The River Cam - Eric Whitacre

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  • The River Cam - Eric Whitacre
    Leonard Elschenbroich, Cellist
    Eric Whitacre, Conductor
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    The Proms 2015
    Royal Albert Hall, London
    August 14, 2015

КОМЕНТАРІ • 55

  • @wayneday3116
    @wayneday3116 6 років тому +21

    Isn't it wonderful that atonal music died on a dead end road. Thank you, Mr. Whitacre for carrying on the great British tradition. Your music is beautiful. Vaughn-Williams would be proud.

  • @deloreanman14
    @deloreanman14 8 років тому +11

    I have played this five times over in one sitting. Simply amazing.

  • @frenchcathedrals
    @frenchcathedrals 9 років тому +29

    All the passion and melancholy of English pastoral music is in this beautiful work.

    • @steve-lj7vy
      @steve-lj7vy 8 років тому +1

      +frenchcathedrals Yes.

    • @angipang
      @angipang 8 років тому +8

      +frenchcathedrals Eric said it has a Vaughan Williamsish lushness probably because that's what the music wanted to be since Vaughan Williams was also at Cambridge and probably walked along that river. Madeleine L'Engle once said, the art is often wiser than the artist.

    • @lightscenters111
      @lightscenters111 6 років тому

      so well said Dan DePriest

  • @amandedeux6657
    @amandedeux6657 3 роки тому +2

    I'm sitting in my living room looking out at a tree whose leaves are gently moving listening to this beautiful music.

  • @llk3763
    @llk3763 3 роки тому +3

    I heard this piece on Classical MPR while working from home. It was so overwhelmingly beautiful that I had to find it again. It is so peaceful. Reminds me of floating on a river when I was young.

  • @sambitious
    @sambitious 7 років тому +24

    His emotional connection to this piece truly tells a story all by itself-the way he looks up toward the ceiling, as if touched by the "light". Each precise stroke of his cello holds the secrets to everlasting happiness prosperity-and the rich vibrato welcomes us to Paradise with open arms. It saddens me that much of this world is oblivious to absolutely amazing music like this.
    Sometimes I just come here to watch him play, rather than listen.

    • @Scriabinfan593
      @Scriabinfan593 3 роки тому +2

      Chill dude he's just playing notes lmao. There's no such thing as everlasting happiness and prosperity. It is beautiful music, but it's not that deep lol

  • @LICHEVALIER
    @LICHEVALIER Місяць тому

    Una bellezza...senza parole ❤

  • @GZ9090
    @GZ9090 7 років тому +7

    11:15 onwards is my favorite part. The warmness of those harmonies just does something for me.

  • @Ed30675
    @Ed30675 7 років тому +4

    An absolute gem of modern composition....or is sublime a better descriptive word... Simply beautiful.... i can hear shades of the greats hear... Elgar and Vaughan Williams... But for me this just confirms the heights to which Whiacre aspires... Love this immensely...

    • @jackarcher7495
      @jackarcher7495 5 років тому

      My impulse was to say you were wrong, but you're right. I do hear a bit of Vaughan Williams in this. And that is indeed a compliment.

  • @xqzme78228
    @xqzme78228 Рік тому +1

    This beautiful song is in my iPod playlist made up of about 60 of my favorites from thousands in my phone. Swear to god whenever it comes up, I end up listening to it for days straight on repeat. The version I play is from EW’s Water Night EP and features Julian Lloyd Webber, that version is of course played at the perfect tempo, and is obviously captivating. I’m at day six of listening to solely it at the moment. 😅 The last 1:48 of the studio recording is, entrancing.

  • @sherlockholmeslives.1605
    @sherlockholmeslives.1605 8 років тому +7

    GENIUS!

  • @erik7317
    @erik7317 5 років тому +2

    My favorite Whitacre!

  • @AnayaMusic
    @AnayaMusic 4 роки тому +1

    Dear Eric, those concerts are magnificent!

  • @TechneMoira
    @TechneMoira 9 років тому +3

    I love this music. And I wish I could play it whenever it matters

  • @TheAstrophile1
    @TheAstrophile1 Рік тому +1

    2:09 Simply amazing
    3:29 Stunning

  • @carlynpinkins1182
    @carlynpinkins1182 6 років тому +1

    The cellist emotes so beautifully! What a performance of such wonderful music!

  • @HarleyKing001
    @HarleyKing001 9 років тому +6

    I love this piece. Nicely played.

  • @jasonbeckett5445
    @jasonbeckett5445 3 роки тому +1

    Simply glorious.

  • @nicholasemerson3155
    @nicholasemerson3155 7 років тому +4

    What a beautiful piece...very serene and stoic.

  • @BlueMewSings3
    @BlueMewSings3 7 років тому +2

    Beautiful. Thanks for the post. Hadn't heard this one before. Thought I'd heard every Whitacre piece!

  • @lightscenters111
    @lightscenters111 6 років тому +1

    I am speechless.. oh my soul.. oh my soul...

  • @maxtofone
    @maxtofone 8 років тому +3

    Truly gorgeous music and wonderful solo performance!

  • @susanflakes6968
    @susanflakes6968 Рік тому

    Trust and Obey...there is no other WAY... He shows us the WAY..

  • @Brothersall
    @Brothersall 8 років тому +12

    I am truly lost for words. I don't even know what musical terminology to use to describe the beautiful music I have just finish hearing. Its as if I understand something but what..........

    • @angipang
      @angipang 8 років тому +1

      +Brothersall please buy the CD "Water Night" on which this piece is released. Embedded in the CD are videos of Eric explaining the development of each piece. You''ll understand much better. Eric used to walk his son to school along the river Cam while they lived in Cambridge.

  • @susanmorano1744
    @susanmorano1744 8 років тому

    absolutely beautiful

  • @choonghuh
    @choonghuh 7 років тому +1

    Good lord. What a tear jerker

  • @ScreamDemon08
    @ScreamDemon08 7 років тому +1

    Bravo!! Very stunning performance!

  • @pendago8484
    @pendago8484 7 років тому +17

    Can anybody please explain to me why Kayne West has 360 million views today, and this pure work of beauty only 22 K? Can someone please reassure me that this is a mistake...

    • @littlelordfuckleroy3822
      @littlelordfuckleroy3822 7 років тому +7

      Derk Zeedijk
      No need to tear down an artist to elevate another

    • @danielani5612
      @danielani5612 6 років тому +6

      We live in a fallen world...this is to be expected....for now.

    • @pth7780
      @pth7780 6 років тому +2

      Derk is merely comparing the two worlds. One uplifts the spirit to higher things - the other......? Pop culture has never been particularly profound or deep, that is just fact.

    • @joshscores3360
      @joshscores3360 4 роки тому

      Kanye West is no artist.

    • @2minnood
      @2minnood 3 роки тому

      @@joshscores3360 kanye west is one of hiphop's greatest influences and artist, you cannot compare these 2 together; both are amazing in their respective ways

  • @rahulnath9655
    @rahulnath9655 8 років тому +5

    Holy crap, this soloist thoooo

  • @TheAmazingBudwardo
    @TheAmazingBudwardo 4 роки тому +1

    Stunning, had it not been recorded in a TB ward.

  • @choonghuh
    @choonghuh 7 років тому

    oh my god

  • @rorycraig
    @rorycraig 6 років тому

    The two chords at 11:14 are otherworldly...

  • @snowf00t
    @snowf00t 5 років тому

    Gotta love that ringtone at 5:47

  • @kennedyharris9590
    @kennedyharris9590 5 років тому

    At 5:47 you can hear someone’s iPhone alarm go off in the audience just before the silence. :( If you go to 5:45 you’ll be able to better prepare for that. :( I can hear it on headphones. Never noticed it without before.

  • @XboxGuineaPig
    @XboxGuineaPig 6 років тому +2

    If only audience members had the physical ability to not drop things and cough throughout the entirety of the performance.
    If the performers can avoid making unwanted sounds, so can the audience.
    Great music and performance, however. Elschenbroich really knows how to make that cello cry.

    • @kennedyharris9590
      @kennedyharris9590 5 років тому

      XboxGuineaPig there’s also an alarm at 5:47 that goes off... start at 5:45 😭

  • @galaxyofreesesking2124
    @galaxyofreesesking2124 7 років тому

    What's a river cam?

    • @mikeldaleetxebarria2412
      @mikeldaleetxebarria2412 7 років тому +3

      It's the name of the river that runs through Cambridge. Check Eric's video about the piece, it'll explain the story behind it too :)

    • @galaxyofreesesking2124
      @galaxyofreesesking2124 7 років тому

      Thanks yous, dude bro.

    • @pth7780
      @pth7780 6 років тому +3

      It films passing boats

  • @fishylad8523
    @fishylad8523 2 роки тому +1

    scary comment section

  • @robertedwards3654
    @robertedwards3654 8 років тому

    Great music, shame about the jacket