Last Night of the Proms 2009 - Jerusalem

Hubert Parry's - Jerusalem, conducted by David Robertson with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus - backed up by the enthusiastic & lively audience at the Royal Albert Hall, and nationwide at the Proms in the Park events.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Jerusalem
• Hubert
• Parry
• last
• night
• proms
• 2009
• classic
• concert

[ebasta85]

Why, oh why, isn't this our official anthem?

[GaryGarratt]

England.....I could not ask for a better country to have been born in! Nothing else could come close. I am too lucky!

[Shockwave474]

@BasilFawlty4444 Or they had some neurological disorder that made them physically intolerant of the British. Seriously, I don't see how any intelligent person could be anti-British by choice.

[BasilFawlty4444]

@Shockwave474 What's wrong with British ancestry?

Clearly they were just jealous because such a small island has shaped the world more than any other nation on Earth.

[Shockwave474]

I know I've commented too much here already, but I do enjoy coming back to this video. I think it might have something to do with the fact that being made fun of in middle school for my British ancestry made me feel somehow closer to it.

[jackpark7927]

My British roots have been traced back to an ancient country chapel outside Eastwell, near Melton Mowbray.

[Shockwave474]

As beautiful as this song is, and as good as this video makes me feel, I can't help wondering how Jesus could have actually gotten all the way to Britain. They had not yet invented airplanes, so that must have been an awfully long trip. Still, great music.

[cacumbee]

I'm an American, but this is one of the most beautiful songs that i have ever heard.

[Shockwave474]

I have lived in the US all my life, but part of my lineage comes from Britain, and sometimes I just… I dunno, feel British, the same way those of Italian descent call themselves Italian. And I couldn't ask for better ancestry. And that is the spirit in which this song moves me.

[Darrell9029]

My dear departed friend no doubt watched this, exactly 2 weeks afetr this was broadcast, at 12.00 pm Saturday 26th September 2009 he commited suicide, shortly after that I carried his body in his coffin at his funeral, I was honured to deliver his eulogy and then we all sang this beautiful song for him (His choice) I revisit this version and think of him often, god bless you mate, as you always said, I did learn to run with the foxes and run with the hounds, only we know, god bless you Dodgy!

[mattmd69]

I am the son of a British man and a Fijian mother, and was adopted by an Australian couple living in Knightsbridge...my adoptive mother took me to two concerts when I was about 7 at Albert Hall, one was Songs of Praise and the other Last Night of the Proms...when I was 10 and 1/2 I came to Australia, but England is home for me, even though I still live in Australia. I have become a conductor and musical director as a direct result of these WONDErful & AMAZING experiences

[DippyEggFudgePacker]

You wont find this in any other country in the world! Going to Afghan soon glad to see so many people love our great nation, makes me proud!