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  • If only leaders of the world and all her citizens together

    Lend their ears to Handel, in `Largo

    What a world it will be

    Peace in our hearts

    And food for our souls

    A moment with God.

  • i'm doin this for my concert ;)

  • From God!!!

  • beautiful isnt a strong enough word.

  • Verdaderamente hermosa esta obra....

  • Perhaps the most beautiful piece of music ever written. For so short a piece its emotional impact is enormous. Words cannot do it justice.

  • Comments here are very telling - is it the fate of our beautiful planet to be laid waste by empty greed, the nihilist pursuit of profit? The beauty of Handel's peaceful statement tells us that this demonic project must NOT be permitted to succeed.

  • simple but amazing!

  • I discovered this great componist in 1985. You did not so long ago...THAT is what classical music is about.it never cies and touches new souls centyries aafter it has been composed

  • Mr Handel is my psychiatrist.

  • man can kill and destroy and yet has the ability to create something so beautiful.

  • yes, i enjoyed listening and watching beauty and harmony, especially the views! thank you.....

  • You know - I listen to some hip hop, R& B, urban soul, and contemporary jazz and urban gospel....BUT THIS??? This is AWESOME AND AMAZING MUSIC!! I never ever segregate my ears...whatever sounds good and beautiful I'm all over it. Classical music has always been a fav. I listen to it in my car, and mp3 at times. This piece I stumbled upon, and it's just so amazing. Thank you for posting this!!! It's saved as a favorite of mine.

  • This music heals my tinnitus! One piece of advice: don't be stupid and fire a gun without ear protection as I did. Seriously.

  • Beautiful...Fills My soul

  • I had this for my wedding was perfect! I made sure my beautiful bride arrived at 0.48. wonderful

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  • Sublime.

  • Very good.

  • This piece actually works quite fine even when arranged for a more modern orchestra – the one thing I truly miss (except for the singer) is the harpsichord.

  • Beautiful - both the music and video. Thank you for posting this wonderful music played with images of the world's most beautiful scenery of the Lake District.

  • Want to hear this sung?.... its incredible.. tpye in Holy art thou mormon tabernacle choir.. and enjoy.. its just as beautiful to words.

  • Isn't this magnificent music... just as is Handels entire Messiah... and of course.. look who hes honoring in his greatest masterpiece.. none other than the Lord our creator.... just a side note.. this is such a beautiful song.. yet it came from an opera thats a complete comedy... bet most of you didn't know that.

  • I thought I knew what good music was,until I became a fan of classical music this year.Other music I feel in the broad sense of the word is on a "sensual" level,but this,this elevates the heart and soul to other domains/realms that perhaps in a funny way of putting it,fills almost to the very ends of our most capacious minds,it would seem.I now think of the more popular genres as just "orchestrated noise," if you get my drift ?

  • @mrrex35 SO HAPPY classical music really is getting more and more attention :)) yess. you can take classical music to any level you want. when you're drowned in deep thoughts about life or mere daydreaming.. you can either take it really seriously to the next level, or just enjoy it. that's why it's very special and only special people can really grasp this genre :) welcome to the club!

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  • @TheChaiTeaLatte Thank you,I am well pleased to be a part of the community.

  • @mrrex35 "fills almost to the very ends of our most capacious minds..." I definitely agree with you, and that's one of the greatest things about Classical music. The greatest possible thing, to me, is that with more listening with your ears and mind your "capacity" keeps increasing, and you begin to hear and see things that you've never noticed or felt before even with the same music. The boundaries keep expanding, and the joy keeps coming as you become more experienced with this music.

  • @TwelfthRoot2 I cannot understand why it has taken me this long to discover music that is actually an art form?

    It really makes you wonder,ponder,contemplate things of beauty and life in its simplicity;alas,my only regret is that I have not found it sooner,that I may relate certain compositions with certain memories that are of the dearest sentiment.

  • @mrrex35 That's exactly how I feel. God I wish that happened to most people.

  • The most beautiful piece of music ever written. Simply amazing.

  • Quite simply, the most beautiful piece of music ever written.

  • @NBWrestlera1 yes

  • i want to be sure that I am clear here. You said that Mother nature was cruel. I said mother nature was (is) nothing. If we are only animals evolved from slime, we are nothing. How biologists rank humans is of no importance or even relative to the discussion.

    My belief is that we are in fact something. We are more than a memory to our progeny.

  • @hexcane Hmm. Except that Handel wrote all his stuff in England. Lyrics of Messiah were written in English not German. I think that Xerxes was written in Italian like most people of the time thought they should be.

  • Please allow this video to be played on an iPad. Trying to do so will give an error that you don't allow it.

  • Just lovely, thank you!

  • Both Daddy and Mummy have passed and are buried side by side and with each other Eternally....Heavenly music for them both.............

  • It is sublime music. It is the western man.

  • My mom plays the piano version on her black baby grand and it moves me everytime.......

  • when i was a baby my mom use to put this song on her stomach and i heard it and when i was five i never heard the song i started singing it and my mom smiled and she said how do you know that song and i said i heard it somewhere that proves beautiful songs can be heard from a baby and i love this song i want it played at my funiral and this music will be in heaven i love you dad your listening to this right now rip

  • If there a law against having really soothing music Handel broke it big time

  • So beautiful. Pure heaven.

  • this song is so beautiful i listen to it wen im mad to calm down

  • @foofoogirlygirl Exactly! any world that can produce William Shakespeare, the Taj Mahal, Handel's Largo and striped toothpaste can't be all bad.

  • thanks for all the heartwarming comments.it,s allready months ago that my mother died bur it feels like yesterday.Hope it will get better soon.

  • beautiful

    

  • bedankt voor de mooie muziek

  • Yes it is beautiful and the London SO has done it well, BUT as a composition written for piano/cello duet this is not faithful to the composer's intent. That said, it is really difficult to find pianists, cellists or violinists who can ACTUALLY play it to produce a great listening experience. I have on CD Wolf Harden on piano teamed with Takako Nishizaki on violin and it is magic, but nowhere to be found on YouTube. I'll try to find time and produce a video to upload with their recording.

  • @Dingerooz

    Longing to hear it

  • "Hallelujah, thanks for thumbs up!" -Handel

  • Splendida composizione!

    Handel, geniale!

    Gran bel video!

    Grazie :)

  • Underbart! En av de bästa versionerna av detta verk!

  • All this talk of funerals.....????

    I chose this piece of music, which I consider one of the greatest 'songs of joy' ever, to be the prelude to our wedding ceremony.

    We celebrated our 48th anniversary 4-months ago.

  • Beethoven agreed - apparently he esteemed Handel above all other composers: 'He was the greatest of us all - I would kneel, head bowed, before his tomb. Go to him to learn how to create great effects, by such simple means'.

  • @PhysicalsimForever i love Ludvig van beethoven he was the best composer i knew and mosart was also one of the most popular classical composers in my head i love classical music it makes me relax and it makes me happy it just makes me feel good i love classical music nice video with the classical music and lovely pictures good job

    xyzkerry. :-)) the smiley face has a douldble chin :)

  • A Great piece by the Greatest composer who ever lived, Handel to him we bow the knees

  • how to release endorphins??

    the answer here; 0:00 - 5:37

  • These comments are all wonderful. It should be pointed out that while Bach`s music is more intellectual, which is not always true, Handel`s IQ has been estimated at 155 while Bach`s at 130 and Beethoven`s at 145. One of mil differences in the two baroque masters is that Handel is generally warmer, Bach more cerebral.

  • @shnimmuc Dude, what are you even talking about? Bach, Beethoven, IQ "estimated" at.......BY WHO???  IQ tests weren't even invented until the early 20th century.

  • @gjc82071 Dude, These IQ are estimates done not only on the art of the composers, but on their writings and non- musical endeavors. IQ estimates have been done on thousands of people long dead, such as American Presidents. The components of such findings are based on the above. They are done by psychologist, those specializing in the brain, and scientists. There are books about IQ out there. READ.

  • @shnimmuc I don't believe it. I have read about it & I disagree with what's basically a guess. Science is good @ determining many things but not dead people IQ's. The assumptions are completely unprovable & arbitrary. I don't see how from just listening to music a dead person wrote 200yrs ago, I don't see how you can ascertain their IQ from that. At least not in any way that would be considered reliable. Even if you could, which you can't, it has nothing to do with their musical ability.

  • @gjc82071 Your argument is not with me, argue with the people who wrote the lists. It is all approximate even with a modern IQ test. I do think there is some validity in looking over a persons work, whether dead or alive and determining a ball park figure as to whether or not that person was a bright, or very bright or super bright or dumb. You are entitled to your own belief. If you don`t like the this practice, fine.

  • @shnimmuc Part 1. Of course it's not with you. It ain't personal. I just disagree with the methods used to determine the IQ's of people who died, B4 the test was invented . The insufficient data makes it an approximation, of a guess. 1 example: You, like myself, have probably taken @ least 1 IQ test, of 1 type or another. I don't see how anything written by any of the great composers, can be compared to any of the questions/problems on the tests, (A is to B as 1 is to ?, etc). continued

  • @shnimmuc Part 2. I also disagree with the IQ of the great composers, having anything to do with their creativity, musical styles, etc. IQ has little to do with creativity. (it's a left vs right side of issue) Some autistic people have low IQ's, but are very "intelligent", & or creative, musically, artistically, or otherwise. Anyway, none of this is personal & I apologize if you took it as such. To me it's just an interesting topic to consider & comment on. Youtube is good for that. :o)

  • @shnimmuc this may well be true, but many people with IQ above 200 are not geniuses in any sense.

    Thus, I am not sure what high IQ proves. It seems to me that it proves nothing. One can be the greatest creative genius in history and still not score very high on IQ tests. These tests are too simplistic to measure the complexity of the creative process and the human mind.

  • @Adamalgorithm IQ isn't real, bro.

  • This is the same music for the song "Holy art Thou." One of the most beautiful tributes to God..our creator.

  • Oh you beaut-what a beautiful tune

  • Those who dislike this beautiful music are probably not humans.

  • che grande senso di pace si diffonde nel mio animo. Grande Handel Tu sei immortale e sarai ricordato fino alla fine dei secoli.

  • WOW... FANTASTIC!!

  • Handel - true genius. Don't fret divofan, you'll meet again...

  • Великая музыка!

  • What A Wonderful World!

  • I speculate that God has not chosen to bless certain individuals with extraordinary talents. I believe that he has blessed us all alike. Handel discovered his talent and shared it with us all and glorified God. What are you doing to share your God given talents with us? What have I done ? I have done very little. Handel is an example for us all. Pray that God will help you in discovering your gift. Thank God for Handel and his God given talent.

  • meraviglioso

  • Exquisite..!

  • beautiful piece----reminds me of my high school orchestra days

    

  • Peace be still!

  • FANTASTICOOOO.!!!SIMPLESTEMENT­E.........FANTASTICO.

  • Das ist mein Lieblings Lied,es gibt mir so viel Kraft und Energie,das mir jedes mal die Tränen kommen vor Freude,es bringt meine Seele in Schwingung. Ein Großes Danke schön Lieber Friedrich Händel,die Musik geht in das Herz .

  • I played this in a double reed ensemble about 2 years ago, on first bassoon. This is my favorite Handel piece ever. Yes, it even beats the Hallelujah chorus. Beautiful.

  • But, what i really meant was : Bach and Handel were both genius's in their individual right. In brief, Bach was the technical,Christian metaphysical master. Handel was a showman businessman who created thematic materpieces for his public. However we should never underestimate Handel . Handel's far reaching Intelligence and immaculate ability to perfect a scene or convey a feeling, was overshadowed by his public extravaganza's. Handel was every bit as bright as Bach, But, each had his approach.

  • Величествено!!! Нежно!!! Хендел!!!

  • I don't think we have to say only german orchestra can play it well, it's not true. . everybody can play Handel, everybody can fell this emotion. Everybody have to enjoy this

  • CHE SPETTACOLO...SUBLIME...

  • my mum went down the isle to this its a wonderful piece of music

  • my mum went down the isle to this its a lovely song

  • THIS IS MUSIC!!!

  • i want this for my funeral

  • Absolutely beautiful! The music and the scenery. Some of the scenes remind me of the Pacific Northwest and some look like the Lake District of England. You have lovely taste and an exquisite sense of aesthetics. One of my favorite works by Handel.

  • wow...

  • wow....

  • wow...

  • I played this piece on the violin several years ago and I loved it. beautiful music

  • Thank you for this beautiful upload, and the lovely slide show! Very moving!

    Be Well, JSE.

  • Was Ludwig wrong when he said Handel was the greatest of them all..?

  • This music is sublime.Great,great great Handel.

    Happy New Year to everyone.

  • Thanks for posting this, I have loved this piece for many years, brings back lots of memories.

  • Thank you, thank you. This is all my imaginations pictured. Just wonderful...

  • C'est toujours avec admiration que je regarde cette vidéo.

    Les images sont belles et la musique ne cesse pas de m'émouvoir.

    Elle me rappelle trop de choses joyeuses ou tristes.

    Merci

    Bonne fin d'année 2010 !

  • Maravilhoso, toquei esta peça no piano quando tinha 13 anos, há 40 anos atrás.

  • Beautiful!

    

  • We Play this every year in memory of my um who passed away 16 years ago. 11 December 1994, :(

  • We Play this every year in memory of my um who passed away 16 years ago. 11 December 1980, :(

  • Thank you

  • Beautiful

  • 4 people must not appreciate good music...

  • whow !

  • Such a relaxing feeling springs up within me looking at the video and listening to the music. Thanks, Dieter

  • this was played at my mothers funeral last monday and it breakes my heart every time i hear it.r.i.p. mum.love yoyxx

  • @divofan Just listened to the music and read your comment. Sorry to hear about your mother. I hope you are feeling much better now

  • @divofan I feel for you :( Those of us who know well that same loss, we all feel for you.

  • @euraznsf thanks ,you are so right!

  • @divofan My condolences to you. Your saying this tells me the importance of the peoples, specially my dad and mom. Recently (1/5/11), I have lost my best friend suddenly.

    My best wishes for you.

  • @DanielPhysiker thank you, best wishes for you too

  • @divofan i feel you my dad died when i was five

  • @divofan

    i'd like to have the same thing played at mine! may your mother rest in peace :')

  • @NormbrettaMod thanks for your nice comment.The pain is still theren and it even gets worse after all this time.

  • @divofan

    it is cruel of mother nature to give us the gift of life and to doom every one of us to have it taken back away. we are given life so that we may do our part in the circle that is the reason for life itself. death is part of this circle and therefore, without death there can be no life. so always bear in mind, whatever your mother may have passed away from, she did not die in vain - she died for all of us, just as she lived for all of us too :)

  • @NormbrettaMod

    What?? Given your view his mum lived and died in vain. Not for you or me or anyone. By this idea, we are simply animals evolved from slime and back to slime we go.

    Sorry, you can't have it both ways; either there is something behind all this or there is not. And most certainly mother nature is not.

  • @aurafeeche

    we are animals, yes. is that a problem?

  • @aurafeeche

    i believe there is something behind this too, did i say i didn't? i'm not saying at all that nature is behind anything, but we know that right now, the job of the animal kingdom is to keep life going on this planet. or do you think, as humans, we're better than that?

  • I used to play this on record many years ago. Your video backing is a superb tribute to the music, both for relaxing and removing stress. I have now retired to an area where I can look out onto such lovely scenery as you have added, the music adds the final dimension! Thanks

  • thankyou for this wonderful video!! takes my stress away that parents cause!

  • at the end i jerk because i feel its releasing me from this tight grip.

  • Thanks.

  • Thank you.

  • Charlott Church does a great job in the singing of it.

  • Though I feel more with Chopin's music; this piece of Händel is one of his most beautifull ones. Like bevjosefchuk, it was played at my father's funerall (and the funerall of my grandfather's too, two years after I was born). For that reaon it moves me to tears.

  • Absolutely LOVELY, THANK YOU

  • This superb melody speaks by itself. It's a prayer from deepest inside.

    O " Largo" de Handel pra mim e a mais bela obra de musica classica e esta performance esta maravilhosa

  • This was probably the most beautiful performance of Handel's Largo from his opera Xerxes that I've ever heard. Listening to this performance on my surround sound speakers was simply stunning !! And the video was awesome too. What magnicificent scenery. This is so typical of the perfection achieved by the London Symphony Orchestra. I would expect no less from them.....

  • God is in the sky and we live in peace.....good orchestra the London.....

  • i feel overwhelmed by beauty and peace of the soul, thank you, this is uplifting

  • Dies ist ein wunderschönes Stück, in meiner "Hitparade" einzig übertroffen durch Bach's Air in G. Ich kann beides - Metal UND Klassik ;-)

  • The music expresses the highest philosophy in language that does not understand the reason.,this is song loe lvoe love love is wonderfullllllllllllllbeautifu­llllll xxxo veruy very very nice

  • Absolutely gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous. I almost cried. And the video was breathtaking. Amazing job.

  • Absolutely gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous. I almost cried. And the video was breathtaking. Amazing job.

  • La musica di Haendel innonda il mio cuore di pace e di belleza, di grazia e immensa gioia.

  • Beethoven, Bach and Handel are the three greatest. Mozart doesn't quite do it for me in the same way as these three.

  • @jmsbk12345 You are so correct.

  • On ne peut qu'aimer. C'est magnifique - superbe. Et cette musique est une renaissance. Bravo.

  • Lovely, though the "moving water" effect in all those scenes is repetitive and definitely not needed for those photos, of either the waterfalls or the lakes.

  • @MsCoralline

    I know its just personal opinion, but I like the water effects in the video, especially the closing scene, they bring everything to life!

  • Beautifully done video! Thank you!

  • perfection. what else needs to be said

  • da fehlen die Worte , einfach nur schöööööönnnnnnn

  • This is beautiful although I like the "purist" version a tad better because of the tighter sound it has.

  • Can you Handel it?

  • This song is in my Piano too

  • Un "pastiche".... bellissimo.

  • Beautiful!

  • Simply lovely in every sense of the word...

  • This goes to show that Handel was really in touch with the beauty of the world, something that I aspire to achieve! Thank you for sharing his vision with us.

  • Just charming .... thanks for sharing !!! warm hugs...Aura

  • it always give a calming effect on me.

    thk for ur sharing....

    chloe from malaysia

  • Bonjour Kerry

    Naturellement j'apprécie vos montages comme d'habitude ! Je vois que le célèbre Largo de J.F. Haendel ne se joue pas que dans les concerts et les églises pour les célébrations de mariage ou d'enterrement ! Merci

  • Japprécie votre sélection musicale qui éveille en moi des sentiments empreints de nostalgie et de romantisme. Et merci de mavoir fait découvrir Lisa Gerrard. De plus jétais heureux de réécouter les Shadows (dont je suis un fan inconditionnel depuis 55ans) qui mont donné le goût de la guitare , ce qui ma permis de devenir un guitariste de bon niveau. Quant au Largo de Haendel, il me donne envie de pleurer car il me plonge dans de poignants souvenirs. Merci !

  • @1610Gerard super schön

  • Kerry,

    I'm so honored that you used my video as a response to this wonderful homage to our glorious earth!

    Laurie:-)

  • I've favorited your Handel's Largo video!! So thankful you made it home safely after waiting for the ash cloud to lift. Thank you for using this as a response to my Hawaii video or Spring Shares Her Beauty (or both!!!).

    Truly,

    Laurie:-)

  • Très bel ensemble avec le Magnifique largo de Haendel; Je vous invite à découvrir mes trois volets consacrés à GRIEG - lebeadelartiste

    Bravo à vous !

  • Wonderful.

  • Heavenly!!!

  • Une musique qui se marie avec les images vidéo pour magnifier la Paix et la Nature ! Merci

  • simply amazing and beautiful

  • A beautifully done video to go with beautifully done music. Thank you!

  • This is beautifully done, thank you.

  • Amazing! I heard this piece 70 years ago when I was 10 years old.

  • @wimniewenhuijs

    Wow, 80 years of age, and using a computer :). I applaud you immensely.

  • This is so amazing, and I have played this before. I love Handel's Largo from Xerxes :)

  • so dramatic...

  • The first song to reach radio airwaves, in 1906

  • i so love this work of art :)

  • Unisce lo spirito con le meraviglie del nostro creatore

  • Always as wonderful!