Evokes memories of people, places, lost loves et al, in such a gently-melancholic way that only Finzi can do for the sensitive listener. Effective mainly if listened to alone, or when shared with kindred spirits, as opposed to a concert-situation.
@AntPDC8 жыл бұрын
A comment I shall treasure Christopher.
@windstorm10006 жыл бұрын
my sentiments exactly
@francoaragosta42856 жыл бұрын
I wish I could have sid it as well, Peaceful Man. We two are one.
@nathanlaney15426 жыл бұрын
I work as a voice accompanist, and after playing thousands of songs (literally) by hundreds of composers from all different time periods, I have to say that Finzi belongs in the top echelon of art song. Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Mahler, Strauss, Debussy, Duparc, Fauré, Barber... and Finzi (in no particular order, and opera excluded). Very few song cycles rival the depth of Till Earth Outwears, or Let Us Garlands Bring. He was a private and deeply reflective man, and you can hear this in his music. His father died when he was 7, World War I broke out when he was 13 and several of his brothers (and first music teacher) died in the conflict. World War II broke out when he was 38. Despite all this, and to my amazement, so much of his music is an affirmation of life. He never let the gloom and melancholy fully win out musically, like you could perhaps say Shostakovich did. He was a remarkable person with a remarkable spirit, and his music is shamefully under-appreciated, probably due in part to the fact that his instrumental output is quite small. Thank you for the upload, and for helping to spread Finzi's music.
@AntPDC6 жыл бұрын
Nathan Laney An excellent comment Nathan: thoughtful and informative. I am most grateful, thank you.
@nathanlaney15426 жыл бұрын
AntPDC Thanks for your response, cheers from Ohio
@cmoore78215 жыл бұрын
Nathan...omg..what a comment. It took me 65 years to find this music and it was purely by accident as I was looking for something else. Thank you for your post..and thank you Ant for your wonderful channel.
@WolfeTone665 жыл бұрын
Nathan Laney ...Beautiful comment 👍
@michaelbruce18475 жыл бұрын
After a steady diet of RVW...it is refreshing and challenging to (re)discover Finzi...I am going to explore "Earth and Air and Rain"..
@robertbond93583 жыл бұрын
The melancholia you sometimes suppress in order to 'get on with life' is bound to surface later. How fortunate then to have a Finzi evoking such moods. Sublime.
@scottbenkel54502 жыл бұрын
Such emotional complexity! Finzi should be ranked as one of the greatest composers...
@julianfentum58276 жыл бұрын
So wonderful, in my world Gerald Finzi is just the best, his music takes me to where ever i want to be, leaves me humbled, thank you AntPDC .
@flossie19616 жыл бұрын
One of those pieces that lives in the soul once you have heard it & yearns to be heard again and again, achingly beautiful, sears the soul of the listener with yearning and an awesome evocation of times past, and yet to come
@kennethrobertson87305 жыл бұрын
Sublime evocation of a pastoral background and a release of a memory of things past. A childhood remembrance perhaps, but all wonderful. This is so evocative, which should register with all listeners.
@kennethj.howell38416 жыл бұрын
Dear AntDC: We must be kindred spirits for Finzi's music, and especially this piece, lifts my soul into the ethereal realms. But what human spirit except dead ones could not be moved by such felicity?
@valeriechapman16123 жыл бұрын
This is a very ‘easygoing’ piece and captures the pleasures of our beautiful countryside. The video footage does a lot for the tranquil music. It’s great just to be able to relax, listen and enjoy a heavenly piece of music. Nice work, Anthony.
@rskearns7 жыл бұрын
Driving to work on a dull, rainy evening, classical station playing - found myself aching, in that deep, rich, beautiful way, as this song played - repeated the title/composer to myself until I got inside and onto KZbin, where I found it and am listening now for the third time. Thank you so much for the song, the pictures, and your words above. All beautiful. With gratitude to Finzi (new to me) and you (also new to me), Scott.
@AntPDC7 жыл бұрын
Thank you Scott: you echo my experience upon first hearing this piece. My best wishes, Anthony.
@caydab17 жыл бұрын
Treasure both in sound and sight. I have found Gerald Finzi in just the past couple of years. Thank you for bringing this to us all.
@AntPDC7 жыл бұрын
My pleasure Craig.
@NareshNaresh-lr9nq3 жыл бұрын
Really remarkable,how powerfully conveyed emotions of within. A lot of salutations n I wish I could give millions of likes to this specific masterpiece. I bow down
@kyrvhy6 жыл бұрын
So glad you are able to re-post this wonderful music. My ears are fresh to much of Finzi's music. Thank you and Cheers from Canada.
@SkaterTE3 жыл бұрын
First time hearing this piece. This song makes me want to wash away all of my problems just by dying but the melody persuade me how wonderful of a living memory that I once had .. so I decided to die peacefully instead without guilt.
@daveyr74542 жыл бұрын
I have arranged for this to be played for my cremation. Just this. No waffling. Family and friends will simply sit, relax, and listen to this sublime piece of music, that speaks to me about casting off ‘these mortal coils’ more than any words could. Maybe they will be inspired to reflect on my soul, free to soar and swoop, unencumbered at last. Then off they will go for tea and cakes :)
@AntPDC2 жыл бұрын
...or a few beers!
@daveyr74542 жыл бұрын
@@AntPDC or a few beers, yes, indeed :)
@fhbrown588 жыл бұрын
Through your sensitive, evocative videos my knowledge of Finzi's music considerably widened. Thank you so much. I often turn to them when in need of solace. Music and landscape mean a great deal to me, and many a wakeful night has been spent soaking up the beauty. It helps!
@AntPDC8 жыл бұрын
+fhbrown58 I am very happy about that; thank you for your lovely comment. Anthony.
@robinblankenship92343 жыл бұрын
A rare beauty. Music for a better time.
@jacquelineellis70427 жыл бұрын
Listening to all your chosen pieces Anthony is like touching eternity-so beautiful and moving.Thank you.
@AntPDC7 жыл бұрын
How kind. Thank you Jacqueline, and a Merry Christmas.
@tmarkrogers8 жыл бұрын
So beautiful it makes my heart ache. For me this is sublime melancholy - if that's possible. Your images are a fitting complement Thank you for reinstating this piece among your uploads Ant.
@AntPDC8 жыл бұрын
+T Mark Rogers A pleasure Mark. "Sublime melancholy" - yes. I mean it's not as if I sit here every day sobbing into my cups in sadness. For me, you, and others, it's all about being moved to one's soul by beauty. I'm the same with other art, though less so. Best wishes. Ant.
@tmarkrogers8 жыл бұрын
Exactly. In retrospect perhaps melancholy was a bit strong! Simple 'reflection' would perhaps be more apt. Cheers.
@AntPDC8 жыл бұрын
You just "get it" Mark :)
@Llight-qg9tc5 жыл бұрын
I agree with you sir! T. Mark Rogers
@daviddavenport93502 жыл бұрын
I dont so much hear melancholy in Finzi's work as a deep, but understated beauty, almost self effacing......
@robertbond93584 жыл бұрын
You are correct in using the word 'transcendent.' Finzi goes as deep into the heart as it is possible to go.
@alanhodge9844 ай бұрын
i just started listening to finzi such an evocative and thoughtful and melodic composer
@steveblack30104 жыл бұрын
I am eternally grateful to you Ant PDC for these superb posts which reaffirm my suspicions that Finzi is one of the greats. Every piece is a gem, and immensely moving. Thank you!
@AntPDC4 жыл бұрын
How kind. Thank you Steve.
@DelvingEye3 жыл бұрын
Goodness, that nearly broke my heart.
@tomherman21442 жыл бұрын
This music is so beautifully sad. But if it evokes the universal sadness of life, we are grateful for its poignancy, its honesty, its humanity and feel not sadder for it, but comforted.
@daviddavenport93502 жыл бұрын
As I stated above...not sure it is sad...just remarkably beautiful......as Carl Nielsen sad of Mozart (whom he adored)....One laughs and the wonderful comedy in the operas of Mozart, but then the laughter ceases when one contemplates the absolute beauty one is experiencing.....so too, with Finzi.
@daviddavenport93502 жыл бұрын
Simply exquisite music. I have loved the music of Finzi ever since first hearing it! As director of a student orchestra in Austin, TX I programmed several works of Finzi's, including the Eclogue, Introit, and Bagatelles......perhaps some of the first (and only?) performances of these works in Austin and maybe Texas?
@stephenmessick8654 жыл бұрын
"music so in sympathy with private thoughts that from the outset, it gently mists the eyes and unlocks years of quietly folded feeling." This sums up my feelings as well. I studied this ethereal--and too brief--piece when I was in college, and performed it, but only for my classmates, alas. There weren't enough of us to take it onstage. Thanks for jogging my buried emotions of a difficult time in my life, but in a wholly positive way. Finzi does that to us and this was his strength I think. Bless you for this upload Ant.
@GarethWonfor7 жыл бұрын
Where the lark floats upwards this sinks down to the fields and lanes... In the high, sad notes you sense the toil and sorrow in the ploughed soil but at the same time there is still that nagging sense of elegiac longing (for an imagined Albion?)
@francoaragosta42856 жыл бұрын
Alone I walk down shady woodland paths. Bright sunshine filtered through the trees Dapples the ground beneath my questing feet. Here at last I am alone with God. Farther on a little pool catches And reflects the filtered light which beckons Kindly like a White Witch of the Wood. I feel a thrill without a trace of fear. I cannot stop myself from moving closer Toward the Edge to see the Tadpoles swimming In myriad stages of development. I feel a wish to be part of their world. The pool is a Mirror enabling me to see Myself more clearly in a tranquil light; Also an Eye that opens the mysteries of The Universe to peace-filled understanding. ~ Autobiographical c. 1957-58
@kennethhowell52783 жыл бұрын
Beautiful poem
@tomokeepertech45096 жыл бұрын
I have just listened to this wonderful peace (intentional spelling mistake!) of music for the first time ever, as we are playing it in our summer concert. Thank you so much for posting, along with evocative pictures. It's very rare for me to instantly fall in love with a piece. This is a rare moment indeed. Thankyou.
@AntPDC6 жыл бұрын
Best wishes for your concert!
@maxtofone6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this recording... Another masterpiece by G. Finzi, one of my favorite composer of all time... Blessings, Max T.
@AntPDC6 жыл бұрын
Likewise Max.
@greatone777j2 жыл бұрын
This music is gorgeous and beautiful beyond reckoning........
@shbow18 жыл бұрын
Equally Beautiful as the first , and if I must say a better recording 😊 thank you for sharing these wonderful posts & images
@hudsondeal6 жыл бұрын
Why is that these small masterpieces by Finzi are so rarely performed, especially here in the US? I remember when I first heard the Boult Lyrita recording of Finzi--I wondered how it was possible that such beautiful music was virtually unknown even by classical enthusiasts. And it is not as if Finzi wrote only a few pieces of 'pastoral nostalgia.' His works such as Dies Natalis and Intimations of Immortality deserve to be played side by side with Elgar's Gerontius, Howell's Hymnus Paradisi, VW's Sea Symphony, and the Delius Mass of Life and Requiem. I appreciate your effort to increase Finzi's visibility -- to hear his music is to be converted.
@shodanart4 жыл бұрын
AntPDC Back again for repeat listening. I find so much music on my “Classical Impressionist” Playlist comes from your posts. I feel compelled to thank you again and again. The visuals - your extraordinary photography, aesthetics, understanding of great music, your gentle and refined writing, warmth of character, your contribution to world access to composers- you have taught us cannot be overstated as a gift to the world. It is no exaggeration to say that your channel/posts have opened up a whole new world to me and many others like me, who thrive on and research Classical music, and only found English composers late in life do to your posts. It’s True! ❤️💔☺️🇦🇺🇺🇸
@chriscoates54273 жыл бұрын
Agree this is Impressionist art for your ears. I am also coming to this music late in life.
@AntPDC2 жыл бұрын
My sincere apologies for missing your thoughtful post Rusty. I shall try to be more scrupulous, but sometimes the mechanics muck it all up on YT. Best wishes.
@craffte Жыл бұрын
Back again here for one of the videos on my CLassical list. Lovely pictures and of course, who doesn't love Finzi?
@MollyBlueDawn8 жыл бұрын
Sorry the original is gone; glad that this one is here! I have really come to appreciate Gerald Finzi through your channel. Thank you for sharing so much beauty!
@AntPDC8 жыл бұрын
+Molly McEnerney Thanks as always Molly. Finzi just gets it - he's wistful, introspective, often melancholic. He digs deep into the soul, crafts music of exquisitely affecting beauty, which resonates with all like-minded souls. I love him, wish I could have met him in life. Best wishes Molly :) Anthony.
@BruSell537 жыл бұрын
Oh my...THANKS for posting this! I did not know it, though being a fan of some other Finzi works. This music has gone straight to my heart. SO beautiful...bless you for sharing it!
@AntPDC7 жыл бұрын
That's exactly what happened to me Bruce upon first hearing this piece. It will never leave my heart and soul.
@desallen2174 Жыл бұрын
I love this piece by Finzi. However, AntPDC, I find your accompanying video enhances my enjoyment considerably. Thank you.
@AntPDC Жыл бұрын
Many thanks Des.
@windstorm10006 жыл бұрын
you also put together the lovely photo montages--thank you for taking time to do this--they reflect perfectly the music
@daviddavenport93502 жыл бұрын
I love the place in this work around the 4:47 mark where the soloist (and orchestra) seem to hesitate and repeat the same 4 note motive over and over as if trying to recapture a beautiful thought.....than proceed with new but equally beautiful music
@buffett10006 жыл бұрын
So beautiful. It makes me long for better times. But also draw solace from natural beauty. The sun setting. The wind in the trees.
@AntPDC6 жыл бұрын
The modest snowdrops are now in bloom. Trees stir, and life begins anew, marking the birth of another year. Ramsons, anemones and crocuses begin to push through the cold earth. Swallows, martins and swifts set out on their long journey home from Africa. Blackthorn, Queen Anne's lace and celandine will soon bedeck the fields and hedgerows. Later, the hawthorns' may blossoms are set to decorate the landscape. What fresh human depredations can despoil nature's cycle?
@johnsharp8632 Жыл бұрын
There is no need for me to say much about this subline musical experience. My fellow 'posters' have said it all.
@yuehchopin8 жыл бұрын
Schöne Sendung wie immer, danke!
@darynandrew36668 жыл бұрын
Thank you AntPDC for the beautiful pastoral music and perfect accompanying images! Came to know Finzi through your uploads. What a composer with the deepest sensibilities, moving harmonies, craft and above all lyrical gift. What a great gift to the world of music Mr Gerald Finzi was and continues to be to us all! Thank you!
@AntPDC8 жыл бұрын
+Daryn Andrew Along with others, it is comments like yours which give me the motivation to continue to advocate Finzi's (and others') music. I wish you well in all your endeavours.
@SOBIESKI_freedom8 жыл бұрын
So lovely... and the visual accompaniment is gorgeous. Thank you for this sublimity. 😊
@endtimestraveller77163 жыл бұрын
Just beautiful. Words fail me.
@MegaLocrian7 жыл бұрын
I conducted a performance of this at Cardiff University in 1978. The soloist was a fellow student who went onto a career as a film and tv composer. A wonderful gem!!
@AntPDC7 жыл бұрын
It is indeed a gem Justin; it occupies a special place in my soul.
@andrewpetersen52724 жыл бұрын
Such brilliant photography! Thank you!
@germanquintero101219463 жыл бұрын
MARAVILLOSO RECORDARLO
@FranciscoFerrerGaliana19306 жыл бұрын
Maravillosa y evocadora música, en maravillosa conjunción con las bellísimas imágenes..¡¡¡
@AntPDC6 жыл бұрын
Muchas gracias Francisco!
@FranciscoFerrerGaliana19306 жыл бұрын
AntPDC. Gracias a ti, por tus regalos musicales. Felicidades..¡¡¡¡¡
@Llight-qg9tc5 жыл бұрын
*so magnificently beautiful*
@andyhawkins6422 жыл бұрын
He seems to understand the nature of pastoral England, it is evocative and plaintive . Like a lot of the best English art, understated but enigmatic too, a sense of place that one feels in the work of Paul Nash.
@AntPDC2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Andy. He belongs to the Betjeman school of - well, artists who get to one's soul in an apparently simple, but profound manner. Best wishes to you.
@VallaMusic8 жыл бұрын
ah, this is a sweet bit of heaven on earth
@AntPDC8 жыл бұрын
+Val Lamon A lovely comment Val, thank you.
@PriaboniaMusic6 жыл бұрын
The wonders of KZbin (and its tireless contributors like AntPDC) - I'd never heard of Finzi until now!
@shodanart4 жыл бұрын
Sorry you lost all those previous “comments.” Judging by the comments here I imagine there were some touching erudite comments from the heart. I see most comments are from 2 or 3 years ago, if you get this know that your upload has reached out to so many of us that are indeed kindred spirits with you. The quotes you offered are so articulate I would not try to improve on perfection. Thank you. In posting such sweet music you are teaching many of us new to Finzi, perhaps expanding our rapture and introspection from say, Chopin’s Nocturnes, the French Romantics, Elgar, RVW, et.al. into peaceful harmonies and bitter-sweet melancholy that echoes loves, losses, and a life well-lived. Again, thank you, sir.
@AntPDC4 жыл бұрын
Rusty, I do apologise for having missed your wonderful, deeply-felt comment, for which I thank you very much. Best wishes.
@shodanart4 жыл бұрын
AntPDC ❤️☺️
@douglascarter59437 жыл бұрын
Again, though I love Finzi's music, there is a certain melancholy, that reflects my own life and perhaps the reason his music remains so close to my heart. Though I am fortunate to sell many of my liturgical compositions around the world, I still feel a sense of failure that none of my compositions satisfy my own wish of accomplishment. People buy trinkets, I make money, take the money but feel I am not worth of the term composer.
@AntPDC7 жыл бұрын
+ Douglas Carter You are rather hard on yourself Douglas, if I may say so. Please do post one of your works here. I'd be happy to work with you on a slideshow, should you think it appropriate. Best wishes, as ever. Anthony.
@douglascarter59437 жыл бұрын
How do I get in touch with you Anthony? The Internet is so crazy nowadays one must be very careful. Do you a Facebook account? I could send a private message from there.
@AntPDC7 жыл бұрын
I avoid Facebook like the plague Douglas! How to send private messages on KZbin: Go to the channel of the person that you want to contact. You can do this by clicking their channel name underneath one of their videos. Click the About tab. Click Send message (on the right). Type in your private message and click Send.
@douglascarter59437 жыл бұрын
Did all of that, sent you a message along with a file of my music. Must say I was disappointed in never receiving an acknowledgment.
@AntPDC7 жыл бұрын
I did, in fact, reply Douglas: you will find it in your YT Private Message section. YT messaging is pretty imperfect and highly unintuitive - it's been thus for a while now.
@mickyfinn19488 жыл бұрын
I adore this piece AntPDC - thanks for re-uploading it!
@AntPDC8 жыл бұрын
+Michael Ross I had to Michael - it's just so good :)
@mickyfinn19488 жыл бұрын
if only he had persevered with the outer movements, I'm sure it would be a concerto in all the top violinist's repertoire! :)
@AntPDC8 жыл бұрын
Yes. And on that theme, one reflects on what music George Butterworth might have given us.
@mickyfinn19488 жыл бұрын
Yes Indeed! These so called minor composers produced some absolute gems!
@uncawizard6 жыл бұрын
AntPDC, thanks for your reply! And for reminding me of the Cello Concerto which I will soon listen to. I must tell you that of all your fine photos in your videos, the one that had me chuckling is at the top of the Introit. Glutton Bridge! I'm a writer and I'm going to be sure to use this name somewhere in a story or poem!
@AntPDC6 жыл бұрын
There are many, many quirky place-names here Malcolm. Much material here: www.juicebrighton.com/news/quirky-news/help-im-stuck-in-stinky-bay-ordnance-survey-collates-database-of-local-place-nicknames/
@uncawizard6 жыл бұрын
Many thanks! I'm going to check this out.
@brad429483 жыл бұрын
Exquisite.
@PaulNobleComposer6 жыл бұрын
Wonderful music. Why is this music so unknown?
@AntPDC5 жыл бұрын
Beats me Paul.
@willrolt83803 жыл бұрын
Re the description, the whole concerto was published posthumously and there are at least 2 recordings to date
@uncawizard6 жыл бұрын
I have to agree with all the comments here. This is more earthy and somehow more melancholy than RVW's Lark.
@AntPDC6 жыл бұрын
I agree Malcolm. And I prefer Finzi's Cello Concerto over Elgar's for exactly the same reason. As you put it so well, Finzi conveys a more profound emotional sensibility in these pieces.
@daviddavenport93502 жыл бұрын
@@AntPDC Although Elgar's is too, a marvelous work!
@Aldarinn8 жыл бұрын
One thinks of the city grow into the very ribs of one's soul, and age creeps upon the pilastered depths of one's being, worn and centuried by mere decades in the great swirls and eddies of the cess of diurnal drudgery. And then, something like this wafts up like a country feather falling upon one's shoe, and makes the thoughts saunter towards a home you strove ever to know, filling you with those most uplifting of airs that you would hum among autumn leaves, slow and unlulled.
@wilihgrolsch35445 жыл бұрын
I wonder how English pastoral pieces can connect with anything which now passes as music? This will be around as long as Mozart or Bach. Not so with Mr robbie Williams. or lil mix. Simon cowbells trousers?