As a 64 year old life long fan of Mike Oldfield I have nothing but absolute admiration for this arrangement in that it dose not add embellishment but stays so true to the original that it almost extinguishable from the original recording - so much respect for their restraint to add their own interpretations

@Heidebubi

11 ай бұрын

I'm also 64 and fully agree to your comment. This interpretation is very close to original one.

@ragingbullalf5790

11 ай бұрын

68. First heard in Leicester Sq, I think in 73/4 as accompaniment to the Exorcist. Made my mates stay and listen after the film was over! Have been captivated ever since (I prefer TUB2 but I did watch it live in Edinburgh Castle. One minor critique. He was no Vivian Standish but improved immensely in the second movement(?). Does anyone think Side 2 is better. I do.

@bstrat596

11 ай бұрын

Well I'm 67 and agree with the above. Listened to the first Australian radio playing late one Sunday night sometime in 1973. Have loved Mike Oldfields' work ever since and saw him perform at his only Melbourne concert.

@stephenmetcalfe4107

11 ай бұрын

Sorry, I don't agree that it's almost extinguishable from the original , they have certainly added their own interpretations, not that I don't like it, I do.

@frankmurphyburr3598

11 ай бұрын

I'm 64 too, and this was my first album I ever bought, this is an amazing rendition

Musicians being musicians, no audience, no distractions, the transitions are flawless. "This is what we do". Thank you.

@xxxsaraHelloxxx

Жыл бұрын

If the universe has an orchestra of praise I’m pretty sure i will be playing the triangle 🥳

@chrislee7392

8 ай бұрын

Not a concert then more like a full dress rehearsal

Many, many thanks to UAB for this Performance, the absolutly best composition in the world - ever!!!!!!!!! Thanks Mike, God bless you and all Musicans! Peace NOT war!

by far the best ever non original Tubular Bells version i heard. i grew up listening to Mike Oldfields and still listen to it. well done and a salut to all the musicians. you can see their passion for Mike Oldfield and music. thank you for sharing this 💕💕👍👍👍

@garytopic8807

8 ай бұрын

You need to hear Tubular Bells for Two by two Aussie musicians Aidan Roberts and Daniel Holdsworth. Two of them perform the whole thing live and do a better job than all these musos combined.

@schneiderwolle9236

2 ай бұрын

This is absolut right that, what you say (sorry my English is not so good-Würde Lothar Matteus sagen ich nat ürlich nicht😂❤)! i have never heard such so an Tub Bells1 Song, absolutli increable Musicians❤😂!!!

@Brewermb

2 ай бұрын

@@garytopic8807 I have listened to a clip by the Aussies, and there are recordings used!

When I was about 16 years old, it was Mike Oldfield's compositions that awakened my love for music, and I was absolutely obsessed with Tubular Bells. I know every version by Mike himself and and quite a few by others as well, and i think this is by far is the best version other than the original. What a fantastic performance! Also a shoutout to the mixing engineer who did a brilliant job as well. Thanks for the goosebumps :)

@obrienaj

Жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly. I have listened and listened to every version I can find but this is the best of them all.

@denni-sl.c

Жыл бұрын

I agree. This performance beats the original! I like Mike's later albums (especi ally Ommadawn) much more but this version is insanely good on all levels! I really hope young people will get inspired by this and go out find out the works of artists like Oldfield, Genesis, Yes, Camel, Zappa etc.

@ArtVanAuggie

Жыл бұрын

I'm on the other side of that. It's a poor impression of the one man original. Mixing wasn't to my taste either.

@georgenash9086

Жыл бұрын

@@ArtVanAuggie I agree. I lived with the original for months when it came out. Ok, this version maybe note for note, but, put simply, what is lacking is FEEL. You can't replicate that I don't think. Respect to all the players here though, they did what they had to do, but very machine-like.

@midi510

11 ай бұрын

@@georgenash9086 I'm wondering if it's to "clean" for you due to the nature of digital and modern recording gear vs the original being analog and older gear in general.

50 years ago I was listening to the LP recording of Tubular Bells and enjoying it tremendously and now all these years later I just tremendously enjoyed this performance. The Spanish have such music in their souls... thank you so much for sharing it!

I was 16 then. Lay on my bed, earphones from the stereo. I could lose my difficult self, listening. Inspiring, peaceful, lost to the world, my "own" personal, beneficial drug. Thanks, Mike, and thanks UAB.

@Tom-ok2rh

Жыл бұрын

And like you did back then I still enjoy listening to this great tune now and then just to recapture those feelings which is what music does..

@slaphappy7559

11 ай бұрын

We share a similar experience, but it was TB 2 for me, lights off and I was transported to realm of emotional and spiritual magic, chills up my spine, even now it has the a power to lift me

@Tom-ok2rh

11 ай бұрын

@@slaphappy7559 TB 2 is a great LP as well actually hard to choose between them as to my preference

@raystyles4569

10 ай бұрын

Reminds me must upgrade mine .

@michaelhill8269

3 ай бұрын

And here I thought I was the only one that did that! I was only 12 but this album floored me. This is a fantastic rendition as well, glad it popped up on my feed. Thank you musicians from UAB, this really took me back.

THIS is a real TRIBUTE! Playing it as it was intended by Michael Oldfield himself. Just like the real perfect thing. Thank you very much! Now I see, there is still hope that manhood will provide new talented musicians doing it "by hand". Thank you! to all the people in Barcelona! Thank you, Michael!!!

As fresh as the day iy was released. A timeless classic.

Tubular bells was the first album that I bought aged 13. That brought back so many memories. Thank you all. !!

I'm blown away! Never hear a live performance this close to the original recording! Enhorabona! 🙌🏻👏🏻🫀

What a marvellous performance. Well done everybody. Great musicians perform and interpret a great composition. Thank you very much UAB, it was a pleasure to watch and listen to you.

Thank you for a great performance.

Insanely good and true to the original. Epic performance. Can it get any better!

A timeless masterpiece that I have loved deeply since my early childhood in the 70's. Salutations to you, fellow travelers, who've found your way here to this rendition. We'll never meet, but I feel you all out there on this journey, evoked in these beautiful notes. My heartfelt best to all of you.

Thank you for the excellent video, really enjoyed watching and listening

Una fantàstica interpretació d’una obra mestra. Felicitats!

Excellent concert. Thanks for broadcasting it live!

Beautifully and sensitively done. A brilliant performance of a brilliant work. Well done, congratulations to all musicians and for making it happen. ❤❤❤👏👏👏🙏🙏

Excellent, proudly in honor of Mike Oldfield ❤‍🔥

Extremely well done tribute of one of the most amazing pieces of music ever written. Hopefully Mike gets a chance to see this. I also like that they stayed pretty honest to the original. I am not a fan of some of the performances that has every instrument ever created being used to add some new twist to an already perfect song. I do have a wee nit pick though. It has to do with the opening bass. Bass is obviously very important since they are using three bass players. For some reason that opening bass line sounds wrong. I don't know if the tuning is slightly altered our the strings are a different gauge or what but it doesn't sound right. Also this bass player is obviously better than Mike was when he did the original but he sounds to good and to smooth. In the original Mike played all of the instruments, some he learned for the song itself. I know this is absurd but after listening to this music for 50 years you really learn it and how it sounds. So all in all this group does an amazing job and thanks so much for sharing this with us.

Obra maestra, lo habéis bordado 💯🎼🎶🎸🥏

An absolutely beautiful re-birth of a musical masterpiece. Huge credit to all involved.I wish I was there live to embrace it ♥️

Bestial !!! Clavaito !!!!! Pensar que lo compuso entre los 17 y 18 años SIN saber Solfeo ni mucha Teoría Musical........Y que lo grabó con 19 tocando el TODOS los instrumentos.... Ustedes que son Músicos profesionales podrán valorarlo mejor que nadie... Yo como simple aficionado y músico de Pop Rock amateur no alcanzo a imaginar el talento , el esfuerzo , el virtuosismo .....el GENIO !!!!! necesario.....un Mozart del siglo XX....O no ? Alguien de esta orquesta quiere comentar , por favor ? Muchas gracias y felicidades, enhorabuena !!!!!

@albertriberasanchis8943

Жыл бұрын

Pienso exactamente lo mismo, falta decir el mérito en la época que lo compuso, eso solo lo puede hacer un genio

@raystyles4569

6 ай бұрын

Sharing at its best music

Molt interessant el tema amb la instrumentació i l,entorn li dona un caire futurista i atractiu! Magistral! Enhorabona!

👏👏👏💐💐💐 Fabuloso. Un pracer escoitarvos interpretar esta fantástica música. Parabéns a todo o grupo.

Tubular bells was bells was the first record I bought,now in my late sixties just hearing the first note's played,brings back memories of my youth.

That was most scintillating, musicians at the top of their trade, the talent here is outstanding, and they played every single note perfectly, was just like listening to the album, astounding. 10/10 absolute MASTERPIECE, so epic, and not forgetting the Genuius that Is Mike Oldfield

ojo! y compuesto con sólo 17 años y además tocando los instrumentos. Vaya pedazo de orquesta Opus One ( primer título de esta magna obra, hasta que descubrió las campanas tubulares en el estudio de grabación)

NAILED IT!!!!! No mean feat, either! Parts of the work (especially in "part 2") are the sorts of things that gives live players nightmares, too, so knowing this piece, I get what an accomplishment this is. Ensemble was super-tight, too...the only wobbles I picked up on was at the start of the second part, where you've got those interlocked ostinati at a bit slower tempo but the trick there is to communicate how the underlying metric pulse forms. And that got pulled off too, with everyone right on it when the bass finally defines the actual pulse. NOT easy. I've been saying for literally decades that Oldfield's work needs to be taken very seriously. And given how he pushed studio tech to the absolute limit in composing and realizing these long-form compositions from the 1970s, the groundbreaking technical achievements are just as critical on this work as anything by Stockhausen, who I studied with at the beginning of the 2000s. And the fact is, I probably wouldn't have done that had it not been for Mike Oldfield's work, and especially this work in particular, causing me to wonder if I could do this too? Ya done good, y'all!!!

Well done !!! Thank you all for bringing back memories when I bought the album at Waterloo train station 50 years ago . Most of you were not born when released … so again , Thank you , Barrie … Gibraltar .

Fantàstic concert, moltes felicitats a tots els músics

Extraordinària interpretació! Molt i molt meritòria. Em trec la barretina! 👏👏👏

Felicitats Opus One! Excel·lent concert!

Amazing cover, both musically and technically. Great place to play as well. 👍👍👍❤❤❤

Congratulations! One of the best versions of the latest tributes to Tubular bells...!

Fantàstic!! Gran homenatge! Jo el vaig comprar quan tenia 14. Toni

😊Uffffffff quin bon vespre m esteu donant❤

I'm a very BIG FAN OF MIKE OLDFIELD, since a teen( now 66)and I have all his music on LP's,CD's,DVD's ....CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL , WHO PLAYED IN YOUR 50th rendition of TB(1972/3)18Months @number ONE , Absolutely BRILLIANT BRILLIANT, Hats of to you all,job well executed ❤❤❤💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💯💥

When you see all the instruments being played by musicians without a lot of ego, it looks very impressive, and I enjoy it even more !

👌Excel·lent interpretació d'un clàssic contemporani, en un entorn singular. Felicitats!

Fantàstic!!! Quina gran idea d'Opus One. Felicitats

Remarcable performance, taking breath away fans, you did something.. suuuuper wow indeed

I was 7 or 8 years old when I discovered the music of Mike Oldfield. It was like nothing I had previously heard. Almost a soundscape that transported me to somewhere magical and mystical. I was hooked. I braved the rains to be at Edinburgh Castle for TB2 and the luxury of the Royal Albert Hall for TB3 (to which I took my father after a friend I was meant to be taking dropped out at the last minute). I congratulate Mr Mike Oldfield for having composed this masterpiece of modern music. Whilst music survives long past its composers demise, I believe that in the next century this will be looked at the same way as we look at Bach, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. It will live on. Unlike the 3 minute pop wonders that currently fill the radio waves. I congratulate the musicians who have played this at UAB. It is masterful and as close to the original as I've ever heard. A wonderful tribute to our maestro.

Enhorabuena! Grandísimo trabajo. El maestro estará orgulloso❤

Una maravilla. Enormes felicitaciones desde Argentina.

Great performance, well done, congratulations!!!

Finally, a near perfect live version of this iconic album. Been waiting 50 years for this. Thank you Mike Oldfield and all the incredible musicians who nailed this performance. Not a fan of the venue though. It would have been better in front of a live crowd.

Sou una colla de grans músics. Una interpretació magnífica, amb rigor, i alhora, amb ànima. Moltes gràcies. I també val a dir que la realització del vídeo és d'un nivell fora de sèrie.

Memorable! Felicitacions i agraïments a parts iguals per aquesta meravella!!

Interpretacion muy bien ejecutada y fiel al original. Un homenaje hecho con sinceridad y sin esperar ningún beneficio económico. Así es como debe ser. 😊

Impresionant, magnific. Ara feia temps que no escoltava aquesta obra mestra, i ha estat un plaer. El que hagues donat per veure-ho en directe!

@user-ot5un8pk8n

11 ай бұрын

Encara hi ets a temps a Girona el 30/06/2023 20:00h

@dreadway3

10 ай бұрын

Una cuestion, senor. Su lengua---esta francais o portuguese? Tengo curiosidad.

@danielgracia5196

10 ай бұрын

​@@dreadway3, it's Catalan.

WFT... Impressiant...... Estic retrocedint 40 anys quan el vaig comprar 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝

Awesome. Mike Oldfield's music has been a very important cornerstone in my life, I love his music to bits. Would have been a different person without it. This briliant and loving performance makes me realize even more how briliant his music is. Hard to believe that this was his debut album recorded in a makeshift studio with instruments he found on the premises. Grazy. Thanks Mike, and thanks Xavier and friends. And thanks Hans for introducing me to this music.

The best version of Tubular Bells I've ever come across since Tubular Bells. Which means it sounded pretty much like the original, virtually no deviations from it. Bravo.

Super! I know this piece of music since it was released and like it very much!

Incredible! Such a precision, such a feeling. I'm blown away.

very very very very very very very well done!!! What a feast for the ears!

Wow!....Great performance! Well done all involved...

I listened....and I observed the musicians playing.....and most of all....I enjoyed ! Excellent performance of Mike's most brilliant piece of musical art (personal opinion) Muchas gracias amigos de UAB !

Wow!

Gran treball en un lloc magnífic.

Well done presentation ! Hails from the Brotherhood !

I’ve played this album so much, I can dream every note…. and this is spot on

@antoniodominguezcintado7578

8 ай бұрын

llevo unos 40 años tocando ,temas de bandas...,pero este es tan diferente,complicado y a la vez sencillo,que en ello estoy todavia,,minuto 17,,ese juego de cuerdas,,arriba abajo...etc eres musico asi que creo que entiendes lo que quiero decir ¿ o no ?bye bye

Quins bons records!!!!!! Moltes gràcies!!!!

Genius, artist, thanks for bringing this excellent master piece

Tolles Konzert. Herzliche Grüße aus Bayern.

Großartig! Mike wird sich sicherlich sehr darüber gefreut haben! Respekt und beste Grüße aus Berlin!

❤❤❤❤espectacular!!!

Bloody brilliant ! Congratulations to all, superb production.

Gracias a estos músicos. He disfrutado mucho con la interpretación del Tubular realizada por todos ellos. Felicidades y gracias a la UAB.😀😀😀

Xavier Alern & ALL OF THE OPUS ONE ORCHESTRA, I just found this production of yours and immediately I thought The Great Mike Oldfield was going to be part of it, but alas, t'was not so, but I listened anyway. A VERY NICE TWEEK, worthy of MO's smile. It was really cool to watch you play while you all chilled. I'm 69 and I've listened to ths when it first came out. Are you all Oldfield fans? The only reason I don't have all his music is because I CAN'T FIND IT ALL. Just browse "Mike Oldfield discography". WELL DONE, AND DONE WELL!! BRAVISIMO!

Bravo, nois. Un gran treball !!

Gràcies a tots/es els/les participants i organitzadors. Visca la Música!

@leswatson

Жыл бұрын

Nope, this arrangement is so far from the accepted and original piece it's hard to recognise it has any familiarity at all! Some well known pieces of music do not lend themselves to radical reinterpretation, this being a good example. No reflection on these wonderful musicians themselves, of course, but some things are better left as they were originally written.

Magnificent musicians. A perfect rendition. I have never enjoyed the composition more. Thank you!

Absolutely fabulous 🥰🥰🥰 Mike Odfield a été touché par la grâce de Dieu en composant cet oeuvre

Fly High 👏👏👏 Congrats! Felicitats! Ens tornem a veure al Palau de la Música!! 😍

@actorXaviLite

Жыл бұрын

❤

Simplemente BRUTAL , feliz de escucharlo no, lo siguiente

Me he quedado hipnotizado una hora viendo esto, es pura perfección. En mi canal tengo mi versión de TB parte 1 (no tiene nada que ver con esto porque aprendí música por mi cuenta y solo soy una persona). Me encantaría escucharos tocar más discos de Mike Oldfield.

Never commented on KZread before but Wow this is so faithful to the original album. Sent shivers down my spine! Thank you so much for this.

Tuve el honor de conocer personalmente a Michael Gordon Oldfield que así es como se llama en Barcelona y posteriormente en un " inmenso " concierto en Londres...INDESCRIPTIBLE....SIMPLEMENTE UN GENIO...

Esto es sencillamente una maravilla. Incluso el mismo Mike Oldfield podría estar orgulloso de una cosa tan bien hecha. Cuanta calidad en una hora.

👏 Superb interpretation, thank you all ❤

A fantastic and professional performance! Greetings from Austria.

Excepcional! He quedat gratament sorprès! 👏👏👏👏👏

Gràcies! Una interpretació fabulosa.

@glyntutt1586

Жыл бұрын

Yes indeed! Well done everybody and thank you.

Great - Thanks for sharing 👏👏👏

Escuche el original por primera vez a los 18 años, ahora tengo 51, y me sigue pareciendo una obra maestra. Gracias de todo ❤ a estos musicazos de la UAB por una interpretación sublime que me ha hecho llorar de pura emoción. For Ever, Mike Oldfield!

Impresionante ❤❤❤

Molt bo feliçitats nois

Listening to this, and hearing and seeing everything that is necessary to play this music, brings home yet again what a genius composer and musician Mike Oldfield was. He's been my favorite since the very start, when Tubular Bells came out as an experiment by Branson's Virgin.

Exellent, well done to all, Mike Oldfield will be impressed. Great concert.

Piel de gallina!!. Perfecta ejecución de una obra maestra del s.XX. Gracias Opus One. Gracias Mike Oldfield

Enhorabuena. Fidelísima interpretación de una obra maestra que sigue tan vigente como hace 50 años.

A very faithful reproduction of the best musical work in the world

It's only when you see the album being performed live that you truly appreciate what an astonishing achievement the original production is... I'd like to think that Mike would approve of this! 🙂👍

What a pleasure to listen and see this video. I am 65 and still listen to Mike Oldfield albums regularly. This interpretation is absolutely stunning and so close to the original master peace. Thank-you so much for your work! God bless you.

I can't begin to describe how much I enjoyed this - it is a true love letter to the original! I love the passion, freshness and accuracy that breathes new life into this extraordinary piece of music!

Einfach nur Genial interpretiert und umgesetzt. Vielen Dank für diese Konzert und auch Herzlichen Glückwunsch für solch einen Erfolg

Thank you very much. Excellent, fantastic. I am totally happy that I have the chance to hear and see the concert on youtube ❣