Cavatina John Williams best-ever performance (live on TV)

[@jamesdatson4069]

This tune has been haunting me for 40 year's, reminds me of the friends I lost in Vietnam I love it and I hate it. James

[@chip9649]

Hope your better now

[@Kayte-tv2cw]

James Datson, My husband always says the same thing…

[@watchwomanofthedragon8376]

Thankyou for your service.

[@kcdurkin8498]

Understand completely.

[@johnfellowes1070]

Terrific post James. Love and affection from the UK to you and your brothers who fought for freedom

[@frankmcconnellogue3351]

Who’s listening in 2024 ,magnificent .

[@CaptainDarrick]

I've been listening all my life

[@dawnjamieson9121]

For my friend Markie who sadly passed away last week. This reminds me of him 😢

[@ValerieMathews-f4e]

Still listening. Will till I die

[@houseportraitscalligraphy7474]

I am! I alway thought of John Williams as more of a technician... But here he definitely has heart!!!

[@1954breconrise]

I am

[@sooz9433]

My definition of hell is a World without music.

[@piagetaudemars8372]

Welcome to Muslim 😂😂

[@FilthyFloor]

Imagine loosing hearing then

[@uncatila]

If music be the food of love play on

[@Wiggi147]

Well said man

[@CaptainDarrick]

​@@FilthyFloorOr even * losing * it .

[@blinkyou1]

The beauty in this song is that if you listen to it when you’re heartbroken, it’s sad. But when you’re in love, it’s romantic.

[@prettyvirginflaka2345]

dude...did you have to do me like that....

[@brianwalker1933]

Beautifully said.😊

[@miglena2s]

It is both ❤

[@jazznotes3802]

Because it captures love

[@joq702]

Perfectly said.

[@guiagg6937]

This song reminds me of the week before my Dad passed away...I was playing this song while I was feeding him in 2017...After 5 years, Im playing this song again and I still cant stop crying..I guess Ill never really get over the passing of my Dad til the day I die....I love you so much Dad...til we meet again...😥❤️💔

[@newtnguyen5880]

I love your love for your parent .

[@johnrogers1251]

As long as you remember your Dad, he'll still be around.

[@carmenvalenzuela5658]

I completely understand you.

[@mountainman7361]

I understand. lost my dad in 1996, and I still cry I miss him so much. There is no one ever takes the place of a great dad.

[@user-cp1ej7wi1q]

❤😂

[@petegolding2657]

I remember our Dad crying while listening to this piece about 30 years ago. Now in my 50s myself. I know why. I'm am also sobbing. It's utterly mesmerising and so beautiful.

[@soltanovnaserov6133]

full of emotions

[@superbirds2009]

same as my 53 is approaching

[@baroquer]

Tears in my eyes every single time (60 yo)

[@Danilovich2035]

Normaly , remember his live , his feels , all......i too.

[@anncostello5894]

I can't listen to this beautiful song instrumental ly without my heart aching. I'll be 65 this year. Reminds me of truly belonging ❤️❤️❤️

[@abdullahabdrahman649]

Who is listening to this in 2020 ? Thumbs up, please.

[@user-hi8th7qr3c]

Me

[@KSpartan]

I'm crying

[@matildekimmerle6607]

Here. Perfect song a new day in America- the day the election was over.

[@josephodonnell8649]

Amazing genius

[@abdullahabdrahman649]

@@josephodonnell8649 It's one of those songs that seeps deep into your soul - sad, beautiful and inspiring all at the same time.

[@saffa2326]

Even after all these years, this is so linked to The Deer Hunter I cannot listen to it without crying. Beautiful.

[@hughmcilveen2235]

I prefer not to remember the association with " The Deer Hunter". The movie was jingoistic racist propaganda, the scenes in the movie where the " evil Vietcong" forced the brave yanks to play Russian Roulette was, in fact, the reverse of the truth. This was a game invented by the bored, usually stoned U.S. "soldiers" against helpless prisoners.

[@lawabidingcitizen5153]

@@hughmcilveen2235 Then just see the movie as a movie instead of a documentary, problem solved

[@MB-vu3ow]

The association is automatic.

[@SenseiJosh]

@@hughmcilveen2235 It's an ANTI WAR movie. It never claims to be accurate. It just wants to tell a simple story about how post traumatic stress disorder affects a close friend group. Just because YOU attach racist ideas to the movies message does not mean that that's what the movie was trying to express.

[@carrottoponcrak]

@@hughmcilveen2235 gtfoh

[@gabrieljohannson6777]

Still one of the greatest guitarists around today. John Williams is a living Guitar God.

[@clockwise104]

Multiple great guitarists exist,,, all in their own disciplines …..

[@carrroad]

Beautiful, outstanding and unforgettable.

[@edgarsison9516]

Is he the same person who composed the Star Wars,Indiana Jones Themes?

[@alexistarr]

@@edgarsison9516 No.

[@lesleyrennie8661]

Iove his spanish guitar but this is beautiful clever man.

[@lailai5642]

40多年來超過一百次聽不同此曲版本， 真箇百聽不厭！

[@donaldsunny7836]

This reminds me of when I was a kid in the 1970's London sitting down watching Tony Hart's gallery. Only UK adults in their 40's and 50's will understand. I didn't have a care in the world back then. Lovely days.

[@Cybercrime.branch]

Donald Sunny awww 🥰

[@abbymcleary1849]

So good! I remember Tony hart he was way better than Rolf Harris hey! Time told!

[@dangermouse6561]

And now let's look at the gallery....

[@PeterJPickles]

Many time after school, my Mam was making tea and had to come in to the living room to wake me up after watching take hart, because of this tune :)

[@gregoryluke1649]

Absolutely, Donald. Lovely memories. I feel sorry for young kids who don't have that kind of TV programme anymore. Anyway, we have a memory...

[@sharonhanlon8714]

I remember my dad listening to this when I was a child - he seemed so at peace. As an adult now I understand why. My sister later chose this for my Dad's funeral - what a wonderful way to remember him..

[@cheang8870]

It has sad and joy in it , in the same time , its life .

[@johnrogers1251]

This is probably what I'm going to request at my funeral. Hauntingly beautiful.

[@gillespradeleix1043]

I did it too for my Dad ' funerals in Royan in France 🙏

[@davidwearmouth851]

I don't suppose that John looks at any of these comments, but I find that when life is climbing up on me, when I'm stressed, tired, generally out-of-sorts, then listening to John playing this piece of beautiful music soothes, calms, and puts an entirely fresh complexion on my day. No electronics, no amplifiers, no auto-tune, just simple good playing by one of the very best, and someone who really feels and appreciates what it is that he is playing. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, John, for this lovely music, and my thanks as well to Stanley Myers for his work in composing this piece. God bless you both.

[@ralfleenen]

You're absolutely spot on! Thank you for wording it so perfectly 🙏 Just imagine having witnessed this live performance...

[@joehaynes2923]

​@@ralfleenenl

[@NomaddUK]

Others have played this piece and some have really excelled, but none come close to hearing this specific rendition. Ana Vidovic plays it incredibly well with very romantic waves of tonal changes but still falls just slightly short. One of my favourite pieces of music ever.

[@mariaalmeida189]

❤❤❤

[@doltbezoar]

A completely beautiful piece. Timeless. Hundreds of years will pass and this will live on.

[@dfddwm]

Just remember Stanley Myers the film composer created it NOT John Williams!

[@kumisimo2204]

色々な方がこの曲を弾いていますが、この方の演奏が好きです。 まるで映写機で白黒映画を観ているかのような、とても静かで懐かしくて、温かく、優しい。 他人にも、自分にも優しくなれる。

[@osamukawaguchi6376]

この方がオリジナルの演奏家です。元々はロバートデニーロ主演「ディアハンター」のサウンドトラックに収録されており、映画音楽家として有名なスタンリーマイヤースが作曲しています。

[@pippipster6767]

Undoubtedly one of the most beautiful pieces of music (guitar or otherwise) of all time. Beautifully played here.

[@GregBreden]

Cavatina was kind of a holy grail when I was learning classical guitar with others at school. None of us ever said we were going to play Cavatina, we always said they were going to attempt it.

[@richg4189]

Immediate chills. The song is simply brilliance.

[@Metatron141]

So perfect. It's like watching a sunset and sunrise at the same time. And everything in between. Very well played. 👏

[@youknowme...1840]

Beautiful. The great effort he made in his life. As everyone says so here, still people don't pay the money to the real musicians like him. Look at him. He really didn't have much money. This is the stupidity of humans. Spending enormous money on the crappie entertainment business music and don't support real musicians.

[@steve5825]

So very true.

[@woutkoopman]

And why should they? Bring out an album, so a few shows, perform in the street if you have to. I've travelled around the world from just the money I made on the street playing guitar. There's many great guitar players that make a good living just playing guitar. Why couldn't he?

[@janetremsing6988]

As a pro-musician, I have to agree!!! A lifetime of training/practice/blood, sweat & tears goes into learning & mastering your craft...🙂💙👍‼️

[@lawrencekilbert8438]

.......Ah, but a man does not live by bread alone.The beauty, the heartache, the courage to live, and the joy he brings to all those with the mind and heart to understand far exceeds monetary value and those sad crippled souls too lacking to understand! He cannot play as he does and not know that money is irrelevant!~

[@LucasRodmo]

The average person will listen to the average kind of music. Good music is for people who developed their intelligence to appreciate art, through its beauty and complexity. It doesn't surprise me.

[@nathanhale5455]

Not many compositions make you feel the same way the 50th time you hear it as it did the first time you hear it- this is one of them. HEAVENLY!

[@kingrobert1st]

The whole world stops turning while you listen to that. It's immense.

[@carlrosendorf5210]

Glorious

[@martischallern6455]

Indeed, Robert. Tears flow and the pain in my heart wells as I listen --- it reminds me of my only love 50 years ago...tender and gentle. He told me that our love was created by the stars in the heavens and I was his princess on a pedestal. Foolish girl ... I let him go, his heart broken. Through the years, not a day passes when I don't think of him and our love. He is forever with me and I will forever love him. How quickly our precious time on this earth passes.....

[@gerryd7027]

That's the most beautiful song I've ever heard. One of my favourite films 🎥 is the deer hunter it's the first film I ever cried at. 😢 👍

[@CaptainDarrick]

It isn't a song

[@gerryd7027]

@CaptainDarrick OK Piece of music if that makes you feel better

[@CaptainDarrick]

@@gerryd7027 I'm indifferent, but don't YOU feel better now that you have learned something you didn't know ?

[@gerryd7027]

@CaptainDarrick not really, as I should have just ignored you. If someone was condescending enough to say don't you think you have learned something to someone they never met. Goodbye

[@CaptainDarrick]

@@gerryd7027 Goodbye

[@mikevoorhees7638]

First time I heard this master piece it captured my heart. I had no idea it was in a Vietnam movie and I’m a Vietnam vet. I love it!

[@blueduck5589]

@@ridgerunner106 Wrong. It's from the film "The Walking Stick" (1970) music composed by Stanley Myers

[@Shelley550]

@@blueduck5589 He's Right, This is actually the Theme Song from "The Deer Hunter" 1978"

[@blueduck5589]

Wrong again. "Cavatina", by Stanley Myers, is the theme from the film, "The Deer Hunter" but was originally used for the first time in the 1970 film "The Walking Stick."@@Shelley550

[@Shelley550]

@@blueduck5589 ¥es correct, basically what ive stated being, its also Theme from The Deer Hunter!

[@Shelley550]

@@blueduck5589 i guess we ÃLL should have written its from BOTH movies..

[@paulmungall1974]

I was first introduced to this watching Tony Hart and the Gallery. I was about 5 years old. I love that tune then and appreciate it more now. This music has helped me through some very dark days and chapters in my life. Probably the best guitar music ever written

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Lol Tony hart rip

[@Tony-H-Gos]

Certainly. I remember Tony Hart's Vision On programmes, and the gallery with this lovely tune well.

[@jkemp1036]

Same love take hart with morph my childhood that was a life time ago

[@rjl7655]

ive heard this a 100 times, and every single time, my eyes well...

[@nachomarx8890]

This piece perfectly embodies the bittersweet nature of life.

[@judycatchot1757]

Very well spoken.👍💥

[@muazzamisah9520]

Hello my dear how are you doing today?

[@muazzamisah9520]

@@judycatchot1757 Hello my dear how are you doing today?

[@miglena2s]

True

[@marts500]

I used to be a classical guitar student when younger...i remember playing this for my girlfriend right after she gave me the ‘its not you’ speech.She started crying after a few bars in...i finished the piece then told her to get the fuck out of my house.

[@cornellspears2461]

😂😂

[@wetdroidedition2549]

You are a legend!

[@eddietucker3334]

Awww.

[@price-singspuccini6124]

With that attitude, it was probably the best decision she ever made!

[@PhilUKNet]

LOL. I wasn't expecting the last part!

[@pengxue8789]

A perfect music for the two opposite moment-holding someone’s hand and letting someone leave

[@aliciarios8575]

So true couldnt of said it better !

[@sakeena12]

wow never though of it like that

[@sharongallagher2354]

❤

[@ujjwalsingh6326]

❤️💔

[@copperbluej1997]

Simply perfection. A heart filled with pain, but searching for peace.

[@miglena2s]

Right...

[@BRuane-pw6xq]

The perfect melody for a great film Deer Hunter, Bittersweet . The last scene of this movie is heartbreaking and this melody is played when the credits run. When I left the Theatre it was a quiet I have never experienced with many a misty eye.

[@noiseintheoffice]

Of course, the song wasn't written for Deer Hunter. It was composed a few years previously.

[@pepecohetes492]

Reading your post I also remember sobbing at the end while the credits ran, the music so amplified the bitter sweet end...."to Nicky"

[@lenanava5409]

Unbelievably beautiful....brings chills and also tears to my eyes...a haunting melody!

[@Robz82001]

Cimino's choice to use this for the ending credits was truly brilliant. It perfectly captures the sadness and melancholy of the closing scene. Here's to Nick!

[@johnrogers1251]

To Nick! Salut!

[@ryanwood3223]

I had a client pick up a guitar whilst I was doing some work, he played this, gave me goosebumps. Now I'm here 3x a day!

[@jamesmcmanus1192]

Absolutely one of the finest pieces of music I've ever heard 😓

[@danetterojas1643]

This was the song I walked down the aisle to at my wedding..

[@Nishant-ESP256]

When was that

[@brianbelton3605]

Still marred? Don't worry, most aren't . Still, wishing you lotsa love & happiness

[@thomaskallmyr]

The Eight Railwailworkers shall be heard,that they saw the Policeman-dressed man behind the Picket Fence shot at the President Twice.There was Brennecke-Bullits of Froozen Mercury hitting the head of Mr.President John F. Kennedy..... and after the Final shot he escaped at the Parking Lot followed by the Railwayworkers who seen the whole thing. Nobody took in their withness statement in the "WARREN-KOMMISSION"-888 side Report. Even as the assassines Mother was clearly Visible at the Zapruder Movie as " Lady In Red"-the conspiracy was a FACT.

[@JewandGreek]

There's only about ten people in the world who can play it. Lucky you.

[@whatdoesthisthingdo]

I wonder if she's still married.

[@kevinbailey6003]

This haunting and beautiful acoustic version by the amazing John Williams is simply mesmerizing from the Deer Hunter movie, it reduces me tears every time I listen to it, bringing back so many sad memories over the years but with a hint of hope, absolutely amazing❤❤

[@blueduck5589]

Only this beautiful theme originally is not from "The Deer Hunter" but from the 1970 film "The Walking Stick."

[@AsteroidB6120]

This music piece never gets old no matter how many times I listen to it.

[@lenanava5409]

The MOST hauntingly beautiful tune EVER....gives you instant chills of warmth and LOVE....amazing John Williams....not to forget the theme for Schindler's List, equally beautiful!❤❤❤❤❤

[@strangerumblings]

Different John Williams.

[@janswimwild]

This was when I fell in love with the classical guitar, I can remember watching it. ❤️

[@jerrysummers5971]

Reminds me of nam and the horrors, beautiful and sad song....

[@bobbybeduya]

Sad, calming effect on me. Thank you !

[@matthewsmith3223]

Not one to make comments but thought I would this time. John thank you for your beautiful performance. I've been playing along with you many times. Still can't play cavatina better that you sir. But what man would I be if I didn't think I could some day perhaps at least equally as good as you. I'm recovering from a lot of bad things including accidental synthetic spice overdoses that seriously messed me up real good 7 yhs ago. Ive been healing for some time now And I'm going out busking soon. I will be using this in my repertoire. Been playing this peace for 16yhs. I'm 35 and I have joyous love in my heart. Perhaps I'll make a name for myself you never know?? Wish me luck!

[@Robert-uc3sj]

Stunningly beautiful, I learned to play this song after many months of blisters and pain after each bar and note but well worth while ✝️✝️✝️🕊🕊🕊🙏❤❤❤

[@vwbug1971]

Absolutely, one of the most beautiful songs and soundtracks every composed, or will ever be composed. Enormously moving.

[@bravaLiz]

i do not care what anyone says on here. This is totally & completely beautiful. end of story.

[@isidroborromeo6872]

Yes, truly a heart-rending ly beautiful song!

[@mattbarker1923]

No one is arguing !

[@marlowebaricaua7605]

I've listened to Cavatina more than a hundred times from various musicians. This one from John Williams is the perfect rendition. Have this patented!

[@ramjamflimflam]

Beauty evokes all emotion. Human beings with all of our imperfections are capable of stunning beauty!!

[@terrymutant3581]

So many people play this song fast He plays it perfectly and effortlessly..

[@Sunrvester]

I get emotional when I hear this music because it was the theme song for a war movie of the Vietnam War. Many young men were depicted in the movie who lost limbs, their sanity and others their lives not to mention those missing in action who never came back dead or alive to their families. I was a young man during that period lucky for me I didn't get to go to Vietnam and experience the horror of war. Those who returned never get the respect of their service and despised by society then. I'm in my 70 now and I'm glad it's a distant memory but it haunts me still of the horror of war despite me didn't get to go but those of my peers were not lucky. Bless them for their sacrifice.

[@snuffy6061]

look how he so lovingly caresses his guitar...beautiful

[@AllThisOverASliceOfGabagool]

This song is one of the most beautiful classical pieces I've ever heard. It stirs up a lot of feelings inside.

[@gitaaa7740]

I played this piece for my friend’s mom at her funeral then later for my dad at his funeral. It was very difficult to do. But I got through it 😢

[@margaretcook4209]

It is beautiiful. Hank Marvin does it proud. Heard it in Spain also played by a local and still amazing. It is a piece I want played at my funeral.

[@bungobdesigns]

Saw and heard this when it was first aired. Probably one of the main reasons I eventually bought a guitar. Loved it then, love it now. Have to say the hairstyles in those days account for a whole generation hiding their wedding photos.

[@rjasousa]

This will be timeless through ages, simple yet perfect.

[@merlinsdog4530]

I've been trying to learn this song for years! I keep coming back to it every few months to try it again but it's extremely difficult to get the stretches from one chord to the next and keep the melody clean sounding! I will get it one day & when that day comes I'll be a happy man!

[@carpetsweeper1]

Me too. Doomed to a life of unhappiness :-(

[@madmystic7931]

Keep at it brother you can the time and effort is well worth it!

[@srinazhasoenarjo5400]

I just started

[@siresquire9439]

@@srinazhasoenarjo5400 Dont use this to learn Cavatina. Use the raw footage of John Williams playing. You must also be certain of the validity of the transcription you are learning from. Im a guitarist of over 20+ years and this was the hardest to master due to mistranslations. But I finally figured it out by using the EXACT same hand gestures and fret placements in the John Williams video with no backing tracks. Stick at it. Its actually perception changing when mastered.

[@srinazhasoenarjo5400]

Finally learned it with that raw video you said

[@metalheadjock3513]

The guitarist, John Williams, is a master of his instrument. This is-- by far-- the most clean and most polished rendition of Cavatina I've ever heard. Given the performer, I'd expect nothing less. Incidentally, the COMPOSER John Williams and the GUITARIST John Williams, (two totally different people), teamed up for the film "Stepmom". The guitarist performing what the COMPOSER wrote. Exactly what the film needed. BRAVO for the director of "The Deer Hunter" to choose the Cavatina for his film. The serene Cavatina superimposed upon such a gritty drama is incredibly powerful.

[@Shelley550]

Classical guitarist John Williams played this, but Stanley Myers composed it....

[@jamesblears5075]

Beyond magnificent. Resonance, clarity, the economy of occasional pause. Difficult to repeat and all time great live performance. An opportunity to play to eighteen million on a Saturday night....taken, and realized.

[@dorapaige7714]

It should have been number 1. My father plays this well too.

[@jamarie1972]

Still recent post after all these years shows what a great musician sounds like.

[@judywebber5341]

Such a beautiful haunting piece. Amazing musician.

[@lutek3131]

Wojny są nieszczęściem ludzkości. Wiele osób w mojej rodzinie nie wróciło z tego. Myślimy o nich cały czas, kiedy znalazłem mojego dziadka zamordowanego w obozie koncentracyjnym. Szukamy go od 78 lat. Śpij spokojnie. Pamiętamy o Tobie. Pozdrowienia z Polski.

[@cesarbirondo2549]

I fell in love with this music ever since I saw the movie way back in the seventies.Trully one of the greatest!!!!

[@jduff59]

I've seen so many guitar duos perform this piece, but watching John play this solo is awe inspiring.

[@eileenbundy1313]

I love this particular track so much that I shall have it played at my funeral.

[@lynb2039]

my sister and I were living in japan when Deer Hunter came out. me 18, sister 16. we were the only Americans in the Tokyo theatre; actually, the only non-Japanese. when this song played we clutched each other and sobbed uncontrollably. I really struggled emotionally not to let hatred and anger build inside of me watching the torture of American soldiers and the damage sustained by them after the war. what's so strange is that these feelings were totally misplaced. for one, I was living in Japan, not Vietnam. meanwhile, it never once occurred to me that these same American soldiers killed Vietnamese; horrific but felt justified because Vietcong were portrayed as animals in the film. also felt a bit exposed, being the only "gaijin" in the building. years and years later, when I reflected back on this experience, I was horrified to learn some things about myself. 1. how EASILY I was influenced by the scenes, then...2. how QUICKLY I became racist. mind you, I felt hatred and anger against all the of the Japanese people present in the theatre, but against ALL ASIANS! my mind just took off with these thoughts and feelings, catapulted by the violent scenes throughout the film. Prior to seeing tje film, I had lived, loved, worked for, played and went to school with, Japanese people - residing in Japanese communities. Before seeing the movie, I'd never had any of these feelings. And the conflict didn't even involve Japan. I've since reflected again many times about the Deer Hunter, and when I do, it's always about that one Russian Roulette scene in the Vietcong camp and my sudden burst of negative and racist feelings that came out of nowhere. I've learned how suggestion and imagery can manipulate your mind and heart and I still feel remorse about my reaction to this day, 44 years later. I haven't had another experience like that since then and I love the Japanese people. It occurs to me how powerful suggestions and images, like propaganda and fake news, can be. I'm feel quite certain that there must be other people who've had this experience. It was extremely uncomfortable but I thank God for it nevertheless; he was teaching me something very important and I've never forgotten his message: the distance between love and hate is minute, and if I could come to feel this just by watching a fictional movie, imagine how easy it is to choose to just hate people for any other reason. peace and love, folks. it's still THE WAY, for you and every human on the planet.

[@youngboypiano2679]

I envy people who listen to this melody for the first time

[@coniston3106]

I wish I could erase my memory and re-experience all of the beautiful music

[@martindoll5884]

I am one of those people and I am speechless. So beautiful and haunting

[@stevethwaites3497]

I could listen to it all day and never tire of it 😌

[@yikes7607]

I watched Deer Hunter as a kid, it really engraved itself in my mind, two scenes in particular. It's heartbreaking how going through certain horrors can break the spirit and destroy a person irreparably.

[@ericyanikov]

As a Russian i can say - De Niro as Russian is funny. Yet more he is Volkonsky is funny twice. His friend Nikifor Chebotarevich - is funny third. But music is genious. )))

[@yikes7607]

@@ericyanikov That's interesting, maybe something only Russians would notice. And sure he looks more irish or italian, but otherwise I thought everyone was brilliant in their roles.

[@ericyanikov]

@@yikes7607 Brilliant, of course. But Volkonsky... It's nobles' name. Average man in that town couldn't be Volkonsky. ))) Chebotarevich - Byelorussian name. )))

[@ericyanikov]

@@yikes7607 Russian names in Hollywood movies is an outstanding theme. Danko, President Makarenko in 2012, that captain in Red October (I even cann't repeat his name ))) ). How do they do it ???!!! )))

[@yikes7607]

@@ericyanikov Lol I had no idea XD I see what you mean now. How weird they would make those mistakes, they could just consult someone Russian... How about K-19? I think they changed the real names to Vostrikov and Polenin. I wonder if they got those right, it's one of my favourite movies.

[@mhocher5208]

This melody helps me “relax and reflect”. Thankful for John’s talent and willingness to share👍

[@lucablight4069]

My dead dad loved this song. always reminds me of him.

[@mickeymunkchunk4512]

I also have been comming back to this for years, John Williams is the master, he was put on the earth to play like this, what a gift.

[@elainehiggins713]

How someone can make six strings, a box and five fingers create that magic is beyond me.

[@elainehiggins713]

I think he has ten fingers.

[@svenmorgenstern9506]

Ssshhh...it's a secret. 😉

[@muazzamisah9520]

Hello my dear how are you doing today?

[@okAngelface]

Rediscovered this familiar masterpiece I overheard in my youth. Music for me has always conjured the spectrum of emotions.

[@shaoyinglow13]

This piece is such a timeless beauty. This piece is 1 of the reasons why I am now learning guitar. I want to be able to play this as beautifully as John Williams. 😊😊

[@Shoddie1989]

I’m learning this aswell, its such a magical piece! Good luck and have fun

[@shaoyinglow13]

@@Shoddie1989 Thank you! You have fun too! 😄👍

[@alphonsus1696]

Exquisite - a song for all time... my heart needed this today.

[@rashidrani2333]

How time has passed...i was young now im old...this melody brings tears to my eyes

[@smoothnews1827]

The unspeakable sadness and cruelty within the film is followed by this song’s gentle assurance that mankind is also capable of beautiful tenderness.

[@janearchibald4274]

Great live performance by John Williams !!! Bravo bravo bravo !!!

[@julie5668]

This is an exquisite piece of music and the film was so sad.

[@stalag14]

Still gives me goosebumps. I love this song as it reminds me of my life growing up in a small mining town in Eastern Canada.

[@gonzaloriquelme7737]

Bravissimo Maestro Williams!!!

[@joannewong4771]

Couldn't able to describe how beautiful and soothing this music brings to my heart and soul.

[@brianoloughlin7709]

Probably the most recognised piece of classical guitar. Beautiful

[@henboker3]

Beautiful, bitter-sweet, tender but too painful to ever watch the film again.

[@555shortstop]

Yes it was a very disturbing film that I could never watch again.

[@glorioskiola]

I cried through that whole movie, a long time ago.

[@Jay-vs4fi]

It is very emotional watching this. My late grandad taught me guitar on his classical guitar that I sttill have. He used to like John Williams and I believe he learned this song.

[@peterobrien8157]

It's a masterpiece that will span the ages never grow old so beautiful and the master j Williams crisp notes do it justice brilliant

[@araby33]

It recalls me the day I stayed in a small town of England back in 1999. I would play the guitar for busking in town on Saturdays and one day an English gentleman asked me if I could paly Cavatina and while my play was streaming, he was sitting down on a chair glancing at me with a cup of tea, seemed quite deeply enjoying my music. After my playing he asked me if I could play it once again because he had still left his tea to drink and I told him to do so. He enjoyed it again to finish his last drop of his tea then paid me a five-quid note and fade away. I am so much nostalgic of the time I spent in Eastbourne.

[@georgedaniels2447]

I wondered what town this would be - I live in Eastbourne! Nice surprise

[@araby33]

@@georgedaniels2447 Nice to meet you here. I lived in Pevency road. I've missed there long since then. Sadly pubs I used to go had all disappeared when I visited the city again in 2009!! I wonder St.Giles school is still there. I really miss those days spent in that such a beautiful town.

[@videos1692]

How can someone write something so beautiful, genius

[@Jackknifegyp]

I want to hear it played AFTER i go.

[@harshtiwari5333]

I agree

[@Nosmirk]

lol...after you're gone you can't hear shit.

[@grortlehrung8291]

Written by Stanley Myers.

[@bernarddover1442]

Andy Jones he didn't write it you moron

[@derynsdoings4884]

I could melt away listening to this. Simply perfection.

[@struggleboy2927]

Unbelievable! After all these years I could still see Nicky smile and say "One shot". that movie effected me much like the shining did at such a young age. My parents were a trip.

[@jimmartin7881]

My dad love Williams and I'm glad he showed me how music wasn't one sided. I owe him so much and thank him for my eclectic and varied taste in music. Thanks pop, RIP.

[@bonistyles8048]

First time hearing it. Thank you. It was like flowers stroking my face.

[@luvpants2012]

This piece always reminded me of family. The bittersweetness, the rifts and the love that always comes back.

[@Ev3ntHorizon]

Frets never buzz for John Williams, his technique is breath-taking

[@jonathand.terrell3419]

I'll take note of that. Thanks. You are correct. His execution is flawless. The finest instrumental guitar piece ever written. It found my heart the first time I heard it back in 1979.

[@michaelalee4874]

This tune changed my life in 5th grade. Later on I would play this at my brothers wedding. It let me see the boundless possibility’s of music and how it can touch your ears and heart. Now as a part tile jazz pianist, how could I forget this.

[@dunruden9720]

What, you play jazz and lay tiles?

[@4lostinamerica]

At 2:40 into the song is where everyone, even accomplished guitarists struggle with their timing and chop it up, all except John Williams. Still the best version ever played. Once you hear the transition played poorly, in other covers, you'll appreciate just how good Williams is.

[@danagboi]

If anyone is wondering, the lump on the back of his right hand is a ganglion cyst.

[@danagboi]

@@bellaafflerbach9408 The cyst is like a little balloon filled with fluid - hitting it with any hard object will rupture/pop it and release the fluid. This technique can often work but it will sometimes come back. To treat it properly requires surgery - the whole balloon needs to be removed.

[@boris.dupont]

The Deer Hunter is a masterpiece and Cavatina is part of it right there at the same level. What a beauty! Such a hunting memory!

[@lucemills3688]

John is seriously talented! What beautiful playing. 😍

[@muazzamisah9520]

Hello my dear how are you doing today?