Ekseption Sabre Dance (1970)

[@larsvanmoer453]

When Ekseption recorded Aram Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance" in 1969 or 1970, the composition was only 27 or 28 years old. Strange to think that their rendition is now (almost) double as old as the composition was then !

[@loulou55...]

Finally I'm back.... after 50 yrs. The music of my teenage years in the early 70ies. Symphonic Rock at its finest. That's fu*king great stuff...

[@juanalbertorendonsalazar1908]

Que grandeza de interpretación toda una gran Cátedra Musical formidable Sonido y excepcional

[@francoiseceau-yr1om]

Plus personne depuis eux. Ekseption, élégance et virtuosité.

[@markusj.hassigsinus8460]

Simply cool! Rick was a genious with keyboards.

[@francoiseceau-yr1om]

Oui, Rick van der Linden était un phénomène. Le temps fera son œuvre, comme pour ces grands artistes reconnus tardivement.

[@dominiquehubert8186]

Il y avait bien longtemps, trop d'ailleurs, que je n'avais pas écouté ça ! Ca rafraîchit les neurones !

[@gitaneVYS491R]

A few days ago I'd never heard of this band. I've now listened to quite a few things, think I'll need to buy something.

[@Shalev53]

I suggest, if I may, their double CD - Selected Ekseption

[@macarchers]

great ,incredible ,fantastic ,beutiful ,I cant imagine how there are still people who doesn´t like music like this

[@myriemahbethy633]

Cette adaptation moderniste est un chef-d'oeuvre issu d'un autre chef-d'oeuvre, réalisé par des musiciens exceptionnels.

[@brunovallesmunoz4757]

WHAT AN AMAZING WALL OF SOUND! PERFECTION!

[@henkbronswijk3680]

Rick is een fenomeen, moet meer aandacht krijgen 😊

[@jeanmarcpinson7832]

EKSEPTIONEL!!!!!!

[@DarioGarimoldi]

50 anni e non sentirli. Grandi! Grandissimo Rick.

[@Fredaunaturel]

Trop bon ! C'est une musique pour se réveiller !

[@Franz-X-Bauer]

Danke Danke - das Stück ist so Oberaffenstark, das könnte ich mir 50x anhören. (bin BJ 51) Auch die Location ist genial. Hatte bisher nur die Audio-Version - (ganze LP mit Ex.-Classics)

[@michelhille8107]

Bin im selben Alter und kann dir da nur zustimmen. Das war noch Handmade.

[@Franz-X-Bauer]

@@michelhille8107 ... und meinem 13 jährigen Enkelsohn gefällt das Stück genauso gut. Er fährt voll ab, auf Opas Musik - (Beach-Boys... ec.)

[@philipheath8265]

This was fun! Never seen them before.

[@robertdavies850]

its not something you normally see is it - the trumpeter sat on a John Deere combine harvester?? Love it, absolutely mad as a stick!

[@kuntakinte4333]

Imagine the keybords sat there 😬😄

[@herrhecker4772]

Wunderschön der Säbeltanz aus dem Ballett Gayaneh

[@notpyrc]

i was 4, 5, remembering this from my oldest brother, we had most of it on LP at home, after i grew up with Slade etc. lol, thanks bro

[@DrKasi]

Truly unbelievable! To date, I didn't even know there was any live video from Ekseption. And then I find this absolutely overwhelming piece of music here - performed live in a barn. I have known Ekseption (from the record) since the end of the 70s and have heard songs like this more than a thousand times. What always fascinates me is that it still sounds so modern.

[@Shalev53]

Glad you enjoyed seeing this video. Just like you, I very much enjoyed and still enjoy listening to their music. I have seen them performing live too, in 1971.

[@marioserna3564]

@@Shalev53 Exseption es una gran grupo,a la par de sus paisanos de Focus.

[@jantuijp]

I'm pretty sure it's not live. Given the track I'm not even sure it was _possible_ at the time to perform it live.

[@jessicalourdeslemoslopes7641]

Coisa mais linda, gente!!!

[@pedroburlandy2189]

Demais, né? Impressionante!!

[@yvesvezzoli138]

Rick Van Linden Maestro!

[@mikaelhansson9613]

Amazing! Hadn't heard this since the early 80s or so! Had to make up a bit by listening to it 4 times in a row...

[@synthonaplinth5980]

Playback or not, Rick still kicked ass.....

[@Legend1224]

Sabre Dance from Ekseption with Advertisment for Tractors of John Deere! ;-)

[@bernardofernandez3559]

Excellent

[@whytegroovin]

that cover is the ultimate !!!

[@levonmarutyan2320]

Браво Эксепшнс!!!!!!!

[@mercedesprincefan86]

Wow!😍🎼🎶🤗❤❤❤

[@vdjalimusic]

Cool classical jazz-art-prog Band!!! 🎺🎹🎸

[@glenissmith9209]

.....progressive rock.

[@blackcrimezmatter]

No real art rock influence from them

[@pensadores-reflexoessobrer4581]

Great !! Theese boys are the best

[@stevengoranson664]

These guys are amazing. Wish I could have heard them in concert back then. Sort of a Dutch version of ELO.

[@detectordegados5292]

ELO? Or are you talking about Emerson Lake and Palmer?

[@stevengoranson664]

@@detectordegados5292 I would have stated ELP if I meant Emerson, Lake and Palmer. I think Ekseption is an amazing progressive rock band that at the time reminded me of ELO

[@detectordegados5292]

@@stevengoranson664 ELO?

[@tillspengler5408]

@@detectordegados5292 Electric Light Orchestra

[@gwengeijteman]

Ekseption is dutch

[@MrPeter3011]

oh that fantastic EKSEPTION.....forever thanks to RICK.....

[@rossanacarboni9518]

Great 😃

[@Cabronetti]

Nana una joya, buenardium

[@peterszerbakowski5984]

Einfach nur Geil 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@freddyagain3843]

Rick Rocks the Classics

[@bigjimtanguk7525]

Wow! I mean WOW! I love keyboard players who use their finger tips deftly instead of modern day players who insist on playing heavy handedly without breaks. Yes, I also love Keith Emerson, R Wakeman, Vangelis, Rachel Flowers Ralf & Florian and others for the same reasons. Tis a great pity how modern day synth efforts are muddlesome compared to the earlier standalone pieces such as this one, Telstar, Popcorn, Cars, Vienna, Tainted Love, The Model, Nutbush City Limits - et al, where finger tipped synth has created and left us with such fine, memorable tunes.

[@heikkipaavola]

Hold my beer... said Jon Lord

[@ObscureStuff420]

Ekseption/Spin are awesome

[@jean-michelcagnac]

NOSTALGIE...

[@TheMagmaGuard]

Wow, I just love Rick van der Linden, too bad he wasn’t really well known, because his keyboard skills were just top notch, comparable to the likes of Emerson and Wakeman, if anyone wants to hear more of his music, I suggest also checking out the later band he formed (Trace)

[@nikolaosmosxakis3395]

very well..................................

[@MrTRN80]

Bra gjort av dem.

[@frederikkok9284]

I saw Rick van der Linden play Beethoven's 2nd piano concerto. He was classicaly trained. Note also Von Weber's 2nd piano sonata of which he plays a snipped.

[@francoiseceau-yr1om]

Aucune trace visuelle ou (et) auditive de ce moment de grâce que vous avez vécu ?

[@GenghisKhan-Shaman]

Ah...Memories!

[@elandigena7646]

Woooooowwww.

[@stevengoranson664]

I learned how to drive a tractor on the same model as the John Deere in the video.

[@colemanadamson5943]

Why have I never heard this group before today?

[@thedandelion157]

Well, better late than never, they say ;-) In case it helps: They introduced us in school to Exception's Toccate, but we didn't get it then...

[@raatroc]

Because there was no internet back then.

[@jeanclaudeberthelot3307]

Aram Katschturian exceptionel....

[@dogus.utoopia]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@skipbolance]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍🏼

[@johankoss1]

1970!!

[@НадеждаАфанасьева-и2н]

Арам Ильич Хачатурян Танец с саблями из балета "Спартак"!..

[@tangojoe9694]

My 2020 Theme Song!

[@xylemexperimental]

This cannot be 1970. The Synthi A model seen on top of the keyboards debuted in May 1971.

[@bertvijn9109]

Indeed. The sound is the original song from 1969, and the video recording is from 1973 (between March and November).

[@Randgalf]

How could they forsee the dutch farmers protest over 50 years ago?

[@leukocyte3145]

What keyboard is he using for piano sounds (the one right above Hammonds)? Looks like it has Hohner logo on the right, but I can't think of any hohner keyboard from the 70s able to do these kind of realistic piano...

[@renzo5441]

i think a hohner clavinet

[@Moozig]

@@renzo5441 or Pianet maybe...

[@MrRicren]

I think they are not performing live. That piano sound was impossible in the '70 from that kind of keyboards. The honner pianet sound like a wurtlitzer not a real piano.

[@1234gab4]

It’s a Hohner Pianet N electric piano

[@tefgul560]

Pirelli wheel commercial music in 72 or 73

[@danielbouju1688]

"45 tours in 16 tours".

[@kwarts]

Voor zover mogelijk, een reunie op Lowlands?

[@hanskoevoet4859]

De meeste bandleden zijn gestorven, misschien is er een tributeband?

[@francoiseceau-yr1om]

😢

[@professortheremin]

Anybody notice there was no guitar?

[@jadams3427]

Yes, but there is a farm tractor !

[@edzedeboer9230]

1:43....

[@andralfoo]

@@edzedeboer9230 well... thats bass guitar

[@jeanlucchapelon]

At 2’15 what’s this classical piece please ??

[@Shalev53]

It is all the one and same piece (Sabre Dance), only that the Ekseption have produced various arrangements to the same composition.

[@jeanlucchapelon]

@@Shalev53 At 2’15,he made a « citation « of a classical piece…

[@Shalev53]

@@jeanlucchapelon I'm sorry, I don't see a "citation" at 2'15. Are we looking at the same video?

[@jeanlucchapelon]

Sorry it’s at 2’10

[@ltsch1671]

Its called Perpetuum mobile by Carl Maria von Weber. The Rondo Finale of his Piano Sonata No.1, Op.24

[@andrieseptiadi308]

This music video is brought to you by John Deere

[@Rob2]

And the Flevohof!

[@dannyandhisbass]

What's with the farming equipment 🤣

[@Rob2]

This clip was recorded at the "Flevohof", a farming theme park that existed between 1971 and 1991. Probably at some event at the opening of the park, or for publicity around that....

[@alberthovhannisyan5227]

Aram Khachaturian

[@danielbouju1688]

"With my cousins".

[@ОльгаПопова-е6у6л]

ОТОЖГЛИ!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tefgul560]

Pirelli muzigi

[@ergbudster3333]

Plate spinning music. Certain acts used to go on the Ed Sullican show, see, on Early Television, right? ANd they would spin plates, on whippy sticks, see? And they would always accompany this act with Kakachurian's Saber Dance. NO shit. Another ancient useless fact from Ergy.

[@Pandamasque]

Sounds a bit agricultural.