Vaughan Williams - The Vagabond - John Tomlinson

[diogenesagogo]

Spine tingling.  A wonderful rendition of VW's succinct & perfect embodiment of the national character: military, mystic, stoic.

[Eppo194]

Superb singing in an fantastic ambiance. At such moments I would like to be British!!

[leathertree1]

Incredible voice.

[hermanzoon]

He sounds like a true, unattached vagabond! It is what you might expect if you encountered such a character telling his story by firelight after traveling by foot along a worn pathway. Come daylight he has moved on.

[SuperNico1998]

you don't need videos like this

[rhapsodieenbleu]

Starts at 1:27

[Shifu78]

Love this. Vocally rugged as the character of the Vagabond is within. Love the slight freedoms he takes with note measures, and some of the raspy word endings. If God had a voice on Earth, it would be John Tomlinson. Wonderful.

[Aeonec]

cant wait to sing this for competition :D 

[TheJbach]

wish i had been there!!

[TheJbach]

wish i'd been there!!

[mistakrunk]

Good rendition. Sucks I can't perform this song in the same way. Note for note, beat for beat, and nothing in between...

[Isaaccser18]

2:43 so funny!

[Teddyb1939]

Awesome performance.Many thanks,aren`t we the lucky ones!!.

[Sgorpahdiye]

Kevinguy247 - LOL! This is a Proms concert at the Albert Hall. It's probably a "last night" concert, which presents patriotic British repertoire in an "anything goes" atmosphere. Check it out on line.

[TheRayven760]

Rather impressive. I'm singing this for a solo recital and was doing some research. Glad I found this.

[kevinguy247]

Wait, what? Why!? Who brings party favors and paints their face to hear classical music!? What!?!!?

[urgrad03]

I can't help but think that this must have been what Vaughan Williams was hearing in his head when he wrote this piece. Very nice.

[meeraji]

This guy makes me weep!

[Dragonianfire]

I sang this recently and messed up big time :'(

Incidentally my singing teacher is going to be having lessons with Tomlinson as part of the Wagner contest ^^

[Bobthehobo60]

Amazing. My choir teacher is amazing at this.

[Slobberbumpkin]

GOOD STUFF GOOD STUFF!!!

[ivanjuarezmex]

What a singer.. The best vagabond ever!

[walkure8]

The greatest Bass of our generation Sir John!

[bmatt05]

He has a really nice large, dramatic voice but i think he lacks the "line" in this piece...in my opinion it requires a more lyrical quality and that is what separates the good dramatic voices from the great dramatic voices...lyricism

[jongenzanger]

So good!!! Yes! Bravo!

[Jonnybrams]

That's more like it

[Jo0thy0Pro]

Yeah, my choir teacher told me to stay more connected, even when there was staccato markings. But, he is an opera singer, so let him be, I guess...

[brandon3702]

i sang this song in high school for my n.y.s.s.m.a. solo. scored a 99% and went to all state conference. sang with 149 other students in new york state. i sang this song in high tenor. it was written for all parts, not just baritone.

[pechorin1841]

no it isnt. it was just transposed for you.

[poolatkigali]

Develhelper, you're a tool.  This was fucking awesome and that's why he was asked to do it at the proms.

[sngngsolo]

Would a vagabond do things to suit everyone else? I think not. Singing this song his way is the beauty of performing for just hammering out the notes is mechanical and not artistic in any way. One of the best renditions of this piece that I have ever heard in my life.

[Develhelper]

Hes not to good at changing notes quickly. This is acctuly a baritone song tho not bass.

[jetsetjordan]

I love it. A little bit of Wotan in this is great.

[Jonnybrams]

Excuse me? Don't try to make yourself sound smart. Magnanimous means of great intentions.

I'm sorry about that. You're probably a really cool guy.

[veniceadriana]

Thank you SO MUCH for posting these up - this specific performance by Tomlinson is my mother's favourite rendition of "The Vagabond"! You've made her very happy :)

[audiamus]

Glad to be at service. She must have been with me in the concert, for JT never recorded the cycle.

audiamus

[Dragonianfire]

Great song, i just finished learning it. Expertly performed.