Elgar Serenade for Strings

Performed live by Sydney Camerata in October 2010.
Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
I - Allegro piacevole
II - Larghetto
III - Allegretto

[@johncole3973]

I have lived in Cornwall for the past ten years ,before I lived near Malvern and when I hear this I once again long to walk the hills there with my old dog who is now no more, it evokes so many happy memories for me of times past never to return ,but never quite lost.

[@johndolata861]

Mr. Cole, this work reminds me of my two cats, who are now no more, exiting the house on one of the first mild and sunny days of spring, after a long, cold and snowy winter. Our pets are gifts, indeed.

[@jonathanmallard3965]

How well played. This, apparently, was the piece that Elgar himself repeatedly listened to from his bed, near Worcester, before he passed on.

[@hyramesshiramess1035]

What extraordinarily pleasant music! Elgar was always capable of expressing the sweetest, noblest sentiments with heartfelt sincerity and exquisite refinement. Elgar evokes the bucolic grandeur of the English countryside at its pre-twentieth-century best, but never fails also to create an atmosphere of wistful longing for a world that could only exist in the imagination of saints, poets and composers of important music. I believe he belongs in the pantheon of the very great, but he has never been given full credit for the magnitude of his achievements. Elgar was blest with a beautiful soul, and the power to share his infinitely tender visions of beauty, affection, and deep yearning with those who have ears to hear.

[@jonathanmallard3965]

You might enjoy listening to Heifetz's playing of his violin concerto...that second movement is entrancing; I mentioned, underneath somewhere, what it was, to my mind, that may well have motivated his creation of the concerto and, if keeping that possibility in mind while listening to the Andante movement, it shows how great music can captivate incredibly...that last note is so moving...

[@horationelson57]

Your comment, my friend, was moving in and of itself; so succinctly put and written for those (alas, few) who have ears to hear. Cheers!

[@sobi-mc5bl]

Truly wonderful and tender. So many sweet memories swell my heart. I first played in an ensemble that performed this piece when I was 14. It was just as beautiful then as it is now. Thanks for the share.

[@josephyeh5814]

This group of beautiful young people, together with their nice performance, matches very well with this piece of beautiful and tranquil music.

[@meadowlarkascending]

Beautifully played -- thank you for many wonderfully contemplative moments while listening to your sensitive playing.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

This comfortable performance Ìs captivating, and intriguing and exhilarating and prodigious

[@lovemetu]

Should be a few more noughts on the end of the amount of views that this wonderful music video has had. Lovely music by Elgar so beautifully played by the young musicians of Sydney Camerata, Bravo !

[@spark_6710]

My favourite piece of Elgar all time !😍💜💜💜🥁🎵🐉🎤🎶💖💕💞😻They did a very good job & sound so pretty !

[@maskoprak8584]

From great musicians comes great music. Bravo Sydney Camerata !

[@jimapplebaum7794]

Stunning performance of a captivating piece of music.

[@bedenerexhepaj293]

Beautiful!! Thank you for uploading this video!! Thank you!!

[@balista7406]

Standing close together with those violin bow's its a wonder they don't get their eyes poked out !!!

[@eggshellskullrule7971]

This is the first time I've heard this piece. I like it.

[@Gabbleduck1]

A little Elgar gem ! Well done by the Aussies.

[@johndolata861]

Such a great interpretation and performance - just lovely! Well done!

[@kiwiscapsicles]

oh gosh I love that piece.

[@movingcow]

That was really beautiful. Thank you to all.

[@ameliax4261]

My friend and I are doing this as a duet on clarinet and flute

[@gulsevencoles9488]

Sooo beautiful. ....

[@PearlgraceandCoMusic]

Very lovely and beautifully done!

[@lovemetu]

Absolutely lovely. Sir Edward Elgar would have been pleased to sit in the audience and listen to this lovely performance, performed live by Sydney Camerata in October 2010. Back in the early 60s I remember watching a bbc Ken Russell film all about Elgar called ''Portrait of a composer'' This classic BBC documentary was made in 1962 and was directed by Ken Russell. Quote Wikipedia 'Elgar is a drama documentary made in 1962 by the British director Ken Russell. Made for BBC Television's long-running Monitorprogramme, it dramatised in vigorous style the life of the archetypically English composer Sir Edward Elgar.'''en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgar_(film)

[@301250]

Sublime.....

[@jekyllmd1]

La mejor obra de Sir Edward!

[@sirrah2803]

Bravo! A really refined perofrmance. I had the feeling that you really enjoyed playing that.

[@paulcooper7245]

Bravo!

[@LJO87]

If only you'd edited the HUGE hiss on this recording...

[@catherinewmcheung]

Bravo!!!!

[@robertwinters7144]

Featuring Amy Adams on violin!

[@williamstephens9945]

Incredible performance! Bravo! Beautiful use of portamento too - very relevant for this piece, but generally not used enough in modern string performance!

[@yeeshinwoon6867]

the first part is nice i'm playing that for syf

[@ruthhopkins5188]

Rusty Strings, this is the one!

[@jadaoheneagyei6101]

How Elgar should sound.

[@bigowl9408]

+Jada Ohene Agyei Superb! One of my favorites from the great man of English music.

[@andrewlaycock3269]

This is a really nice performance of this wonderful piece. The camera work is slightly random though!

[@xris9593]

A very lovely performance, one can really hear the violas. But the camera work has no sense of the score, a pity.

[@TheVerySpecialK]

Quick recovery by the second chair 1st at 1:16.

[@rubythesheep2]

We are playing this in orchestra (I'm a 2nd violinist), the violin parts aren't the easiest in the world :)

[@jonathanmallard3965]

***** I'm no musician, but, when cabbing, in London, a fair few years ago, I'd always admired Elgar's Introduction and Allegro for strings and had, though my ability to read music is really limited, bought a small book with it in. I'd later picked up a passenger with a violin case, who turned out to be on the way to a performance or recording. I mentioned, during the journey, how much I'd always liked the Introduction and Allegro for strings and, having bought the sheet music, said that parts of it I'd found difficult to read. His immediate reply was: "Reading it? Try playing it. That's where real difficulty lies!" Such statements never leave me. Doing what is good, right and true today, is also not at all 'easy'. Nice to find honesty from simple truth tellers - so it's a simple truth when said, that today's apparently 'straightforward' social 'normality' will eventually rise to become heaven...

[@rubythesheep2]

Well I wouldn't like to try play the first violin part XD It sounds nice but some is it is a right pain to play. :)

[@jonathanmallard3965]

***** ...never underestimate your potential, girl, manifest what your soul is: eternal, infinite and UNIQUE ... All it takes is wilfully optimistic commitment ... All Truth prevails ... ;)

[@rubythesheep2]

thanks :)

[@jonathanmallard3965]

vincit omni Veritas

[@gaetanomariapiscopo5637]

2 altos and 5 cellos... funny ensemble...

[@christinebeckett5511]

The 5th cello is a bit unusual; but there are 4 altos. The ensemble is 4 - 4- 4 - 5 - 1.

[@edram4051]

Why are the violin players standing?

[@rattywoof5259]

Because they can, I suppose, unlike the 'cellists and bass players - it gives them greater freedom of movement too.

[@luccaevirgem1320]

Shit