Jessye NORMAN sings Anthem of United Kingdom

Incredible singer JESSYE NORMAN sings English hymn for Queen Elizabeth on the concert "Fanfare for Queen Elizabeth" in London, 1986

Conductor: Edward Downes

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• edward
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• london
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• classical

[Milordvega]

This is the BEST rendition of the UK anthem I have ever heard, and she is not even British! What a voice!

Thanks for putting this. What great taste you have! Can you put up something by Dvorak or Smetana?

[BravaBerganza01]

Hi, I´ve put here finale from Rusalka in interpretation of great slovak singers Gabriela Benackova and Peter Dvorsky. Enjoy! :)

...and thanks for nice comment!

[colibridelapampa]

Jessey is the real Queen!!!

[Stuartmills7uk]

Wow!

[sherifahassan]

booooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooo

[4FabBEATLES]

this what makes England special- they accept diversity- in musical styles and people

[baritonebynight]

So if HM Queen Elizabeth II decided to sing this, would she have to sing "God save the gracious me, long live the noble me, God save me..."

[YORKIEYORKYORK]

I am crying my eyes out , what a singer .

Words can not convey what my heart is telling me .

[HaiLsKuNkY]

@colibridelapampa offensive!

[mamelucoderribado]

goood god, the face on her majesty is like : "we are not amused"

[sarmadasco]

Mme. Norman is astounding in eery note she sings and every breath she takes. Imperial. So, so, Imperial.

[belcunto]

@mc0558 oh... not so much anymore i'm afraid. we have to keep hush hush about loving QE2 or we get persecuted by republican wingnuts.

Nowadays - in Australia, at least - we are more likely made to recognise the traditional land owners (dinosaurs?) before anything else.

[nooyawkfun]

Just watch her lips and listen to her articulation! Holy cow! Simply the standard by which all operatic divas should be measured. Well done, Dame Norman.

[nguseneggest]

ab fab!!!!!!!!!!!!!

God save the Queen!

[simpaticvs420]

Imagino o que é para um ser humano ter tamanha responsabilidade sobre seus ombros, não. Não quereria isto para mim.

[belcunto]

ok, i'm a fan of another school of singing - i like coloratura sopranos like callas and sutherland - BUT

my laptop chassis has NEVER vibrated the way it does when jesse norman sings!

[sveikoso]

That was just beautiful! Well done and thanks for sharing.

[gtownlad77]

WOW can you image how the Queen felt standing there at that moment with Jessye belting out GSTQ and only she can and the pride that her family must have felt at that moment to be her family. WOW Makes you proud to be a Brit and I'm a Texan Haha

[nzoperamad]

the best rendition I have also ever heard, you go USA!!!

[mc0558]

A lot of blood and guts in the French national anthem, but stirring nontheless.

The British National Anthem is easy to remember and easy for every kind of voice to sing. I was there recently and it seems that Australians play it quite frequently. I was surprised.

[mc0558]

God Save the King became popular during the years immediately after the French Revolution, when there was a lively radical element in Britain who wanted to bring the same kinds of liberties the French had won to Britain. Or I should say "apparent liberties", for soon it became clear that the French had only got a different kind of tyranny. But before this reality became manifest, tories who stood for the old regime in Britain sang this song on public occasions to show where they stood!

[qyzuf]

failing...or maybe just a different take.

Can you give me more example of "national identiy distilled through time" anthems? Do you acknowledge that many anthems are silly marches?

[Shanniquitie]

These anthems speak to a nation through the centuries. They're not brand new fabrications or re-worked 'folk' songs. They're expressions of national identity distilled through time. If you don't respond to the aesthetic, that's fine - but it's a failing on your part, not an objective reality.

[qyzuf]

how would you define fake? I like the ones that aren't another superficial military march. The Israeli anthem has a history, it's based on a folk song. The Bulgarian anthem is indeed new, but it's a reaction against war manifested by replacing a war march with a minor key song about nature. That moves me more than having history...

[Shanniquitie]

you like the 'fake' ones... they have no history