"Rule, Britannia" (Bryn Terfel) - Last night of the Proms 1994

[@rosserickson7680]

Lyrics: 1st verse: When Britain first, at heav'n's command, Arose from out the azure main, Arose, arose from out the azure main, This was the charter, the charter of the land, And Guardian Angels sang this strain: Chorus: Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves! Britons never, never, never shall be slaves. Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves! Britons never, never, never shall be slaves. 2nd verse: Still more majestic shalt thou rise, More dreadful from each foreign stroke, More dreadful, dreadful from each foreign stroke. And the loud blast, the blast that tears the sky Serves but to root thy native oak. 3rd verse (Welsh version of 1st verse): A Phrydain gododd ar alwad nef A chodi fu o'r tonnau câs Hwn oedd y siarter, y siarter drwy'r holl wlad, A hon yw cân yr engyl glan. 4th verse: The Muses, still with freedom found, Shall to thy happy coasts repair, Shall to thy happy, happy coasts repair. Blest isle! with boundless, with boundless beauty placed, And manly hearts to charge the fair. 5th verse Encore: same as the 3rd.

[@purpleaki933]

Wrong

[@Michaelneiss]

Kudos to Bryn for celebrating his proud Welsh heritage!

[@Michaelneiss]

@@purpleaki933 How so?

[@Michaelneiss]

@Randomcole In what respect?

[@sirhindeburg]

​@@purpleaki933then why did they pin it if hes wrong

[@annhollebon]

from nz..what a long way we have come to 2023 and not all for the good.

[@PatriarchWPB]

Bryn Terfel is one of the best opera singers in the world. His enunciation is perfect and easy to understand the lyrics

[@robw7676]

As an Englishman, I LOVE that he sang part of this in Welsh. Welsh is a beautiful poetic language and the closest thing to the original language of the majority of our ancient ancestors throughout the whole of Britain, we should all treasure it.

[@dresnovagniou7706]

@Aragorn Anglosaxons converted much later than the Britons

[@martinputt6421]

@Aragorn Paganism is better than Christianity

[@neiluk4109]

Agreed: I absolutely love the rendition of the third verse in Welsh and the sound of the Welsh language in general, even though I only know a couple of words of it. I'm really looking forward to seeing Sir Bryn Terfel at the Royal Albert Hall in 2021.

[@jcusack3494]

Majority of Britain didn't speak Welsh....just saying

[@robw7676]

@@jcusack3494 The majority spoke a linguistic precursor to Welsh. Modern Welsh speakers wouldn't understand much more of Old Welsh than I would Old English. That isn't the point.

[@MrCervuselaphus]

27 years later this piece is still just magic..thanks Bryn

[@johnevans388]

I remember watching this with my (now late) mother. She looked at me and said, 'He's wearing your rugby shirt,' :-)

[@---bm5bc]

Bless you. 🙏🏼

[@garethwilkinson3456]

God bless. Hope all well now.

[@johnevans388]

@@garethwilkinson3456 She went peacefully over and we held her funeral on a sunny, warm St David's Day 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲

[@trex1563]

He's just magnificent. Born to sing. A truly beautiful baritone - a rare thing...

[@plasticbucket]

Born To Sing is a 1962 Walt Disney movie

[@persallnas5408]

1994, what a beautiful year. A Welshman could sing a verse of Rule Britania in Welsh and every one would love it. And Rule Brittania would be sung and ppl all over the world would sing along, oh and Hongkong was still free.

[@mariocanfora9117]

Hong Kong was a colony how is it now

[@persallnas5408]

@@mariocanfora9117 under the boot of the ccp dictatorship getting its civil rights stripped away

[@Tapestry1066]

@@mariocanfora9117A colony again, but much worse.

[@angelacooper2661]

I well remember Bryn singing at the Last Night of the Proms dressed in Welsh rugby kit. Aged 24 at the time, I was singing along - the key was Ab major, not G. The men were all wearing white dinner jackets, very smart indeed. Now aged 53 and looking back on half a lifetime ago!

[@williamoverly1617]

The British have every right to be proud of this wonderful song.

[@burstcity3832]

Indeed, it was about the fleet we built to stop our own citizens being taken as slaves. The might of the fleet grew and played a pivotal part in stopping the trans atlantic slave trade.

[@merlinstwin7373]

Get your Welsh pride on! Great rendition in both languages, but hearing it in Welsh was such a treat.

[@steffanhuw8556]

as an anglo welshman this is class back when this country knew how to have a good time

[@MrCervuselaphus]

29 years on with scratchy picture the singing of Bryn is still a wonder.

[@dougpage1271]

Brits are my beloved Brothers & Sisters forever! - a Yank 🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@hudldevice1092]

Thank you, three years later! Love to the USA from the UK. 🇺🇸 🇬🇧

[@martinkeith5543]

always the best rendition a beautiful baritone who does no wrong i love him and i am an australian

[@foolishphilanthropy]

i am proud Canadian, and i love this song and particularly this performance of it! two knighted gentlemen of the Commonwealth, both doing what they do best.

[@JanetESmith-er8sk]

Move over tenors. A baritone is in the house 🏡. And what a baritone he is!

[@yortsemloh1156]

This is the absolute best version on KZbin!

[@Aussiegrandad-j6l]

Onya Bryn. These years later this recording with its less than perfect picture still send shivers up my spine. Up your nose to those who think this outof date.

[@utahdan231]

The best baritone . I love you Bryn❤️

[@crouserm]

Thirty years ago. Sigh. I was that much younger, then, too. Lovely music as ever!

[@yortsemloh1156]

His singing of this is the all time best! It’s so effortless.

[@AvaT42]

Love Bryn. He has the best voice ever!

[@noremorse6898]

This and the one with Thomas Hampson are the best.

[@HernandezIvo]

If this is not the best version ever, it certainly is among the most moving.

[@garethwilkinson3456]

Yes it is good to see our Wagnerian baritone in action. I adore being both, but to be the best must be quite something..

[@wh5254]

When sanity still ruled the waves.

[@burstcity3832]

Fantastic voice!

[@mattbod]

What’s become of Bryn? Not heard of him in a long time: Bryn by name Bryn by nature: great guy and great singer. As Welsh on my dad’s side I love this.

[@JohnMatthews-tv7tf]

He sang at the coronation last year and he released an album earlier this year.

[@Theatermann]

Bryn Terfel is fantastic! I grew up in Vienna in the '90ies and I will never forget him as Figaro in Nozze und the "villains" in Contes d'Hoffmann. Could not manage to see him live since, but he still is absolutely first cast.

[@stevensiferd7104]

I wish he had sung all the verses in Welsh for the encore. The choir sang the chorus in Welsh, which was great to hear.

[@Ophelia2474]

When the world was sane....I was a small child then but.. can I have a time machine?

[@charlescoleman5509]

Was this the first time a verse was sung in Welsh at the Proms?

[@fansofst.maximustheconfess8226]

Most likely, yes.

[@donswearingen9805]

Sadly, Britannia is a shadow of its former self.

[@garthevans9625]

still think its the best version!!

[@lenanebsager8276]

Best voice ever since the early sixties

[@mrrivets10]

This makes me want to join the Royal Navy...

[@MrKelso85]

Did you do it?

[@lorenzbroll101]

Just observe that sincere articulating mouth to the sacred verses!

[@svenhaheim]

God I would love to be present for one of those one day, get my Anglophilia peaked :)

[@martinkeith5543]

without a doubt the best my favourite the welsh verse brilliant now after the tiger has gone to god the best baritone in the world

[@ScheTtino-i3k]

Sir Terfel is probably the greatest and last bass-baritone European singer. West is destroying itself

[@TheSpitfire109]

Why no one upload 2008 version? Please upload it if you have.

[@LadyFairfax33]

Wonderful ❤️

[@user-qjvqfjv]

So dignified, especially when compared to the fucking embarrassing state of Last Night the past few years.

[@bayonetonazero2535]

I love how there’s the Japanese flag amongst them all.

[@TheSpitfire109]

Please write Welsh version lyrics and its translation.

[@Atikusiuuu]

A Phrydain gododd ar alwad nef A chodi fu o'r tonnau câs Hwn oedd y siarter, y siarter drwy'r holl wlad, A hon yw cân yr engyl glan.

[@Aeoline]

Superb !

[@paolagaleati152]

È un "mostro" di simpatia. (mostro l'ho usato nell'accezione latina per la quale "monstrum" non ha un significato negativo.

[@castielsosa8512]

I love the fact how the people in the front basically started moshing when the “rule Britannia “ part came on💀

[@FormerBaptist]

To reflect the genealogy of the British Royal Family, it would be great if two verses could be sung in German and Danish.

[@claudiahenkenjohann5299]

Very nice

[@philiplewis7252]

The King!!!

[@kendalabarca6707]

Viva El Reino Unido y Su Majestad La Reina Isabel II. He Dicho!!! 👍🧐🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@johnmcglobberson9704]

Translation: Long live the United Kingdom and her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II.

[@asoru5573]

Congratulations U.K! you did it! Brexit is now over!

[@RenaissanceEarCandy]

Though the consequences of it will be suffered for decades.

[@jacklav1]

The best

[@JulianSildenLanglo]

I was surprised to hear the melody of "See, the Conqu'ring hero comes" as I've previously only heard it in the christian psalm "Honor upon you the lord of death".

[@MrKelso85]

I’m here because I’m Welsh

[@joshhoffman1975]

You have to admit, its pretty ledgendary, he is doing it in rugby shirt! 💘💝💖😄😁😆 The Welsh blended in is astonishing! 🎉🫠🫡😍

[@Michaelneiss]

Kudos to Bryn for celebrating his heritage! P.S. I googled the Welsh lyrics: A Phrydain gododd ar alwad nef A chodi fu o'r tonnau câs Hwn oedd y siarter, y siarter drwy'r holl wlad, A hon yw cân yr engyl glan.

[@stevereynolds4285]

ENJOY

[@ZiobroV]

So this was 1st, 3rd and 6th verse of the original opera? Is this what constitutes the Rule, Britannia in the non-opera version?

[@inkats]

In 2024 does anyone remember what it was like to be proud of being British? All gone now!

[@TIMMY420C]

Epic :-)

[@povter1089]

Rule britania

[@1957Achim]

❤️

[@kiandemonteverde4121]

Where's that popping sound coming from?

[@binkyboobosh1]

Bryn...quite possibly the world's greatest singer at this time.....and he's Welsh, don't you know....

[@andrewmcmahon4028]

Remember the days when it wasn't a crime to be proud of being british

[@marioskublan7273]

Remember the days when BLM still meant something

[@taylor9131]

Sad state of affairs for the entire West I’m afraid

[@garethwilkinson3456]

Not a crime, Sir.

[@mpetersen6]

​@@marioskublan7273 B of Land Management

[@edithbernales5570]

it isn’t!

[@kronkepus3671]

anyone know what the first song that they play before rule britannia?

[@theplaneimage]

"See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes!" -composer George Friedrich Handel

[@JulianSildenLanglo]

Huh, the english lyrics to that melody are a lot more moderate than the Norwegian version. English: Thine Be the Glory, Risen Conquering Son Norwegian: Honor upon you, the lord of the power of death.

[@AndieArbeit]

What's the name of the melody before Rule, Britannia?

[@vesasutinen5958]

When Britain was mostly british...

[@llwyde1104]

Rhaid i ti colli y het , Bryn😅 coyg

[@ingerlander]

A thoroughly fluff bunny pinko free zone

[@seaghanobuadhaigh8240]

Y cyfieithiad Cymraeg a ganwyd gan Bryn Terfel A Phrydain gododd ar alwad nef A chodi fu o'r tonnau câs Hwn oedd y siarter, y siarter drwy'r holl wlad, A hon yw cân yr engyl glan.

[@fabiopaolobarbieri2286]

Thank you.

[@DeweyDuckTales-xt7rm]

1:28 Rule Britannia 6:30 Welsh Version

[@michaelgeiger4043]

Shall be or will be?

[@Verantwortungsbewusstsein]

Both are acceptable

[@LikeMothsToAFlame]

Not an EU flag in sight. Just people living in the moment.

[@SonOfLittleWolf]

We went from this to the jokes of the last few Night at the Proms. I wonder how many foreigners sing other ethnic group's treasured songs at their national events? You're conquered, Brits. It's time to grow up and realize that before it's too late. Powell was quite correct.

[@GayeLundie]

Sorry but it's already too late. So sad!

[@SonOfLittleWolf]

@GayeLundie I hope not. I'm sure there are Americans of British ancestry like me that would be there in a moment to help. Better get to it.

[@bretnielsen5502]

God Bless the Queen !!!!!!!!!! Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves! Britons never, never, never shall be slaves. When Britain first, at heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter of the land, And Guardian Angels sang this strain: The nations not so blest as thee Must, in their turn, to tyrants fall, While thou shalt flourish great and free: The dread and envy of them all. Still more majestic shalt thou rise, More dreadful from each foreign stroke, As the loud blast that tears the skies Serves but to root thy native oak. Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame; All their attempts to bend thee down Will but arouse thy generous flame, But work their woe and thy renown. To thee belongs the rural reign; Thy cities shall with commerce shine; All thine shall be the subject main, And every shore it circles, thine. The Muses, still with freedom found, Shall to thy happy coasts repair. Blest isle! with matchless beauty crowned, And manly hearts to guard the fair. Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves! Britons never, never, never shall be slaves

[@lindaschubert5459]

Nobody does pomp and pageantry like the Brits.

[@vixy1434]

🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@olwens1368]

I'm shocked, SHOCKED I say- haven't spotted one single EU flag. We were so ...free back then, still allowed to just enjoy it all. I remember it well.

[@adelielemon8335]

Same as 2024

[@dolinaj1]

He’s dropped a ton.

[@MarforSonOfLucifer]

Compare this with the woke mess that was 2019.

[@wh5254]

Well, that is nothing against what is going on now in 2020!!

[@JRWatchman85]

2020: Hold my beer.

[@llwyde1104]

You are easily manipulated...twas ever thus. Zinoviev letter etc

[@adsheff]

Got any examples of this 'woke mess'?

[@MarforSonOfLucifer]

@@adsheff The rainbow flag

[@boedilllard5952]

I'd be fine if this is the Manchester United Song.

[@MonolithFanatic]

Rainbow flags in the audience, in 1994?

[@dixonkwong5004]

Ingen's version of Rule Britannia used this one

[@occhio506]

🫡🫡🫡

[@stephenstokes8318]

Bryn it Welsh for hill

[@carlosflorentin_]

Defend your country!! Or otherwise Britain is lost

[@АндрейУсатов-р5б]

Правь - Россия ! - всех наций слышен клич - собрали силы все друзья опричь ! Правь - Россия ! - всем русский брат и друг - собрали силы все друзья вокруг !

[@streathamsoprano8025]

No way is that guy Bryn Terfel!

[@ynys_mon6928]

Err? I’ve been following Bryn since he (almost) won The Cardiff Singer of the Year competition, and the original bunch of Bryn fans have been following his career since he was a teenager winning competitions in the National Welsh Eisteddfods. How is it that you don’t think it’s our lovely Bryn? I’m Welsh, so to insinuate this isn’t Bryn is a real insult.

[@streathamsoprano8025]

@Ynys_ Mon Chillax, I'm a Bryn fan, and I'm fully aware it IS him. He just looks a tad different here; I only became aware of him in the late 00s when I began to take classical music serious. It's a joke; deal with it, err?

[@plasticbucket]

Why would Bryn sing this . He is Welsh . B

[@TwilightWolfi]

Welsh people are British too!

[@plasticbucket]

@@TwilightWolfi I know Welsh people who would no agree with you . B

[@zamrii]

@@plasticbucket who care if some bunch of lads don't agree with him.

[@olwens1368]

@@plasticbucket Let's be honest, there are English people who wouldn't agree with him. Personally, I am Welsh first, British second, European not at all. And I enjoy belting out a good song.

[@plasticbucket]

@TheSauce Group Bad Language . B

[@torstenatterberg5788]

bri ish

[@dircetecedor3271]

a mehor irfestra do planwta

[@lorenzbroll101]

Of course all before Blair wrecked the union.

[@norwegiannationalist7678]

Welsh sounds like Klingons

[@ynys_mon6928]

Is that a compliment or a slur? Just wondering as a Welsh Star Trek fan.😂

[@PedroCucuchucho]

Himno de celebración de la rapiña de los piratas ingleses en las islas del Caribe.

[@GingerBlue84]

Nope written in response to British people being enslaved by Barbary pirates, it’s a protest song to tell Britain to rule the waves so we won’t suffer such things.

[@TonyDennett-q8g]

Be british

[@jratcliffe91]

can i you hear that? is that the sound of african skulls crushing under colonial boots? .... by god, I think it is chap.

[@Cat-Daddy]

your point?

[@realdementsya]

I think you confuse British empire with Belgium

[@fh854]

If you want to criticise the British Empire you would be better off focusing on India. Of course, that would require historical knowledge, something which you lack