Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

[LoverGothicGaaraKai]

I love this song! so serene!

[ismajubueno]

Música belíssima.

Utilizada como tema do programa "True outspeak" do filósofo paulista Olavo de Carvalho

[BaLangGa]

Thailand Wtf I am Thailand

[ndenis11]

ACCEPT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mimi56997]

I very like this song !

( by the way, I'm form Taiwan. )

[mcmanusdown]

@mimi56997 should be "I really like this song! (I'm from Taiwan by the way)"

[mimi56997]

Ok I know.

Thanks.

[petemcclelland100]

Should really be, 'I really like this MUSIC'! Not a bloody song!

[thesnail]

It was good. Though if he had took just another bump of coke he would of be on point.

[widlad7]

Never do I feel prouder to be English than when I listen to this!

[jonmartinsc]

Absolutely wonderful!

[B757swissair]

Schöne Musik!!!

[johncliffe39]

This tune was used in the TV series "The Great War" to much effect, so perfect for it

[Booshman]

Regimental quick march of the Parachute Regiment... interesting to hear it played by an orchestra rather than a military band!

Very very well played :)

[TheCrazyCello]

The band version is an arrangement of the original orchestration.

[jammybizzle666]

slow march

[sara19742008]

FAB! Thank you Jesus for Elgar

[chivasregal321]

yes, Elgar was a angel  !!!

[freelancer34]

My favorite

[bingcro]

always gives me goose bumps when i hear the no 4 march .thanks for the posting

[CityofDreadfulDelite]

As it does for me... also brings back memories of the 1981 Royal Wedding recessional. Always a treat to see a live performance but YouTube is the next best thing to being there!

And many thanks to you, tanloch, for sharing this with all and sundry!

[Chiinnerz]

fairly good version of it. played it in my orchestra a few months ago. great to play. too much timpani in this tho.

chiinnerz.x

[jftsang]

Didn't they use 1'40" onwards in a "Harry Potter" film?

[swanceva]

XD well it IS kind of similar XD XD

[ytcomposer]

You know, it does sound terribly familiar. I don't know if it was Harry Potter, but John Williams is well known for borrowing Elgar and Holst ideas.

[doobeedoo58]

Perhaps you heard the "march" on Clockwork orange. Kubrick, bless his heart. used a lot of Elgar in his movies, esp Enigma Variations, Sea Pictures themes, and some of the P&C themes.

[takharov]

@doobeedoo58

Well he was almost a naturalized Englishman. ;)

[Lavalampoflava]

Every composer steals stuff from other composers....John Williams just happens to be the most popular nowadays so people are like "he steals!!"

IMO, John WIlliams is actually one of the most original composers.

[ytcomposer]

Indeed so. John Williams rulz.

[bibisound]

Eccellente esecuzione ma french Horn and Trumpet da buttare.

Ok director

[Jurgh909]

My favorite P&C march as well. Somebody's seriously out at 2:01 and then again at 2:10. Otherwise quite good presentation. I've heard way more powerful recordings though.

[totoro3]

xD that's true

[KR2C]

Excellent. My favorite of the Pomp & Circumstance marches.

[reschi2]

What a surprise for me! It is the first time after 64 years that I hear this music again! During the war, when I was a child in Germany, I heard this music daily in the transmission by Hugh Carlton Green for the German youth. Mind you, under Hitler it was forbidden to listen to foreign radio channels! Thank you ery much!

[Gumbypotty]

@reschi2 Listening to enemy radio was only forbidden in Germany during the war (the law came on september 18 1939). It was illegal to listen to enemy radio in Britain too. Both countries had propaganda directed at the enemy. In peacetime you could listen to foreign radio as much as you wanted, and you could buy foreign newspapers in the bigger cities in both Germany and Britain.

[Dracorex13]

I really wish I could find a good rendition of all five marches on Youtube. Sad that No. 3 (my fav) is always overshadowed.

[FelixSmall]

The beginning was kinda weak.

[CoutureOrganiste]

Organists actually read three lines of music as well. Usually bass clef and two treble clefs or two bass and one treble or any combination of the three. Also, we have various manuals (keyboards) to worry with as well as which stops we should be using.

[DonGroucho]

Played this in Symphony Orchestra last year. Love it!

[HomegirlOfJezu]

I'm playing this too...it's wondeful but playing it gives me an overwhelming desire to shoot Mr Elgar.

[tanloch]

Homegirl, why do you want to shoot Eddy? Is it because he didn't give the tunes to violin IIs? :P

[HomegirlOfJezu]

Nope - I'm a cellist for a start. I hate it cos it's so AMAZING and SOO hard to play.

Did you know cellists are the only musicians who need to be able to read in 3 clefs?

[dougal429]

I've seen bassoon parts in treble clef and a lot of early trombone music uses alto clef. And of course the conductor needs to be able to read all four :P

[HomegirlOfJezu]

I know but cellists need bass, tenor and treble clefs. And the occasional altos. We're the only musicians who need to be able to play in all 3 - 7th position is NOT FUN on a cello!!!

[kimisizer]

@tanloch If you're trying to say that the violin II's are not important because they don't get as much melody, then you are wrong sir. The violin II's are just as important as the firsts in any orchestra.

[purpleviolababe]

@tanloch Violins are spoiled. Look at us violas! We do get the tune in this briefly, though. Shared. Better than nothing, I suppose.

[Wiman445]

@purpleviolababe ikr violins are very spoiled where the most important parts are in the cellos and basses and we seldom get the melody

[steelersfanhawaii]

Playing #4 is 'duck soup' compared to playing #1 (aka the graduation song, aka 'Land of Hope and Glory). I am a church organist and I play both of these as postludes in June, one on Trinity Sunday and the other on the following Sunday, Corpus Christi. Great music - love anything grand and stately!!! BRAVO!!!!

[HomegirlOfJezu]

'duck soup'? I assume that means easy. Unfortunately, I've played both - Land of Hope and Glory in an orchestra's fine cos the bassline's pretty simple (or I'd say so, anyway!!)

But can you explain please - I'm a churchgoer and I've never heard of "Corpus Christi." What kind of church do you play in? I'm assuming "Trinity Sunday" is Whitsun or Pentecost.

[steelersfanhawaii]

correct, 'duck soup' does indeed mean 'easy'. I play in a Catholic church on an Aolean-Skinner pipe organ of 40 ranks and three manuals.

[truazn0409]

we play this song for hs orchestra

but were not nearly as good

[john151988]

when ever i hear this it makes me so proud to British... greatest nation on earth

[eragon812]

lol close after austria!!

[reschi2]

During WW II I heard this music every day in a radio transmission for the German youth by Hugh Carlton Green. Mind you, listening to foreign radio channels was dangerous in Germany! Thank you, Britain!

[Principaal]

Thank you, mr. Chulayuth Lochotinan! A wonderfull performance! I'm gladdened to hear this great music directed by an Oxford Graduate. Thanks a lot for posting..

Yours,

L.S. A. (organist)

[sycamorebridges]

Beautiful, do you know where I can download this track for free?