George Frideric Handel - Thine be the Glory (instrumental)

[nuggie9511]

Amazing arrangement till the end :O its quite modern, timeless i say

[Elberiver11]

I am surprised - this song German children sing at Chrismas! I didn't know its from Händel.

[KmusicSteve]

This Speaks to my Soul...I am a recent convert from Baptist to Presbyterian and this one is a Big Favorite in the Presbyterian Church...it's so angelic!God Bless-Steve

[BasilFawlty4444]

Is ANYTHING Handel wrote BAD?

NO

[Blasmusikant97]

Georg Friedrich Händel

[hot5pur11]

Ahhhh ........ "Another fine piece of Baroque Music compos'd by Mr Handel"

[SandrineSoprano]

Nice one

[TheAaronmoses]

Thumbs UP --- and God's kisses until Judgement's Day ...

[alvaropstn]

Grandiose! Thanks for publishing it!

Into my language: ¡Grandioso, gracias por haberlo publicado!

[monologoinfinito]

grazie di esistere

[antonoine31]

Majestic, divine, moving.

[gjack40]

בהחלט לא הגיוי

[wisesatyr72]

Im reading his biography from gutenberg and downloading his music right now..his music have always inspired since I was 14yrs old..

[young95]

Not to make too fine a point of things, but the song written to honor the Butcher of Culloden was, "See The Conquering Hero Comes", which was part of Judas Maccabeus in the late 1740's. In 1884 Edmond Budry took the music from, "Conquering Hero", added these words, and retitled it, "Thine Be the Glory". Richard Birch Hoyle translated the words from French to English in 1923.

[AlanDHarvey]

Not the "Butcher" of Culloden - but the Hero of Culloden who saved Britain from Popery. Culloden was a second Boyne!

[young95]

One man's hero is another man's butcher. I guess it depends on your point of view....in this case, though, the choice is pretty clear cut. Not only did Cumberland have wounded and surviving prisoners slaughtered, but after the battle he engaged in a campaign of extermination that was so vicious that some of his own officers protested at its sheer brutality. That sort of thing doesn't seem so "heroic" to me, but then I never did care much for tyrants. IDamn good music, though!

[AlanDHarvey]

Interesting comments Young95 - though I'd like to see source documents to back up your more extreme claims about the Duke of Cumberland. Don't forget we're talking about 265 years ago, and warfare then - on all sides - was not governed by the Geneva Convention! Billy Cumberland was beloved by his own troops (not always the case in those days!), and adopted a conciliatory line towards clans such the Grants (my own clan) who sought unity after Culloden. Agree with you about the music though!

[young95]

One of the quirks of history is that it is usually written by the victors, and those accounts tend to be just a bit biased. That Culloden was a bloody battle is not in dispute. It is its aftermath, and the wholesale slaughter of prisoners in the days following the battle that earned him the title of "butcher". Whether he personally ordered this slaughter is in question. But there is an old military adage....a commander is always responsible for what his troops do, or fail to do.

[AlanDHarvey]

Dear young95,

It is not only the victors who try to write history - just look at the obscenity of certain contemporary holocaust-denying "history" spewed out by neo-Nazi apologists! No-one will ever know the truth about the aftermath of Culloden - but one thing is for certain, and that is that George II and his Government had a vested interest to pursuing unity and peace once the Battle. "My own" clan, the Grants, although initially siding with the Jacobites, definitely sought unity afterwards.

[vegardarnesen]

deg være ære, kristus underlagt :D

[urbis92]

sounds actually like a christmas song

[intherdt1]

how is the artist/orchestra? it's a very lucent performance, just like the choral version. I can't find a good perfomance on internet shops

henk bouwman NL

[camposi]

the choral version ist much better!

[OspreyInTheSky]

Vo ist mein handy?

[ParisHilton1982]

immer fascho, immer nazi gelabber, das zerstört die wirkung dieser musik

[KeinSkin]

juhu schubladendenken - dummer fascho :) - also der mit den engländern xD

[thoumes]

Vielleicht weil er Ahnung von klassischer Musik hat? Weißt du überhaupt was ein Fascho ist?

[eisman1976]

Engländer wären zu solch einer Musik wahrlich nicht fähig gewesen!

[Traverso66]

Sind sie doch. Bereits vor Händel gab es hervorragende englische Komponisten und Musiker ... W.- H. Monk, Th. Ravenscroft, H. Purcell... selbst später mit Elgar und Co. Alles geniale Komponisten !!! So sieht es aus !!

[seenherdressedinblue]

@Traverso66 Many of England's greatest composers are often ignored by the 'mainstream' classical listeners. John Dowland, for example.

[Traverso66]

@eenherdressedinblue

Yessss !! I agree with everything you said.

John Dowland is a very good example.

[Arminius1984]

Der Komponist heißt übrigens Georg Friedrich Händel und stammt aus der Stadt Halle an der Saale. Er ist später nach London ausgewandert und ist dort auch gestorben.

[Beethovens7th]

The theme song of Jack Frake!

[Neder1and]

Consumerism killed arts.

This piece of art is not to be compared with commericalized Rap or R&B. This (and Classical music in general) is pure devotion, passion, and emotion.

[userblue]

Classical was shit. Baroque is where it's at!

[colorado4815162342]

@Neder1and, What is "consumerism"? What caused it? What influences were operating to create the style of music that created the piece that is different from our present surroundings?

[Neder1and]

Great version!!

[ernent]

First day of Khanucca today and thanks to Handel who gave us one of this Holiday's most beautiful songs.

יום ראשון של חנוכה היום ותודה לגאורג פרידריך הנדל שנתן לנו את אחד משירי החג היפים ביותר

[lichtbroeder]

I am white and Austrian. The art and music of the Third Reich (which you must like, based on you name)is usually void of the spark of humanness which is precious in all of us. It speaks of the subjugation of individual spirit (the source of art, inspired by God) to political ideology. Do not equate race with art and music, which can be perverted to horrific ends.

- Hans

[fofoitkonen]

Period.

[seenherdressedinblue]

@lichtbroeder Would Carl Orff be an exception to this, in your view?

[alvaropstn]

@lichtbroeder

Well said, Austrian! Regards from Spain.

[camposi]

Wow - I didn´t know that this chrismassss-song was from Händel?!?

[danielevans89]

he anglicized his name as George Frederick Handel..

[praskovia13]

sinuc how would u know Handel kept his private life very private, however he was very forthright with opinion, n thats the truth, if u call truth bitching, that with respect is ur opinion and problem

[rbb74]

At least the name should be right.

Georg Friedrich Händel.

[Guangwudi]

Not when he was in Great Britain. He wrote his own name like this

[zoroas7]

this composition I sang when I was seven years in germany at school, at christmas , but I don't knew that it was of haendel

[smithsherman]

I award this 3 KING'S THEATRES for having a level of lyric phrase sensitivity and dynamic that most Händel ensemble performances do not have.This goes on my HÄNDEL AS AN ELIXIR FOR SYNTHESIS PLAYLIST

[mramo]

The BBC World Cup version of this song is much better!! A potential soundtrack to be played in Superhero films (i.e. Superman)

[URhnsi35]

When the US plays Pomp and Circumstance at their graduation ceremonies, Japan plays this at their ceremonies. It's very royal, don't you think?

[seenherdressedinblue]

@URhnsi35 It's very regal. Also much more calm. I wonder what that says about the US...

[URhnsi35]

I heard this in Westminster Abbey the other day. Marvellous acoustics, and the choir sang like angels

[sharonlct]

Thank you for this music by Handel. I truly love it.

[DIDIDIDIEGGGOO]

wonderfull !!!!

[geesoul]

i hope u know that hes actually from germany but lived in england!?

[englishjac]

a naturalised englishman

[sinuc]

he`s a german bitch.

[reb0118]

a naturalised Briton. England to all intense purposes ceased to exist in 1707. Handel was the first composer for the Union. This piece was in fact written for William Augustus Duke of Cumberland aka the "Butcher" of Culloden.

[oldgattonian2]

Handel lived most of his life in England, and became English by Act of Parliament in 1727. Check it out.

[reb0118]

Although he indeed did live in England (I don't think he strayed very far from London), he became a naturalised Briton in 1727. I've just checked the wikipedia.

[seenherdressedinblue]

@reb0118 "to all intents and purposes."

[reb0118]

Quite right.

[d2eux]

Wow, I have to download this video because I cant find the music ANYWHERE. And thats without the vocals..

[KC1967]

soooooo relaxing. i love handel.

[Marylandguineapigguy]

Absolutely beautiful rendition of one of Handel's finest pieces. So majestic and stirring, nothing today even comes close!