Rick Wakeman - Merlin The Magician (Live, 2018) | Live Portraits

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    Merlin The Magician performed by Rick Wakeman on his Live Portraits tour in 2018. Following the release of the 2017 studio album Piano Portraits, which was very well received and went Top 10 in the UK for several weeks, Rick has been touring “Live Portraits” to sell out audiences across the UK. As a lasting record Rick has decided to film and record a very special performance of “Live Portraits” at Lincoln Cathedral on 7th March 2018.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 95

  • @Dr_Do-Little
    @Dr_Do-Little 2 роки тому +39

    If he wasn't such a great pianist I could listen to Rick Wakeman talk all day!

  • @janelockwood8806
    @janelockwood8806 2 роки тому +4

    I was staying in a small hotel with my parents in Torquay in 1975? when King Arthur on ice was shown on TV one evening. I absolutely LOVED it and have been a big fan of Rick's ever since. I even got other guests watching it, including my late dad. As soon as we could get to the shops, he bought the vinyl for me (I still have it) but I had to wait the rest of the week to get home and play it. Merlin is still one of my favourite tracks. Dad also loved his music and I chose Rick's version of Morning has Broken for when dad's coffin entered the chapel as Portraits was the last cd he and I listened to almost 5 years ago now. So many memories... Thank you Mr Wakeman! 💕

  • @jeffschielka7845
    @jeffschielka7845 2 роки тому +6

    Rick Wakeman THE FINGERS. THE MASTER. FOREVER YES!!!🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹

  • @laytcol
    @laytcol 2 роки тому +12

    This story about the album's title is so "wakemanish", if you can say that :D

  • @johndaniels8948
    @johndaniels8948 2 роки тому +9

    I was fortunate enough to have been in the audience for this recording in the 2nd row. It was a wonderful experience, as is every one of his many concerts I've attended, but it was oh so cold in there which is why many people are wearing coats and scarves!

  • @agnosturaelwsr
    @agnosturaelwsr 2 роки тому +18

    My favourite album of yours, its very special with the choir parts, the shifts, instrumentation and the piano theme on this song is the best ever made. This album made me start listen to music in a different way, it tells a story musically that catched me at least. I had it on cassette and remember a friend borrowed it and had it for two years...and I had to argue with him to get it back. I'm from Finnmark in Norway, as far north you can get in Europa and to buy another cassette of this was not possible. But luckily I got it back, I bought another cassette to my friend...I dont remember which but he was happy and I was happy. Well, this album means a lot to me and I still remember hearing it the first time on a small shitty cassette player but still it really made a huge impact. I was 11-12 years old.

    • @gelubatir9794
      @gelubatir9794 2 роки тому +3

      AMAZING STORY, REALLY AMAZING, I CONSIDER YOU A FRIEND OF MINE, NOT ONLY BECAUSE YOU ARE LISTENING TO RICK'S MUSIC, BUT FOR YOUR FINE TASTE IN MUSIC. I AM ROMANIAN, YOU ARE A NORWEGIAN. WE ARE FAR AWAY. STILL, WE HAVE OUR MUSIC AND THE SAME PASSION. MY BEST THOUGHTS, GELU BATIR, RM.VALCEA TOWN, ROMANIA, Febr, 2022

    • @agnosturaelwsr
      @agnosturaelwsr 2 роки тому +1

      @@gelubatir9794 Thank you, yes borders are not a reason to not be friends!

    • @gelubatir9794
      @gelubatir9794 2 роки тому +1

      @@agnosturaelwsr Thank you, I would be very pleased to consolidate a friendly relatioship. Please, write me any time, about whatever you will consider to be interesting. Not only about music. Yours Gelu Batir

  • @dacarny1
    @dacarny1 2 роки тому +9

    One of my favorites. Discovered Rick when I was a kid in the 70's and have been a fan ever since!

    • @GlimmerOfLight
      @GlimmerOfLight Рік тому +1

      Same here: 50 years a fan next year (1973 - 2023)

  • @technonarg5978
    @technonarg5978 2 роки тому +11

    An awesome performance Mr Wakeman,been a fan for nearly 50 years.

  • @sarah-ws2tg
    @sarah-ws2tg 5 місяців тому +3

    Absolutely magnificent!!!!! Bravo!! Bravo!!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @pepecherin2341
    @pepecherin2341 2 роки тому +3

    Gracias Rick Wakeman, Un Grán Saludo desde La Alpujarra de Granada España .-

  • @stefanruppert1842
    @stefanruppert1842 6 місяців тому +2

    Your music and art guided me all my life, thank you rick😊😊😊😊😊

  • @user-yg7ps4gh1x
    @user-yg7ps4gh1x 2 роки тому +4

    I remember buying the album in 1975 and I still have it. I listened to it many times.

  • @MrPedal88
    @MrPedal88 2 роки тому +8

    Brings back a lot of great memories from my youth. Thanks Rick.

  • @leonardojensenribeiro7252
    @leonardojensenribeiro7252 3 місяці тому

    Just saw you yestarday in Porto Alegre. Thanks for all the music and respect. For loving your fans to the point of being in the extreme south of Brazil so many times, as much as other artists never did, but you.
    Love the music but in fact, the art. The love for heavy metal and classical at the same time and the fact that you've ben a part of so many other huge artists life with great compositions.
    Cheers from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
    See ya. ❤

  • @bkswanson2461
    @bkswanson2461 2 роки тому +5

    Those Gorgeous chord changes!!
    Mr Wakeman, King of the keys♡♡

  • @marciopainhas5828
    @marciopainhas5828 2 роки тому +2

    Mr. Wakeman is the GOAT! Dig him for almost 50 years. So unique!

  • @bryanhawkins5448
    @bryanhawkins5448 Рік тому +1

    Still amazing nearly 50 years old

  • @marcelovarela3813
    @marcelovarela3813 2 роки тому +1

    Rick Wakeman. The greatest.

  • @dischargerecords2331
    @dischargerecords2331 Рік тому

    I first heard this when i was 4 years old ,one of my first musical memories ,it was on a compilation album with jethro tull and the rolling stones .

  • @Ozarkprepper643
    @Ozarkprepper643 2 роки тому +8

    Absolutely beautiful! Thanks for taking me back on memory lane early this morning.
    You are a world treasure my friend.
    🤠🐂🏞️

  • @timobrien2738
    @timobrien2738 2 роки тому +3

    ❤️ Greetings from America, loved this album.

  • @wecult
    @wecult 2 роки тому +2

    I was 14 years old. My older Brother was yes fan and had the six wifes of Henry VIII. I spend all my money for at arthur. Now i am 60 and the two minimoog solos on merlin are right now the best of all times.

  • @len333p
    @len333p 2 роки тому +2

    One of my very favourite pieces Rick. 👍🏻🇨🇦

  • @StephenCaudillPhoto
    @StephenCaudillPhoto 2 роки тому +1

    This man is a UNIVERSAL treasure.

  • @yvoheaton6402
    @yvoheaton6402 2 роки тому +2

    If this is from the recording at Lincoln, we were there and had a wonderful evening. Thank you for posting Rick. Special times.

  • @HomeBakedOnYouTube
    @HomeBakedOnYouTube 2 роки тому +2

    Rick Wakeman
    🎹🎹🎹
    🎹🙌🎹
    🎹🎹🎹

  • @redstrat1234
    @redstrat1234 Рік тому

    Beautiful track

  • @patrickmonks9761
    @patrickmonks9761 2 роки тому +1

    I could listen to your stories and music all day

  • @malenabetanzos344
    @malenabetanzos344 Рік тому

    No conozco musica más sofisticada que esta pieza es summa cum laude en el rock progresivo

  • @mshelton5036
    @mshelton5036 Рік тому

    Yes, fragile was my introduction to Rick Wakeman outstanding writer and performer! Solo and all the bands he played with.

  • @Dblossom1
    @Dblossom1 2 роки тому +2

    A pleasure to listen to. Thank you very much.

  • @janicesilva8035
    @janicesilva8035 2 роки тому +2

    Lindo ...assisti seu shows Rei Arthur e Viagem ao Centro da Terra no RJ .

  • @newandreview
    @newandreview Рік тому

    An absolute genius of our times with a sense of humour to boot…..

  • @neilangus4401
    @neilangus4401 2 роки тому +1

    I cannot say enough about this man
    Simply glorious

  • @michaelbrito2978
    @michaelbrito2978 2 роки тому +1

    Pure musical genius! I always learn so much from my musical guru!

  • @RayWalker-pythonic
    @RayWalker-pythonic Рік тому

    Fantastic!

  • @reginamaurafronterotta5913
    @reginamaurafronterotta5913 3 місяці тому

    Fantástico!

  • @RIXRADvidz
    @RIXRADvidz 2 роки тому +6

    Merlin's the Jam but Jane Seymour is what inspired me to pursue my keyboard playing. After a terrible teacher I turned to Bach for counting and timing, then I heard Jane Seymour and I wanted to Create not just play. Thanks for that inspiration and All of Your Music.

    • @nettocxxx
      @nettocxxx 2 роки тому

      Isn't excepts from Six Wives on YesSongs just Awesome!! 😀

  • @rony.3836
    @rony.3836 Рік тому

    Excellent!

  • @InvertedPopesMusic
    @InvertedPopesMusic 2 роки тому +2

    Amazing just amazing. Love the story behind the title.

  • @jimmypenn
    @jimmypenn 2 роки тому +3

    Absolutely beautiful and such a fun tune as well 💯

  • @andreysavelev9004
    @andreysavelev9004 Рік тому

    Glory to Rick Wakeman! a funny person. Live long Rick!

  • @emildimofte6538
    @emildimofte6538 Рік тому +1

    MERLYN,îs WiTh,YOU!!!!!for,EVERand,EVER!!!!!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💘🥇🦅🎹👍👼👼🦅⏱️🔥💫🎄🎯🛡️⚔️♟️🎆🎆⚔️🎺🎆🎼🇬🇧🆙🇬🇧🆙🇬🇧🎼🆙🇬🇧🌅🌅⭐💣🎇💣💣🏹💣🎅🎄🎅🐬💫👼👼👼👼👍👍👍👍💎💘🦅👍🥇🎹🎀🎺🎺👏♥️💯💯💯💯♥️🇬🇧⚔️🇬🇧🌟🇬🇧🌟🇬🇧🌟🇬🇧🌟🇬🇧🇬🇧🆙🇬🇧🎅🏹

  • @markstoneman1585
    @markstoneman1585 2 роки тому

    Keyboard King 🎹🎹

  • @emildimofte6538
    @emildimofte6538 Рік тому +1

    ⭐♥️⭐♥️⭐♥️⭐♥️🛡️♥️⭐♥️🛡️⭐♥️⭐♥️🏹🎯🏹🐬🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇🥇🎹🥇🎹🔥🎀🔥🎀🔥🎩🎄🎩👍🎩👍💫🎄🎻🎄💫🎄💫🎄💫💯👏💯👏💯👏💯🎺🎇🎺🎇🎺🎇💯🎺🎇🎺🎺🎇⚔️⚔️💣💣⏱️⏱️⏱️⏱️💎⭐💎⭐💎💎⭐♥️🎯🏹🌟👼🎅👼🌟👼🎅👼🎅🆙🎼🆙🎼🆙🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧BRAVOOO,MAESTRO!!!!!YOU,ARE,A,LIVING,LEGEND!!!!!!My,FRIEND,MERLYN,îs,,WiTh,for,EVER and EVER!!!!!!🎼🎼🇬🇧🎼🆙🆙🇬🇧🆙🇬🇧🆙🇬🇧🆙🇬🇧🆙🇬🇧⭐⭐⭐⭐⏱️💎⏱️💎⏱️🎄🎻🎄💫🎄🎄♥️♥️♥️♥️👏💯🎯⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️👼🌟👼🌟👼🌟👼👏💯👏💯🥇🎹🎹🎀🔥🔥🎩👍🔥🎩🛡️🐬♟️🐬♟️🐬♟️🛡️♟️🛡️🎁🎆🎁🎆🎁💘🦅🥇🎹💯🎹💯🎹💯🎹💯💯🎹💯🎹🎀🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺💯🎺💯🎺💯🎺👏♥️💯

  • @jonduke
    @jonduke 2 роки тому +2

    Excelente álbum.

  • @helbergreen
    @helbergreen 2 роки тому +1

    Rick this song is magic transcends our imagination, I missed the light vibe of Roger Newell's Fender.

  • @mrgoodwrench8181
    @mrgoodwrench8181 Рік тому

    Magnificent.

  • @eziogosti1559
    @eziogosti1559 2 роки тому +2

    Come sempre…STREPITOSO!!!!

  • @leigh91657
    @leigh91657 Рік тому

    One of my all time favorite albums. I wore out several before cds were invented.

  • @jarekfujarek741
    @jarekfujarek741 2 роки тому +1

    Mr. Wakamen
    Never stop plays for us, please!

  • @bobsheruncle1374
    @bobsheruncle1374 2 роки тому

    Wonderful Rick, thank you. I have seen you so many times over the years and never tire of seeing your mastery of the ivories. Long may it continue

  • @swyman10
    @swyman10 2 роки тому

    I saw you perform this live in the mid 70’s in Cols., OH when I was in college at THE Ohio State University! You were magnificent then as now!

  • @scousesonata
    @scousesonata 2 роки тому

    I remember a concert Rick gave for the BBC Sight & Sound radio series back in 1976. Rick, being a such a good sit down comedian as well a brilliant composer and musician, gave this story of Merlin to the audience.
    Merlin, apparently, was a naughty old bugger who fancied Guinevere. In the 1st section he chases Guinevere around Camelot, but when he catches her has a problem with his marshmallow and the letterbox. Anyway, the end section depicts Merlin chase again, but unfortunately when he catches Guinevere he drops down dead. Only then does rigor mortis set in.
    Every time I've heard this track I have a mental image of an accompanying video that could have gone with it.
    Now you have!

  • @stevenhollingsworth733
    @stevenhollingsworth733 2 роки тому

    Man he's just wonderful.

  • @marcianojuniormaraschin5080
    @marcianojuniormaraschin5080 2 роки тому

    Bravo, Rick. Hugs from Brazil!!!

  • @calvinhobbes7504
    @calvinhobbes7504 Рік тому

    I've been a total fan of yours Rick since a friend introduced me to the Journey To The Center Of The Earth album when it was released in the US (I'm still trying to find that "bum" note you talked about on the jacket -- pretty sure it's not there!) ..... Myths and Legends is still my all-time favorite of your work though. :)

  • @katiafreire3910
    @katiafreire3910 2 роки тому +2

    Lindo Rick!👏👏👏

  • @cocktailsfortwo5660
    @cocktailsfortwo5660 2 роки тому

    Wonderful. Simply wonderful.

  • @0556799
    @0556799 2 роки тому

    Bravo Maestro!!!

  • @CarolBell1958
    @CarolBell1958 Рік тому

    So beautiful! Love it!

  • @angeldc54
    @angeldc54 Рік тому

    A masterpiece indeed!

  • @jordansupport1923
    @jordansupport1923 2 роки тому

    And he used to have 7 or 8 keyboards on the go all at once. Masterful

  • @davevaebutuoy
    @davevaebutuoy 2 роки тому

    Awesome as always, and so nice of you to play at the old folks home's church.

  • @crisbajcrisbaj468
    @crisbajcrisbaj468 2 роки тому

    one of my fav recordings

  • @grahamspence-music8777
    @grahamspence-music8777 2 роки тому

    Wonderful, as always . . .

  • @victorvarelagonzalez2408
    @victorvarelagonzalez2408 2 роки тому +1

    RICK WAKEMAN ES UN EXCELENTE MUSICO Y COMPOSITOR SIN DUDA ALGUNA ES NÚMERO#1...Y PUNTO.

  • @ardiris2715
    @ardiris2715 2 роки тому

    This one piece of music inspired me to read every book about Merlin that I could find.
    (:

    • @bazhaines5299
      @bazhaines5299 2 роки тому +1

      I seem to remember the ones by TH White being classics.

    • @cocktailsfortwo5660
      @cocktailsfortwo5660 2 роки тому +1

      Have you read the ‘Crystal Cave’ series? Great stuff!

    • @bazhaines5299
      @bazhaines5299 2 роки тому

      @@cocktailsfortwo5660 No but I will certainly keep that in mind thanks.

  • @frederiquecouture3924
    @frederiquecouture3924 2 місяці тому

    Excalibur 🗡️.

  • @paulbrookes413
    @paulbrookes413 2 роки тому

    Tickled!

  • @eltinjones4542
    @eltinjones4542 2 роки тому

    Flawless 🎶👌

  • @ScareMouth
    @ScareMouth 2 роки тому

    This song is simply sensational

  • @alencar5420
    @alencar5420 2 роки тому

    He is a great artist. ✌️

  • @seerofallthatisobvious1316
    @seerofallthatisobvious1316 2 роки тому

    Very adequate, thank you. NEXT!

  • @martinaaguilarsantana6633
    @martinaaguilarsantana6633 2 роки тому

    Grandioso, me facina Rick

  • @sammyvh11
    @sammyvh11 10 місяців тому

    Prog keyboard goat

  • @user-mb4jq7zx2s
    @user-mb4jq7zx2s 2 роки тому

    That's great

  • @anthonytrilling6886
    @anthonytrilling6886 2 роки тому

    Been a fan of Mr. Wakeman since the early 70’s. Such an incredibly beautiful piece of art displayed in a non-verbal form of musical genius that only the master Rick Wakeman could give to us. I would give anything to have this performance be available on piano sheet music. Can anyone help me out on this one?

  • @yoshimisang3317
    @yoshimisang3317 2 роки тому

    I have that's casettes and that's good

  • @technonarg5978
    @technonarg5978 2 роки тому +2

    I thought you were going to say "The Myths and Leg" :-)

  • @nezumijinnai3945
    @nezumijinnai3945 Рік тому

    When i listen to this, i think of Schmendrick instead of Merlin 😅
    Thus is a compliment, since i love The last unicorn

  • @trentpmcd
    @trentpmcd 2 роки тому

    OK, that is odd, even though I know this very well, there were one or two places that I -really- heard the melody and harmonies for the first time - I guess sometimes barebone piano let's you hear the notes instead of the color a big orchestra brings. Anyway, fabulous job on the parts I know by heart and the bits that I heard with fresh ears - such a fantastic player!

  • @bumberClart1000
    @bumberClart1000 8 місяців тому

    Rick Bacon 😊💚🤘 rock Against veggies

  • @yoshimisang3317
    @yoshimisang3317 2 роки тому +1

    I hope UK.will save from disaster

  • @dischargerecords2331
    @dischargerecords2331 Рік тому

    And THAT'S how to play the piano.

  • @stephenhall11
    @stephenhall11 2 роки тому +1

    So has Rick gotten rid of the electronic gear? I have not seen him playing a synth in a long time.This would sound so much better with a Moog.