions of England over the last thousand years though eh.
Autodidact2 The USA is the most powerful nation on Earth. It would be utter folly not to be allied with it. Those world powers that set themselves in opposition to it are crumbling. I reckon we're doing OK.
Remembrance Sunday has today fell on my mams birthday who we lost last year. Listening to this masterpiece this year made me shed a tear not only for my mam, but all the people who gave their today our future. We will remember them.
I am ex RAF having been medically discharged some 20 yrs now. I make a point of watching this ceremony every year, it brings tears to my eyes watching an amazing performance by all the armed forces who come together for this emotional day.
Wonderful piece of music. I watch this every year on the telly. It's my favourite and always brings tears to my eyes. Truly wonderful, and so very well played.
I don't usually find brass too interesting but this is so moving, it's a pleasure to change my mind. It's a sublime piece; and like the very best art, it's direct to the heart. All British history and honour reflects like through a prism from WWs I & II. It reverberates through every note. What might have been sombre, is inspiring. Their Finest Hour.
This has to be one of the Greatest pieces of music ever written. It never fails to move me especially on Remembrance Sunday. It sounds great by Orchestra but even better by a brass band. But at it's brilliant best only by a British military brass band (apart from the duff note on 52 seconds on this version) we shall never forget their sacrifice
...the Best by far ..............no other year when I have watched Remembrance Sunday has the massed Bands go the speed and tempo right as they build up to the final surge at 3.48 minutes ...brilliant !!
Remembrance Sunday London England ....NIMROD Enigma variations by edward Elgar...They play this beautiful piece of music most years, but there is something intangibly beautiful about this..2009.. performance. Whether it was the weather or the conducting, who knows.???...The massed bands of the Household Division under the baton of Colonel Graham Jones Senior Director of Music. gets me every time on Remembrance Sunday when we honour the Glorious dead Honour them, remember them, never ever forget them....
He was only commenting that two people disliked this video, and that made them "strange". There was no need to be ugly, especially about piece of music that is so moving.
A remarkable piece of music, it manages to capture the heroism, the bravery, the brutality, the emotion, the despair, the destruction, the futility and the overwhelming sadness of bereavement. Breathtaking in its beauty.
we are and the 2 great wars we're awful for all humanity, remembrance day for us is to remember all innocent lives lost from all sides in war, even those who didn't die. All suffered, war is our enemy.
We are from the same world now thanks to Britain's standing alone against Nazi Germany after the fall of France, otherwise the world would not be the same for Germans and for other people.
Conscription didn't begin until 1917, so actually a lot of the British soldiers who died in WW1 gave their lives as volunteers and should be respected as such. Two members of my family signed up in September 1914. In 1917 both of them were killed.
Correct. In the immediate post-war years, rather too much was made of the image of fresh-faced youth, conned into fighting a war that they wanted no part in- an image that persisted well into the 1970s. The more balanced history of the war is beginning to become better known now. Soldiers joining up in 1916-1918, whether conscripted or not, would have known about the Somme, Passchendaele, Ypres and Gallipoli: they knew what they were going into, and they still enlisted and served. It is well-known that many who were too young to enlist lied about their age- it is very under-reported that many who were too old also lied about their age in order to serve. Thank you, Slim, for the service and sacrifice of your two family members
My deepest respect to your family members who died fighting for the world I live in today. I am thankful for the sacrifice of them and every other soldier in both wars who enabled me to live in freedom with my son today without the fear of war, torture, occupation and slavery
It was a pointless war in a sense and seemed very like kids in a playground but the soldiers gave their lives fighting for a cause they believed in. A cause which many think silly and pointless today but to them seemed so important. The first world war helped shape the world we live in today. It broke up Empires, set ground rules for the use of particular weapons, established rules for the treatment of prisoners and also marked the beginning of the end to the class structure as it was in the UK.
This is what they will be playing as I go to my final resting place. It brings a tear to my eye everytime I hear it, and think about those who are not with us anymore.
They play this piece most years, but there is something intangibly beautiful about this 2009 performance. Whether it was the weather or the conducting, who knows?
They play it every year and have done since 1930, as with the rest of the music. Only during the Second World War was this traditional halted. This, with the Flowers of the Forest, bring back so many memories - good, bad and painful.
Great music. About the Monarchy thing, I´m not british but I love your Queen (and by that I mean the whole monarchy tradition you keep). In my opinion (and im SURE I´m speaking for the majority of foreing country people) the British Monarchy serves very well to the contry as an elegant and powerful diplomatic way to make an impression on other countries. It's classy and a great marketing to British image. God save the Queen!
Stunning tune ... Nimrod spreads love and peace in the air. Love for us. Peace for heroes. Three cheers and Salute with Fireworks! Deep Bow and Respect from Bulgaria!
Lest we forget the sacrifices of our service personnel. May God Bless all the soldiers, sailors and airmen (and women!) of the Anglo-sphere. God Save the Queen.
Goosebumps and welling eyes every time. Probably the most stirring piece of music ever written and regardless of nationality, it instils pride and honour to all those that hear it ❤️
The bit at the end when the music reaches it's final crescendo and the camera focuses on the Cenatoph with the words 'THE GLORIOUS DEAD' always sends a shiver down my spine.
No words can describe how beautiful that music is and that all the Band's sounds excellent together ,it brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it ,, just incredible experience to see ,,,
what a beautiful reference! .....always loved Rupert Brooke and read him constantly whilst serving in the forces ....nice to see so much positive commentary for this video, as well.
The first time I heard this hauntingly beautiful piece of music was a video of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, made up of Catholic, Jewish and Muslim musicians conducted by Daniel Barenboim. I have to say this military band did itself proud playing this very slow, difficult piece. This tempo is not the speed they normally play. Well done gentlemen!!
Hauntingly beautiful piece of music, both of my great grandads and uncle served in the war I couldn't be more proud to be their great granddaughter and neice, Lest We Forget, #WearYourPoppyWithPride 🌹🙏
Every time I hear this, training kicks in. I stand straight. Only thing missing is the 7.62 SLR in my hand. My mind drifts, I'm on parade, thinking of those who took that last journey, and those who will inevitably take it. Elgar knew how to pull heartstrings.
Pete, I too was one of those who once went to work daily with 7.62 SLR in hand (in Aden). Every year, I am privileged to be one of those old sweats marching past the Cenotaph, remembering those who didn't make it home. Almost to a man, when Nimrod is played there are tears in the eyes of the mob I march with. (Aden Veterans)
This is so beautifully and incredibly moving that always brings a tear to my eyes.The pride I feel about the members of our armed forces past and present when I hear this are beyond words.
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I’d love to know why people come on TH-cam just to dislike videos. What a sad existence they live. This is sublime ❤️
Surely the most heartrending piece of music ever composed. It was played at my Normandy Veteran father's funeral and there wasn't a dry eye in the church.
God bless your father and all who fell defending us x
We are so glad to live in a country where we can listen to sublime music, delivered in such impeccable style. No other place on earth can match this.
I dedicate this to my late mother who served in the RAF and sadly passed away 3 year's ago and it still feels like yesterday. To all the fallen and veterans God Bless You All 🙏 ❤😢❤😢
There is no piece of music that does not fail to make me cry like this. Tears running down my face thinking about my Grandparents and all the others who gave the ultimate sacrifice. So humbling and emotional. God Bless You. X
Years ago I had the pleasure of hearing the St. Petersburg Symphony in concert. They were wonderful. So much so, that the audience brought them back for four encores. The last was this the piece. It was like a musical prayer. After they finished, no one applauded or made a sound. Heads were bowed and many were weeping, myself included. There was no applause even then. We all simply gathered our things and filed out in the quiet of the theater. No one wanted to alter the absolute peace that fell over the symphony hall. A musical moment that I will never forget.
To clarify, this was the St. Petersburg Symphony from Russia. The performance was in Chicago, Illinois at Symphony Hall.
Remembrance Sunday is one of the things us Brits do really well. Paying tribute and remembering all the brave lads & lasses from the British Isles and the Commonwealth in all the conflicts since 1914 who gave all.
Elgar was before his time. His work lifts the soul and makes you proud to be British ! Rest in peace dad
Gives me chills everytime I hear it , beautiful .
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If a piece of music can embody Remembrance, this is it. I remember my brothers lost in Afghanistan every day. I am thankful to have known you and fought alongside you. Airborne Warriors.
Ready For Anything.
Not many songs can embobody sadness, despair and heartbreak......then mould it into hope, glory and triumph. What a piece of music!!! 👌👌👌
Like Barber's Adagio, it tells of a terrible sorrow endured and overcome.
May they stand in the light and have the peace they were denied in this life.
Long live the England, our stalwart friend sin good times and bad. Thanks from a grateful American.
We pay tribute to those who have fallen in 2 world wars and many conflicts since. It's a time of year when Britain and her commonwealth come together to give thanks for are freedom that many of us take for granted.
"They shall not grow old
As we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them
Nor the years condem
At the going down of the sun and in the morning we shall remember them" .
If you failed to be moved by this piece of music you have a heart of stone
I just lay there with my eyes closed listening to that wonderful music, and yes! I AM proud of England my country.
this should be our anthem...a beautiful piece to recognise a brutal epoch
I LOVE THIS PIECE BY Elgar. My mom always said that she wanted it played at her funeral mass. We granted her wish. I know that she heard every note played. Miss you mom ~ Marilyn M Brennan 9/17/29 ~ 12/26/21
Just love for you ❤️
Elgar was Catholic if he was alive now and visiting USA and he knew . He would have played it at your mothers Mass . May she rest in peace Amen.
How absolutely exquisite. What a gorgeous piece for your mother’s mass. ❤❤❤
Your response brought a tear😢 to my eye bless her
I've heard Nimrod performed by symphony orchestras, organists, pianists and sung and I dearly love them all but this is my favorite performance. Big brass makes for a magnificent Nimrod experience. Thank you.
I think people in Britain prefer the piece played by military (brass) bands. Some of us know the piece is meant to be happy (dedicated to one of Elgar's friends), but for us it always the thought of those men and boys dying, probably alone, far from home, far from those they loved and who loved them.
I always come back to this...
I love how the British never fail to remember their fallen warriors! This is a wonderful, beautiful and most meaningful musical tribute to those in the military who will never, ever be forgotten by these great British people right here!
We love them all.English,Scots,Welsh and Irish.They made the ultimate sacrifice.
I will say just this....now....This Massed Band is doing the GREAT NIMROD special justice...just as well as any organ can do! I simply love this band!
Kathleen Hazeldine we have and always will be a fighting island warrior race 💪👍
I think it is more haunting and effective with the massed Brass . To think that a sea of People is so quiet is quite something.
@@racheldemain1940 There's a time for noise and a time for quiet - Remembering your fallen is a time for quiet. It is NOT a festival of War but a rememberance of those who fell - God Bless them all.
My grandad fought through the horrors of trench warfare in the First World War. He was deafened by an artillery shell but survived and lived until he was three days short of his hundredth birthday. I always think of him and his comrades when I hear this, and remember how important it is for everyone to strive for peace in the world.
From a military band, they don't come better than this.......anywhere in the world!
Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;
Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;
And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,
In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.
Has me in tears every time I hear it!
This tune will always be Great Britain to me my ancestral home, I first came over to the UK in 2003 to attend a wedding, dressed in suit and tie out in some place I took my shoes off and socks and had to feel the grass beneath my feet and truly I could feel that belonging, I was told this years before that when you visit for the first time that spirit will come and it did and does each time I return HOME
had this played for my dad at his funeral lovely piece send chills down your spine god bless dad and all the soilders rip
So did my Godfather. , A stunning piece that gives me goosebumps.
Absolutely the best piece of music played on the day, sends shivers down my spine and chokes me up everytime i hear it. My thoughts are immediately with all families around the allied world who have family members on active duty. Be safe.
This and Flowers of the forest are the highlights for me.
Ditto I've just played it 6 times with the same effect 😢
I am not ashamed to say that every time I see this played on Remembrance Sunday it always brings a tear to my eye. Wonderful music to remember those who gave everything.
andyguy0610 me too, i cry every time
This music beautifully expresses the emotions for our fallen men and women - that fail to be described with words.
This has to be the most moving piece of music and so rightly played at this most solemn moment. There are events that are solely, quintissentially, British and this Cenotaph Service is just such an event. It shows everything that is still Great about Britain: Respect for history, Honour of sacrifice, Pageantry, National pride, Military precision and the Queen leading the Nation. It must remain solely for British and Commonwealth dead so let others honour their own dead in their own ways.
80 years D Day 2024. Remembering all the veterans and the thousands of brave service men and women who lost their lives, with gratitude - we will never ever forget you.
This get's me every time,tears are flowing
This was played at my dad's funeral...miss you Dad xxx
Remembering Murdo , my great grandfather, Scot’s Guards France 1916, aged 54.
Never fails to stir the emotions. Lest we forget.
I thank those men and women who gave up their 'tomorrow,' so that I could have my 'today' ... and the freedom to be able to write here about this wonderful music.
This is Great Britain, boys and girls. It's something worth fighting for. We have a very long history of doing right and wrong. And history has proved we have our hearts in the right place, and we would much prefer to do right.
What a lovely, balanced comment. Historically, we've certainly had a immense influence on the world. As in all countries, the ordinary folk certainly do have their hearts in the right place. You're right there. In this particular ceremony, you can sense that quite powerfully. We always blame our governments, but we're learning now, that there has always been a much darker, hidden hand behind our supposed leaders, and these hidden characters are completely amoral. On a brighter note, the music and ceremonial of this emotional event demonstrate the wonderful creative legacy of the British.
....except in your dealings with Ireland. (historically, anyway).
Jerry10062 Let's not get bogged down in a discussion of Ireland's repeated raiding, raping and attempted invasions of England over the last thousand years though eh.
Aesop059 Too bad you're now the lickspittles of the US.
Autodidact2 The USA is the most powerful nation on Earth. It would be utter folly not to be allied with it. Those world powers that set themselves in opposition to it are crumbling. I reckon we're doing OK.
Ken Wolfrum : We stand together
USA and Brits, bring on the world
I was in this - proudest years of my life.....:(
Remembrance Sunday has today fell on my mams birthday who we lost last year. Listening to this masterpiece this year made me shed a tear not only for my mam, but all the people who gave their today our future. We will remember them.
"Oh England, my lion heart. Take me back again..." Love and respect from sunny Florianópolis, Brazil.
sends shivers down my back, truly incredible. When them symbols come crashing in! WOW! Best military bands in the world without a doubt!!!
This beautiful piece of music makes me cry every time. It'll set me off again Sunday, I know it will.
I am ex RAF having been medically discharged some 20 yrs now. I make a point of watching this ceremony every year, it brings tears to my eyes watching an amazing performance by all the armed forces who come together for this emotional day.
Wonderful piece of music.
I watch this every year on the telly.
It's my favourite and always brings tears to my eyes.
Truly wonderful, and so very well played.
This is so beautiful. I think of my lovely grandad and his daughter, my wonderful mum. Both gone now. Much missed and loved.
Beautiful. There is no other word for it. Simply beautiful!
I don't usually find brass too interesting but this is so moving, it's a pleasure to change my mind. It's a sublime piece; and like the very best art, it's direct to the heart. All British history and honour reflects like through a prism from WWs I & II. It reverberates through every note. What might have been sombre, is inspiring. Their Finest Hour.
This makes me cry every time I hear it.... such a wonderful haunting piece of music, and such a tribute to our fallen ..... Lest we forget....
18 people must have had their head so far up their arse they failed to register the melancholy beauty of this music...
Or lost their glasses
Well put
As one would with one's head up one's pudenda (Anus)
This has to be one of the Greatest pieces of music ever written. It never fails to move me especially on Remembrance Sunday. It sounds great by Orchestra but even better by a brass band. But at it's brilliant best only by a British military brass band (apart from the duff note on 52 seconds on this version) we shall never forget their sacrifice
ELGAR BRILLIANT NO WORDS CAN DISCRIBE THIS PERSON
This is the most beautiful piece of music i have ever heard.
...the Best by far ..............no other year when I have watched Remembrance Sunday has the massed Bands go the speed and tempo right as they build up to the final surge at 3.48 minutes ...brilliant !!
When i hear this i know im gonna get through whatever im doing. Such as pushing through the struggles at college with only 1 month left
How can a single person dislike the beauty of this music let alone 44 people?
So moving, always brings tears to my eyes.
paul mcenroe israel the great
Israel the great
israel the greatest
Same
A hauntingly beautiful and moving piece of music
I visit this every year. A small tear every time. Simply the best on so many levels. Rest well.
Remembrance Sunday London England ....NIMROD Enigma variations by edward Elgar...They play this beautiful piece of music most years, but there is something intangibly beautiful about this..2009.. performance. Whether it was the weather or the conducting, who knows.???...The massed bands of the Household Division under the baton of Colonel Graham Jones Senior Director of Music. gets me every time on Remembrance Sunday when we honour the Glorious dead Honour them, remember them, never ever forget them....
Just a beautiful piece of music
He was only commenting that two people disliked this video, and that made them "strange". There was no need to be ugly, especially about piece of music that is so moving.
A remarkable piece of music, it manages to capture the heroism, the bravery, the brutality, the emotion, the despair, the destruction, the futility and the overwhelming sadness of bereavement.
Breathtaking in its beauty.
goosebumps everytime
am deutscher and i love it. are we not all from the same world?
we are and the 2 great wars we're awful for all humanity, remembrance day for us is to remember all innocent lives lost from all sides in war, even those who didn't die. All suffered, war is our enemy.
yes we are Michael
Yes we are my friend and we must NEVER let any wars such as these happen again.
Yes....we are from the same world Michael...... our countries are now in friendship forever.....
We are from the same world now thanks to Britain's standing alone against Nazi Germany after the fall of France, otherwise the world would not be the same for Germans and for other people.
Conscription didn't begin until 1917, so actually a lot of the British soldiers who died in WW1 gave their lives as volunteers and should be respected as such. Two members of my family signed up in September 1914. In 1917 both of them were killed.
Correct. In the immediate post-war years, rather too much was made of the image of fresh-faced youth, conned into fighting a war that they wanted no part in- an image that persisted well into the 1970s. The more balanced history of the war is beginning to become better known now.
Soldiers joining up in 1916-1918, whether conscripted or not, would have known about the Somme, Passchendaele, Ypres and Gallipoli: they knew what they were going into, and they still enlisted and served. It is well-known that many who were too young to enlist lied about their age- it is very under-reported that many who were too old also lied about their age in order to serve.
Thank you, Slim, for the service and sacrifice of your two family members
My deepest respect to your family members who died fighting for the world I live in today. I am thankful for the sacrifice of them and every other soldier in both wars who enabled me to live in freedom with my son today without the fear of war, torture, occupation and slavery
Thanks for the good historical perspective, Slim Charles.
Slim Charles Gave their lives for what? The victory of one imperial empire over another, and nothing more. Wasted lives.
It was a pointless war in a sense and seemed very like kids in a playground but the soldiers gave their lives fighting for a cause they believed in. A cause which many think silly and pointless today but to them seemed so important. The first world war helped shape the world we live in today. It broke up Empires, set ground rules for the use of particular weapons, established rules for the treatment of prisoners and also marked the beginning of the end to the class structure as it was in the UK.
I’ve just heard this performed at a concert and it brought me to tears
This is what they will be playing as I go to my final resting place.
It brings a tear to my eye everytime I hear it, and think about those who are not with us anymore.
has me in tears everytime
They play this piece most years, but there is something intangibly beautiful about this 2009 performance. Whether it was the weather or the conducting, who knows?
2009 was Britain's bloodiest year in Afghanistan. Maybe that factored.
They play it every year and have done since 1930, as with the rest of the music. Only during the Second World War was this traditional halted. This, with the Flowers of the Forest, bring back so many memories - good, bad and painful.
What a piece of music, Brilliant, Beautiful, sends shivers
down my spine
Makes me very proud of Britain...and I'm not even British.
+Alan High I am, and it's better just to be proud!
Thank you Alan, RIP to those who never returned home
this makes me cry every time thinking of all those brave soldiers who gave their lives for us
Yes and look at the crap running the country
maybe in your heart you are, we are from all nations, religions, races, being British is in our hearts.
It shakes me to the core also.
"Nimrod" never fail to wet my eyes...
Deeply moving music.
Deeply moving interpretation.
Thanks for uploading.
a wonderful and thought provoking piece of superb music thank you Elgar Graham tooley
As I listen I can't help the tears roll down my cheeks every time
Great music. About the Monarchy thing, I´m not british but I love your Queen (and by that I mean the whole monarchy tradition you keep). In my opinion (and im SURE I´m speaking for the majority of foreing country people) the British Monarchy serves very well to the contry as an elegant and powerful diplomatic way to make an impression on other countries. It's classy and a great marketing to British image. God save the Queen!
Such a huge mass of musicians, playing with such restraint. And Nimrod is such a wonderfully sentimental piece. Thanks for posting it.
Absolutely gorgeous! Very moving
Nimrod - to, me this is one of most moving pieces of music that is ever played by the massed bands.
Stunning tune ... Nimrod spreads love and peace in the air. Love for us. Peace for heroes. Three cheers and Salute with Fireworks! Deep Bow and Respect from Bulgaria!
Brings tears every time I hear this beautiful piece of music.
Music to touch the heart and soul. Thank you!
thanks for such beautiful music xx
Lest we forget the sacrifices of our service personnel.
May God Bless all the soldiers, sailors and airmen (and women!) of the Anglo-sphere.
God Save the Queen.
Goosebumps and welling eyes every time. Probably the most stirring piece of music ever written and regardless of nationality, it instils pride and honour to all those that hear it ❤️
it really does and well said 👏👏👏
This is Britain at its best attributing to those who served ,wounded killed and forever in the hearts and minds of their relatives and friends
The bit at the end when the music reaches it's final crescendo and the camera focuses on the Cenatoph with the words 'THE GLORIOUS DEAD' always sends a shiver down my spine.
No words can describe how beautiful that music is and that all the Band's sounds excellent together ,it brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it ,, just incredible experience to see ,,,
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what a beautiful reference! .....always loved Rupert Brooke and read him constantly whilst serving in the forces ....nice to see so much positive commentary for this video, as well.
left my freshly cut onions out again .....
lest we forget .
Hauntingly beautiful display from the Marines and Guards .
The first time I heard this hauntingly beautiful piece of music was a video of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, made up of Catholic, Jewish and Muslim musicians conducted by Daniel Barenboim.
I have to say this military band did itself proud playing this very slow, difficult piece. This tempo is not the speed they normally play. Well done gentlemen!!
This piece of music has been played for generations at Armistice Day cermonies by military bands of the Commonwealth.
I myself was in a military band. USArmy European HQ band Coligny Caserne Orleans France 1962-1965. This band was much better than the one I was in.
Everett Cox this is the guards division and Royal Marines. our Army's Finest Musicians. thank you for your service. brothers in arms across the sea.
Thank you brother from across the sea. May our paths cross one day.
I fell in love with this piece at the age of 7 when i heard it played on our local church organ. 68 years on i love it even more
BEAUTIFUL.
Hauntingly beautiful piece of music, both of my great grandads and uncle served in the war I couldn't be more proud to be their great granddaughter and neice, Lest We Forget, #WearYourPoppyWithPride 🌹🙏
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted:
They fell with their faces to the foe.
as many times as I've heard this piece, with and without words, by full orchestras, this is my fav, but then I am a brass player
This music I find really sets the meaning of remembrance day. It is solemn and really does set the mood of this parade.
Every time I hear this, training kicks in. I stand straight.
Only thing missing is the 7.62 SLR in my hand.
My mind drifts, I'm on parade, thinking of those who took that last journey, and those who will inevitably take it.
Elgar knew how to pull heartstrings.
Pete, I too was one of those who once went to work daily with 7.62 SLR in hand (in Aden). Every year, I am privileged to be one of those old sweats marching past the Cenotaph, remembering those who didn't make it home. Almost to a man, when Nimrod is played there are tears in the eyes of the mob I march with. (Aden Veterans)
The British Army are now armed with a .22 pea shooter, the SA80 made by Heckler and Koch, designed to reduce collateral damge. God save us.
For the ones that didn't come home🙏
One of my all time favorite pieces of music
This is so beautifully and incredibly moving that always brings a tear to my eyes.The pride I feel about the members of our armed forces past and present when I hear this are beyond words.
me too. imagine what they went through for us...it is almost too much