Ceremony 15 june 2015. Pipe Major Richard Grisedale Black Watch/ Royal Regiment.
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@michaelbrigano57532 жыл бұрын
Pipes are perfectly tuned. Played to absolute perfection. Beautiful tribute. God bless.
@mesenteria6 жыл бұрын
Few tunes on any instrument could possibly claw at a grieving heart as much as this.
@superbia75es6 жыл бұрын
mesenteria Well put.
@romeo90175 жыл бұрын
@@superbia75es Amen....
@RedOrm684 жыл бұрын
Hauntingly beautiful. It's right up there with Amazing Grace.
@loopylou27242 жыл бұрын
My dad plays the pipes.and when they played well.it is very emotional. Bloody love it
@kj910811 ай бұрын
Beautifully said.
@josephpodohertysaleh49125 жыл бұрын
Honouring a debt we can never repay. At the going down of the sun and in the morning WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.🇬🇧🌺🇮🇪
@dblount15013 жыл бұрын
They shall not grow old as we who are left behind grow old.
@Bruce-19563 жыл бұрын
#wewillrememberthem
@mariavictoriarodriguezbece7603 жыл бұрын
I have gotten excited María Victoria bye
@Canadian-Asian-dude2 жыл бұрын
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.🇬🇧🌺🇨🇦
@richardconnelly71415 жыл бұрын
that piper was a soldier he did the funeral walk,well done and played it well
@johnfellows28676 жыл бұрын
Every time I see this, I cry like a baby. I'm not Scottish, but those pipes really get to you ! My grandfather was in the Royal Fusiliers, he was involved in all the major actions, Loos, Ypres, Somme, etc and survived the lot !!
@rabbieg094 жыл бұрын
Your grandad was in one of the finest regts in the British army.
@tooyoungtobeold87564 жыл бұрын
My grandfather was there too. Won the MM at the age of 19. Went on to the Somme and was seriously wounded.
@robertneven75634 жыл бұрын
@@tooyoungtobeold8756 My grandfather was a Belgain soldiers from 1916 till 1919, trenches artellerie, now him verry well, respect to the G.B Army
@grahamcowen27523 жыл бұрын
My grandfather was also in the Royal Fusiliers in the Ypers salient, he also survived the Great War. He never talked about it. I was honoured to place a wreath at the Menin Gate in 2010 as a representative of the Royal Naval Reserve.
@nadinepartington2903 Жыл бұрын
Last post is the one tune that never fails to bring a tear to my eyes. My great grandad died on the Somme. God bless him,and the many thousands of others who were never recovered. R.I.P to you all.BWFC
@havennewbowtow88353 жыл бұрын
500 an odd year old lament to another fallen generation of young men. Created after our defeat at Flodden field
@josephmuir23662 жыл бұрын
Aye heart breaking then and now
@derekambler2 ай бұрын
I had an ancestor - Laurence Ambler who fought as an Archer/Man at Arms in the Service of Lord Clifford at Flodden.
@russkkay Жыл бұрын
Excellent piping, well done!
@colincameron90852 жыл бұрын
Beautifully played ,well done . My late father was in the 2nd Battalion of the Argylls in Singapore .
@RB-lt8kt4 жыл бұрын
My great, great uncle was in the 11th Hussars and died at Sanctuary Wood in May 1915. His name is listed on the Menin Gate and I felt so proud to stand there and witness the ceremony in July 2019. Such a fitting lament to him and all who paid the ultimate price. Thank you Pipe Major and Belgium for remembering and honouring such men. Yes I shed a tear as well listening.
@jenno26133 жыл бұрын
Hands down the most beautifully executed playing of such a significant tune. An outstanding performance by Pipe Major Richard Grisedale. Thank you for posting this on KZbin.
@Mr121john2 жыл бұрын
Amazing haunting melody to honour the fallen rip. To the piper playing the lament excellent played and executed respect.
@jeff611774 жыл бұрын
Man those high A's get me every time. Played this for my dad when we spread his ashes. Turns me to mush everytime.
@peecee75683 жыл бұрын
❤️
@yannski19733 жыл бұрын
The wind makes it even more haunting. It’s amazingly beautiful
@jacobklinger48303 жыл бұрын
My grandmother's cousin's name is on that memorial. He was killed there at 19 years of age. HLI, 9th Battalion, Glasgow Highlanders. I will never forget his sacrifice or his name. This song is moving in so many ways.
@blacky19872 жыл бұрын
My grans uncle is on that and was in the HLI, cant remember his exact name now but will find out and get back to you.
@antonralph69472 жыл бұрын
My gran uncle name is on the Meinn Gate. His name Michael Ralph. He was from Carlow ireland. Only 21years of age.
@kenkleinsasser8165 Жыл бұрын
@@blacky1987 did you find out?
@johnmcgeough27992 жыл бұрын
The dignity and majesty of this always moves me to tears
@malcolmgullam83484 жыл бұрын
Nearly fifty years since I was there but the names on the stones haunt me still. Lest we Forget
@seamusandpat3 жыл бұрын
Makes me weep every time. So much death. So many broken lives. So many broken hearts. So many fatherless children.
@richardcobey94153 жыл бұрын
Alba gu bran
@northscot98622 жыл бұрын
@@richardcobey9415 ALBA GU BRATH GOD BLESS YOU MY FRIEND
@robertneven75632 жыл бұрын
thanks to kaiser zweinhund off germany
@dr1Voss484 жыл бұрын
My great great uncle is buried in the Mass Grave near Menin Gate. We’ve got a few more of our family buried at the Somme. I myself played for four years at VMI as a piper.You played us all damned proud, sir.
@sylviearseneau77472 жыл бұрын
My favourite video of Flowers of the Forest by far
@jesseburnette60283 жыл бұрын
You should be very proud of this performance. You looked the part, sounded the part, and honored those souls who so bravely gave their lives. I’m proud for you and aspire to sound like you one day. Bravo on all accounts.
@rodcoates70272 жыл бұрын
Had their lives taken from them, more like!
@lesleymcshanemitchell9651 Жыл бұрын
@@rodcoates7027 Gladly did I live And Gladly die Lest we forget
@davidsweeney40212 жыл бұрын
So moving. Thanks for all the musical history on the replies very, very interesting
@DaveTAM3 жыл бұрын
I have heard this many times, but the acoustics of the Menin gate - Ypres- are a truly reverent sound
@nicolelawless9942 Жыл бұрын
This was played when I arrived at Remembrance Sunday with Woody.EXE holding hands and my dad felt that
@thegaffer72802 жыл бұрын
The best musical instrument ever been invented
@Bruce-19564 ай бұрын
In the middle east.
@Benchrester3 жыл бұрын
Best performing of Flowers of the Forest what i ever hear
@nicolelawless9942 Жыл бұрын
It was played at my Remembrance service as I arrived with Woody.EXE and that was the very first time I saw him cry, then Woody.EXE comforts me as I cried honouring those who died and our Queen
@BarrySuridge7 жыл бұрын
This lament was written in 1513 mourning the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Flodden Field. King James IV of Scotland and the "flowers" of Scottish nobility, along with 10,000 and 17,000 Scots, were killed in the battle. It modern use couldn't be more appropriate.
@jasperachtereekte96115 жыл бұрын
Do you know the name of the song? I went to Ypres last year and just want to know this song.
@rerol5 жыл бұрын
@@jasperachtereekte9611 Flowers of the Forest
@13141Scott5 жыл бұрын
@@jasperachtereekte9611 Flowers of the Forrest
@cameronmacleod60925 жыл бұрын
we still got a draw in the war!
@keithmuir50774 жыл бұрын
Aye but it was 400 years before our next major defeat
@katerinakempb82176 жыл бұрын
Poignant, hauntingly beautiful lament for all the brave souls, Kia ora from NZ.
@davecarter23086 жыл бұрын
Very well played sir, pipes tuned and sounded lovely.
@WootTootZoot6 жыл бұрын
Very nicely played and very a well tuned set of pipes, good on ya Pipie.
@mattybt4003 жыл бұрын
The most moving thing I've ever seen.
@graemedouglas39955 жыл бұрын
Been there and payed my respects to the fallen. LEST WE FORGET. Pipes brilliant
@robingraham9395 Жыл бұрын
Beautifully played with such crisp grace notes and doubling. A true and sincere tribute to the fallen.
@RedOrm685 жыл бұрын
What a hauntingly beautiful melody.
@rian2020032 жыл бұрын
The pipes are stirring up the ancestors and guiding the soul. 🏴❤
@andrewcoutts7343 жыл бұрын
Walked behind a loan piper playing this at my mums funeral, full of heartbreak and pride with tears streaming down
@nicholasm12047 жыл бұрын
Superb skills and spotless, I'll learn from that.
@stephenmerriman56207 жыл бұрын
Beautiful, my two great uncles fell there
@piggystardust5 жыл бұрын
Hi Stephen, are they commemorated at the Menin Gate or do they have a known grave ?
@perardua9662 ай бұрын
Tears everytime 😢
@bond_32395 жыл бұрын
My great-great uncle, Private Alexander McLauchlan 16th Bn Royal Scots, is buried near here... his brother, my great-grandfather, Lance Corporal John McLauchlan 218th Glasgow Field Company Royal Engineers, was wounded near here, as well. This is heart-breakingly beautiful.
@scotthenderson28702 жыл бұрын
Your great great uncle was in McCrae’s battalion. Famous for recruiting almost all of the Heart Of Midlothian F.C team.
My family are from Scotland, my great grandfather Pipe Major Murdo McDonald Royal Scott’s, died on the Somme, aged 54! My mothers uncle was killed in The Royal Navy aged 21. My grandfather arrived in France 1914 with the Cameronians, the British army in 1914 had 90% casualties that year, he was an expert sniper, one day an enemy sniper fired through the loop hole he was behind, the bullet ripped his shirt and burned his skin. He won the MC for his work in France, and made it through the war. After that he did not shoot again, lived quietly with his wife and children and took up fly fishing. On Remembrance Day he never attended a service, he went out to the countryside and looked upon the waters of a loch. My children are grown up now, I intend to take them to Scotland this year to see the land of their ancestors.
@thir6717 ай бұрын
Excelent desition, and tell them the great heritage they gat
@perardua966 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful 🇬🇧
@sheilamcglary70112 жыл бұрын
Ah the great pipes magic love them
@kirkbannister83126 жыл бұрын
One of the best sounds ever
@ClergetMusic2 жыл бұрын
Totally got it right with this. Perfect song to play here.
@richardconnelly7141 Жыл бұрын
so sad to think of all the young men that died and the overwhelming sadness that mothers ,father and brothers sisters had to live with,cut from their short life for whose benefit?
@northscot9862 Жыл бұрын
FOR THE SWINE WHO STILL RULE., GOD BLESS THEM ALL, THE DEAD FROM BOTH SIDES. AMERICA THINKS IT CAN RULE THE WORLD(only an american thinks that SIMPLY BECAUCE HOLLYWOOOD TOLD THEM SO) , fuckin hell they are a mongrel mix of god knows what, for all YANKEES WHERE YOU ARE BORN DOES NOT MAKE WHO YOU ARE IT IS YOUR BLOOD ,so I as SCOTSMAN if I was born your land, would I not still be a SCOTSMAN, so you yankees are nothing. Yankees you tried to destroy many countries, and they fucked you , you ran away and now the world hates you, you will be paid back of that ther is no doubt. The chaos you caused will come home to you. I pity you. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH
@nicolelawless9942 Жыл бұрын
That’s why I attend Remembrance Sunday, i remember when I saw Woody.EXE playing this. I remember my dad saying “How did he get here?!” My favourite crowd looks at Woody.EXE as he pays tribute to the war. Then he joined me and dad for the service. Even the cadets were stunned to see him there and then I told Woody.EXE “you didn’t have to do that?!” He replied “I just did, on your behalf since you’re still mourning the Queen” I’ll never forget that, I’d say that Woody.EXE is a great monarch for Wales and everyone loves him
@kenunsworth70957 жыл бұрын
Pipe Major Richard Grisedale Black Watch/ Royal Regiment. Liverpool Clan Wallace Pipe Band also at ceremony. Richard learned his skills with the band. Band attend as often as it can. I have attended and it is a very emotional experience. Hope this is of interest
@piggystardust7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info !
@antseanbheanbocht49937 жыл бұрын
Lovely, how tall is this man, he looks like a giant compared to everyone else there.
@pipthepiper4 жыл бұрын
Crimhthan Mor it’s the feather bonnet I’m guessing
@GerardRoo7 жыл бұрын
Well played, such a fitting tribute to the fallen.
@haylie29047 жыл бұрын
Gerard Rooney yes
@GerardRoo7 жыл бұрын
Who is the Piper? Anyone know?
@BarrySuridge7 жыл бұрын
Not 100% sure but he looks like a piper from the Auckland Police Pipe Band
@gerardrooney43667 жыл бұрын
Barry, and here am I living here in Auckland, NZ. I would say myself he looks like a British Army Piper, maybe the Royal Regiment of Scotland (Black Watch).
@BarrySuridge7 жыл бұрын
Taking a closer look at the tartan, sporran & hackle he's definitely Black Watch. :)
@thepluckybrit4134 жыл бұрын
One of my family is buried at Etaples cemetery, we will remember them.
@Bruce-19563 жыл бұрын
Good to see that Germany is included in these events.
@SC-sf8xt3 жыл бұрын
Your not forgotten
@geordie10327 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Thank you for sharing
@brunopinkhof6305 жыл бұрын
My grand-grand father and uncles fought in the trenches. They fought, survived and won the war. I am a Fleming. They couldn't speak about it and were traumatized. My grand grand uncle designed a crown for the Maria statue in the cathedral of Antwerp to thank God he had survived that hell. He was there when I was born. My grand grand father was already dead. Some family members were to tall for the trenches and were shot. My grand grand father and his brother knew all the hiding places and were very carefull soldiers, no shouting Sergeant types but sensitive people.
@ianbond94236 жыл бұрын
My father and Grandfather buried with this lament, Both Cameronians. RIP
@edwardhowie61025 жыл бұрын
Another sad time in Scotlands dark past, ask anyone which Scottish hero when captured, was hung drawn and quartered the most likely answer will be William Wallace few people will say the Rev. Richard Cameron of Falkland in Fife, his followers the Covenanters went on to become known as Cameronians. The Cameronians regt. were the only regiment allowed to carry their arms into the church as a nod to their original role of defending covenanters as they worshipped out of site of the Catholic authorities.
@rleitros93783 жыл бұрын
One of my two favourite pipe tunes, the other is The dark island ( Eilann dubh )
@sartainja3 жыл бұрын
G-d bless all those lost men in WWI. They will not be forgotten.
@nylehotaling6753 жыл бұрын
Ceremonial walking, of an intrinsically noble nature- probably hard for moderners to similate with the idea; they'd be thinking, maybe three steps with each metric measure, instead of just one...
@reginaromsey2 жыл бұрын
Honor those who are lost to us!
@kevinadamson57682 жыл бұрын
This tune makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck.
@danielelliott647724 күн бұрын
The flowers of the forest was piped at my fathers funeral
@superbia75es6 жыл бұрын
Stunning.
@wouterlabaere96597 жыл бұрын
Crying right now ...
@rebeccagoddard27884 жыл бұрын
Lest we forget. 11.11.2020.
@stebarrow47274 жыл бұрын
Great piper i no this man Richard
@andymcd66894 жыл бұрын
Played beautifully.
@petehill88852 жыл бұрын
These dark days will return, certain elements will pit us against our fellow man for their own prosperity
@Richard-n2r3 ай бұрын
What does the fourth chevron signify?
@silverarrowslk Жыл бұрын
The song is a lament about the loss of the Scots at the battle of Flodden
@nabinraii2 жыл бұрын
Nicely played ❤
@kennethholmes69912 жыл бұрын
No wonder the Germans were terrified from the Scots. Makes me proud. Ps thanks for heighland cathedral.
@kennethholmes69912 жыл бұрын
Thank you whoever you , and whare ever you are
@kenunsworth70953 жыл бұрын
Presently Queen's Piper.
@yumyummoany3 жыл бұрын
Flowers of the Forest
@ellenharvie71654 жыл бұрын
My Grand father was shot and killed by a sniper in Ypres, leaving my Grandma with 3 children to raise . 1918.
@gerardrooney43665 жыл бұрын
Playing at it's best.
@emersonbolen7846 жыл бұрын
Love the bagpipes...
@nigelcarter95036 жыл бұрын
Lest we forget
@timmo4914 жыл бұрын
Too moving. Respect to the fallen.
@ballygeale12 жыл бұрын
I thought they used to drop poppy's from the celin
@piggystardust2 жыл бұрын
Only on 11 November (and sometimes during special ceremonies).
@ballygeale12 жыл бұрын
@@piggystardust I disappointed to here that I thought they did it every day, I was hoping to go and see it .
@tbwpiper1893 жыл бұрын
I've heard the lilting, at the yowe-milking, Lassies a-lilting before dawn o' day; But now they are moaning on ilka green loaning; "The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede away". ... Dool and wae for the order sent oor lads tae the Border! The English for ance, by guile wan the day, The Flooers o' the Forest, that fought aye the foremost, The pride o' oor land lie cauld in the clay.
@ernestoguevara89306 жыл бұрын
When will mankind understand!
@anonymous25134565 жыл бұрын
Black Watch, 3 Scots.
@Savage231103 жыл бұрын
Aig àm dol fodha na grèine agus anns a’ mhadainn, bidh sinn gan cuimhneachadh Mar chuimhneachan