I just stumbled over these videos after seeing Rick Wakeman's interview with Rick Beato. My love for Vivaldi was instilled by a recording of a classical guitar quartet of the Four Seasons. I don't care if it has been overplayed; I still love it.
Me 3. Vivaldi's Four Seasons is high energy, even when it is slow. It is intense. I have a Telarc recording that I use for calibrating sound system eq's. If I get it to sound right, the system will sound right on everything else, no matter what the style.
Moi aussi! Rick has something in common with Jeremy Clarkson - they're both fantastic raconteurs and presenters. A pity we rarely get to see that side of them.
I am 62 year old and remember how I was fascinated by Rick Wakeman and Keith Emerson there were and are my now days heroes!! I envy their great talent and every word of them is a treasure for me ( i have some difficulty with British accent but I don't want to miss a word. I admire their music and the way (both of them) admire the classic music. They have both great taste and every piece of classic music they like I know it is a master piece. BTW, only in last few years I start to understand how genius is the 4 season!! well i must continue and listen Bye, Joel from Israel
I am in heaven... grew up loving both Rick Wakeman and Vivaldi and here he is such an amazing narrator. I still listen to Journey to the Centre of the Earth, which my mother had on 8 track and I have had on every medium available including iTunes. I am also not afraid to love the standard repertoire of classical music, the masterpieces of Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, and Beethoven. I even have a recording where one of the Seasons is played by a couple of Scottish lasses on harp, Patsy Seddon and Mary Macmaster. Mind is blown right now!
Mr. Wakeman, besides being the genius musician we all know, is an amazing NARRATOR, and an invaluable DIVULGATOR. He seems, also, to be a really kind and fine man. He is truly ADMIRABLE.
What a delightful program. Rick is the perfect face for productions like this. Well done! Is as good as any Top Gear talent, Michael Palin, Attenborough, Brian May and other top talents. Just another of Rick’s gifts. More, please!
Rick I love that you did this for all of us. I got introduced to Yes in a head-shop and record-shop at university. 😉 Love you Rick. You’ve been a part of my life a very long time. ❤️💕❤️
I still remember Rick Wakeman with Yes in concert in the early 70's. It was other-worldly. His talent, wit and charm as a host is only exceeded by his talent as a musician. This was brilliant. Thank you.
i was introduced to Vivaldi in 11th grade(1988), by a French art teacher. It was the same year i started playing guitar, metal guitar. All of these years later I have never stopped telling anybody that would listen, that the Four Seasons is the origin of metal, played buy stringed instruments. Replace the bow with a pick, and almost every technique, used to this day is there. Speed picking, legato, sweeps, tapping, artificial harmonics, it is all there.
Who knew Rick was such a good narrator among his other talents. He had my attention the entire 40 minutes. I really appreciate the work in this documentary and hope it gets played elsewhere. I agree with others, the should be a PBS or History Channel series.
I came here expecting to see Wakeman performing an astonishing version of 4 Seasons, and found him performing an astonishing documentary!! See why I am his fan since I as 5? and that is a reeeeeaaly long ago hahaha
I was completely blown away the first time I heard Fragile. Though I am a horn and guitar player, I have great appreciation for both keyboards and strings.
I am lucky I life near Venice compliments for this very nice video talking about great Master Vivaldi grazie to Rick great music master of this century.
I just discovered this today. It was exactly what I needed. Thank you, Mr. Wakeman, for putting this together and teaching the rest of us the importance of this music.
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@@rickwakeman8470 Well...I don't want to go too long. First of all...thank you for "Fragile". The soundtrack of my high school years (lol), and for all of your great music. I'm half Sicilian and half Viking. Before we moved from CT to St Louis; one of my cousins had done a family history of the Sicilian side and mentioned that we were from Lucca originally but were sent to Sicily because of a red-haired priest that brought scandal to the family (there is a lot of red-haired ancestors on that side). We have a coat of arms that shows a lion (high status) and crosses for the crusades...and a big black banner across the whole thing. LOL! Apparently, someone got pregnant and we were sent to Sicily. Not a particularly pleasant place back then. But that's okay...we thought it was pretty cool. Fast forward...I became somewhat accomplished on the Flute and my FAVORITE piece to play was the Four Seasons. LOVED it. All through school...listened to it almost everyday. After I had a family - I forced my husband and daughter to listen to it daily. Sigh. One day - about 13 years ago - there was a documentary about Vivaldi on AMC. They talked about the red-haired priest and his music...and the towns he seasoned in. We were dumb-struck. I think I'm related. Probably can't prove it...but it's a weird coincidence!
Dear Mr. Wakeman. I've had the privilege of seeing you twice. Once with Yes and also with the English Rock Ensemble. Both times you achieved your goal of having people on their feet going wild. Congratulations on a job well done. You are an inspiration. Thank you for the amazing music you brought to the world. God bless you.
Saw Rick with Yes in 1973, in Journey to the Center of the Earth in 1975…and now I’m sitting in Covid-locked down Melbourne thoroughly enjoying this. 🥰
Please take care of yourself Rick. You sir are the Vivaldi of our time and have brought many hours of awestruck listening pleasure to so many of your fans! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I love the man this man produced some of the best modern classical prog-rock. I still sit in a dark room and listen to Journey to the Centre of the Earth.
I had the pleasure to experience the great Rick Wakeman along with Yes at Hohentwiel / South Germany. And of course, I have several editions of Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons 😊.
I have to admit, when I got my best stereo as a teenager and a good version of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, there are very very very few pieces of music that could give me the chills and make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up terrifyingly than Summer of the The Four Seasons. It is a hugely powerful piece of music to me.
Fascinating (especially to people just as keen on Baroque music as on 1970s rock, including prog, like I am). Rick is such a natural talent as a presenter/storyteller that he could have had a career parallel to his musical one. What a gifted man he is! I think his role (a side role, a by-product of who he has been), decade after decade, in encouraging rock music listening audience to get to know and enjoy older/classical genres in music is yet to be fully appreciated.
My mother in law was an audiophile...she gave me a dozen album of his...they are priceless since she only played them once while recording them on her several AMPEX reel to reels..her husband was an electronics genius who worked for ROCKETDYNE IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY..he kep that gear at optimum...and I have never played these albums...some day before I leave this world I will..I'm 73...I have had them for decades...I play Hammond B-3 mind you!.
when i was a kid ,i went to the institute of music to learn guitar ,with classical music ,then after i changed to the RB music, but when i heard Rick wakeman and Steve Howe in 1972, i went back to the classical music , Rick wakeman inspired many musicians , and he is the right person for this Documentary
Everything Rick says is essential to me. He's huge, no matter if as a musician, comedian or even history teacher... always enriching my world. Thank you, Rick!
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I bought this album when it came out back in the 80s.....very nice album... and I'm listening to it after more than 30 years, as my LPs collection has been left elsewhere 🙂
This is the sort of content which I really admire. It's up there with Time Team. Such a lovely exploration of human achievement. History is the story of humanity, and our story is rich and deep. Rick was an admirable host, with gravitas not easily earned. A brilliant musician, and a good bloke with a self-deprecating sense of humor to boot. Sure beats watching people argue with one another, no?
Yes, Vivaldi was a fantastic composer whom I love dearly. The tragic truth is that everyby in this video celebrates how great Vivaldi was but the reality is that he died in Vienna, among strangers, almost forgotten, and totally ruined in utter poverty. All his life, he worked like a dog to get by, wrote tons of beautiful music (I own almost every number in the RV catalog!) , but society back then provided no structure to protect musicians outside the closed circles of the nobility and royalty. Poor Antonio was a priest, and priests make a vow of poverty, so.... Really tragic. We should never forget this.
We seem, in the West, to canonize or idolize musicians. We set them on some sort of pedestal, then attend their concerts and pay for their recordings. Other cultures - let's say African, in this case - make no distinction between the person that sings and plays, and the person that crafts the baskets or the pots. All are talented individuals with their place in that society. By bemoaning the lack of financial support for a musician, we continue to ignore the fact that many people also worked for nobility and royalty, and yet no case is made for the clever baker, talented butcher, or the dedicated wine-maker, all who could equally have died in poverty. And hasn't anyone pointed out the irony that a multi-millionaire rock musician is hosting a program about a penurious priest...?
@@raminagrobis6112 Thankyou for pointing this out... It should have been a 'general' message, but got attached to yours instead. Perhaps there is no point as such...-it's just an argument in favour of all the other talents that aren't recognised with adulation, but are nevertheless adept, artistic even, in their own right. Apologies...
@@pwblackmore - Perhaps artisans such as the composers like Vivaldi, et al, are revered and "idolized", as you put it, because of their deep and lasting contribution to humanity - unlike how a cake, a loaf of bread or even pottery would. Those more familiar with the type of talent and skills it requires to "craft" a musical composition, much less perform it competently, would most likely take issue with your comparing them to the talents and skills required to bake something "clever", cleave some meat "cleverly", or create a "clever" wine. As for the multi-millionaire rock musician hosting this program - it's his skills, talent, experience and deep interest that are particularly germane to the subject matter, not what those things have earned him. I see no relevance and therefore no irony really. I'd much rather hear from him than plenty of others that may or may not be worth millions. This would be my counter argument in favor of proper perspective.
In the seventy’s In Québec I listened for the fitst time a piece played by our beter club orchestra . I ‘ll never foget it was The Maker by Rick Wakeman . I was not a Rock fan , but I had discover a realy good composer . Now with this vidéo I realy apreciate you again .Thank you very much Rick
14:42 ..."quite the contrary. I live very modestly; really very modestly.. And I love this life as it is.." .....I liked that part, that is passion for music and for life.
Wow...I'm so glad this did not slip by me. Just seeing this for the first time, but how amazing!!! Great job digging into Vivaldi and all the aspects of the creation of his music ❤
Great job Mr Wakeman! Loved the video. If I had to pick one thing to listen to for the remainder of my life it would be the 4 seasons without a doubt. Cheers sir.
@@rickwakeman8470 Im doing very well thank you. Hope you are too! Buying a new guitar this weekend and cant wait to get it in my hands! My first acoustic guitar.. wish me luck. Cheers
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Still wearing the old cloak! Great!! Your contribution to modern music is epic! ❤❤❤ A series about music on national tv would be a great treat and success, for sure.
Good job !! I am 63 years old. I saw your show in Brazil , 1975 in São Paulo. This show has influenced my musical taste since I was a teenager. Thank you Mr. Wakeman for everything.
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Brilliant! One of my favourite recordings of all is a double CD of Vivaldi's music by the Scolari Di Musicci (?) of Venice, played on original instruments. The Concerto for mandolin has a movement that syncopates just like reggae, and it sounds fabulous.
I'm not an expert on classical music. I only am aware of it from school classical playing, but I love it. Vivaldi, Ravel and Bach were geniuses. Excellent story by my first keyboard idol, Mr. Wakeman.
Que gran artista y pianista Rick Wakeman...tuve el honor de ir a escucharlo acá en Rosario hace cuatro años..quedé maravillada de su genialidad, ya lo seguía de Yes pero acá conozco al artista en toda su plenitud...Saludos desde Argentina
Rick. What a lovely journey and YES, you will be remembered as one of the greats of popular music but don't head off just yet. Compose an epic that stands the centuries.
We have the same thinking if its about Rock. The true founders were indeed the classic composers that invented barock music. I always loved Vivaldi, Albinoni, Bach but also the romantic rebels like Beethoven, Grieg and Haendel. They pushed to the limit to create new music, often suffering issues like Tchaikowski for example. But in the barock music is the furious speed and emotionality that true rockers enjoy, and the melancholy that touches deep your heart. Guess thats why seventies prog rock was so seducing, for listeners as well as for the musicians. I was around 16 as i heard the first classic inspired rock songs. And it never left me...im still astonished by it all! 😉😎🎸🎹✌️🤩
Wow. I'm a 55 year old American fan who has seen you perform live several times. This was entirely pleasant and informative to view. Thank you so much for all your efforts, your works have enriched my life.
I learned a lot. I am a baby boomer growing up loving Yes, Zep, Jimi, Eric, Santana, Black Sabbath, Beck, Trower and many more. Back then I always had an interest in classical but I did not know what I liked. For one, I was too busy having a good time and listening to the above greats. I learned a lot here. Probably most of all respect and appreciation of Vivaldi and to listen more closely to other classical in the future. Best and Thank you for doing this..
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Mr. Rick I listen to his albums for decades and whenever I play one of them I return my mind to the 70's, the best years of my youth, I love each one of his albums, you are the best.
What a wonderful doco from such a talented funny musician who i was lucky enough to meet in Brisbane Australia in the 80s after an intimate concert at a pub. Signed an Album. Play on Rick❤
I absolutely adore this wonderful piece. 12 little slices of musical interpretation of the weather. Rain wind hail sun and snow_ the works. Magnificent.
Wow.. 49 minutes that passed so quickly, with me glued to the momitor. This doc was awesome. Thanks TH-cam.. This recommendation was right on the money!
10:19 We family genealogists are constantly amazed by the fact that first-borns were so often born prematurely. Though since Vivaldi had respiratory problems, he may well have been genuinely born prematurely, and not just "prematurely," as in conceived before the wedding. The lungs are the last to develop, so respiratory problems are common in premature babies.
And, premature infants are more prone to developmental issues that manifest as being on the autism spectrum and many of these have perfect pitch and a genuine musical gift as 'splinter skills' from Asperger's
This is utterly bloody brilliant. 😃 Interesting and really comical, I wish we were taught like this at school because I might have paid more attention.
I have been listening to both rock and classical for as long as I can remember I have enjoyed rock played classic style and classic played rock style and for me they have almost melded into one form, and I am shure that the the great rock bands will be listened to in 2 or 3 centuries time along with the the classical composers we listen to now Great job Rick keep up the good work
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I just stumbled over these videos after seeing Rick Wakeman's interview with Rick Beato.
My love for Vivaldi was instilled by a recording of a classical guitar quartet of the Four Seasons. I don't care if it has been overplayed; I still love it.
Me too!
Me 3. Vivaldi's Four Seasons is high energy, even when it is slow. It is intense. I have a Telarc recording that I use for calibrating sound system eq's. If I get it to sound right, the system will sound right on everything else, no matter what the style.
Me too Did we just become best friends?
I did as well! 😂
Moi aussi! Rick has something in common with Jeremy Clarkson - they're both fantastic raconteurs and presenters. A pity we rarely get to see that side of them.
I am 62 year old and remember how I was fascinated by Rick Wakeman and Keith Emerson there were and are my now days heroes!! I envy their great talent and every word of them is a treasure for me ( i have some difficulty with British accent but I don't want to miss a word. I admire their music and the way (both of them) admire the classic music. They have both great taste and every piece of classic music they like I know it is a master piece. BTW, only in last few years I start to understand how genius is the 4 season!! well i must continue and listen Bye, Joel from Israel
Many thanks, Rick. A beautiful homage to Vivaldi. You being a legend yourself…. 🙏🎼❤️
I am in heaven... grew up loving both Rick Wakeman and Vivaldi and here he is such an amazing narrator. I still listen to Journey to the Centre of the Earth, which my mother had on 8 track and I have had on every medium available including iTunes. I am also not afraid to love the standard repertoire of classical music, the masterpieces of Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, and Beethoven. I even have a recording where one of the Seasons is played by a couple of Scottish lasses on harp, Patsy Seddon and Mary Macmaster. Mind is blown right now!
Mr. Wakeman, besides being the genius musician we all know, is an amazing NARRATOR, and an invaluable DIVULGATOR.
He seems, also, to be a really kind and fine man. He is truly ADMIRABLE.
Agreed, he could probably cover any topic, not necessarily even music.
What a delightful program. Rick is the perfect face for productions like this. Well done!
Is as good as any Top Gear talent, Michael Palin, Attenborough, Brian May and other top talents. Just another of Rick’s gifts. More, please!
Rick's narration is beautiful in so many ways. Informative, knowledgeable, admiring, witty, dry, self effacing. Love him on and off the keyboards.
Rick should have a classical music show on the History Channel. This was a real treat.
the problem is the History channel SUCKS. they would not know quality if it bites them in the you know wot.
Agreed, I wasn't expecting him to have documentary hosting skill, but he does a great job here. It's pleasantly surprising.
I would binge watch that over and over again
There's a wonderful Rick prog on the great Jon Lord somewhere on TH-cam. Well worth looking at - two great keyboard players..
@Guillermo Raphael Christ. Take this elsewhere, if you please. Thank you.
Rick I love that you did this for all of us. I got introduced to Yes in a head-shop and record-shop at university. 😉
Love you Rick. You’ve been a part of my life a very long time. ❤️💕❤️
I still remember Rick Wakeman with Yes in concert in the early 70's. It was other-worldly. His talent, wit and charm as a host is only exceeded by his talent as a musician. This was brilliant. Thank you.
i was introduced to Vivaldi in 11th grade(1988), by a French art teacher.
It was the same year i started playing guitar, metal guitar.
All of these years later I have never stopped telling anybody that would listen, that the Four Seasons is the origin of metal, played buy stringed instruments.
Replace the bow with a pick, and almost every technique, used to this day is there.
Speed picking, legato, sweeps, tapping, artificial harmonics, it is all there.
And never forget 'the master of us all', Bach.
Who knew Rick was such a good narrator among his other talents. He had my attention the entire 40 minutes. I really appreciate the work in this documentary and hope it gets played elsewhere. I agree with others, the should be a PBS or History Channel series.
@Nastro Adhesivo Ta for reminding me how awful a lot of youtube comments are.
I cry listening to Rick. Absolutely erudite musician. Loved him in Yes. 1971. Live. Absolutely stunning band. And after that.
I came here expecting to see Wakeman performing an astonishing version of 4 Seasons, and found him performing an astonishing documentary!! See why I am his fan since I as 5? and that is a reeeeeaaly long ago hahaha
WHAT have I just come upon?! This is FABULOUS!!
You did create music that became timeless and classic, Mr. Wakeman. You absolutely did.
I used to play piano but I would consider trying to play anything by Rick Wakeman out of my league.
I was completely blown away the first time I heard Fragile. Though I am a horn and guitar player, I have great appreciation for both keyboards and strings.
I am lucky I life near Venice compliments for this very nice video talking about great Master Vivaldi grazie to Rick great music master of this century.
I just discovered this today. It was exactly what I needed. Thank you, Mr. Wakeman, for putting this together and teaching the rest of us the importance of this music.
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I can't BELIEVE I found this!!! One of my favorite musicians talking about my FAVORITE composer of all time. Wow!
Yes, he was a great composer and musician, what are your thoughts about him?
@@rickwakeman8470 Well...I don't want to go too long. First of all...thank you for "Fragile". The soundtrack of my high school years (lol), and for all of your great music.
I'm half Sicilian and half Viking. Before we moved from CT to St Louis; one of my cousins had done a family history of the Sicilian side and mentioned that we were from Lucca originally but were sent to Sicily because of a red-haired priest that brought scandal to the family (there is a lot of red-haired ancestors on that side). We have a coat of arms that shows a lion (high status) and crosses for the crusades...and a big black banner across the whole thing. LOL! Apparently, someone got pregnant and we were sent to Sicily. Not a particularly pleasant place back then. But that's okay...we thought it was pretty cool.
Fast forward...I became somewhat accomplished on the Flute and my FAVORITE piece to play was the Four Seasons. LOVED it. All through school...listened to it almost everyday. After I had a family - I forced my husband and daughter to listen to it daily. Sigh.
One day - about 13 years ago - there was a documentary about Vivaldi on AMC. They talked about the red-haired priest and his music...and the towns he seasoned in. We were dumb-struck. I think I'm related. Probably can't prove it...but it's a weird coincidence!
I'm 69 and still learning. What a breath of fresh air Mr wakeman.
At 18:21 he says "Boy is that true, at 65 I'm still learning".
"Hello, I'm a super accomplished violinist explaining Vivaldi to Rick Wakeman".
My head is exploding... Thank you for sharing Rick. Truly outstanding.
Yes, he was a great composer and musician, what are your thoughts about him?🌹🌹🌹
Dear Mr. Wakeman.
I've had the privilege of seeing you twice. Once with Yes and also with the English Rock Ensemble. Both times you achieved your goal of having people on their feet going wild. Congratulations on a job well done. You are an inspiration. Thank you for the amazing music you brought to the world. God bless you.
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Rick has not only entertained me since my youth, he now educates me as an adult. This was a masterpiece, which is the standard from Rick Wakeman.
Rick is an international treasure. Thank you, Perivale 🇬🇧❤️
Saw Rick with Yes in 1973, in Journey to the Center of the Earth in 1975…and now I’m sitting in Covid-locked down Melbourne thoroughly enjoying this. 🥰
This is an outstanding documentary that deserves to be widely broadcast!
So true.
OMG Yes!
Grazie mille Mr. Wakeman, Antonio is smiling you from the heaven.
😘
Please take care of yourself Rick. You sir are the Vivaldi of our time and have brought many hours of awestruck listening pleasure to so many of your fans! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
let's not get carried away ...
@@drtimoshea4087Some people are meant to get carried away for. Rick Wakeman is one of those very few people.
I love the man this man produced some of the best modern classical prog-rock. I still sit in a dark room and listen to Journey to the Centre of the Earth.
Likewise, my friend.
I had the pleasure to experience the great Rick Wakeman along with Yes at Hohentwiel / South Germany. And of course, I have several editions of Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons 😊.
I’ve done the same with, Heart of the Sunrise. Remarkable pieces all.
Have you ever found the way of it?
Superb! An excellent exposé on Vivaldi & the Four Seasons. Thank you Maestro Wakeman.
Rick, you have written pieces that are timeless.
I have to admit, when I got my best stereo as a teenager and a good version of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, there are very very very few pieces of music that could give me the chills and make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up terrifyingly than Summer of the The Four Seasons. It is a hugely powerful piece of music to me.
I agree but you also have to add Elgar Enigma Variations, Copland Appalachian Spring and Holtz The Planets. Such a joy to hear.
Thank you so much Mr. Wakeman.
Thank you so much Mr. Wakeman... 💖🙏🎼
Rick should be a narrator part time while he isn't playing music, he's got a great voice.
He's good at everything he does.
Apparently he is a narrator part time!
I agree with you! his voice is THE BEST!
Thank you Rick Wakeman GREAT Vivaldi documentary you should be on The History Channel !
Quite agree
Fascinating (especially to people just as keen on Baroque music as on 1970s rock, including prog, like I am). Rick is such a natural talent as a presenter/storyteller that he could have had a career parallel to his musical one. What a gifted man he is! I think his role (a side role, a by-product of who he has been), decade after decade, in encouraging rock music listening audience to get to know and enjoy older/classical genres in music is yet to be fully appreciated.
My mother in law was an audiophile...she gave me a dozen album of his...they are priceless since she only played them once while recording them on her several AMPEX reel to reels..her husband was an electronics genius who worked for ROCKETDYNE IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY..he kep that gear at optimum...and I have never played these albums...some day before I leave this world I will..I'm 73...I have had them for decades...I play Hammond B-3 mind you!.
... dozen albums of whose? Rick or Antonio?
Mr. Wakeman, you are a great story-teller! I loved learning about Vivaldi's story through your Journey. Thanks só much! God bless you.
when i was a kid ,i went to the institute of music to learn guitar ,with classical music ,then after i changed to the RB music, but when i heard Rick wakeman and Steve Howe in 1972, i went back to the classical music , Rick wakeman inspired many musicians , and he is the right person for this Documentary
Everything Rick says is essential to me. He's huge, no matter if as a musician, comedian or even history teacher... always enriching my world. Thank you, Rick!
Seems to me that Rick is absolutely right, Vivaldi was the rock star of his day, and what he was doing was the shredding if its day.
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I bought this album when it came out back in the 80s.....very nice album... and I'm listening to it after more than 30 years, as my LPs collection has been left elsewhere 🙂
This is the sort of content which I really admire. It's up there with Time Team. Such a lovely exploration of human achievement. History is the story of humanity, and our story is rich and deep. Rick was an admirable host, with gravitas not easily earned. A brilliant musician, and a good bloke with a self-deprecating sense of humor to boot.
Sure beats watching people argue with one another, no?
Very well presented. Excellent job, Mr Wakeman.
Thank you so much Mr. Wakeman... 💖🙏🎼
Yes, Vivaldi was a fantastic composer whom I love dearly. The tragic truth is that everyby in this video celebrates how great Vivaldi was but the reality is that he died in Vienna, among strangers, almost forgotten, and totally ruined in utter poverty. All his life, he worked like a dog to get by, wrote tons of beautiful music (I own almost every number in the RV catalog!) , but society back then provided no structure to protect musicians outside the closed circles of the nobility and royalty. Poor Antonio was a priest, and priests make a vow of poverty, so.... Really tragic. We should never forget this.
We seem, in the West, to canonize or idolize musicians. We set them on some sort of pedestal, then attend their concerts and pay for their recordings. Other cultures - let's say African, in this case - make no distinction between the person that sings and plays, and the person that crafts the baskets or the pots. All are talented individuals with their place in that society. By bemoaning the lack of financial support for a musician, we continue to ignore the fact that many people also worked for nobility and royalty, and yet no case is made for the clever baker, talented butcher, or the dedicated wine-maker, all who could equally have died in poverty.
And hasn't anyone pointed out the irony that a multi-millionaire rock musician is hosting a program about a penurious priest...?
@@pwblackmore You not only missed my point, but you failed at showing what yours is.
@@raminagrobis6112 Thankyou for pointing this out... It should have been a 'general' message, but got attached to yours instead. Perhaps there is no point as such...-it's just an argument in favour of all the other talents that aren't recognised with adulation, but are nevertheless adept, artistic even, in their own right. Apologies...
@@pwblackmore - Perhaps artisans such as the composers like Vivaldi, et al, are revered and "idolized", as you put it, because of their deep and lasting contribution to humanity - unlike how a cake, a loaf of bread or even pottery would. Those more familiar with the type of talent and skills it requires to "craft" a musical composition, much less perform it competently, would most likely take issue with your comparing them to the talents and skills required to bake something "clever", cleave some meat "cleverly", or create a "clever" wine.
As for the multi-millionaire rock musician hosting this program - it's his skills, talent, experience and deep interest that are particularly germane to the subject matter, not what those things have earned him. I see no relevance and therefore no irony really. I'd much rather hear from him than plenty of others that may or may not be worth millions. This would be my counter argument in favor of proper perspective.
How was Vivaldi rediscovered in the 1920s?
In the seventy’s In Québec I listened for the fitst time a piece played by our beter club orchestra . I ‘ll never foget it was The Maker by Rick Wakeman . I was not a Rock fan , but I had discover a realy good composer . Now with this vidéo I realy apreciate you again .Thank you very much Rick
Thank you Rick for this memorable video on Antonio Vivaldi and his influence on today's music... Cheers, Eddy.
Really a 4 Star Video here. Musicians will certainly appreciate it. Thanks Rick Wakeman! Been a fan of you since the old days of Yes.
Yes, he was a great composer and musician, what are your thoughts about him?🎻🎻🎻🎻🎺🎺🎺🎸
What a great documentary. Thank you Rick .You are a wonderful narrator!
Rick, you're the best. Thank you!
14:42 ..."quite the contrary. I live very modestly; really very modestly.. And I love this life as it is.." .....I liked that part, that is passion for music and for life.
I’m a huge Yes fan which drew me to watching the video. I got so much more than I hoped for. Rick was splendid here.
Such a superb documentary, well done!
As a music produce and engineer, this has been a really valuable video for me. Thank's Rick.
Saw the 1984 tour.
Rick sat on the stage edge between tracks and told hilarious stories.
A great night !
I love ALL albums of Rick Wakeman.
And his participation in the YES group.
From Russia with love. Michael
Oh gosh, I loved every second of this!
Wow...I'm so glad this did not slip by me. Just seeing this for the first time, but how amazing!!! Great job digging into Vivaldi and all the aspects of the creation of his music ❤
Great job Mr Wakeman! Loved the video. If I had to pick one thing to listen to for the remainder of my life it would be the 4 seasons without a doubt. Cheers sir.
I want to thank you specially for being a fan, how are you doing?
@@rickwakeman8470 Im doing very well thank you. Hope you are too! Buying a new guitar this weekend and cant wait to get it in my hands! My first acoustic guitar.. wish me luck. Cheers
@@lazaruslong1971 I wish you all tje best of luck my friend,
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Still wearing the old cloak! Great!! Your contribution to modern music is epic! ❤❤❤ A series about music on national tv would be a great treat and success, for sure.
Thank you Mr Wakeman. The 4 seasons is one the most fascinating pieces ever written. Journey to the centre of the earth is not far behind.
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Good job !! I am 63 years old. I saw your show in Brazil , 1975 in São Paulo. This show has influenced my musical taste since I was a teenager. Thank you Mr. Wakeman for everything.
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My earliest memories of your music is made of shapes, colors and landscapes.
Thank you Rick, for every single note.
Brilliant! One of my favourite recordings of all is a double CD of Vivaldi's music by the Scolari Di Musicci (?) of Venice, played on original instruments. The Concerto for mandolin has a movement that syncopates just like reggae, and it sounds fabulous.
I'm not an expert on classical music. I only am aware of it from school classical playing, but I love it. Vivaldi, Ravel and Bach were geniuses. Excellent story by my first keyboard idol, Mr. Wakeman.
Que gran artista y pianista Rick Wakeman...tuve el honor de ir a escucharlo acá en Rosario hace cuatro años..quedé maravillada de su genialidad, ya lo seguía de Yes pero acá conozco al artista en toda su plenitud...Saludos desde Argentina
Great video,fantastic R.W.and what surprise,to see appear,another Big Máster:Michael Rutherford..!
Great musician, great city Venice, great video about Vivaldi's life.
'Pure beauty'
46:47
Rick. What a lovely journey and YES, you will be remembered as one of the greats of popular music but don't head off just yet. Compose an epic that stands the centuries.
Outstanding, "Sir Rick." I now know so much more about your music which I have always found to be great.
Thank you for your interview with Rick Beato. I remember your albums from the late 60s and early 70s with yes and also on your solo career..
Rick is the guy you want doing this stuff he is the perfect mix of awe and wonder and reverence and irreverence
Excellent piece here, Rick. For me, this was like watching one musical genius talking about another.
God love Rick Wakeman.. fantastic musician with THE best approach to educate as well as entertain..
Classical music has always been my rock.
Vivaldi is my Very favorite and The Four Seasons is my all time Favorite composition.
We have the same thinking if its about Rock. The true founders were indeed the classic composers that invented barock music. I always loved Vivaldi, Albinoni, Bach but also the romantic rebels like Beethoven, Grieg and Haendel. They pushed to the limit to create new music, often suffering issues like Tchaikowski for example. But in the barock music is the furious speed and emotionality that true rockers enjoy, and the melancholy that touches deep your heart. Guess thats why seventies prog rock was so seducing, for listeners as well as for the musicians. I was around 16 as i heard the first classic inspired rock songs. And it never left me...im still astonished by it all! 😉😎🎸🎹✌️🤩
Wow. I'm a 55 year old American fan who has seen you perform live several times. This was entirely pleasant and informative to view. Thank you so much for all your efforts, your works have enriched my life.
I learned a lot. I am a baby boomer growing up loving Yes, Zep, Jimi, Eric, Santana, Black Sabbath, Beck, Trower and many more. Back then I always had an interest in classical but I did not know what I liked. For one, I was too busy having a good time and listening to the above greats. I learned a lot here. Probably most of all respect and appreciation of Vivaldi and to listen more closely to other classical in the future. Best and Thank you for doing this..
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because of this video I have "Waked" up to this "Man". He's absolutely charming!
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Mr. Rick I listen to his albums for decades and whenever I play one of them I return my mind to the 70's, the best years of my youth, I love each one of his albums, you are the best.
What a wonderful doco from such a talented funny musician who i was lucky enough to meet in Brisbane Australia in the 80s after an intimate concert at a pub. Signed an Album. Play on Rick❤
Excelente documental. Gracias y felicitaciones a Rick de un fan mexicano desde " Fragil "
I absolutely adore this wonderful piece. 12 little slices of musical interpretation of the weather. Rain wind hail sun and snow_ the works. Magnificent.
Mr Wakeman Non sei solo un Re delle del prog e delle tastiere, sei un grande uomo di cultura, una cultura che hai il dono di saper trasmettere!
Wow.. 49 minutes that passed so quickly, with me glued to the momitor. This doc was awesome. Thanks TH-cam.. This recommendation was right on the money!
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My God Rick Wakeman is a renaissance man. Truly a treasure. I came here after Rick Beato. I would love to see him play the harpsichord!
What a fantastic gem from a fantastic gent.
Fantastic Rick, a nice in-place documentary of the great Vivaldi, thanks a lot
10:19 We family genealogists are constantly amazed by the fact that first-borns were so often born prematurely. Though since Vivaldi had respiratory problems, he may well have been genuinely born prematurely, and not just "prematurely," as in conceived before the wedding. The lungs are the last to develop, so respiratory problems are common in premature babies.
And, premature infants are more prone to developmental issues that manifest as being on the autism spectrum and many of these have perfect pitch and a genuine musical gift as 'splinter skills' from Asperger's
What a quality content!! Rick Wakeman talking about Vivaldi. Thanks Rick!! Peace and love from Argentina.
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This is utterly bloody brilliant. 😃 Interesting and really comical, I wish we were taught like this at school because I might have paid more attention.
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Thank you for this program Rick!!Vivaldi would have been very proud!!!!
Rick at his best as always!
thank you Rick,you´re the best,no one can tell a story like you, and doing such a great documentary is amazing,Vivaldi is proud.
Since my childhood I still admire the talent of Rick! Incredible musician, and he definately is making history.
Great video, Mr. Wakeman. I´m stiil learning - and I´m not young. Thank You!
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I have been listening to both rock and classical for as long as I can remember I have enjoyed rock played classic style and classic played rock style and for me they have almost melded into one form, and I am shure that the the great rock bands will be listened to in 2 or 3 centuries time along with the the classical composers we listen to now
Great job Rick keep up the good work
This man did so much for our music.