Sounds as if it's performed by a high school band. Oh, wait...

What a soulless performance. I imagine this is what AI would produce given just the sheet music.

One the most beautiful and simple tunes ever written. My husbands favorite and when he died a few months ago this was played as my farewell to him as I know too that one day we shall meet again. He had two authentic Civil War swords that crisscrossed at the clay urn used to hold his ashes. Rest easy my love for our paths will cross one day soon.

It is not composed by Weng Ching hsi. Actually, It is an Indonesian folksong.

Beautiful

Despite the apparently fine work of most the musicians, the woodwinds need much more work.

Fantastic!!! Marvelous!

Very well done!

Thank You for posting this.

This song always brings tears of heartache when I think of all the tragedy that Americans brought on one another. 😢😢😢

This musical peace is sad reminder of the 600,000 people killed in the A merican civil war. I know this is 2024 but I feel their loss everytime I this played.This is their song of their last full measure of devotion to their causes. So sad.

So many God-fearing men on both sides died. No other protracted war recorded such casualties of the devout and upright. Maybe Americans should listen to this before pitching their battles against one in the current political debacle.

That was outstanding

Holy crap! I'm a huge fan of this piece since first hearing it back in 1990, and yet I've never come across this video before. This is the first and, so far, only full orchestral version of it I've ever heard, and I love it! Paraphrasing Jay Unger himself, 'People are surprised to find it isn't a vintage tune from the Civil War era, but written by a young Jewish guy lamenting the end of teaching band camp in the 80s!' Even a pretty young Asian girl violinist can perfectly capture the emotional impact in her performance if it.. 👍

Is this china 😢

Such a beautiful piece of music, wakes up your soul.

Beautiful rendition of such a song past..these musicians done a perfect job !!

The most Beautiful "Farewell" song ever written. I have asked it be played at my memorial. I'm of Scottish decent, Immigrants that settled the Appalachian chain from North Carolina to Alabama in the Earliest Days of Nations Begining. I recently heard the words to this melody. Simply beautiful and will cause tears to flow. This young Lady and the orchestra did a Wonderfully moving rendition of Ashokan. Ken Burns choose well this ancient folk song for his series *The Civil War*. One can never hear it and not remember the Brave ,Courageous sacrifice from both South and North families of those years that tore America apart Within! And now the threat of such a thing to happen again is heartbreaking to me. Did we ,have we, Not Learned anything from WARS that rob us of our Best Generations of Young Men and Women? I fear not. American Democracy has been hard Fought for and Harder Still to Maintain. Of course for sure our Nation ,like all nations who strive for Justice, Freedom and the Human Rights to live an Equal, Fair and Peaceful existence on this planet Must Make these sorrowful Sacrifices to Protect ,Defend and Maintain our Nation from the constant Threats .Yet there will Always be the Dark Forces of Power Hungry, Greed Driven, Mean Spirited Wolves in Sheep's Clothing to stir Hate and Resentment! Peace Be Yours Friend who reads this, Peace Healing and Love to All.🙏♥️✌️😷✨🗽🇺🇲

The emotions of this song ... what a lovely yet haunting rendition

This is a truly emotionally tragic, yet beautiful performance!

"Lovely...just lovely"!

Beautifully played

Excellente interprétation de la musique... "Con te partirò"

This beautiful tune was written by Jay Unger for the farewell ceremony at the Asokan Festival in 1984. Ken Burns appropriated it for his documentary on the Civil War.

Awesome Thanks

FANTASTIC! Wow...

Beautiful. As always with this piece, I never want it to stop. What a lovely arrangement this is; subtle, gentle and capturing the essence of the piece perfectly. Well done everyone :)

It is meant to be played the way you chose to play it; this is absolutely beautiful.

Great rendition of a wonderfully touching song! Always brings a tear to my eye...

One of the greatest and most melancholy songs ever written...IMHO. Haunting...and stunning performance here...

For some reason, I always think of The Battle of Franklin when I hear this song...Franklin, Tennessee , November 30, 1864

Good god this is an outstanding version, these kids more than nailed it. Still one of the most beautiful songs ever written

Wonderful: to the violinist and other instruments. I’ve seen many interpretations of this exceptional number, including violins. It’s such a powerful message to go with the music it has been used in movies.

She plays it excellently but there is too much classical training (vibrato) in this solo. this piece is supposed to be nostalgic and whimsical not indulgent.

A beautiful tribute to the glorious South. Well done.

Fiddle, not violin!

Soeakless

Wow, well done to that orchestra! 👏

Beautiful

I recorded this in 2018 in a log cabin at a winter festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba that celebrates Metis culture. These three kids were accompanied by their music teacher and a guitarist. There were maybe 15 people present and I can tell you there wasn't a dry eye in the house. I cried. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fd9hZcJ7sNC3Y5c.html

That is so pretty,

Having watched the Civil War Documentary several times, this tune always reminds me of it. I often lament the loss of the eloquence displayed in the language of the letters and diary entries written by the men who fought and died in that conflict. They would probably need a translator to understand what passes for the English language today compared to how it was spoken and written back in the day.

Wow. What a beautiful performance. Bravo, kids, Bravo.

This is the only tune I've ever heard that can bring tears to my eyes,, yet it has NO words!! Why??? There is something special about it and maybe someday someone will write the perfect words to it.

When I am having a rough time, and I just can't to shake the negative feelings, this song sends me to a place within my mind where I can leave all my problems at the foot of the cross, and just worship the Lord in all his glory. I have found no other song that does this for me.

Such mature playing. Y'all, you are not supposed to know that the heart is a stringed instrument until you are forty.💔

Words were actually written by Grian McGregor.

a Sanremo 1995 la cantava Andrea Bocelli

BEAUTIFUL...