Enigma Variation 9 - Nimrod

[GrantDavidGreenham]

lovely man !

[trumpetfruzia]

Nicely done. Thanks for filming from this angle. I've been trying to play this by ear and just not playing the correct inversions makes it not as beautiful

[harveyfreitas]

Thanks to your performance and your video i have finnaly learnt how to play this piece on piano i cant wait to play this for my solo performance gsce :D thankyou so much!

[bewleya]

Can someone please tell me where I can find the sheets for this version? I don't mind paying for it. Thank you :)

[HaleLand3]

This penetrating piece was offerred in Diana Princess of Wales' funeral, between "Canon" (Johann Pachelbel [1653-1706)] and "Prelude" (William Harris [1883-1973]), before Visiting Clergy's entrance.

From Elgar's famously regal 'Pomp and Circumstance March Number One' to this piece, Jaeger still inspires! An 1899 note Elgar wrote Jaeger said in part: " ...I have omitted your outside manner and have seen only the good, lovable honest SOUL in the middle of you!..." Such vision and result!

[3jono]

My late fathers favorite --------Stunning!!!!!!

[Trogiss]

Doe anyone have sheet music for this?

Thanks

[Bmoneyfins]

IMSLP

[Bmoneyfins]

IMSLP

[JumpShotDude]

This reminded me of my brother, who died in the war in Iraq. He was noble, quiet and majestic just like this piece. It should have been played during his funeral...

[JumpShotDude]

Even if I drummed double the tempo while playing half note triplets, this piece would stil sound beautiful

[ultrasions]

perfect speed :) it's usually rushed but you hang on to every little clash and it's so chilling! Fantastic job :D

[myrnaloysboy]

Stunning.

[1972jewish]

tiene 1 gran sensibilidad. Me ha gustado mucho el prin., luego, cuando la melodia alcanza el climax debio tocar + fuerte, con sentimiento + intenso, pero esta muy bien

[francis363]

good version!!

[getintuneful]

Pedestrian.

[animaniac126]

nice job!

i like the song, but isn't Nimrod an insult?

[musicfanof]

@animaniac126 its an allusion to a hunter from a greek myth. elgar made the enigma because one of his dear friends, a music publisher who encouraged him to never quit composing, to whom this variation is dedicated to last name was 'hunter' in german. therefore by making an allusion to a greek hunter elgar merely makes an enigma in reference to his friend

[animaniac126]

@musicfanof ah, that clears it up for me, thank you

[OnurbEniatnof]

Very average version of this masterpiece....without even mentioning the mistakes...

like incomplete harmonies...

[Reelaiah]

@OnurbEniatnof There's an old saying...'If you've nothing good to say, don't say anything at all..."

[Sirpadgett]

The missing principal theme to Elgar's "Enigma Variations" is "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" (A Mighty Fortress is our God) by Martin Luther. This discovery was made by Robert W. Padgett on February 3, 2009 - the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn's birth. Google "Elgar's Enigma Theme Unmasked" to learn more.

[StefanR10]

Matrix and good pianist

[victorcardenas125]

Very nice balance. The only thing I would have to say is it might use a little bit more dynamics, other than that, i really like your tempo. well done.

[stratking69er]

good job. Great to hear this at a slightly slower pace. I often hear versions that seem to race along and lose the feeling .

[theorganist]

I've only got the organ score for this...fun transrcibing it onto piano!

[PianomanMuc]

Actually, Elgar himself transcribed the Enigma Variatons onto piano (including this wonderfull piece)....so I hope nobody spend the time to transcribing it again :-)...

[blackholeson104]

Nice

[marieguitar]

Hello! Does someone have the musicc sheet ot of that piece of music? Please let me know by sending me a msg.... thnx!!

[DSM1G90]

True, the orchestration piece should be played faster, yet the slow tempo of this piece makes it more romantic in nature in as well you can hear each note, esp the theme in the melody line more clearly. This piece along with Holst's "..My Country" theme in the "Mars" segment of "the Planets", and "Jerusalem", to me, are the three greatest classical themes to come from the British Commewealth. "Nimrod" was a variation to represent Elgar's friend, Jaeger in his "Engima Variations" composition.

[yellownocturne]

Could you tell me the tempo for this song?

[musicmanej]

The tempo is Adagio so its under your discretion. I think this guy plays it a little to slow. watch the video of barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, they take it the perfect speed.

[michael1608]

You may not be alone in feeling that feel the piece is played too slowly. However, your comparison of pace and timing with regard to this piano transcription and the performance of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Daniel Banrenboim is flawed, given that the piano transcription here is in fact played faster than the orchestral recording you quote.

[embran]

probably adagioish

[MaggieAnn18]

Such beautiful piece. You played it well!

[WOLFSTEINERMANN]

good andament, but you need more practice e more expression. Good hands! You have to use them!

[skchin]

Good Job from a fellow pianist.

[MCarey0608]

Thanks for filming your performance from this angle so that we pianists can observe the composer's magnificent chord progressions. I'm rushing out tomorrow to purchase this piano version. I can't wait to memorize and perform it. Elgar's Nimrod variation is one of my favorite compositions. It's so haunting; mesmerizing; soulful.

[Joshyi18]

so amazing, well done, music from where ??

[AzzioBreezonator]

you can find music for Nimrod in the Electronic Keyboard Handbook 2006 Grade 8 book. Even though its keyboard, if you have a knowledge of how chords work, its not too difficult to play.

[Joshyi18]

thankyou, im working on piano grade 7 at the moment, so it will be something good for me to learn, thanks again !

[stepasb]

Excellent work. Where to find the music to be?

[puredihydrogenoxide]

you play with a lot of feeling to it

if you want to improve even more ( not criticism) you fumble a little with your left hand in the beginning, the hand amost look uncertain of what to do. You should maybe be a bit more active with the sustainer in the part where you take many low octaves. but you use it very nicely in the rest of the piece. thats what i think

[yourforte]

This sounds very good. I enjoyed listening to the piano transcription

[charlesw1201]

i learned that elgars pieces has hidden messages and i was wondering if anybody knows of any of these

[jsnare28]

all i know is that each peice was written for someone, and the titles are nicknames, or stuf like that

[Daikaiju]

im not sure about hidden messages but i do know that each variation of enigma was inspired by different events of his life. When i talked to a professor from baylor he claimed that nimrod was about the night he proposed to his wife.

[skersey95]

Lol,

this ended up as a teatime accompliment somehow!?!

My family seemed to enjoy it!

I'm not a big fan of classical, just remembered it from a time-consuming music homework (sorry Miss Wort!)

[bassbaritoneguy]

This is absolutely beautiful. I truly feel like you managed to capture the true essence of the movement.

[tangoll]

General question - why have all other Nimrod videos have comments being diabled and no longer allowed? Can only find this video with still comments enabled?  Want to say, for 2012 Olympics in London, should find some way to include Elgar's music esp Pomp & Circumstance, and Enigma Variations - Nimrod into the opening and closing ceremonies.

[Keytaster]

schwammig und schlampiges pedalspiel

[drclumbles]

The player is far superior to the piano.

[shortyman687]

simlpy beautiful sound.... thank you

[ricardocato]

Can you please send the sheet music to

preludio(at)hotmail(dot)com

[YogaNate79]

this is honestly one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard in my life. It makes me think of the final moments when my mother was dying and I was holding her hand.

[xeroption]

Your comments brought tears to my eyes, I also held my mother's hand when she passed away. I still miss her to this very day.

[Knappa22]

Very nice. Sounds better on an organ though - because the chords can be sustained and the melody floated over them.

[huntbot]

OMG I can't think of a way I'd less like to hear this piece than done on ORGAN. UGH. You might as well play it on a telephone keypad - that would have about as much phrasing and expression as an organ. At least the piano can make MUSIC out of this beautiful piece.

[Knappa22]

An accomplished pipe-organist gan give any piece of music extraordinary expression. He/she will fully exploit the mechanics of the organ to provide different tones and colours. I have a CD of Roy Massey playing this piece on the organ - it is brilliant.

[huntbot]

I know I'm being a jerk here, but here goes: Great. Tones and colors. Like I said - a telephone keypad can do that. How about some phrasing, subtlety of line, nuance, MUSIC?  Organ is a machine. A sound effect. It does what it does very well, but it has no business playing a sensitive, expressive piece like this. I'm a classical musician myself, and I know I'm being just terrible here. I'm speaking in a spirit of fun, but I just really dislike the organ.

[Knappa22]

OK, both instruments have their strengths and weaknesses. The organ is a mechanical machine, and so is the piano. The piano is great in that it is touch-sensitive, but its weakness is its monotony of tone. An organ isn't touch-sensitive, but it has other attributes. This piece could be beautifully played on an organ - starting with soft string stops, adding woodwinds, and building up to a fuller sound. We probably won't agree, but I think the organ is the king of instruments!

[classicchris123]

I agree with Knappa2, in general. Although the piece starts quite , fragile almost, it builds up constantly . A piano , is almost too small to do this justice. playing it on organ , not only is it fun, but you control how big you want it and how the phrasing works with out the notes dying on you. It's a stunning piece in general , and if I had it my way it would be played with full orchestra , like Elgar wrote it , but I think organ does it more justice than piano.

[michael1608]

Monotony of tone? The very essence of the piano is its ability to create untold variants of tone. And I'm afraid I have to disagree with you. The piano is the king of instruments. As for this piece being played on the piano, I had thought about this and came here looking to see if I could find an example that I thought could work. It works well enough without attempting comparisons.

[mikkrikk]

wow huntbot have you not ever heard "adagio for strings" played expressively on a pipe organ?

[winston5610]

We must remember two things here:

1. Elgar wrote this for orchestra, not piano or organ, and

2. This was a musical portrait of a friend of Elgars, a gentleman with whom he had spent many hours discussing the slow movements of Beethoven symphonies, especially the 9th.

Liszt made wonderful transcriptions of the Beethoven symphonies for piano as well as organ, and like Liszt's, this transcription acknowledges the limits of the Crown Prince of Instruments. This is a great performance. Enjoy it!

[punkpiper1]

Amazing 5 stars!

Can you please send the sheet music to

Mckechnie_1 (at) hotmail(dot)co(dot)uk

[Gertrude444]

amazing

please coud you send me the music