Fantasia on Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams

[10Weedeater]

love this arrangement of Greensleeves 2 definite thumbs up.

[mothman197979]

I normal listen to Trance and Rock, however this kind of music puts me at peace. Maybe in time I will hear somthing like this in Heaven if God will, if God will. :)

[thebigJM92]

Thank you for posting this piece. It is so wonderful and Vaughan Williams did such an amazing job with it. However it wasn't actually composed by Henry VIII. That is a very widespread and popular myth. The first actual recorded mention of Greensleeves was in the period of Elizabeth 1, when it was recorded that a popular folksong from the north of England was being played in London

[RGMX100]

this needs to be learnt for my music exam :(

[sydsalling]

This song is played in harry potter!

[davebex13]

@sydsalling when in harry potter?

[helmet959]

I read somewhere that this version is one of only several popular recordings of this song that uses the more traditional Dorian scale in several places, avoiding the minor 6th. could someone elaborate more on this? my music theory is minimal.

[fredster1618]

@helmet959 the melody in this version is different from the original song by one chord/note. it's hard to explain without showing, but you know how the melody has two halves that are similar? in the end of the first half, it's traditionally a major triad, but this version makes a minor triad, thus avoiding the minor 6th with respect to the home key

[mayo153]

Holy. Shit. I listening to this as a member of the audience at my school's orchestra. My job was to critique it for a grade in AP Band. Throughout the entire composition, I just sat there with my camera pointed awkwardly and my mouth hanging open. What an incredible piece. Right then, I wished I was a member of my school's orchestra instead of the school band. This piece completely ensnared me in its beautiful, gorgeous melody. I sat motionless in my chair the entire time. It was fantastic.

[horacioantoniob]

Melodía intemporal, sublime, eterna, inspirada, amada desde siempre... RVW es verde aquí... otras veces es amarillo o azulado... niebla marina, bruma marina..

[AcidRevolt]

fantastic. thankyou very much for providing the video. my orchestra group is playing this song next week. nice video

[kingmarl365]

pirates of the Caribbean!!

[Vero5088]

Esta melodía me transporta, me despeja completamente.

[Sindylou55]

Absolutely beautiful, and I think it would be beautiful at a wedding. I first heard this melody in the classic "How the West Was Won" and have never forgotten it.

[tyrantsfaceisred]

Last night was the first time i heard this song played live by an orchestra. blew my flippin mind

[dwenjang22]

You wake up in a beautiful field, carrying nothing but a meager walking stick in hand and a light cloak on your shoulders. You see a small cottage to the West, a forest to the North, and nothing but the expanse of the field to your South and East. You are very hungry. What do you do?

[yanklers]

@dwenjang22 first I sit down a little and enjoy the view as I rest my weary feet and sore eyes. After a few minutes I walk over to the cottage, ask if they have a bite to eat and whether they could use an extra pair of hands for the day's workchores. If not, I go through the wood and hunt game until I find another hut or village which has want of a capable pair of arms but which does not chase away wandering rovers.

[bigbus12345]

Have to do a project for music apreciation...Guess who I picked!!!

[elephantsforlife]

i play cello and were playing this in my orchestra and its the funnest song

[torrita01]

We're doing this in the community orchestra I've just joined; we have a recorder playing in ours, and it sounds really fun with that additional part mixed in.

[ckimbley123]

I'm doing this song in my orchestra (:

[sithmaster383]

The version with trumpets is so much better, nothing beats their tone in a song like this.

[totoole67]

my best antidote for dealing with anxiety

[doreva1]

the guy is fantastic...go for a swim in the deep end with RVW...love him

[Paularock100]

Oh i play this in my school concert orchestra ;D

[Zendayalover44]

@Paularock100 me too

[Paularock100]

@Zendayalover44 lol its a good piece too ;)

[brandoGTR48]

its beutiful

[eyesk8er]

It is highly unlikely that Henry VIII or Anne Boelyn wrote this song which is probably Elizabethan in origin & based on an Italian style of composition that

was not known in England until after King Henry's death. That he had anything to do with its origin is just romantic nonsense for which there is no evidence at all; but there are always those to whom evidence, or lack of it, has no bearing at all on their cherished beliefs.

[firestartertwistedfi]

@eyesk8er spoilsport :)

[thebigJM92]

@eyesk8er If I remember correctly the first evidence of the piece's existence is from an Elizabethan source in London which states that the music comes from the countryside to the north (of London).

[PepeSuelo86]

Why does this remind me of Fable so much?

[LiamNimrod]

Heard this on the radio recently. Brilliant.

[ArgioneTube]

I do agree with tehWard0g

[tehWard0g]

1 guy hates everything in this world

[mossman1410]

love it- playing it for grade 6 viola

[Vivimusic91]

@sodiumsimone02 It's a rumor. It was never proven who exactly wrote Greensleeves. Because it was a folk song, there is no composer that is known today.

[kanhf0514]

The song of death for Hong Kong HKCEE/HKALE candidates...

[sodiumsimone02]

I thought the story about Henry VIII writing greensleeves was false?

[manthasagittarius1]

@sodiumsimone02 It's a little romantic myth, pretty but not substantiated. The tune itself is a good deal older; it is a waite's carol for the new year, and the "Greensleeves" words have enough variants to be either of folk origin or later folklorized -- there is no manuscript of an original. Henry VIII was a respectable poet and could also compose a tune, like many educated nobles and royals of his time, but it is most likely not his.

[simple382]

@manthasagittarius1

From what I understand it is of Italian style, but where it comes from doesn't matter - the English immortalized it, that is why it is an English song.

[SimBi0wNz]

Just So Relaxing.

[CammieGee]

Perhaps the most beautiful melody ever written.

[marialuvsya]

When this played at the Royal Wedding - it was instant tears. Beautiful is an understatement when describing this piece of magic

[mycatslistentome]

This is one of the selections for Friday's Royal wedding.

[GReesor]

I loved listening to this tune on CD when I was younger, to the point where I figured out melodic bridge on my 'cello in high school. It was almost euphoric to play.

[madelweld]

ok im going to play this song at my wedding it is going to be the song i walk down the aisle to, Now that is original

[Speiseroehrenkrebs]

Der Alkohol geht zur Neige!!!!!!!!!!

Stoffe sind Mangelware!!!!

Jedes Mal wenn ich das hier höre kommt mir ANNO 1602 nicht mehr aus dem Sinn.

Tolles Spiel und tolles Stück!

[torianathan]

I'm, like, 12 and this is one of my favorite songs. My friends are all like,"What are you, crazy? Why don't you like 'Teenage Dream' or 'Tik Tok' or something?" I'm like,"You guys need to appreciate music more." LOL

[palogodoy1]

me encanta

[palogodoy1]

Me encanta!

[WSenator1]

For all you Christmas lovers out there, this is the theme for the carol "What Child Is This?"

[RemovdSande11]

the influence of his great master Ravel is most hearable in this composition. Both legendary for me..

[guticr]

The story about Henry the Heighth composing the tune is apparently false.

[RemovdSande11]

how is that?

[MindDestructionOMass]

@guticr actualy henry the eighth did write it vaughan williams remade it

[XTheKillerMambaX]

@MindDestructionOMass yea, wasnt henry's about chopping his wives heads off or something? Maybe im getting my kings mixed up, idk :P

[Manuscrypt]

AMAZING...he had a gift from God...Can´t be comparable with a big percent of nowadays music...

[Manuscrypt]

AMAZING...he had a gift from God...

[lovemetu]

lovely version composed by Ralph Vaughan williams .

[SuperCathi07]

I have played this before, and I enjoyed playing this piece. My favorite part is at 1:33

[soccerloverbc]

try variations on a theme by thomas tallis

[aryathorn]

I translated my real life, starting from my childhood till today into the waves of this, absolutely most beautiful ever created music made by man.

[handuprun]

certificate exam orz

[okyehwhat]

you have to be absolutely genius+brilliant to conceive something so beautiful in your mind and then translate it to real life

[xemxi142]

Brilliant!

[Insanelycoolprincess]

Amazing. I love it

[Insanelycoolprincess]

I love Vaughan Williams

Fantasia on Greensleeves. I want to play this so bad. It sounds so pretty

[cutencrazy07]

I absoultely agree with you, I love vaughan williams piece as well. When i heard it i was impressed

[Gawaine687]

i got to play this with my high school orchestra several years ago, although the main part was performed by piccolo. it sounded nice, and was kinda fun; of course, being a violist, we only get the melody once or twice, if we're lucky.

[TheCrazychick07]

I play the viola too, and I am playing this right now, and It is so much fun to play. When I first heard the song I was very impressed

[DressageQueen221]

@Gawaine687 im a violist too!!!! but that part we have with the cellos is awesome...we are playing it in school!!

[alexrm250]

@Insanelycoolprincess okay im so going to walk down the aisle to this at my wedding i hope they let me or ill be angry

[LiamNimrod]

@alexrm250

Granted it's a very beautiful piece to listen too. But surely it's a bit too melancholy to walk down the aisle to?

Or are you just a Pachelbel's canon non-conformist?