Mighty Lord, preserve us from jeopardy. Take thee now our faith and loud cry in penitence. Grant thee vict'ry o'er our treacherous and cruel enemies and to our land bring peace. Almighty Lord hear our lowly prayer, and by thy shining Holy Light when thou sow a peace again. Oh mighty Lord, hear our prayer and save thy people, forever, for ever!
ONCE AGAIN: IT IS NOT about "Anglo-American War of 1812."!!!!!!!!!1!
You've stolen the glogy of our victory of 1945, so half of the world - and 90% of US people - after watching Inglorious Basterds and another such movies think it were Americans who eliminated Hitler and Nazis; don't they mention, however, that the war was about to over, when US honourably joined in. And now you want to steal our second great victory.
Why don't people see like US steals every nation cultural pride?
@NLPsucks Calm the fuck down. The UK, USSR and USA all played an important part in defeating the Axis, and people should stop fighing over who "won" the war.
@NLPsucks With all due respect, to the millions who have died, both honorably, and in vain, please remove your absolute ignorance away from
A:Such people who came here for this Video/Song
B:The Very People's whom your petty voice was faught for.
C:The intelligent world as it has become, for your history is flawed and skewed, and completely untrue and irrelevent.Now begone, and allow those who came to be, become, and you learn to appreciate the hundreds of years which have spurned your creation.
I am not Mormon, nor do I care to be, but by God they can sing, and for that I am grateful. Glorious old Russsian Hymn, filling a cathedral. Makes me glad to be human!
@reecebenoit00 the muslims are kicking France into the ground. They need not help from anyone aside from their own elected officials, and the millions of pislamic, backwards 12th century oppressive cult. France is dead and I'm glad. Let them be an example for the World, as to what will happen if you don't stand up for your established religion. Evil moves in.
Mighty Lord, preserve us from jeopardy. Take thee now our faith and loud cry in penitence. Grant thee vict'ry o'er our treacherous and cruel enemies and to our land bring peace. Almighty Lord hear our lowly prayer, and by thy shining Holy Light when thou sow a peace again. Oh mighty Lord, hear our prayer and save thy people, forever, for ever!
Ah! hear that oktavist at the beginning! And the crescendo at 1:30 . . . interesting arrangement, but I like it! The power and majesty is still there even when there's no orchestra.
I am dating with a Russian GIrl and this song can be used to Dedicate for her...Greeting from Australia. And it also uses for playing BLack Ops and Duke Nukem Forever! I've got balls of steel
@vanillapuddingluvr lol try playing League of Legends with this...its sort of like lord of the rings with its soundtrack...epic with a pie of awesome facerolling for dessert
This is a fine rendition of the piece but I must say the one I enjoy the best is the version by cbs recordings with Maestro Lorin Maazel at the helm. I found that alot of conductors tend to over do the dynamics of the score.
I heard this sung by a Cossack Choir. They gave it all the canto blasto they could muster and left me with goosebumps. Still, beautifully presented by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Thank-you
the 1812 overture was written as a compilation of the national anthems (at the time) of Russia and France. You can still hear the Marseillaise just before the cannons.
I was fortunate enough to play horn in an orchestra & perform this piece many times. I wish everyone could be a part of making music like this. I have found no other activity, or "thing", if you will, to compare. Tchaikovsky was indeed a genius, & I thank him & the other classical composers every time I pick up my horn. THEY allow me to find great joy in playing their music.
It is a pity that such genius has been used throughout the centuries to accompany tragedies and wars. Music could be used so well to heal the pain and divisions in our world.....
This was the first record I got for Christmas to play on my "quadraphonic" stereo back in 1972, which I also got for Christmas (I was 10). My musical tastes have matured since then, but I always have had a soft spot for this particularly bombastic version directed by Ormandy, The flip side was the overture to Romeo and Juliet I believe.
This is by far the best version of the Ov. 1812 I've ever heard. Especially at the end, it gets you from your roots and does not let you go. Amazing, Ormandy, I loved Tchaikovsky because of you.
Russia sucked pretty bad at that point in time. The well-trained French Army outnumbered them something like 4:1.
Way I put it, the entire work is about how the French were about to crush the Russians but at the last second, God intervened, and the French froze to death.
Love this soooooo much, sure hope I get to sing it someday. Thanks for posting. Got to see the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at Tanglewood once -- AMAZING SOUND and such nice people! It's a shame most people don't realize it's got a choral part to it.
Obra soberbia, sobre todo cuando es dirigida por el mejor director del mundo Eugene Ormandy según mi opinión.
Cuento con el disco Long Play de 33 revoluciones sobre esta obra que fue grabada en el año de 1957 por la formidable orquesta de Filadelfia y dirigida por este magnífico director.
@Canadarocksish Why would Napoleon dislike this? The 1812 overture was composed in the name of the Battle of Borodino, where Napoleon's forces obliterated Russian General Mikhail Kutuzov and his army.
@WekBen hmmm....well, according to wikipedia, although Russia did lose more men, they still knocked out a third of Napoleons army and they also had a "strategic victory"...not sure what that is, but I'm sure that's what Tchaikovsky was thinking about when he composed this ;)
@Canadarocksish Its like this, Russia did lose more men but they forced Napoleon to retreat, thus, Russia won the war. Fast forward, if you look at the Vietnam war, the the North lost more men than the Americans, but America still lost the war.
Because despite winning the battle the Russians mounted a swift retreat he didn't obliterate then as he had hoped. Since they were fighting in Russia, the Russians could always draw up more troops where as Napolean couldn't in that battle he had lost nearly as many men as the Russians but it would have far more dire costs to Napolean. Making it worse was that the Russians would burn down moscow, leaving Napolean with no supplies and Czar Alexander had left to St.Petersburgh.
Because despite winning the battle the Russians mounted a swift retreat he didn't obliterate then as he had hoped. Since they were fighting in Russia, the Russians could always draw up more troops where as Napolean couldn't in that battle he had lost nearly as many men as the Russians but it would have far more dire costs to Napolean. Making it worse was that the Russians would burn down moscow, leaving Napolean with no supplies and Czar Alexander had left to St.Petersburgh.
@FredKnut I assume that he was talking about the like/dislike button AND the part about Napoleon disliking this Overture by Tchaikovsky. The composer could paint pictures with sound indeed. And the cannonfire?!? AMAZING. That was a stroke of genius in my book.
@Nguli34689 I assume he was being facetious about Napoleon disliking the 1812 Overture, since Napoleon Bonaparte died some 59 years before the overture was written.
The Philadelphia Orchestra, particularly under Eugene Ormandy's direction, has ALWAYS been my personal choice, particularly where interpretation of Russian composers is concerned. This orchestra and this director capture the passion of the 19th century Russians as no other, in my opinion.
NO WORDS COULD EVER DESCRIBE THIS MOSTLY BEAUTIFUL CLASSIC.We listen to it at home quite often and it just leaves us speechless.Thank you for sharing.
is it just me, or is it ironic that the mormon tabernacle choir is singing in (basically) slavic chant an eastern orthodox hymn? in greek the hymn at the beginning would be called "soson kyrie"
I am not the largest fan of Romantic era music but this is definitely a classic regardless of his historical context and solely because of its aesthetic beauty.
Think someone can do vocals for the entire length of the Overture? I now know there are few, but I think it would be cool if they did a choir arrangement for the entire length of it. True, it would be over 20 minutes long, but I'd like it.
As much and as often as I heard this piece and it is one of my favorites, I never knew there was a vocal part of it. you Learn something new every day
@chrismc410 yah its really awsome performed live too I have seen it live one time all the way through and like you before I never knew there was vocal piece to it I heard it performed live in Russian while in Russia it will bring chills to you to hear live it gave me goosebumps it was that Awsome
Thank the lord nobody was cruel enough to dislike this video. The war was incredibly sad as with most of Russia's history. They've really had a tough history. I think that in this war they literally just stood there in a battle hoping the lord would protect them.
Спаси, Господи, люди Твоя, и благослови достояние Твое, победы православным христианом на сопротивныя даруя, и Твое сохраняя Крестом Твоим жительство.
My father lived in Philadelphia after WWII and saw the Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra play. I was a wonderful experience for a boy from Nebraska hear and see.
@Alexjr1543 I hate when there is no choir at the beginning of this piece I thin it really makes the music speak much clearer as to how you should feel going into this song. I would listen to it walking around school boy I sure would lose myself in it.
@levnest15 hmmm ,no, that's the ending... The begining is called something else, it's a prayer chant from the orthodox church, sorry I forgot the name, but if you google around you can find it.
@NodDisciple1 It isn't about the American War of 1812. It's about the Russian defense of Moscow in 1812 at the battle of Borodino from Napoleon's army. The french technically "won" the battle but suffered a heavy blow to their forces while the Russians easily refilled their ranks thanks to swelling population of the country.
As for why America likes to play it, I've no clue. It has nothing to do with us at all. The French national anthem is in even in the song several times.
@MegaDrProfessor Can't speak for the rest of America, but I play it all the time because it's badass and that's that. They play the excerpt from Beethoven's 9th, and Hallelujah chorus also a lot at fireworks... doesn't mean they're praising god or whatever, it's just part of the holy crap awesomeness of the situation. I mean... cannons!!... booooom!!
Save, O Lord, Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance; grant Thou victory to Orthodox Christians over enemies; and by the power of Thy Cross do Thou preserve Thy commonwealth.
@pdogone1 No, actually, it's just a prayer in English that was added to the original score. God Save the Tsar (Bozhe, tsariya khrani) is actually played near the end and starts just as the cannons go off.
@PRARRCGriffon26 No, it is the National HYMN of the Russian Empire, translated into English and sung in this case, although most often it is simply instrumentally played - I suggest you listen to a version that doesn't have the choral intro and you'll see the opening is the same music.
@pdogone1 No, it's actually the Troparion of the Holy Cross, an Orthodox hymn. It's included to represent the call of the Russian Patriarch for everyone to pray for divine intervention.
I have been looking for this recording for the last 26 years since I (ahem) taped it from a library. I believe it is the Mormon Tabernacle choir with American Civil War era cannon and contemporary church bells. Can anyone give me the label etc. so I can try and order it. Thanks in advance.
actually aren't supposed to use modern Russian in their liturgy, but Old Church Slavonic - although all too often they end up pronouncing it like modern Russian, alas!!!
Church Slavonic is the parent language of all the Slavic languages like Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian and Czech just like Latin equivalently relates to Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese as well as Catalan and Provençal. However, given the shorter time period, the Slavic tongues haven't diverged as much as the Latin.
JonnyWanKenobi has the lyrics right when amended by talbotlago (the latter caught the all lines in question, including the end, completely right!).
Beautiful attempt at Orthodox chant-writing, and it sounds completely convincing except for one thing: most sadly, the organ would have to be eliminated as Eastern Orthodoxy in general discourages - while Russian Orthodoxy explicitly PROHIBITS ALL instrumental music of any sort as part of its service!!
The actual number who came back from the Russian invasion, out of 600,000, was not more than 25,000.
It also was a very heterogeneous mass of French, Austrians, Italians, Germans, Hungarians et al (virtually all the non-French were sent against their governments' wills - they all wanted Napoléon to LOSE!!!)...
My mom told me that story when I was growing up, obviously, and with no television, it was all we listened to if the radio wasn't working. So, I have a good memory for that then and now. It's amazing music! :)
I think the lyrics after "penitence" and before "O mighty Lord, hear our lowly prayer" are:
"Grant vi-i-ct'ry o'er our treacherous and cruel enemies and to our land bring peace."
I believe that would be more consistent with the sung wish for peace as well as an earlier poster's referring to the choral part at the opening as being the "Battle prayers of the Russians."
What is the chorus singing at the end of the opening after "and save thy people" - "Forever, for ever?"
This is such a fantastic piece. The Battleprayers of the Russians as they take the hill, then the trumpeting of the French cuts in and begins to bellow, alerting them to the presence of the invaders... Ah, then the battle! My god, such a compelling piece.
the prayer at the beginning is just heartfelt and magnificent its amazing how the piece captures the history in song this is magnificent as a christian it makes me feel that God still answers prayers cuz the prayer at the beginning was answered in the end thanx for posting definitely my favourite
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have been searching for this for five years and finally I have found it. Now if only I could get a transcript of the opening hymn . . .
find the cd Andrew litton with the dallas symphony,it has both russian and english translation of this song. it also has all the vocals , not just beginning and end. check dso website, and amazon. you should be able to find it. let me know if you have trouble, and i will try to figure this computer out and burn you a copy.
at the 2nd sentence of the oboe solo at around 3:00, there's a C, Db, F and Ab, supposedly a neapolitian 6th with a C added to it as a bassnote. how do we actually write this down on paper?
The Mormon Tabernacle fuckin' OWNS this shit! Excellent!
wReCktangle 1 month ago
Fuck yeah...¡BITCH!
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Mighty Lord, preserve us from jeopardy. Take thee now our faith and loud cry in penitence. Grant thee vict'ry o'er our treacherous and cruel enemies and to our land bring peace. Almighty Lord hear our lowly prayer, and by thy shining Holy Light when thou sow a peace again. Oh mighty Lord, hear our prayer and save thy people, forever, for ever!
stargroove4 4 months ago 2
ONCE AGAIN: IT IS NOT about "Anglo-American War of 1812."!!!!!!!!!1!
You've stolen the glogy of our victory of 1945, so half of the world - and 90% of US people - after watching Inglorious Basterds and another such movies think it were Americans who eliminated Hitler and Nazis; don't they mention, however, that the war was about to over, when US honourably joined in. And now you want to steal our second great victory.
Why don't people see like US steals every nation cultural pride?
NLPsucks 5 months ago
@NLPsucks Calm the fuck down. The UK, USSR and USA all played an important part in defeating the Axis, and people should stop fighing over who "won" the war.
Marievska 5 months ago
@NLPsucks With all due respect, to the millions who have died, both honorably, and in vain, please remove your absolute ignorance away from
A:Such people who came here for this Video/Song
B:The Very People's whom your petty voice was faught for.
C:The intelligent world as it has become, for your history is flawed and skewed, and completely untrue and irrelevent.Now begone, and allow those who came to be, become, and you learn to appreciate the hundreds of years which have spurned your creation.
stargroove4 4 months ago 3
I am not Mormon, nor do I care to be, but by God they can sing, and for that I am grateful. Glorious old Russsian Hymn, filling a cathedral. Makes me glad to be human!
vorspiel1023 5 months ago
Fantastic chorus!. Bolsoi.
EmilioMLobera 5 months ago
yeaaaaaa lest go kick frances ass hell yea go russia!!!!!!!!!!
reecebenoit00 6 months ago
@reecebenoit00 the muslims are kicking France into the ground. They need not help from anyone aside from their own elected officials, and the millions of pislamic, backwards 12th century oppressive cult. France is dead and I'm glad. Let them be an example for the World, as to what will happen if you don't stand up for your established religion. Evil moves in.
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@stargroove4 i dont know what the fuck that means but fuck yyyyyeeeeaaaaaaaa who likes the misfits yyyyyyyeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaa
reecebenoit00 3 months ago
@reecebenoit00 I think you're in the wrong department, son.
stargroove4 3 months ago
Mighty Lord, preserve us from jeopardy. Take thee now our faith and loud cry in penitence. Grant thee vict'ry o'er our treacherous and cruel enemies and to our land bring peace. Almighty Lord hear our lowly prayer, and by thy shining Holy Light when thou sow a peace again. Oh mighty Lord, hear our prayer and save thy people, forever, for ever!
TwmSaer 6 months ago 2
@TwmSaer Thank You!!!
stargroove4 4 months ago
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TwmSaer 6 months ago
Ah! hear that oktavist at the beginning! And the crescendo at 1:30 . . . interesting arrangement, but I like it! The power and majesty is still there even when there's no orchestra.
phoenix64mgp 6 months ago
Long live The Philadelphia -- the strings in this are glorious.
hardingtess 7 months ago
-I have heard better. interesting performance but not as disciplined and passsionate as a few others I have heard. Idea has extreme potential.
rachmaniralf 7 months ago
And this song also used for Miley Cyrus' visit in Australia too! God bless Miley and her bf, Liam.
Kennychan222 7 months ago
My god, the chorus at the beginning is GLORIOUS.
elmerOzo 7 months ago 2
I am dating with a Russian GIrl and this song can be used to Dedicate for her...Greeting from Australia. And it also uses for playing BLack Ops and Duke Nukem Forever! I've got balls of steel
Kennychan222 7 months ago
@stealthedscout that was my buddy on the Bone. His gerbil died the night before and he botched the high A.
stargroove4 8 months ago
this made me kick ass on black ops lol
vanillapuddingluvr 8 months ago
@vanillapuddingluvr lol try playing League of Legends with this...its sort of like lord of the rings with its soundtrack...epic with a pie of awesome facerolling for dessert
bllah0 7 months ago 2
Mighty Lord, preserve us from jeopardy.
My dad had this on vinyl. I've waited 20 to hear the choir sing this.
No other recording on you tube has the choir.
Take Thee now our [fate and grant pride in heaven's end]*.
Grant victory o'er our trecherous and cruel enemies and to our land bring peace.
O mighty Lord hear our lowly prayer.
And by thy shining holy light grant Thou, O Lord, peace again
O mighty lord hear our prayer and save our people forever, forever.
stargroove4 8 months ago 4
So there is four dislikes. Hmm, Napoleon, and his family, or generals?
KnigtOfSwan 8 months ago
remember remember
the fifth of november
the gun powder treason and plot
i can think of no reason
why the gunpowder treason
should ever be forgot
unavailablemyass 8 months ago
My favorite rendition of the Overture, thanks for uploading!
Guderian41 9 months ago
4:40 min
love this part
p0lead0r 9 months ago
SUDDENLY A BLIMP.
It's okay now guys, the French are gone now :D
cellblocker2 10 months ago
3 dislikes? seriously I know people joke around saying "oh it was napoleon" or whatever but jeez those really are people missing the like button -_-
4everinpanama 10 months ago
Mighty Lord, preserve us from jeopardy.
Take Thee now our [fate and grant pride in heaven's end]*.
Grant victory o'er our trecherous and cruel enemies and to our land bring peace.
O mighty Lord hear our lowly prayer.
And by thy shining holy light grant Thou, O Lord, peace again
O mighty lord hear our prayer and save our people forever, forever.
Who can dislike this?
PatrickATWest 11 months ago 3
This is a fine rendition of the piece but I must say the one I enjoy the best is the version by cbs recordings with Maestro Lorin Maazel at the helm. I found that alot of conductors tend to over do the dynamics of the score.
stuartparris 11 months ago
Simplesmente ESPECTACULAR!
MarcosJoseAlvim 1 year ago
Simplesmente ESPECTACULAR!
MarcosJoseAlvim 1 year ago
Большой и роскошный.
Great and magnificent.
TheMagmor95 1 year ago
This is by far the best version of this piece anywhere, i still have goosebumps, had to listen to it like 5 times in a row. Amazing :)
spanishryce 1 year ago
I heard this sung by a Cossack Choir. They gave it all the canto blasto they could muster and left me with goosebumps. Still, beautifully presented by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Thank-you
TheMindae 1 year ago
2 people are french
TheD0RKNIGHT 1 year ago 5
lolmormons
such a great song though
Plausiblesarge 1 year ago
the 1812 overture was written as a compilation of the national anthems (at the time) of Russia and France. You can still hear the Marseillaise just before the cannons.
Mackey0331 1 year ago
@Mackey0331 i though it sounded like La Marseillaise but I wasn't sure. That makes sense
snood1205 1 year ago
I was fortunate enough to play horn in an orchestra & perform this piece many times. I wish everyone could be a part of making music like this. I have found no other activity, or "thing", if you will, to compare. Tchaikovsky was indeed a genius, & I thank him & the other classical composers every time I pick up my horn. THEY allow me to find great joy in playing their music.
idgit2442 1 year ago 2
a tempest
boysdontcry17 1 year ago
Wonderful piece.
It is a pity that such genius has been used throughout the centuries to accompany tragedies and wars. Music could be used so well to heal the pain and divisions in our world.....
Peace ;-)
sirshaneyboy 1 year ago
one word...WOW!
dawgh8er4ever 1 year ago
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GojiGuru 1 year ago
Wow. 1 dislike. Asshole.
Budaphly 1 year ago 67
@Budaphly now it's 3 dislikes. assholes
GrandOphicleide 11 months ago 2
@GrandOphicleide That's because Napolean II and Napolean III disliked it too.
Canadarocksish 10 months ago 10
Good art doesn't gets older. I live in Brazil.
daltonagre 1 year ago
Well Russia may have had it's past (hell don't we all!) However it's music will last for eternity. 1812 Overture is truly a world treasure.
thewabbiteer 1 year ago
This was the first record I got for Christmas to play on my "quadraphonic" stereo back in 1972, which I also got for Christmas (I was 10). My musical tastes have matured since then, but I always have had a soft spot for this particularly bombastic version directed by Ormandy, The flip side was the overture to Romeo and Juliet I believe.
ryoushii 1 year ago
long live the motherland.
TequilaMockingBus 1 year ago
i like the boston pops version better but this is still pretty good
ifoughtthelawtoday 1 year ago
It's a moving and powerful peace . Question is, why was it in a Jackass film?
alienisuntverus 1 year ago
this is so epic after you read Tolstoy's "War and Peace "
PrincessNarutofan 1 year ago
@PrincessNarutofan
Or Ayn Rands "We the Living"!
hurdl3thed34d 1 year ago
This is by far the best version of the Ov. 1812 I've ever heard. Especially at the end, it gets you from your roots and does not let you go. Amazing, Ormandy, I loved Tchaikovsky because of you.
Coppo1744 1 year ago
This music was did in XIX Century. Good art doesn't gets older. I live in Brazil.
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@Orthrus
Russia sucked pretty bad at that point in time. The well-trained French Army outnumbered them something like 4:1.
Way I put it, the entire work is about how the French were about to crush the Russians but at the last second, God intervened, and the French froze to death.
angusword 1 year ago
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angusword 1 year ago
Remember, remember, the fifth of November.
bahimaduck 1 year ago 5
no words can match this
(thanks for de download link will put this on my psp)
hillmeu 1 year ago
wow......
mobydick23 1 year ago
I love this version, I had it on vinyl when I was 5!
64PAS96 1 year ago
Love this soooooo much, sure hope I get to sing it someday. Thanks for posting. Got to see the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at Tanglewood once -- AMAZING SOUND and such nice people! It's a shame most people don't realize it's got a choral part to it.
TheChoralChick 1 year ago
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SierraYoung51392 1 year ago 6
Seems 1 person is not as fund of the 1812 Overture as us... let's get him!
EmilTakagi 1 year ago
Amazing
princessfromspace 1 year ago
This music was made in XIX Century. I live in Brazil.
daltonagre 1 year ago
Over 3 years and only 1 dislike?!?!?! Nice!!!!
billybobguy69 1 year ago 2
the dislike was someone so blinded by the awesomeness that they missed the like button
mercenary0117 1 year ago
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Wonderful Music
YouTube the Great Great Grandfather in Composition of Peter I. Tchaikovsky:
Iosif Andriasov
immapubrec 1 year ago
Obra soberbia, sobre todo cuando es dirigida por el mejor director del mundo Eugene Ormandy según mi opinión.
Cuento con el disco Long Play de 33 revoluciones sobre esta obra que fue grabada en el año de 1957 por la formidable orquesta de Filadelfia y dirigida por este magnífico director.
lobpat 1 year ago
Napoleon disliked this :)
Canadarocksish 1 year ago 151
@Canadarocksish Except of course for the fact Napoleon was long dead by the time Tchaikovsky wrote this :)
Yes, I'm a history dick.
Seisachtheia 1 year ago
@Seisachtheia lets just say Hitler disliked it for him. :)
Canadarocksish 1 year ago
@Canadarocksish That is most certainly true!
Seisachtheia 1 year ago
@Canadarocksish Why would Napoleon dislike this? The 1812 overture was composed in the name of the Battle of Borodino, where Napoleon's forces obliterated Russian General Mikhail Kutuzov and his army.
WekBen 1 year ago
@WekBen hmmm....well, according to wikipedia, although Russia did lose more men, they still knocked out a third of Napoleons army and they also had a "strategic victory"...not sure what that is, but I'm sure that's what Tchaikovsky was thinking about when he composed this ;)
Canadarocksish 1 year ago
@Canadarocksish Its like this, Russia did lose more men but they forced Napoleon to retreat, thus, Russia won the war. Fast forward, if you look at the Vietnam war, the the North lost more men than the Americans, but America still lost the war.
Madres92 11 months ago
@WekBen
Because despite winning the battle the Russians mounted a swift retreat he didn't obliterate then as he had hoped. Since they were fighting in Russia, the Russians could always draw up more troops where as Napolean couldn't in that battle he had lost nearly as many men as the Russians but it would have far more dire costs to Napolean. Making it worse was that the Russians would burn down moscow, leaving Napolean with no supplies and Czar Alexander had left to St.Petersburgh.
inviddude 1 year ago
@inviddude and one weapon Russia can always use their enemies have a hard time with, the Russian Winter...
clarkbailey1973 11 months ago
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@WekBen
Because despite winning the battle the Russians mounted a swift retreat he didn't obliterate then as he had hoped. Since they were fighting in Russia, the Russians could always draw up more troops where as Napolean couldn't in that battle he had lost nearly as many men as the Russians but it would have far more dire costs to Napolean. Making it worse was that the Russians would burn down moscow, leaving Napolean with no supplies and Czar Alexander had left to St.Petersburgh.
inviddude 1 year ago
@Canadarocksish Of course Napoleon disliked this, it's a song about him losing.
Or were you referring to the the like/dislike button.
FredKnut 9 months ago
@FredKnut I assume that he was talking about the like/dislike button AND the part about Napoleon disliking this Overture by Tchaikovsky. The composer could paint pictures with sound indeed. And the cannonfire?!? AMAZING. That was a stroke of genius in my book.
Nguli34689 9 months ago
@Nguli34689 I assume he was being facetious about Napoleon disliking the 1812 Overture, since Napoleon Bonaparte died some 59 years before the overture was written.
StephanusTacitus 7 months ago 2
The Philadelphia Orchestra, particularly under Eugene Ormandy's direction, has ALWAYS been my personal choice, particularly where interpretation of Russian composers is concerned. This orchestra and this director capture the passion of the 19th century Russians as no other, in my opinion.
bvscfanatic 1 year ago
NO WORDS COULD EVER DESCRIBE THIS MOSTLY BEAUTIFUL CLASSIC.We listen to it at home quite often and it just leaves us speechless.Thank you for sharing.
beadsstitcher 1 year ago
is it just me, or is it ironic that the mormon tabernacle choir is singing in (basically) slavic chant an eastern orthodox hymn? in greek the hymn at the beginning would be called "soson kyrie"
speceaANDhola 1 year ago
The first part sounds like the Beautitudes in the OLD SLAVONIC DIVINE LITURGY
barrekzavac 1 year ago
i have this score lol i play horn n trumpet
8747800 1 year ago
I am not the largest fan of Romantic era music but this is definitely a classic regardless of his historical context and solely because of its aesthetic beauty.
Icannottolerateit 1 year ago
Think someone can do vocals for the entire length of the Overture? I now know there are few, but I think it would be cool if they did a choir arrangement for the entire length of it. True, it would be over 20 minutes long, but I'd like it.
chrismc410 1 year ago
i don't like the choir in the beginning its too boring for this piece of music
iwillrocktheplace 1 year ago
I don't always listen to classical music, but when I do,
I prefer 1812 Overture.
double0twinky 1 year ago 3
Спасибо! Необъятной грандиозности увертюра и не найдётся слов чтоб описать эмоции которые порождает это творение великого автора!
databknight 1 year ago
yes
suzypoopoo 1 year ago
tal parece que nadie escucha musicaclasica, es lo mejor para el alma y muy relajante, saludos a todos los que escuchen esto
JOROZCOI 1 year ago
i fuckin love chicaso!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MannyMahnwel 1 year ago
Really ignorant question, but why is it called 1812 Overture. The obvious come to mind.
Greenman347 1 year ago
@Greenman347 composed in 1812? if not, IDK either...
FL0D0S 1 year ago
@Greenman347 to commemorate the defeat of Napoleon in the 1812 Battle of Borodino by the Russian Army.
rgriffithi 1 year ago
@rgriffithi The french won the battle of borodino !!
92rabzouzjihad 1 year ago
As much and as often as I heard this piece and it is one of my favorites, I never knew there was a vocal part of it. you Learn something new every day
chrismc410 1 year ago
@chrismc410 yah its really awsome performed live too I have seen it live one time all the way through and like you before I never knew there was vocal piece to it I heard it performed live in Russian while in Russia it will bring chills to you to hear live it gave me goosebumps it was that Awsome
gaycowboy31 1 year ago
wonder why this is iconically french?
jimmybloodyjimmy 1 year ago
Thank the lord nobody was cruel enough to dislike this video. The war was incredibly sad as with most of Russia's history. They've really had a tough history. I think that in this war they literally just stood there in a battle hoping the lord would protect them.
Eurt76 1 year ago
Спаси, Господи, люди Твоя, и благослови достояние Твое, победы православным христианом на сопротивныя даруя, и Твое сохраняя Крестом Твоим жительство.
Xref Psalm 28:9
trotsafrikaner 1 year ago
My father lived in Philadelphia after WWII and saw the Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra play. I was a wonderful experience for a boy from Nebraska hear and see.
dahsuerk 1 year ago
Where did those words come from? They are not a translation of the Tropar of the Cross.
SlavicMaleChorus 1 year ago
This album was the LAST vinyl I ever bought. I just love it and always have.
it does give you chills. And Eugene Ormandy is a pretty big deal too.
I wish the sound quality were a little better on this, but it's still good.
MassachusettsMollusk 1 year ago
Whats amazing about this piece is the number of people who still think its about the Anglo-American War of 1812.
galenct 1 year ago
what country are u from
ineedofriends 1 year ago
@ineedofriends america. actually, philadelphia :)
galenct 1 year ago
@galenct out here we call it the war of 1812
ineedofriends 1 year ago
@galenct Isn't that hilarious?
MassachusettsMollusk 1 year ago
0:45 - Tchaikovsky gets chills with his own music
YouJustGotOwnedXD 1 year ago
You know, somehow, I think I got this particular message without knowing the words.
Miker11235 1 year ago
Mighty Lord, preserve us from jeopardy.
Take Thee now our faith and loud crying in penitence.
Grant victory o'er our treacherous and cruel enemies
And to our land bring peace.
O mighty Lord hear our lowly prayer,
And by Thy shining holy light.
Grant us, O Lord, peace again.
O mighty Lord hear our prayer
and save our people
Forever, forever!
mperkins67 1 year ago
The beginning definitely sounds way better with choir and organ. Cellos and flutes make it sound kind of awkward now that I've heard this.
Alexjr1543 1 year ago 3
@Alexjr1543 I hate when there is no choir at the beginning of this piece I thin it really makes the music speak much clearer as to how you should feel going into this song. I would listen to it walking around school boy I sure would lose myself in it.
TheBlomberFactory 1 year ago
tks thought i had heard that somewhere...used to conduct this as a kid ..cracked my family up lol
pdogone1 1 year ago
is the opening called god save tghe czar?
pdogone1 1 year ago
@pdogone1 yes
levnest15 1 year ago
@levnest15 hmmm ,no, that's the ending... The begining is called something else, it's a prayer chant from the orthodox church, sorry I forgot the name, but if you google around you can find it.
Someone1348 1 year ago
@levnest15 Any idea why if it's supposed to be about the War of 1812? I'm not trying to be smart-alecky, I really want to know. X(
NodDisciple1 1 year ago
@NodDisciple1 It isn't about the American War of 1812. It's about the Russian defense of Moscow in 1812 at the battle of Borodino from Napoleon's army. The french technically "won" the battle but suffered a heavy blow to their forces while the Russians easily refilled their ranks thanks to swelling population of the country.
As for why America likes to play it, I've no clue. It has nothing to do with us at all. The French national anthem is in even in the song several times.
MegaDrProfessor 1 year ago 2
@MegaDrProfessor
Way I put it, the entire work is about Russia's level of badassery in that war.
Orthrus 1 year ago
@MegaDrProfessor Can't speak for the rest of America, but I play it all the time because it's badass and that's that. They play the excerpt from Beethoven's 9th, and Hallelujah chorus also a lot at fireworks... doesn't mean they're praising god or whatever, it's just part of the holy crap awesomeness of the situation. I mean... cannons!!... booooom!!
testohwise 1 year ago
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DannibalG36 1 year ago
@levnest15 Actually, it's "Preserve, O Lord, Thy People."
DannibalG36 1 year ago
@pdogone1
NO, the intro of the overture is liturgical Orthodox Troparion of the Holy Cross, it is not an anthem, 'god save the csar' appears later
immortalx50 1 year ago
@pdogone1 No, The opening is "God, Save Thy People" God save the czar is at the end of the piece.
jeya7456 1 year ago
@pdogone1
Actually it's called "Save, O Lord, thy people"
ozcavalier 1 year ago
@pdogone1 no- that comes at the end-
this is Oh Lord save thy People
Save, O Lord, Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance; grant Thou victory to Orthodox Christians over enemies; and by the power of Thy Cross do Thou preserve Thy commonwealth.
cossack207 1 year ago
@pdogone1 No, actually, it's just a prayer in English that was added to the original score. God Save the Tsar (Bozhe, tsariya khrani) is actually played near the end and starts just as the cannons go off.
PRARRCGriffon26 1 year ago
@PRARRCGriffon26 No, it is the National HYMN of the Russian Empire, translated into English and sung in this case, although most often it is simply instrumentally played - I suggest you listen to a version that doesn't have the choral intro and you'll see the opening is the same music.
ryoushii 1 year ago
@pdogone1 It's actually called "God, Preserve Thy People". God Save The Tsar was Russia's national anthem.
capitalg07 1 year ago
@pdogone1 No, it's actually the Troparion of the Holy Cross, an Orthodox hymn. It's included to represent the call of the Russian Patriarch for everyone to pray for divine intervention.
kosherpiglet77 1 year ago
@kosherpiglet77 no, actually it's shhhhhhh and enjoy the music.
Draxanos 1 year ago
This is one of the best recordings I've heard of this piece. Some parts give me the chills. Masterpiece for sure!
Taylermade69 1 year ago 3
ETSUD
MorfeBD 1 year ago
I have been looking for this recording for the last 26 years since I (ahem) taped it from a library. I believe it is the Mormon Tabernacle choir with American Civil War era cannon and contemporary church bells. Can anyone give me the label etc. so I can try and order it. Thanks in advance.
OriginalSteveI 1 year ago
Its strange how little people know that this is based on the Battle of Borodino...
whikless 1 year ago
idk
MrBleedBlue24 1 year ago
Jesus, the first two minutes of this give me chills. I'm blown away, reduced to tears.
mpickerel 1 year ago 40
Roger that.
SyvetheShairks 1 year ago
@mpickerel FAG
SuperJesusBear 1 year ago
@mpickerel could not agree more its FANTISTIC
georgeeaston 1 year ago
@mpickerel could not agree more its FANTISTIC
George
georgeeaston 1 year ago
@mpickerel : it always gives me chills
redonionsauce 1 year ago
@mpickerel
the power of music, my friend. Peace ;-)
sirshaneyboy 1 year ago
tem coisa mais linda do que isto? a gnt sente na alma, no corpo, a emoção do amor, uma verddeira ode a vida. Meu Deus, como isto é lindo.
simpaticvs420 2 years ago
actually aren't supposed to use modern Russian in their liturgy, but Old Church Slavonic - although all too often they end up pronouncing it like modern Russian, alas!!!
Church Slavonic is the parent language of all the Slavic languages like Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian and Czech just like Latin equivalently relates to Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese as well as Catalan and Provençal. However, given the shorter time period, the Slavic tongues haven't diverged as much as the Latin.
LJBSasha 2 years ago
JonnyWanKenobi has the lyrics right when amended by talbotlago (the latter caught the all lines in question, including the end, completely right!).
Beautiful attempt at Orthodox chant-writing, and it sounds completely convincing except for one thing: most sadly, the organ would have to be eliminated as Eastern Orthodoxy in general discourages - while Russian Orthodoxy explicitly PROHIBITS ALL instrumental music of any sort as part of its service!!
One last thing: the Russian Orthodox
LJBSasha 2 years ago
That is some mighty low bass at the beginning. The bass section had to drop the other shoe for that one.
patrick9648 2 years ago
600000 dudes, coming back with about 100 (cant remember :P)
GENOCIDE
JesperBro 2 years ago
The actual number who came back from the Russian invasion, out of 600,000, was not more than 25,000.
It also was a very heterogeneous mass of French, Austrians, Italians, Germans, Hungarians et al (virtually all the non-French were sent against their governments' wills - they all wanted Napoléon to LOSE!!!)...
LJBSasha 2 years ago
this was the very first song I heard when I came home from being born.. wow! hahha
tanyaahogan 2 years ago
I heard that having me was a battle too...
tanyaahogan 2 years ago
how the hell do you remember that? wow...
kevininsimi 2 years ago
My mom told me that story when I was growing up, obviously, and with no television, it was all we listened to if the radio wasn't working. So, I have a good memory for that then and now. It's amazing music! :)
tanyaahogan 1 year ago
are they singing in English at the beginning? I thought it would be Russian but it sounds like English!
nexttsar 2 years ago
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tanyaahogan 1 year ago
I'm not a religious person or anything, but even I'll have to admit that the prayer in the beginning is magnificent, it sent chills down my spine.
TSFreakazoid 2 years ago
Mighty Lord,
Preserve us from jeopardy.
Take thee now our fate
and glow bright in penitence,
And be with me
O'er trecherous and cruel and grand unease and to our land bring peace.
O mighty Lord hear our lowly prayer,
and by light, shinning Holy light,
Grant us, O Lord, Peace again.
O mighty Lord hear our prayer.
JonnyWanKenobi 2 years ago 43
I think the lyrics after "penitence" and before "O mighty Lord, hear our lowly prayer" are:
"Grant vi-i-ct'ry o'er our treacherous and cruel enemies and to our land bring peace."
I believe that would be more consistent with the sung wish for peace as well as an earlier poster's referring to the choral part at the opening as being the "Battle prayers of the Russians."
What is the chorus singing at the end of the opening after "and save thy people" - "Forever, for ever?"
talbotlago 2 years ago 2
@JonnyWanKenobi And I thought they were singing Russian, nice!
hanspellegrims 1 year ago
Mighty Lord, preserve us from jeopardy.
Take Thee now our faith and loud crying in penitence.
Grant victory o'er our treacherous and cruel enemies
And to our land bring peace.
O mighty Lord hear our lowly prayer,
And by Thy shining holy light.
Grant us, O Lord, peace again.
O mighty Lord hear our prayer
and save our people
Forever, forever!
mperkins67 1 year ago 2
@JonnyWanKenobi Fitting words for these perilous times-the more things change, the more they stay the same I guess. :-/
NodDisciple1 1 year ago
This is such a fantastic piece. The Battleprayers of the Russians as they take the hill, then the trumpeting of the French cuts in and begins to bellow, alerting them to the presence of the invaders... Ah, then the battle! My god, such a compelling piece.
JSJBCwrite 2 years ago 2
the prayer at the beginning is just heartfelt and magnificent its amazing how the piece captures the history in song this is magnificent as a christian it makes me feel that God still answers prayers cuz the prayer at the beginning was answered in the end thanx for posting definitely my favourite
giomarcello 2 years ago
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have been searching for this for five years and finally I have found it. Now if only I could get a transcript of the opening hymn . . .
PatrickATWest 2 years ago
find the cd Andrew litton with the dallas symphony,it has both russian and english translation of this song. it also has all the vocals , not just beginning and end. check dso website, and amazon. you should be able to find it. let me know if you have trouble, and i will try to figure this computer out and burn you a copy.
cochise1100 2 years ago
at the 2nd sentence of the oboe solo at around 3:00, there's a C, Db, F and Ab, supposedly a neapolitian 6th with a C added to it as a bassnote. how do we actually write this down on paper?
iwanabana 2 years ago