Ralph Vaughan Williams - Wasps Overture

[JKCDLT]

That floutist looked retarded

[brookwall]

Very nice.indeed.

[cogidubnus1953]

This interpretation of the Wasps is fresh and original...I love it...

[DickRichardson1]

Thank you. I am using this central theme for the Manifesto of the Waspp. Manifesto for the World Amalgamated Social Political Party. RWR

[eeskildsen]

That blonde flautist is almost as beautiful as the music.

[MattGues]

I first heard this in the Australian movie "Flirting," and the melody starting @3:30 has haunted me for years. I'm so glad that it's here.

The camera work and direction is actually quite good here, which is a funny thing to say about an orchestral video, but it's true.

[aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa]

the thief and the cobbler :D

7:00 thief on a killer coaster

[jonnyb69able]

a most beautiful piece of music.

[Picc2flute]

very fun piece of music :) if only my band felt the same way.

[windstorm1000]

a beautiful piece of music in every way--with sturdy pastoral music (like a Morris dance orchestrated) balanced with that exquisite central melody. I don't know if anyone else gets it with English music--but it has a wistful quality to it--not quite sad---but pastoral tinged with sadness...For that quality and many other ones I'm mad about English classical music

[angel75020]

Vaughan Williams a laissé des dizaines d'oeuvres inégales, mais ces "Guêpes" aristophanesques sont fort belles, et la mélodie est noble et profondément anglaise .

C'est une très charmante interprétation.

[Ollfie]

RVW.......A bit better than JP Susa i think ! Well done BYUPO

[billyguns2]

I think this is one of V.W.'s best compositions; thanks for sharing it.

[stormypetrel]

girl on the chello 3.40 is hotter i'd give her one.

[llcamus249]

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful music!! So well played.

[kappelmeister123]

@llcamus249 i agree..4:00 is awesome

[Ollfie]

That blonde babe playing the lead flute is fit > I couldn't see myself throwing her out of the sack on a wet winters night ! ;0)

[supersandi2]

love this piece. just started playing it. i love the oboe part, its so lovely and i just enjoy playing it.

[midgetcuber]

who buys a square video camera

[Mariusz0Industries]

3:33 the good part

[MattGues]

@Mariusz0Industries Exactly.

[NonInflatable]

The central melody is exquisite, one of the most beautiful of any composer.

[fauxsham]

@NonInflatable it really is, alongside The Lark Ascending and the finale of Sibelius 5th, just mind numbingly beautiful, almost difficult to listen to, almost painful.

[ShibaInu123]

I just played an arrangement of this piece at my Jr. District Festival

[goobersandwich666]

dude so did i

[ruhox3]

I'm so proud of you

[tubonianflute]

@Ruhox3 HAHAHA, I get it :)

[Uffelknuffel]

Lustig:-)

[EmilyyKaathryn]

i'm playing this in my orchestra!

[jonasisterzz]

wow

[gabbygirl5252]

I thought it was amazing! I'm in my highschool orchestra and we had our first concert the other night, and we played Overture to the Wasps also. THIS definately sounded WAY WAY better. of course we didnt have a full band with us and we didnt have a long time to perfect it, but it was okay. NOT as good as this! LOVED it! ♥ (:

[zuantuba]

I enjoyed it ...  so who cares?

[makdoong]

EEK! Really need to work on the ending...very not together.

[cogidubnus1953]

sorry not quite there

[pilly1957]

I disagree, the flute and french horn were fast asleep, the sound lacked colour and body as if directed by a robot and given the strenghth of the orchestra there was sod all power where it was needed. The only thing well orchestrated here was the applause !

[marcusjazz1625]

Haha way to be a downer dude...... but I guess your the best friggin musician in the world so you can talk.

[makdoong]

It did have a very empty feeling to it, as if it were rehearsed one too many times. However I have to disgree with your flute comment. I think she did pretty well, along with the trumpet.

[evildoctorcow]

There's probably some fault of the orchestra here, but the sound quality in the video is really awful too. The balance in the recording is also really bad. There is no bass anywhere in this recording, which probably wouldn't have happened in the performance. The french horns were pretty mediocre though. :P

[vysehrad]

they only had Mormons available, you see

[HexagonalBolts]

@evildoctorcow

That's what happens with video compression.

[tubonianflute]

They're French horns...

You can't ask them for too much, lol!

[scousesusan]

I great piece of music but then again I love Ralph Vaughan Williams' music. Congrats BYU you played this very well.