Fantasia of British Sea Songs Part 2 - Proms

[malcolmcog]

What a truly lovely three songs these were, (in spite of the Bonnie Prince Charlie song), never bettered in any prom since. Lets hope the spirit of these songs keeps the union of our three mighty Kingdoms together

[TheRealMikPorter]

The sum of our strengths is less than the strength of our sum. Please stop devolution and keep the United Kingdom united and Britain Great. This beautiful song shows the way life should be and the proms at this point demonstrated the best of our isles

[malcolmcog]

Bonnie Prince Charlie was a Catholic traitor and should have been hung, drawn and quartered.

[ianmcrobbie1]

Good!

[physphilmusic]

I don't get it - what does the main orchestra and audience in Royal Albert Hall do while the other 3 songs are being sung at 3 different places? Do they watch through a live video recording, or have 3 different events just been strung together in video for dramatic reasons?

[Ecthaelyon]

There is NO choir in the world like a Welsh choir...

[cowpat44]

ILUVlupin

Ditto, me too

[ILUVlupin]

i wish australia had more cultured performances like this sometimes, rather than solely american performers flooding our media. :)

[ekawrecker]

@ILUVlupin Agree - we have to dig hard to find them down under, don't we? When it all gets too hard spend a night at the Opera House.  It's a truly a world class cultural experience which we should be proud.

[ekawrecker]

@ILUVlupin Agree - we have to dig hard to find them down under, don't we? When it all gets too hard spend a night at the Opera House. It's a truly a world class cultural experience which we should be proud. But wouldn't it be great to have a Proms Night like this?

[shathriel]

beautiful :)

[kwesiidun91]

I love how they always come to us first! :D

[pigeonshouse]

@kwesiidun91 Probably because 'Ar Hyd y Nos' seems to set the mood perfectly.

[Kinlochbervie50]

I was worried the kiddies choir would sound like a kiddies choir... very pleasantly surprised of the quality of the singing!

[VerbalBlitzkrieg]

@Kinlochbervie50 Yeah British kids sing a lot better than American kids

[zhangyang630]

@VerbalBlitzkrieg what is the different between the us and the uk? there is a chinese ask.

[gpfwestie]

@Kinlochbervie50

These aren't just kiddies. The selection process for being in *any* choir (in th UK) is harsh - you have to be pitch perfect, no electronics, one chance at selection.

These kids were selected from all the other pitch perfect kids to sing tonight.

[gpfwestie]

@gpfwestie

Also, as everyone else has said ... The Welsh.

[patlaborcrewman]

What was the language? f0_0

[adamstjohnlawrence]

Welsh: Holl amrantau'r sêr ddywedant; Ar hyd y nos Dyma'r ffordd i fro gogoniant; Ar hyd y nos. Golau arall yw tywyllwch I arddangos gwir prydferthwch Teulu'r nefoedd mewn tawelwch; Ar hyd y nos. O mor siriol, gwena seren; Ar hyd y nos I oleuo'i chwaer ddaearen; Ar hyd y nos. Nos yw henaint pan ddaw cystudd Ond i harddu dyn a'i hwyrddydd Rhown ein golau gwan da'n gilydd; Ar hyd y nos.

[jonny1301]

welsh

[jonny1301]

sorry was looking at wrong part

[xixforever]

Togeather we are strong divided we are nothing

[DresdenStarwing]

Amazing.

Always love the Proms, and I really am annoyed that it will be another 3 years until I can attend one properly, rather than vicariously via YouTube

[brentybabes]

bless the ties are too big for the children :)

[kwesiidun91]

LONG LIVE BRITAIN!!!!

[mmm888777]

Iust class. :)

[abr7816328731]

i love britain =)

[mrleemrlee24]

oh yes tis true. we proclaim we hate each other but respect each other more than we know! Tis truly britannia. ENGLAND WALES SCOTLAND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE EMPIRE

[Nathanderweise8]

Well said! Long live The British Union! Long live the Empire! Long live your Monarchy! Long live the Queen! I love your country!

Salutes from Germany

[44tyke]

Danke sehr fur alles dem "Georgen".Das du hast uns geiben. Wenn England hat kein Konigen, Deutschland hat uns geschenkt!So there is hope for you yet(Sorry about the schoolboy German).

[Jaxxat]

And when exactly did we not have a ruling Queen born of our nation. Only one has taken a defunct German royal as an escort. Not exactly a gift, more a favour. He did not give us our music or our pride. thank you for your love of our culture.

[poldy80]

Vielen Dank, für die nette Nachricht über den "Georgen"!

Wir haben es als sehr nettes Kompliment aufgefasst. Und das Deutsch war nahezu perfekt!

[kwesiidun91]

Any chance of fucking off?

[3tangle3]

Long live the unelected monarchy! Long live cultural snobbery by the elite! Long live a state name whose stole it of the past Brythonic peoples of this island! Long live Ignorance! Three Cheers

[adamstjohnlawrence]

Well, the unelected monarchy is descended more from the Brythonic (and Goedelic) peoples than from the Teutonic English...

Cheers!

[3tangle3]

The empire is dead, you are deluded. I love this island but hate imperialism and colonialism. You should be thakful the welsh can still sing that tune with all those past anti welsh policies. Hope lies in the smouldering rubble of empire

[3tangle3]

If you were 'truly' British you would include cornwall in this list if you include small nations like Wales. You only include Wales because it undenialably in your face. Poor Cornwall is always left out.

[Hallonboat]

It could also be due to the fact that Wales is a separate country of the United Kingdom, while Cornwall is merely a county of England.

[3tangle3]

Cornwall is not a county officially, it is officially a duchy. It is a county unofficially under law. FACT. But ture it is treated like a county

[fishcat42]

It also has its own parliament (that hasn't met in a few hundred years), and is also an island - a river completely cuts it off from the mainland, along with its own language. It is arguably not only a county and a duchy but a country as well, without really being any of them. :) Fun!

[pigeonshouse]

@fishcat42 the only place Cornwall is cut off from the 'mainland' between Saltash and the City of Plymouth. I'm not sure that a few feet of dried up streams seperating parts of Cornwall with Devon to the north of the county makes it an island.

[AntonHu]

@mrleemrlee24 Not hate, surely? Joke about certainly, and respect absolutely.

[FortunaFortesJuvat]

Would I be correct in assuming the first song, "All through the Night" is sung in Welsh?

[Chevers1956]

Yes, It's 'Ar hyd y nos' in Welsh (Cymraeg)

[worldstandard27]

So proms are not only played in the Royal Albert Hall... Amazing

[meggabigpants]

And to think music and musical instruments are banned in Islam (Haram), God help us all.

[therastabet]

Wonderful music. Always enchanting and refreshing. A great tradition that should be maintained!!

[therastabet]

how Beautiful. I love these songs. why we do not have something like this in Italy? I will try to attend the concert next september. God save the Queen!

[294838]

I quite agree with you!I like these songs extremely well.I am loyal to the Queen for ever!God bless her!

[OriginalGeeza]

Amazing video - Oh Danny Boy took my breath away, quite utterly beautiful

[ramesses88]

Beautiful, immensely beautiful.

[47rdg]

It's about enjoying the music and celebrating with like minded folk.

[Fitchman]

I dont understand all the diffrent flags... isint the Proms about being British??? I dont get why people are there waving american, danish, papal, german flags... anyone care to help me on this...???

[unilangrad]

I would say that though it is perhaps celebrating in a British way it is really an international event, afterall not all the music that is played at the Proms (on the night or indeed throughout the season) is solely British. I think it is a positive thing that all sorts of people can come to a place/country and wave their own flag and have fun.

Regards, J

[Shotgunlemming]

I would tentavily suggest that regardless of nation people are still reveling in the Britishness of it all. I comment as an outsider having never had the plesure of being there on the last night.

[UNCLESWHOLLOP]

I love so much the sound of O'DANNY BOY... It touches me... Thank you...

[vincentkuit]

Such a wonderful arrangement on "O Danny Boy" and performed beautifully. It really moves me. Thank you people!

[kriss15]

Over the sea to skye is so beautiful

[endy05]

We had this to wake us up on the morning of my cousins funeral after the whole family spent the night with him!!!! RIP SAM

[dondonp12004]

"Londonderry Air", aka "O Danny Boy".

[vinnyflintoff]

thanks, i didnt see the music info on the side

[takharov]

Trust the ever so politically correct BBC to ask for the alterations. Much as the bicentennial celebration of Trafalgar was a farce.

[vinnyflintoff]

is this in gaelic or english, because i'm trying to follow the subtitles, but somehow the singing does not match the words.

[owain2002]

"Ar hyd y Nos" is in Welsh ;)

[vinnyflintoff]

what is the last song called?

[ieuz123]

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[ieuz123]

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[britboyal]

I love that rendition of Danny Boy

[dondonp12004]

Wow! Those 3 "new" songs that were added to Henry Wood's "Fantasia on British Sea Songs" replaced not only "Farewell, Ye Spanish Ladies', but also a clarinet solo that lead to "Home, Sweet Home".

[qwermish]

Ye Gods. I much preferred the original Fantasia. It's all gone downhill since Davis left.

[battycys]

The broadcast was different from what happened in the RAH. It was alright inside the Hall, but perhaps not as noisy as previous years but it is no longer possible to bring a rucksack full of party poppers inside the hall as you know.

[DavidTL]

Terrific!