Elgar 'Nimrod' by LSO On Track - London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony video free download

2529john

who is the beautiful blonde violinist at 2:01?

Mark Kiernan

A great tribute to our boys world 1 and world war 2..god bless them all.Our country guys and gals we are so lucky......

Chris Andrews

what a pity that we had to endure such turgid commentary from crap presenters............terrible, spoilt a great opening ceremony, talk about stating the bloody obvious!

Billy Bubb

It's to do with the image of Great Britain being an island :) The blue silk screening on the crowd representing the sea and the green and pleasant land in the centre :)

Sungmin Lim

How Wonderful... This song was written by Elgar. I'm really appriciate that performance..

aftereffects

It was spectacular, very well done and thank you from Great Britain.

78NYLA

Best olympics ever. Not flashy or over the top. They were about the athletes and the great city of London. Well done, Britain!

frenchustube

you must be so proud of this performance. Thank you for such a treat!

Adam Robertson

I was one of the footballers that are directly behind this orchestra. We were really worried about kicking a ball at these people! haha.....

grease343

What's with the shipping forecast?

urbanspaceman1

The most beautiful piece of music I have ever heard.

Mary Barnfield

Literally can't watch any of the clips of the olympics without tearing up. So proud to be british.

Gareth Glyn

I am so proud to have been selected to arrange this music so that 80 young people, many of them absolute beginners, could play it in the ceremony.

Robert Padgett

The secret melody to Elgar's Enigma Variations is 'Ein feste Burg' (A Mighty Fortress) by Martin Luther. A music cipher embedded in the Enigma Theme confirms this discovery as well as the identity of the hidden friend of Variation XIII. 'Ein feste Burg' is the only melodic theme that has been shown to play 'through and over' the set of Variations as Elgar required in the original 1899 program note. To learn more about these discoveries, visit enigmathemeunmasked.blogspot.com

BlueEyedBambina

This makes me cry, and I never cry at anything..

Planet Jump

Beautiful piece of music that set the scene for an amazing night and a fantastic two weeks.

Edward Elgar

Edward Elgar - Variation IX (Adagio) "Nimrod" (from "Enigma Variations")

Edward Elgar

Edward Elgar - Nimrod