Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral - Bayreuth Festival

[wildworms]

@winstonchurchill95 Love this fascinating paradox of this to your nick name! :) Hehe, never mind.^^

[mansonaty]

Love and respect from Portugal, we all love Germany!

[TheDailyWhigne]

I would rather marry to this than to Wagner's Bridal Chorus.

[cfernandezmir]

lisent it, you are lisenting an everlasting song. This connect you with the past, and with the future.

[kuuseonu1]

best friken song i ever heard

[squalidshake]

just got drunk to my favorite song now im going to sleep to my favorite song

[BazzasBest]

Inspired and inspiring music of a great genius.

[maestrojimbo]

Here;s another good performance on youtube (copy and paste) ....

BEST Elsa's Procession? You decide...(Univerersity of Michigan Symph. Band)

[huqiao]

Amazing recording! Nobody knows the orchestra and the conductor? That's a shame!

[Drahthaar422]

@huqiao The description says that its the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus...

[huqiao]

@Drahthaar422 Yes, I read that. But which year? Under whose direction? Obviously it's a studio recording, instead of a live one.

[GambitChess]

Wow. As I also had played this in band, I had only heard the band version. Thank you.

[fpdrpd]

Played this in High School circa 1985. We had issues with tunings all the way up to the performance. Then it happened. That magical moment when it all clicks. It was perfect, at least to us! When we reached the final note our band director looked at us and mouthed "wow!" The audience was stunned momentarily, and then thunderous applause. I remember it vividly even though it was 25 years ago. Goosebumps all over. Just awesome. A players piece. Thanks for the memory blast!

[hsjuanito]

thank you so much for loading up this. this version from the 50s' under the conductor William Pitt is my favorite. old it may be, the best interpretaiton i heard so far.

just one request:

could you kindly reload it with a louder volume settting, if it doesn't mean too much work for you?

i would greatly appreciate that.

[mastersinger47]

Well after all, the Act III Bridal Chorus is actually taking Elsa to the bedroom for the...ummmm...post wedding and party....ummmm...well, you know. :)

This is the REAL bridal processional.

[jpstenino]

VERY FUNNY.

[philipvanlidth]

@mastersinger47 Yes, let's just be blunt about it and say that the Act III "Bridal Chorus" is actually the serenading of the bride as she is taken to the post-wedding bedding... I also much prefer this procession and remember singing in the chorus for the 1980 Chicago Lyric production of Lohengrin. What a great piece of music!

[littleiceage]

Those who like this should give a listen to Mahler's work also. To have seen him conduct this..wow....

[margelman1]

Played this piece at State Band Contest as a 15 yr old high school student--Every

girl in the band wanted this played instead of the more traditional "Here Comes the Bride" (also from Lohengrin)

still makes me misty eyed to this day.

[DickAllen4HOF]

I agree whole haertedly. I much prefer this to Act III's wedding march. I used this piece for my own bride at my wedding!!!

[Vickie183]

my favourite ever :)

[SakuraShinobi5]

my bands playing it now and i LOVE it! :D thanx Wagner! :]

[emoClarinetist]

I wish the orchestra I'll be in will play it soon here. :)

and my last name is Wagner. woot-woot.

[cristinalizeth]

I love this song...I played the flute solo and ever since this is one of my favorite songs... the way it ends is great!

[Glenmed]

Thrilling music. This chorus is so exciting.

[ROLKChaos]

I´ve watched this opra so many times... of course i`m from Bayreuth it is one of the most beautiful cities in whole Bavaria.. I´m so proud of Bayreuth

Many Greetings form Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany :D

[hwallacem]

I'm desparately trying to get in to the Festival. My brother and I have been studying Wagner's music for 20 years.

What chance do you think we have?

[samastan]

It is a bit like the lottery. You have to apply each year and hold thumbs. Also, if you do get chosen take a cushion along. Hear the seats are uncomfortable:)

[samastan]

Going there next week!

[emoClarinetist]

lucky.......

[TheTristan1954]

I'm from Antwerpen, first place after Bayreuth concerning Wagneropera and I sung many times at the opera there

[marcusghealloit]

You really, really should be!!!

[viking1960]

@ROLKChaos Hello to Bayreuth from a Wagner fan in Dallas Texas, USA!!!

[ozzy8484]

every time I listen tears come to my eyes.

[bodazaphfa]

This is the most moving piece of music that my ears have ever heard. Thanks for the post.

[StuporMundi86]

Great!!

Who's the conductor? And from which year is that?

[fenrirbr]

Great procession. We all have to thank Wagner for this.

[bandie4lifexx]

This is beautiful. My favorite song ever. ever. ever.

[denzelwvu]

My favorite piece Ever...so beautiful, and it develops so well

[pshsa5]

Much faster than the way my band is playing it but nevertheless beautiful!

[78timothy]

Althought this is the one of the most touching pieces of music that Wagner wrote in his "late early" period of music, he became a better poet and librettist than a musicalist/composer in his later period works. His prose in the libretti of the Ring is phenominal, but his Orchestration, Melodic, Harmonic, and polyrhythmic lines in Parsifal (Lohengrin's father) composed almost 40 years later, shine without comparison - Good Friday Spell - WOW!!

[clarinetfanatic]

I think the this version, Gesegnet soll sie schreiten,is better than the concert band version, Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral. I love this piece so much!!!!!!!! ♫♫♫

[fre3d0m]

A beautiful piece! And Lucien Calliet has did justice too in his arrangement for wind orchestra/concert band.

[zarplex2003]

I HATE Wagner! He's so @#$%ing brilliant... =(

[Chomsky2093]

Great music!

[propator]

THANKS WAGNER.

GREEKS SALUTE YOU.

[authourbrown]

sehrrrrrrrrrrrrr schoen! danke wagner!

[Ferschumi]

Beautiful,beautiful,beautiful,­soooooooo beautiful!!!