Parade - London Cast - Old Red Hills of Home

[7ED25]

So looking forward to seeing this in London in the coming weeks :)

[patski2001]

Anyone in LA can see the last 2 performances of a great parade production - April 22 and 23, 2011 - the Kentwood Players at the Westchester Playhouse. Truly amazing!

[dudemanpersonthingX]

this musical makes me sad not because people die in it, but because no one learns anything from it.

[ajb1776]

I love the British when they do American southern.

[RaeeeBaby]

whoever said stuart matthew price couldn't sing, well you were wrong! I had goosebumps from the very first note!! I LOVE Parade! :D

[kogollumpk]

Absolutely Brilliant. Great Exspression and great Control of the vibrato and Vocals.

Check out my Version of a Few Les Mis Songs, Best wishes George.

[stupriceuk25]

Hey guys, Stuart Matthew Price here (the guy at the beginning...sorry T3N0RAL3X lol). Just wanted to thank you all for your kind words towards me AND the production we created back in 2007. 3 years later, that I have a debut album coming out celebrating new work by contemporary composers of musical theatre. What's more exciting for me is that I flew to LA to record a new version of Red HIlls with Jason PLUS a brand new song Jason has written. You can buy 'All Things In Time' at my website! x

[krispykritterlover]

I love this. I don't really see how anyone can NOT like this. I adore this.

[vivalavieboheme14]

this is such a great song!!! my voice teacher just gave this song to me! :) i'm so excited!

[T3N0RAL3X]

The guy in the beginning was really bad! How come they have such bad performers in London nowadays?

[Melensko]

haha the old soldier sounds rather creepy.... but good of course. i also enjoy the intense try at getting the accents perfect.... which they do.... but it comes off as a little fake.

[beecheyboy]

i think you'll find that jason robert brown himself asked him to hold onto those notes, seeing as he oversaw all the production of the show and cd in england. so there!

[HPluvrnoDOUBT]

I love this!

[DSpiotta1]

my friend. Great voice. However, stop holding notes just to show your vibrato. You don't need to.  Keep it up...

[viv3147]

@DSpiotta1 i like it for the legato feeling if your talkin about the tenor.

[Isaacrose12]

@DSpiotta1 "stop holding notes just to show your vibrato". I think he's holding the note to fill the space, and as a result, his vibrato is activated. It's what good singers do.

[talkinbroadway]

TR Knight, Charlotte d'Amboise and in particular Lara Pulver,the one transfer from London's Donmar production were magnificent.

The 2 disc Donmar recoding is fabulous.

[heikedit]

Stuart Matthew Price is the best singer I ever heard...

[wickedfanfilippo]

He's really good......but why don't you listen to Filippo Strocchi singing Out there!?!?!?!

[weirdo53]

I saw this today in the Ahmanzon Theatre and it was so good to hear this song. Especially since we had floor seats.

[gusthetheatrecat123]

im sure you mean the mark taper forum, as that is where it is playing. it is just next door to the ahmonson

[weirdo53]

Yep, that's right! Have you gone to go see it there? It was so well done and I love the use of the set. I wish I could be as good as they were.

[banthonywhite]

"and I would gladly give my good right leg again"...I get chills every time for some reason b/c it so perfectly reflects the loyalty that those men had. God the American South has character.

[18cameron1889]

this is an amzing song i am cerantly doing it at college with my class and the harmonys are well amazing i just simply love this song its so beautifull x)

[Superduper243]

omg! I'm doing the same. We actually got given 2 lists of 4 and we had to choose one from each. I'm also doing "leo's statement: It's hard to speak my heart" from parade too. :)

[roccogreen3]

i'd love to hear it with a heavy southern accent!

[roccoh21]

I missed the NY production because some snobs told me to see something else. Then I heard the cast recording and fell in love. I saw the national tour in Atlanta and was enthralled from the first note.

[cpjc08]

love the first soloist

[Afrotaki]

It's interesting to note that he generally articulates ending consonants more strictly than his American counterpart.

[cpjc08]

dont know much bout this show

become aquainted with some of the songs and i have to say i think its amazing

[smiffy331]

Stuart Matthew Price = INCREDIBLE

[SengaAMB]

totally!

[cookie198845]

I went to see this very performance last year and it was the best thing that i have ever heard.

[kcfoster90]

beautiful voice...the accent is bizzare to listen to. if you're going to sing a song that is truely american, you need to at least sing in the proper dialect...

im from marietta, georgia. cool stuff. love the song. beautiful.

[Rudziewicz]

It's hard to do a legit Deep South accent.

[kcfoster90]

i dont know. as a training actor/singer with the intention of being a professional performer, i know what its like to study and recreate dialects...seeing as this is a professional cast recording, its your job to be able to do dialects...obviously, it was a choice by the director, and i think that its a wrong one. the song is about being from the american south...i think its essential to be able to do at least a general american dialect.

[Rudziewicz]

I'm also a singing actor, kcfoster. I understand where you're coming from. It's still hard to do a legit Deep South accent.

[MecalPetree]

I'm in school for this too - I totally agree with you.

[4260laurel]

It's a show.....and the show is the music and the story...the flavor is there and as a director AND an actor that is what the audience needs to hear and see.....if you get so exact in dialects then I think you are sunk- because you will never find an entire cast to do it....ever heard Americans doing a British Play? Exactly.

[lightscameraaction24]

erm yeah i think I've heard of it, this new show called Billy Elliot??

oh I guess I misinterpreted what you said, I thought you were saying Americans didn't put on British shows, but I see what you're saying. It's never perfect, and I agree that this rendition is well sung/acted enough to make up for any shortcomings in terms of dialect.

[bellaluce]

this is just glorious.

[broadwaygirl1389]

I find the absence of a good trumpet for the fanfare rather jarring. I love the clarinet as an instrument, but as a replacement for a trumpet part it just isn't doing it for me.

[25Maz25]

I want to see Bertie Carvel and Lara Pulver sing all the wasted time. Hearing it is beautiful... but actually seeing it- *melts*

[dieselpower666]

doing this show next year in March with Glasgow Academy of Musical Tehater Arts! iN Glasgow suprisingly lol! come see it! its gonna rock! JRB is God

[sodabug2812]

i'm designing this production in august next year and we're doing the donmar version. can anyone who went to the show tell me the style of the set etc? cheers!

[timothyology]

Absolutely incredible cast

[bellaluce]

Who is this singing? His voice is glorious!!

[yesblanche]

This is actually extremely well-sung...being such a fan of the origianl broadway cast...I have to say I was a bit nervous when it was announced that the Donmar would tackle this piece....seeing as how its so uniquely related to the American experience....but that just goes to show you that great art is truly universal. The orchestrations are a bit jarring in my opinion...but I'm sure they supported and enhanced this minimized (I'm assuming) production quite well.

[FedoraExplorer]

This is a song that when you hear it you feel like you've always known it...

What an incredible show.

[airinkincaid]

I had the great honour of seeing this production when I was in London last fall.  It's one of the most profound and overwhelming theatre experiences I've ever had.

[54spiritedwill54]

You're my hero! Offically!

[smartone403]

it'd be great if someone could put the new york version up. id love to hear it

[smartone403]

What I would of given to see this show...

[LSwehttaM]

I adore the voices and think they are incredible. The orchestra on the other hand is somewhat uninspired. At one point the clarinet hits a high note that is extremely out of tune, and personally I think the violin tone is a little bit shrill... I understand it's probably for a hoedown southern effect, but I'd much prefer a smoother more classical sound.

[APCPianoman88]

JRB should thank you for posting this as I've just ordered the CD on the strength of that track! GREAT!

[snew82]

I'm so happy I discovered this. Parade is one of my favorite musicals and I didn't know this version had been released. I have to admit I teared up listening to this and prefer it to the Broadway version. I bought the recording almost immediately. :) (And, being from the South, I have to say that the accents are pretty damn accurate.)

[PippinLouis]

love the violin 0:26 to 0:30. Great orchestration!

[triggerdannywatkins]

bulshit mate , that is a wonderful rendition of the song!! accent and vocal performance, nice open vowels at (1.21 mins )the high larynx and use of twang creates excitement and the southen accent and his ecellnt vocal technique, listen fairwell.... at the end fantastic ... perfict , i watched him in london, he was fab !!!

[chameleogracilis]

are you familiar with the estill method? your vocabulary reminds me of some of what i had learned before coming to music school, and i would be interested to see how this method is being used now in the musical theater world.

[pastitall]

his voice is good, but i like how he doesn't sound like he's from georgia at all lol.

[localboy1086]

He's supposed to be from Brooklyn.

[localboy1086]

oops! Sorry, left that comment on the wrong video.

[broadwaygirl1389]

Not the opening soloist. The opening soloist is a confederate soldier leaving for the civil war.  He's definitely from Georgia.

[pannicatack]

Well, this was a British production... gotta give them credit for trying.

[lightscameraaction24]

they did more than try, they succeeded in coming very close in quality to the original broadway company. Excellent work.

[je5s1ca]

I can't believe...they didn't received anything at Olivier....what a robbed for Bertie and Shaun...:(

[teddyrules91]

iu still like the old one better..

[smartone403]

This song proves that it doesn't matter what you believe in, but you'd fight for your homeland in most cases.

LONG LIVE THE CITY OF ATLANTA, THE STATE OF GEORGIA, AND THE RED HILLS!!

[smartone403]

btw i cheer 4 the north

[smartone403]

after what i've learned im neutral.

[lizforshizzle]

This is my new favorite song since I got the CD in December. I listen to it at least a couple of times every day.

[jblakecubsfan]

The cast sound superb a capella.

[ericrobertbritt]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the new orchestrations.

Now let's just get Doyle to do a production. No lie, that would be so awesome.

[JRybka]

please put all the wasted time on this please please please please!!!!

[stupriceuk25]

Thanks guy7. I'm happy that you think I'm not singing with much conviction. However, the orchestrations are unreal and everybody that saw the show and buys the CD seem to think its wonderful, which is great! I hope everyone else enjoys the recording whether heard on hear or at home etc. Thank you to everyone that buys it, came to see the production and continues to the Parade experience. And thank you guy7.

[darkjosh]

Hi Stuart, thanks for commenting...you are right, the orchestrations are great, and I think your performance (and all the performances) on the CD are fantastic. I was so happy that I got to see the production 4 times. :D

[iknowyoucodfish]

you have an AMAZING voice. I can't stop listening to it. Kudos brother. You are brilliant.

T

[ProtoformX]

@stupriceuk25 You are, as we Americans say, f***in' badass. Ok....maybe you guys say it too. I saw this at the Mark Taper in Los Angeles and have both recordings. Nothing comes close to your version of this and The Funeral Sequence.

[guy7]

I dunno...I don't feel any conviction in the Young Soldier's voice, and the new orchestrations are jarringly bad.

[boorishlout]

Are you kidding? When I saw it this guy was the best part of the show.

[bwperry]

WOW - this CD/DVD can't get to my house soon enough. JRB is the man.

[EuphrasieF]

DVD?

[johnvaljean]

You're my hero! Offically!

I can't wait till I get the cd delivered already!