Ennio Morricone - Gabriel's Oboe

I love great film music, and I love the oboe: it has an almost human vocal quality which communicates.

Here, Maestro Signor Ennio Morricone composed this piece for the film "The Mission", and it has long been a favourite of mine. It moved me very much when I heard it the first time, and it still does. In my opinion, Ennio Morricone is a composer of the highest order, and he unfailingly strikes a profound emotional chord in complete sympathy with his subject. His work for the film "Cinema Paradiso" is equally convincing.

For those who haven't heard this piece before, I hope you find much enjoyment in it too.

I took these pictures this year of various places the Peak District National Park, in both the Derbyshire and Staffordshire parts, and also of Lichfield Cathedral. The elegant steeple, with comely lucarnes, in the earlier slides is that of Butterton's parish church just west of the Manifold Valley - a church historically unremarkable, but its setting among the rolling hills and pasture in the landscape of the Staffordshire Moorlands is one of much beauty.

Closing shots are of Peak District field barn interiors, my hens, and the Constellation of Cassiopeia, which I took from my garden.

Conductor: David Bedford
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Oboe: Joan Whiting
Chorus: Barnet Schools Choir
A Virgin Label Recording

[zakoogle]

This piece takes my heart somewhere it has never been. Every time I hear it, it takes my heart somewhere new. Music of Heaven on Earth 🙏🏻

[darrellsturmey]

Absolutely amazing countryside. Escape to the Country rather than being along the coast and the sewage dumps and waste.

[austinismyhome]

This piece is why i started playing oboe 28 years ago, and more specifically, This exact recording.

[tonygregory]

To me Morricone is the best movie theme composer ever, This is probably his most beautiful, The oboe is such a pure sounding instrument and here it’s played beautifully, I also love the soprano pieces such as once upon a tome in the west, , Rest in peace Maestro.Thanks for sharing this video with us 😊😊😊

[ilovehifi]

Ennio Morricone died yesterday aged 91. He may rest in peace.

[annabazeluk]

This music in my heart ❤️ forever. Thank you, Maestro. Thank you so much.

[darrellsturmey]

Absolutely amazing and I love the Country. The video looks like it was filmed in Wiltshire. Thank you for the memories

[harpswellsound]

It makes me adore the oboe; so singing, wistful, plaintive, and resigned.

[juanangellopezbarrionuevo]

D.E.P. Ennio Morricone, Desde España gracias por tu música

[darrellsturmey]

I still dream about this.
I would rather live in the Country than a grey miserable coast line. To be in touch with Nature and Wildlife is my World. The ghastly sea is full of sewage and plastics in particular at places like Bournemouth in Dorset where the River Avon and the River Stour (Sour) are always destroying sea creatures.

[paoloamicibibliotecavenezi]

lovely music and fantastic pics.! Thank you, indeed.

[patrickluzzi]

Thank You for all of this AntPDC. I loved it in and from the Mission but you have given it a whole new application sensibility and relevance with a scholarly aesthetic awareness of your own which is awesome, breathtaking, and relevant. To see things through your eyes and knowledge is precious. C.

[최재식-lx]

이노래가 나를 잠을 깨우는 같은 음악같아요. 항상 늘 건강하시고 좋은 하루 되시길 기원합니다^♡^

[최재식-lx]

흥미롭다 그리고, 자연 and 물 햇빛 구름 바람 돌담길 등등 ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ

[Buf]

Beautiful music, I never heard this before. Thank you for sharing this. Blessings.

[warronconroy]

One of the works that runs through my soul. Joy to dwell within.

[mibi]

Noblimente ! I am with you on good film music. Thanks

[eastend]

he plays this so good, well done henrik, and thank you. julian

[shin-i-chikozima]

When I think of those who died martyrs because of Mission,
my heart is about to break and my tears will not stop .
What motivated the hearts of the martyrs ？
I wonder what is deep something I do not know . 🍎

From effulgent Tokyo in profound Japan
Which national are you watching this video ？

[davehshs]

Thanks for posting this with your usual beautiful photos. It's been a favorite of mine since I saw the movie years ago.
You might also enjoy Morricone's main theme from "Once Upon a Time in the West." Some may consider it a bit mawkish, but I find it beautiful and very moving.