I love how Valjean's "If I die, let me die - bring him home" harkens back to Fantine's "If there's a God above, he'd let me die instead" [of Cosette], and how they both come true.
I love when you compare musicals to old operas. Everyone thinks this stuff is super original and it's usually not. That's why I love opera (and musical theater of course). People say it's so outdated....but they are still being used today .
That last part of "... him home". Reminds me of the a guitar string or harp; each last two words are to sound plucked and allowed to resonate with a ring noise. Same with the epilogue "Is to see the face of" and then when they say "God". It's to ring like plucking the high note of a guitar or harp... allow it to resonate. At least that's how it sounded like Colm Wilkinson and many other concerts with him in it performed it, and seems to be the best representation. It's like you plucked the high note of guitar string... or harp on that very last two notes, or in the epilogue the very last note.
I just can’t with this song. In a good way. If it’s done well. Hugh Jackman really let me down with this one. But anyone who does it well is just *chefs kiss*. It gets me so choked up
There are soooo many little references and symbols and foreshadowing themes throughout the whole piece: it is the most OVERLOOKED song in the show. Please break it down!!!
This is my favourite song from Les Mis and I agree with every little detail you said about the way it should be performed. I have seen lots of live performances and productions of Les Mis and the falsetto at the beginning of this song is such an important detail that gives the song a meaning that I hardly ever hear live. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO.
i think one really cool thing is that miss saigon (based off of madame butterfly) was written by Claude-Michel Schönberg who also wrote les misérables! i just think it's cool that he incorporated that and also used it for another show
The similarity goes beyond just the melodic between bring him home and the humming chorus. It's also similar dramatically in that Valjean is keeping vigil so that Mariuis can return home to Cosette in the same way Cio-cio San is keeping vigil waiting for the return of Pinkerton. Puccini gets his themes ripped off a lot. ALW settled up with the Puccini family because of the similarities between Music of the Night and the arioso "Quello che tacete" from Girl of the Golden West. If that wasn't enough, the end of "Til I Hear You Sing" from Love Never Dies sounds suspiciously like the end of the aria "Recondita armonia" from Tosca, even being in the same key.
Randomly came across this video. This is priceless and hilarious. The amount of patience you have for bad performance is the same reaction I want to have when I work with singers or instrumentalists even in the big stages here in LA and they just...let’s be kind and say, miss the mark.
I sang this song in an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet as Friar Lawrence 😂, it was very interesting but quite fun! It's a beautiful song but very difficult! I love it so much!
Thanks for doing this! This is my favorite musical and I didn't realize there was a connection to Madame Butterfly. I was privileged to see Ramin Karimloo in this role on his last weekend in the Broadway show. You should check out his version of this song; he has the softness and nuance that Jackman's interpretation lacked in this song. Can't wait to see more videos in this series!
I totally agree! Disney just announced that Hunchback will be redone in live action. I want it to be good, but am interested to see what they choose to keep (please not the gargoyles).
@@laurelwelch6295 I read that they aren't using the music from the musical but having Menken and Schwartz write different stuff?! I hope that's not the case because I think the musical is pretty perfect.
@@brittanychilds1 Oh no! That would be tragic. The original score is easily one of the best in a Disney film (mad props to Menken and Schwartz). Hopefully they're just writing some additional songs to pad the run-time (like the 2017 BatB) and not scrapping the original songs. It would be a shame to lose the feel of that rich choral music.
i love these videos!! they always tend to be relevant to what i'm doing somehow which is a little freaky! like you broke down epiphany, i'm in sweeney todd rn. you break down this, my voice teacher tells me i should do this song this semester. just weird coincidences. (okay maybe not always but whatever)
You had me at "Poco Pui Moso..." p.s. my guilt has gotten outta control, - I have to start pay'n for all the musical theatre knowledge you've so graciously left out here for all of us. Simply, thank you.
I've loved other videos in this series but this felt more like a singing lesson than a breaking down the score! Therefore you owe us another ok cool :)
It truly amazes me that I know NOTHING about singing or reading sheet music & I love all videos like this. So ANYTIME someone asks what my “superpower” would be: I always answer “I just want to be able to sing!” I WANT to sing & express myself & I can’t. 🥺
Could you maybe look at what baking can do from waitress? I feel like there’s a lot to say about that song but I might be wrong! Or and then there were none from spring awakening?
Have you ever listened to Theory of Relativity? It’s a song cycle sort of thing. IT’S REALLY GOOD! It’s new, but not manufactured Broadway stuff. It was refreshing to hear!
Compare also the opening of Puccini's Coro bocca chiusa with the opening of Schubert's Piano Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960. The portion of the Puccini quoting Schubert isn't in turn quoted in "Bring Him Home," but I've always found the Schubert piece to be especially verklempt, and therefore a fitting thing to evoke during Butterfly's vigil.
There is a version by Alfie Boe where he innovates the "If I die" line to make it so much more angsty and desperate...I gasped... P.S. It's the version here on TH-cam where he is performing with a guitar... That man just gets Valjean...truly amazing...
Kevin, you should do a react to Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “School of Rock” (Yes he pinned his name on the title and yes he is a lord. He was knighted by the Queen).
SoHardToBeMe i acknowledge that colm wilkinson is THE BEST valjean and he perfectly embodies him, but I think Alfie boe's version sounds slightly bettee
Swade I prefer colm's bring him home because colm has this fatherly aura around him that just adds so much for the song but I agree Alfie Boe managed to take the song and really feel like you're seeing someone pray. I think I only got that it's a prayer song after Alfie Boe's version.
I’m really like’ bring him home’, but don’t like the movie version either! You’re right that it’s a praying song, so check the link th-cam.com/video/GXf1gLc8yIg/w-d-xo.html because I’ve seen the performance by Australian casts for 3 times back to 2015.
I like Kevin and this channel but I can’t help but feel that everything that can be done in music has been done. So every song will have something similar to it. I don’t feel like it’s less artistic or less “good”. Just me though
you are one of my biggest inspirations thank you so much!
Sideways brought me here! This is a great breakdown of the song wow!!!!
Same dude / dudette
Same!!
As am I.
Me too!
sideways crew! I miss them .
I love how Valjean's "If I die, let me die - bring him home" harkens back to Fantine's "If there's a God above, he'd let me die instead" [of Cosette], and how they both come true.
I love when you compare musicals to old operas. Everyone thinks this stuff is super original and it's usually not. That's why I love opera (and musical theater of course). People say it's so outdated....but they are still being used today .
20 years plus as professional singer and I've performed this role several times,...Listen to this man! He Knows What He's Talking About!
I thought I was the only one who noticed the Madama Butterfly and Les Misérables song parallels. Thank you.
That last part of "... him home". Reminds me of the a guitar string or harp; each last two words are to sound plucked and allowed to resonate with a ring noise.
Same with the epilogue "Is to see the face of" and then when they say "God". It's to ring like plucking the high note of a guitar or harp... allow it to resonate.
At least that's how it sounded like Colm Wilkinson and many other concerts with him in it performed it, and seems to be the best representation.
It's like you plucked the high note of guitar string... or harp on that very last two notes, or in the epilogue the very last note.
Yasssss Kevin!!! Give us those shadow vowels!!!
I have no musical talent and o don’t really understand a word of what you’re saying but I still find it super interesting
Zoë Davies Good thing that he takes a few seconds to explain to us dummies lolololol
I just can’t with this song. In a good way. If it’s done well. Hugh Jackman really let me down with this one. But anyone who does it well is just *chefs kiss*. It gets me so choked up
PLLLLEEEAAASSSEEE BREAK DOWN “Thank Goodness” from Wicked!!!!!!!!
Heh some if it is in 5 !!
There are soooo many little references and symbols and foreshadowing themes throughout the whole piece: it is the most OVERLOOKED song in the show. Please break it down!!!
I second this request
I won't ever get tired of saying THANKS FOR THIS TYPE OF VIDEOS
I came here because of Sideways new video and I loved it
also idk I really like this guy’s energy, I’m a bit into him
Want to give a shoutout to Sideways for sending me here - excellent video!
This is my favourite song from Les Mis and I agree with every little detail you said about the way it should be performed. I have seen lots of live performances and productions of Les Mis and the falsetto at the beginning of this song is such an important detail that gives the song a meaning that I hardly ever hear live. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO.
i think one really cool thing is that miss saigon (based off of madame butterfly) was written by Claude-Michel Schönberg who also wrote les misérables! i just think it's cool that he incorporated that and also used it for another show
Man I'm gonna steal that swingset analogy from you
The similarity goes beyond just the melodic between bring him home and the humming chorus. It's also similar dramatically in that Valjean is keeping vigil so that Mariuis can return home to Cosette in the same way Cio-cio San is keeping vigil waiting for the return of Pinkerton. Puccini gets his themes ripped off a lot. ALW settled up with the Puccini family because of the similarities between Music of the Night and the arioso "Quello che tacete" from Girl of the Golden West. If that wasn't enough, the end of "Til I Hear You Sing" from Love Never Dies sounds suspiciously like the end of the aria "Recondita armonia" from Tosca, even being in the same key.
Absolutely-it comes across to me as a genuine quotation in "Bring Him Home" because there's such a meaningful connection.
i count each day i live as a day closer to your next instalment of breaking down the score 😩😩 i’m OBSESSED
Obsessed with you voice in this! Would love to hear a full cover of this by you without the pauses ❤
I love breaking down the score so much.
This would be such a good guide for people casted as Jean Val Jean this is such a good break down
Randomly came across this video. This is priceless and hilarious. The amount of patience you have for bad performance is the same reaction I want to have when I work with singers or instrumentalists even in the big stages here in LA and they just...let’s be kind and say, miss the mark.
I sang this song in an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet as Friar Lawrence 😂, it was very interesting but quite fun! It's a beautiful song but very difficult! I love it so much!
Thanks for doing this! This is my favorite musical and I didn't realize there was a connection to Madame Butterfly.
I was privileged to see Ramin Karimloo in this role on his last weekend in the Broadway show. You should check out his version of this song; he has the softness and nuance that Jackman's interpretation lacked in this song.
Can't wait to see more videos in this series!
I'm obsessed with you and your videos!!
I'm interested to hear how you feel about the musical version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. ☺️
I totally agree! Disney just announced that Hunchback will be redone in live action. I want it to be good, but am interested to see what they choose to keep (please not the gargoyles).
@@laurelwelch6295 I read that they aren't using the music from the musical but having Menken and Schwartz write different stuff?! I hope that's not the case because I think the musical is pretty perfect.
@@brittanychilds1 Oh no! That would be tragic. The original score is easily one of the best in a Disney film (mad props to Menken and Schwartz). Hopefully they're just writing some additional songs to pad the run-time (like the 2017 BatB) and not scrapping the original songs. It would be a shame to lose the feel of that rich choral music.
I gotta keep at it:
Do a reaction to a very potter musical!!! Please!
Harrison Chapman Starkid is life
Do master of the house
Legen-wait for it-dary!
DO NO ONE ELSE OR ANYTHING FROM THE GREAT COMET PLEASE
I love les mis!! This was brilliant!
Honestly can you do literally any video on Chess
another very good break down. thanks for sharing. love your channel and your passion is so contagious~
Please make more of these videos!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much for the brake down, just a little less of the adjective.
Those composers must've really liked madame butterfly considering it was also an inspiration for the story in miss saigon-
My favorite Les Mis!
i love these videos!! they always tend to be relevant to what i'm doing somehow which is a little freaky! like you broke down epiphany, i'm in sweeney todd rn. you break down this, my voice teacher tells me i should do this song this semester. just weird coincidences.
(okay maybe not always but whatever)
You had me at "Poco Pui Moso..." p.s. my guilt has gotten outta control, - I have to start pay'n for all the musical theatre knowledge you've so graciously left out here for all of us. Simply, thank you.
Love this so much. Thank you!
Can u break down a song from bare? The score is so rich and theres so much to pick apart
Yes I second this!!!
i live for this series
Yo I just saw this show yesterday!! It was amazing!! :)))
Kevin, you radiate MD energy and I *love* it!
Dude, you're funny too!! 😂
Your voice sounds so great on this song.
Also thanks. I love these videos. And all of your videos.
I've loved other videos in this series but this felt more like a singing lesson than a breaking down the score! Therefore you owe us another ok cool :)
Clicked so fast on this video ❤️
It truly amazes me that I know NOTHING about singing or reading sheet music & I love all videos like this. So ANYTIME someone asks what my “superpower” would be: I always answer “I just want to be able to sing!” I WANT to sing & express myself & I can’t. 🥺
Luckily the internet is at your disposal!!! You can learn so much and for free ! Good luck my friend 💕put in time and you will improve
These was very educational thank you wow!
I’d love a video of yours telling us why the les mis movie sucks
Could you maybe look at what baking can do from waitress? I feel like there’s a lot to say about that song but I might be wrong! Or and then there were none from spring awakening?
Eres muy muy grande...bravo!!!!!
your falsetto will never cease to amaze me
I'm playing valjean in les mis and this song is the most terrifying part of the role for me because my falsetto is complete ass.
Have you ever listened to Theory of Relativity? It’s a song cycle sort of thing. IT’S REALLY GOOD! It’s new, but not manufactured Broadway stuff. It was refreshing to hear!
I'm enjoying this so much
Compare also the opening of Puccini's Coro bocca chiusa with the opening of Schubert's Piano Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960. The portion of the Puccini quoting Schubert isn't in turn quoted in "Bring Him Home," but I've always found the Schubert piece to be especially verklempt, and therefore a fitting thing to evoke during Butterfly's vigil.
I would pay money to see you react to the movie
So brilliant
i think it's cool that madame butterfly is incorporated bc miss saigon and all that
You should listen to Yank: The Musical. Literally nobody listens to it except a very small crowd and it’s very amazing!
Respect, man!
Amazing!
True Dat!
There is a version by Alfie Boe where he innovates the "If I die" line to make it so much more angsty and desperate...I gasped...
P.S. It's the version here on TH-cam where he is performing with a guitar...
That man just gets Valjean...truly amazing...
Oh yeah Michel et Schönberg ripped off Puccini! Great video!
Your thoughts on Miss Saigon?
Here from sidewind
Would you ever Break down Being Alive from Company like this?
Is that the part from madame butterfly when she is standing in front of the door waiting for the husband?
Thoughts on the les mis 10th anniversary cast?
Can you REACT to Rent Live??!!!?
Kevin, you should do a react to Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “School of Rock” (Yes he pinned his name on the title and yes he is a lord. He was knighted by the Queen).
What do you think of Colm Wilkilson's version? Do you think he was the best or do you prefer another actor's take on this?
SoHardToBeMe i acknowledge that colm wilkinson is THE BEST valjean and he perfectly embodies him, but I think Alfie boe's version sounds slightly bettee
Swade I prefer colm's bring him home because colm has this fatherly aura around him that just adds so much for the song but I agree Alfie Boe managed to take the song and really feel like you're seeing someone pray. I think I only got that it's a prayer song after Alfie Boe's version.
I wonder if he was sick during this
I’m really like’ bring him home’, but don’t like the movie version either! You’re right that it’s a praying song, so check the link th-cam.com/video/GXf1gLc8yIg/w-d-xo.html because I’ve seen the performance by Australian casts for 3 times back to 2015.
I like Kevin and this channel but I can’t help but feel that everything that can be done in music has been done. So every song will have something similar to it. I don’t feel like it’s less artistic or less “good”. Just me though
Triston Thorne The great comet, Hadestown. You just gotta wait for the actual unique artists to pop up lolol