Sweeney Todd - Prelude and Ballad (1/2) - Proms 2010

[spotoftrouble]

I love the full prelude, especially when it goes into a variation Green Finch and Linnet Bird :D

[WORMIE4456W]

oh yea and BIG ASS PIPE ORGAN

[WORMIE4456W]

tim burton did this as a movie it makes sence cuz he basicily does the stuf thats pretty damn haunting

[bummer300]

are all these people from the original cast?

[MSam2]

@bummer300 No. None of them are.

[jjobie]

Okay I'm just being a dense Yank here, but... what's "Proms?"

[Ludlow889]

@jjobie The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts (a.k.a. "The Proms") presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in London.

[martianfanatic007]

the conductor's face at the end... he's scared of him!

[Ludlow889]

Thanks for uploading this. Is it available on DVD?

[jws1272]

@Ludlow889 Oh, yes, PLEASE!!! I would love to have a DVD of this!!!

[leporello56]

hus playin d organ?

[medialegend]

Great work, Rod. You must be sooooo proud.

Phil Thomas

[roderickelms]

I'm chuffed to see this reproduced here. It was quite an exciting moment to play!

[chenrikl]

Absolutely amazing hearing the prelude on the Albert organ. I'm gonna go play it right now on my much much smaller organ.

[JPuppy115]

I would never think the Proms would ever play something like this. this is amazing :))) Ive never seen the opera but just listening to this i know it's amazing :D

[musiklovebird]

3:25 ........wow

[jws1272]

@musiklovebird If you think that's impressive, seek out a DVD of Sweeney Todd In Concert, from 2001. The production features a chorus of about 50. When they hit that lyric........BOOM!

[Vertrauensvollernick]

Wow!!! Goosebumps!!

[Dallimorelover]

That prelude is just phenomenal. I played bits of it in the NYMT production but they'd cut a lot out for time. Shame, I would have loved to have done all of it.