Michael Nyman - Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds

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  • Опубліковано 11 січ 2025

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  • @mahlstadt
    @mahlstadt 6 років тому +279

    I want this played at my wedding AND funeral

    • @adrianwandering2675
      @adrianwandering2675 6 років тому +5

      Funeral definitely, though I prefer the messy youtube version of this with the guy on the base with floppy hair!

    • @adamjohnson1934
      @adamjohnson1934 5 років тому +23

      If you have them both on the same day, you’ll only have to pay the orchestra once!

    • @tomofmiller
      @tomofmiller 5 років тому +1

      @@adrianwandering2675 do you have a link?

    • @adrianwandering2675
      @adrianwandering2675 5 років тому +3

      @@tomofmiller ua-cam.com/video/SPl0QYGVtAU/v-deo.html

    • @amaiag1887
      @amaiag1887 5 років тому +12

      I chosed it for my wedding, 16 years ago.

  • @eileenvannooijen7195
    @eileenvannooijen7195 2 роки тому +9

    Fucking brilliant. Timeless and perfect. Thank you Michael Nyman.

  • @davedogge2280
    @davedogge2280 2 роки тому +26

    Nyman is an underrated genious and he should have had musical Oscars thrown at him already. I salute you sir, you are a wonderful composer.

  • @chrispollitt4644
    @chrispollitt4644 5 років тому +114

    I had this at my wedding g 25 years ago.. you couldn’t t buy the sheet music at the time and Mr Nyman via his agent was kind enough to write several pages of it for me to give to the organist.. and she nicked it!!😡very un Christian frankly and I was utterly gutted! It was tremendous of him to do that for us .. never ever forget that.. love it still and so my children..

    • @mohicannoir
      @mohicannoir 3 роки тому +1

      Get the Purcell's partition then

    • @PaulTheOrganist
      @PaulTheOrganist 2 роки тому +12

      I feel obliged, on behalf of the organ-playing community, to right that wrong that was done to you 25 years ago! So you might be interested to hear this amazing music on a pipe organ once again: ua-cam.com/video/Qea021kBpVc/v-deo.html
      Apologies for blowing my own Diapason, but I think I'm the only person playing it on the organ, at least online. Hope it brings back a memory of your fantastic day ...

    • @Yvette5432
      @Yvette5432 2 роки тому

      @@williampage3952 Why ? He's looking for a fight?

    • @Yvette5432
      @Yvette5432 2 роки тому

      Me, I'm a soldier, don't let him want to piss on my stripes, or my medals, because in that case, maestro or not, he'll see what it's like to provoke the Great Mute , the Army, if he prefers.

    • @Yvette5432
      @Yvette5432 2 роки тому

      Since he absolutely insists on having valuable men and women massacred for nothing, on one side or the other (police and army), this killing does not bother me at all, and could even be interesting. And this is neither a threat nor insulting remarks, but an ultimatum from a peaceful plenipotentiary.

  • @grahamevenn7431
    @grahamevenn7431 3 дні тому

    I had the good fortune to attend a performance of this challenging piece of music some years ago in Brisbane Australia. I recognise the same outstanding band members. As the band concluded they were greeted by a deafening, standing ovation by the sell-out audience. Mr. Nyman looked quite amazed at the reception -maybe thinking how a bunch of people from "Hicksville" could know and appreciate his music with such enthusiasm. A night to remember.

  • @michaelwestgate2124
    @michaelwestgate2124 4 роки тому +29

    One of the most uplifting pieces of music ever written.

  • @theeternalguardian4185
    @theeternalguardian4185 4 роки тому +63

    One of the greatest versions I ve ever heard ...This is definitely Nyman's most wonderful work !By far....It's sounds so magical that makes me tremble from excitement ...It's baroque style brings to life past and brighter and greater eras ...It's a magnificent piece of art nothing more nothing less ...💯👌😭💯👌😭💯👌

    • @ramuner2816
      @ramuner2816 Рік тому

      Nyman's Memorial Requiem is even better!

    • @theeternalguardian4185
      @theeternalguardian4185 Рік тому +1

      @@ramuner2816 Yes,I get what you mean. It's also one of my favourites. But I think it takes for it quite long to escalate, and that makes it a bit more difficult for you to keep your attention to it. Plus, I have quite a preference for the baroque sound in general,so how you'll find that in "chasing sheep is best left to shepherds"just maks it feel more right to my ear.This is also the reason why "The draughtsman's contract" ost,is my favourite of his scores in general.

    • @TDOBrandano
      @TDOBrandano 3 місяці тому +1

      To be fair, the whole incipit is Purcell's King Arthur, the 3rd act prelude, Cupid's "What Ho"

    • @TDOBrandano
      @TDOBrandano 3 місяці тому +1

      @@ramuner2816 And that's Purcell's "Cold Song", still from the King Arthur opera

    • @ramuner2816
      @ramuner2816 3 місяці тому

      @@TDOBrandano Yes, I know it, thank you. In fact, Nyman "borrowed" it at his fellow countryman Henry Purcell.
      Exactly like Rouget de Lisle "borrowed" La Marseillaise (Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin) at his fellow countryman, XVIII century composer Jean-Baptiste Grisons.

  • @Stormrider-surfcamp
    @Stormrider-surfcamp 2 роки тому +5

    I first heard it while watching "The Draftsman Contract" in the early 80ties on a small, 70ties black&white TV. I do love this song since then. Part of the "Soundtrack of my life"

  • @abc67
    @abc67 2 роки тому +12

    Michael Nymam's music really moves me. He is an absolute genius and these are brilliant musicians.
    I had the privilege to watch him and his orchestra live in Lisbon. Unforgettable.

  • @theav2000
    @theav2000 5 років тому +44

    The most joy I have ever felt in my life all put together is in this!

    • @Sharpodiplomat
      @Sharpodiplomat 2 роки тому +3

      Exactly that. I can't explain why, but I cried and was euphoric at the same time when I heard this piece the first time when I was 18. And I still do sometimes. It's larger than life!

  • @chkcnl
    @chkcnl 3 роки тому +17

    Miramé, miramé!

  • @angelofrenia7213
    @angelofrenia7213 3 роки тому +11

    Thank you very much from Russia! It's divine music!

  • @TimHollingworth
    @TimHollingworth 3 роки тому +26

    Brilliant, love this piece. For some reason it makes me quite emotional.

  • @valerieedwards8593
    @valerieedwards8593 5 років тому +34

    the first time you hear this you know you will never tire of it.what a hook.genius.

    • @vilhelmhammershoi3871
      @vilhelmhammershoi3871 Рік тому

      you do not know who Johann Sebastian Bach..... nor.. Georg Friedrich Handel are.

    • @valerieedwards8593
      @valerieedwards8593 Рік тому

      What an odd reply.Why mention Bach or Handel?

    • @vilhelmhammershoi3871
      @vilhelmhammershoi3871 Рік тому

      @@valerieedwards8593 I know, I wasn't in all my senses. Apologies. And your comment is true.

  • @MarkALong64
    @MarkALong64 3 роки тому +5

    Lovely to see so many Saxophones in an orchestral context.

  • @rhianjaques9997
    @rhianjaques9997 2 роки тому +6

    I was in a North Carolina based professional modern dance company for over a decade starting in the 1990s. The Jan Van Dance Group was based out of the University of Greensboro (UNCG). Jan (artistic director) described her style as Merce Cunningham progression.
    She choreographed a piece called “Five Short Forms” using all Nymam music. In my tenure with the JVDDG I was lucky enough to be cast in this (now repertoire) piece. The final section was set to this.
    I loved every minute of this experience and the music was the icing. Thank you Michael Nymam.
    TY for letting me share this experience.👯‍♀️
    #RIPJVD

  • @Mafrunebolo
    @Mafrunebolo 3 роки тому +28

    Aquí por LVM.

  • @Timo-15
    @Timo-15 3 роки тому +12

    Another brilliant piece by Michael Nyman. A lovely pastoral 'vision' of England....with a rhythm & blues emphasis in mezzo. *Bravo!*

  • @markwilliams5240
    @markwilliams5240 4 роки тому +12

    This music makes me so happy,I'm glad that I was born with ears!

  • @miroslavvykoupil9070
    @miroslavvykoupil9070 4 роки тому +11

    When I listen to Nyman, my ears really enjoy themselves

  • @Grail_Quest
    @Grail_Quest 2 роки тому +5

    This could be the soundtrack to my professional life. Run, run, run until you catch the wind and you start to soar. But don't forget to soak up the beauty of friends and family, and count loves victories along the way!

  • @mataform
    @mataform 4 роки тому +21

    OMG How utterly brilliant is this! I love The Draughtsmans Contract and seeing how hard the whole orchestra has to work to play this is amazing. A great workout for bingo wings for the lovely female violinists! Who don't have them I hasten to add. Thank you for posting. Made my day!

    • @dukeofnyc68
      @dukeofnyc68 2 роки тому +1

      Ho visto decine di volte i film di Peter Greenaway solo ed esclusivamente per ascoltare le colonne sonore di Nyman e Mertens. A distanza di molti anni ho scoperto che anche le immagini e le storie dei film erano e sono degni della musica.

  • @juanjillo27mayas
    @juanjillo27mayas 3 роки тому +10

    Gora Moderdonia ✊🏻

  • @alanrobertandrews6493
    @alanrobertandrews6493 3 роки тому +5

    I love Michael nymans Music its so exhilarating, through these troubled times it gets me through, Bye for now love Alan

  • @mikewright4574
    @mikewright4574 6 років тому +32

    Quite simply the best composer alive today.

  • @sticksman1979
    @sticksman1979 5 років тому +15

    Nyman is a genius.

  • @simone-zt6jj
    @simone-zt6jj 4 роки тому +6

    Hear this once and it stays with you forever.

  • @hyperborean72
    @hyperborean72 3 роки тому +7

    These fantastic musicians work really VERY HARD

  • @sticksman1979
    @sticksman1979 5 років тому +33

    Nyman: Now, we play the Shepherds song.
    Violinists: FFS Michael.

  • @Yvette5432
    @Yvette5432 2 роки тому +1

    I heard this work on a website: it served as a sound illustration for a nostalgic coach driver: it was the S53 Saviem or the 53-seater Saviem, this legendary vehicle, with lower consumption, truly tireless , and which for nearly forty years has served our cities and our countryside in France!!! Michael Nyman's work reflects the quality of this legendary coach!!
    The site is called Saviem S45/S48/S53: a story, a know-how.

  • @heavenlymilano
    @heavenlymilano 3 роки тому +8

    I discovered this piece by a total coincidence. I ended up falling in love with it.

    • @mariakristiina08
      @mariakristiina08 Рік тому +1

      The same ❤

    • @heavenlymilano
      @heavenlymilano Рік тому +1

      @@mariakristiina08 I appreciate your reply. For you, I had a chance to listen it again after a long while.

  • @davidr.4552
    @davidr.4552 3 роки тому +18

    Masterpiece !!! The musicians are amazing !!!

  • @cmb2934
    @cmb2934 10 місяців тому

    There is something distinctly British not just in the music but in how it is performed. Old, traditional British. The kind we have lost somewhere along the way. Nostalgia.

  • @rak2332
    @rak2332 3 роки тому +9

    I first heard this back in 2012 when I was at my spiritual best. This piece always unites me to that mystical encounter, and connects me to the days I lived cut off from 'the world'.

  • @ManishLamport
    @ManishLamport 6 років тому +19

    The baroque incentive is represented extremely well on this piece!

  • @chrischandler7578
    @chrischandler7578 5 років тому +12

    Brilliant.. And has caused wet eyes! Stunning 🐝🐝🐝

  • @PapiElric
    @PapiElric 3 роки тому +3

    Thank you from France.

  • @cesarbugarini499
    @cesarbugarini499 3 роки тому +7

    I could not possibly describe this as anything less than the words of God 🙌Mr Nyman is a genius 🙏 and we get to enjoy this😍

  • @LJGSG
    @LJGSG Рік тому +3

    This has to be one of the most uplifting, energizing music of all times! I can't gen enough of listening!

  • @MrRobbyvent
    @MrRobbyvent 3 роки тому +6

    this piece feels so fun and also serious at the same time, can't explain better!

  • @luhram
    @luhram 5 років тому +7

    Extraordinary!! Nyman is a truly genius!!

  • @pasqualetamborino2698
    @pasqualetamborino2698 4 роки тому +6

    musica che commuove l'anima!!!superba......

  • @miguelcarriegosvieira2701
    @miguelcarriegosvieira2701 2 роки тому +3

    This is THE VERSION of the masterpiece.

  • @phjones01
    @phjones01 8 місяців тому +1

    OMG this is what I've been trying to decode from one my favorite Pet Shop Boys tracks! Love is a Bourgeois Construct... Beautiful piece of music!!!

  • @voilavoila8075
    @voilavoila8075 2 роки тому +1

    Le genre de raout qui n'arrive qu'une fois par siècle et qui nous laisse face à une vraie alternative : la transe ou l'extase... For-mi-da-ble! Unique, aussi et bien sûr! Merci aux musiciens (et avant même ce fadingue de Nyman) et salutations à toutes et tous les autres! Bonne continuation! VV.

  • @raquelmar1976
    @raquelmar1976 Рік тому +2

    Con esta obra maravillosa entré yo por el pasillo del Teatro Cortés, en España, a mi boda. Me falta la respiración cuando la oigo y lo que pasa a partir del minuto 3:11 me hace volar. Impresionante el efecto que produce en mí está pieza. Solo puedo decir esto: GRACIAS ❤

  • @Firebrand55
    @Firebrand55 4 місяці тому

    Unusual film with an unusual soundtrack....result?....earworm for 42 years; happily!

  • @Mclovinmilfsthatsforsure
    @Mclovinmilfsthatsforsure Рік тому

    I heard this from a Gucci ad 😭😭 I love Michael Nyman now🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️💯💯

  • @mpenzy
    @mpenzy 6 років тому +18

    merci pour cette publication. J'adore ce morceau :)

  • @exton2174
    @exton2174 Місяць тому

    Thankyou. You Were Simply Outstanding and Awesome. May Angels Sing Thee into The Arms of The Beloved.
    ❤❤❤

  • @valeriewanless6605
    @valeriewanless6605 3 роки тому +2

    Absolutely adore it loved the film

  • @СергейЮжаков-г1д
    @СергейЮжаков-г1д 3 роки тому +1

    Нереально восхитительно!!! Этого не может быть!!! Слов просто нет от распирания чувств и эмоций!!! Великолепие оркестра, маэстро и ... публики! Что то невероятное!!!

  • @darrenholes7080
    @darrenholes7080 10 місяців тому

    I'm having this played at my wedding next month. I cannot wait! ❤

  • @dukeofnyc68
    @dukeofnyc68 2 роки тому +1

    Le emozioni percepite quando ascolti un orchestra sinfonica dal vivo sono indimenticabili. Ho assistito la Nyman band all'Auditorium del Lingotto di Torino.
    Un esperienza unica e straordinaria.

  • @Summer-El_Fenomeno
    @Summer-El_Fenomeno 3 роки тому +2

    IMPRESIONANTE MICHAEL NYMAN BAND .....THE BEST

  • @darrenholes7080
    @darrenholes7080 5 років тому +9

    Sublime!

  • @annamorphose
    @annamorphose 6 років тому +3

    Toujours aussi jouissif...quelle fougue! Du son, des violons et un méga sax soprano! J'aimerais beaucoup le jouer...

  • @peterfischer5276
    @peterfischer5276 3 роки тому +1

    Immer wieder ein Genuss!

  • @giusycauglia1836
    @giusycauglia1836 Рік тому

    Stupenda È UN CAPOLAVORO ASSOLUTO!! HO LA PELLE D'OCA 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @oliveroshea5765
    @oliveroshea5765 5 років тому +5

    Unbelievably brilliant

  • @Chazcharchata
    @Chazcharchata 5 років тому +5

    Always cutting edge!

  • @carloscala1452
    @carloscala1452 2 роки тому +1

    Gracias por mostrarme cosas tan bellas.

  • @angelodiragusa4770
    @angelodiragusa4770 2 роки тому +3

    Worth listening to the original upon which it is based, the prelude to Act III, Scene 2 of Henry Purcell’s opera 'King Arthur'.

  • @patriziafaloni5005
    @patriziafaloni5005 4 роки тому +1

    I m lost for words....just fantastic

  • @MrInterestingthings
    @MrInterestingthings Рік тому

    Nyman is wonderful !

  • @vojtaluvak5836
    @vojtaluvak5836 5 років тому +1

    Nasrat a rozmazat! Tohle je geniální pecka

  • @15962357852
    @15962357852 4 роки тому +2

    Está música es para mí maravilla, cuanto más la escucho más ganas me dan de volverla a escuchar. Michael Nyman, te felicito.👍👍👍

  • @CorentinHarbelot
    @CorentinHarbelot 3 місяці тому +1

    For eternity. And beyond.

  • @ameliawright6947
    @ameliawright6947 3 роки тому +2

    I had this playing completely by accident while starting up Cyberpunk. It fit really, really well.

  • @fernandomazarro2551
    @fernandomazarro2551 Рік тому

    A masterpiece! Nyman is the Master of Masters.

  • @НиколайЗиновьев-к4й
    @НиколайЗиновьев-к4й 5 років тому +4

    BRAVO MASTER!

  • @ichithekiller5
    @ichithekiller5 2 роки тому +1

    Este hombre es un inspirador de Almas. Gracias por compartir 🙏💙

  • @giulionicotra6420
    @giulionicotra6420 4 роки тому +2

    Stunning!

  • @jill46
    @jill46 Рік тому

    Brilliant.....still love this ..

  • @carmenvaldivia8651
    @carmenvaldivia8651 6 років тому +10

    Superbe!!!

  • @nunosousa4689
    @nunosousa4689 8 місяців тому

    this is a beautiful arrangement.. very uplifting.. well done michael

  • @giovannilorini577
    @giovannilorini577 3 роки тому +2

    Genio, puro genio !

  • @herrbatong
    @herrbatong Рік тому +1

    The best. Ever.

  • @RosamariaAragon
    @RosamariaAragon 2 місяці тому +1

    Genio maravillosa

  • @joshuam4880
    @joshuam4880 Місяць тому

    It must be incredibly joyous to be belting out the melody on the oboe

    • @joshuam4880
      @joshuam4880 Місяць тому

      Or soprano saxophone? I'm not too sure...

  • @VictorHernandez-wo1vn
    @VictorHernandez-wo1vn 2 роки тому

    Bravisimo. Gracias Nyman. Please come to Madrid!

  • @dm4022
    @dm4022 3 роки тому +1

    Timeless ❤️🙏🏻

  • @colinrixen-grandpop8697
    @colinrixen-grandpop8697 Рік тому

    Absolutely love this. Awesome piece of work.

  • @simone-zt6jj
    @simone-zt6jj 4 роки тому +3

    Mike Tyson would be proud of that hook.An instant classic.

  • @johnmcglinchey
    @johnmcglinchey Рік тому

    Come back Michael Nyman - wherever you are

  • @robertofinamonti7547
    @robertofinamonti7547 8 місяців тому

    Stupendo, mirabile! Thanks.

  • @Grazylimaaa
    @Grazylimaaa 6 років тому +7

    Liiindoooss!!!! Ammeiii! Parabéns a todos...

  • @antonytselios497
    @antonytselios497 5 років тому +14

    This is what pop music should sound like

    • @alejandrolenin93
      @alejandrolenin93 4 роки тому +2

      I agree. The future of music, as Alex Ross states at the closing of his wonderful "The Rest is Noise", will be the merging of both pop and classical esthetics.

    • @felixgeorge9285
      @felixgeorge9285 3 роки тому +3

      check out 'love is bourgeois construct' by pet shop boys!

  • @e.g.3209
    @e.g.3209 6 років тому +21

    Magníficos violines...

  • @JavierMoyanoTV
    @JavierMoyanoTV 3 роки тому +8

    ¡Moderno!

  • @kalandracas69
    @kalandracas69 Рік тому

    Impresionante pieza, no hay palabras para describir lo que se siente al escucharla.

  • @linabernardi622
    @linabernardi622 10 місяців тому

    Uno dei brani più suggestivi mai sentiti.

  • @Yvette5432
    @Yvette5432 2 роки тому

    The nostalgia of this former machinist allowed me to know the work of Michael Nyman "Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds" which illustrates well his site SAVIEM S45 / S48 / S53 which dates from
    July 2009. Indeed, these are legendary coaches, which marked my childhood, and which prove to be so tireless, that private individuals buy them in order to transform them into motorhomes: they thus experience a second life rather than sending them to scrap or reselling them in Maghreb or Eastern countries.

  • @CO2-emissions
    @CO2-emissions 4 роки тому +2

    this is inmense, majestic

  • @Lucy-ey6xl
    @Lucy-ey6xl 2 роки тому

    With this piece I feel whole. 🥰🎄🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

  • @victoriaguarinoalemany4281
    @victoriaguarinoalemany4281 Рік тому +1

    BRUTAL 🏆🌹🌹🌹🌹💃

  • @TerriPotoczna
    @TerriPotoczna Рік тому

    LOVE, just LOVE this!

  • @keithnaylor1981
    @keithnaylor1981 8 місяців тому

    WOW INCREDIBLE!

  • @ernestguinovart1651
    @ernestguinovart1651 2 роки тому +3

    Not only you need to be a great violinist to play it but be really fit !

  • @strxwbrii
    @strxwbrii 4 роки тому +2

    The trumpet player at 1:20 is literally me 😂😂