This is the end theme from Poirot's Five Little Pigs. This is an extended version with thanks to Ronald Corp and the New London Orchestra. Hope you like
On the apogee of a golden summer, a beautiful family was destroyed. The gods were jealous. This was the stellar crescendo to the best Poirot series ever made. Set to Satie's mysterious Gnosienne 1, it captures a lost era that at once faded into sepia when those people were gone. Like looking at pictures of Russian royals before the revolution or the promising young men on the eve of 1914 who never came back from the war. The echoes of the past and aching promise of what could have been. I'm haunted by this one.
This is my favourite book and episode and your comment is so beautifully articulated. "On the apogee of a golden summer, a beautiful family was destroyed" gave me chills. You could write a longer story with that prompt :)
I watched every single one of them yet somehow Five Little Pigs stuck with me more than others. It is a tragedy, a crime of envy, and a great love between two sisters. One can do nothing else than to shed a tear.
I think this is one of my favorite episodes. The 5 different stories weaving through each other and together, the acting, the emotion in the scenes, all combined with this incredible music Many of the episodes in various seasons have a wistful or melancholy feel, but this episode is special and unique. It stands out in my mind each time I watch it, and lingers in my emotions after it ends.
The mix between Erik Satie's Gnossiennes n1 and the original Hercule Poirot theme is masterful. What a great rendition of a perfect piece of music and what a wonderful episode to go with it. My favourite Christie.
I was mesmerized with this episode. I’ve always been drawn to sadness, and there is also something… almost bittersweet about this one. The scenery is absolutely breathtaking, as well.
As I see it, this is the most special and emotionally intense story Agatha Christie ever came up with. There is something trascendent about it. Never in my life will I forget the way it made me feel when I read the final pages. It gave me hangover for days. It's one of those rare instances in crime stories in which the deceased seems to be more alive than their killer. "I didn't realize I was killing myself - not him." Those are not the words of an alive human being, but of a lifeless ghost of the past, a tormented spirit, a withered flower; Amyas and Caroline though... they seem to be together alive somewhere. Their love - a complex, intimate, externally unfathomable love - has survived death. A melancholic tragedy masterfully set in the twilight of summertime. I will go on dreaming of it for years to come.
I agree with you. Agatha Christie like no other had the ability to read deep into the human soul. Caroline and her guilt, Caroline saying "You and your women!". Beautiful and touching story of a love that goes beyond death.
This episode was amazing, but holy moly the ending was so perfect, so respectful, in a way, of the original piece, a somber, grave, tragic tale. A masterpiece. I'm happy I've found this.
When this beautiful piece of music accompanies the heart breaking ending of five little pigs it makes it even more powerfully emotional and always brings a tear to my eye when I hear it
I have always thought that this is the best and most perfect Poirot episode. I have seen it so many times - the story, the scenery and the music come together to evoke a past and sense of Englishness now long gone.
Seriously, one the most poignant and saddest Episodes I Have seen via the BBC....or Miss Marple or Poirot---Tragic--a Greek Tragedy. The hurt, that perhaps---if they all pull together, they re-establish that Promise of that Summer's Day, and Live. Alas, poor Philip--given the time-frame; his 'great love' forever lost. Bless them all....Kudos to the Composer of this episodes Score for the apt choice of Satie's ''Gnossienne ''Nr. 1----the 'gnostic mysteries' of the rationale for all this Heartache.....so much, revealed at the end, and more to discover--forward.....into the Light....
I also thought Satie was a particularly appropriate touch considering Meredith, in the episode, reads aloud poetry regarding Socrates's death. Satie's masterpiece is arguably Socrate.
Favourite Poirot episode. The flashbacks are shot as from another era, as tiny trails of memories, which is very immersive. The music is haunting. You're left feeling a sense of injustice - for Caroline, who wasn't perfect, who was troubled, but was always striving to be better and so full of love, and how her life was snuffed out of her. Poirot felt it too.
This is by far one of my favorite episodes. The 5 different stories weaving through each other and together, the acting, the emotion in the scenes, all combined with this incredible music. David Suchet's emotion during the scene with Lucy having the gun...and then the music playing as the family picture scene is replayed and fades out. Gets me each and every time I watch this episode. Many of the episodes in various seasons have a wistful or melancholy feel, but this episode is special and unique. It stands out in my mind each time I watch it, and lingers in my emotions after it ends.
Thank you Gary. I do wonder if some of us relate to certain scenes in Five Little Pigs through our life. I know I do. When I saw mine, memories came flooding back. Very powerful. Like a time machine taking you right back to that time in your life.
This music definitly intensify the emotion of an already sad story. Hearing this I see the grown up daughter walking trough a curtain onto the verandah seeing once a happy family , all a memory now.
So haunting and thought provoking when you have lost loved ones. What IF things could have been different ( as in my case ). Like my late Mother used to say : IF is such a small word with huge possibilities. Instead you are left haunted by thoughts of how things could have been. In memory of my late Brother and Mother.
@@bettye3811 Thanks, she was my whole life, it's the hardest thing ever to say goodbye like that, at least i was with her at the end. I'm sure there will be someone there for you also, just enjoy life as much as you can.🙏
It brings me to tears when listening to it and thinking about what could have been when we lost first my younger brother aged 44 then our Mother aged 71 just six months later. How things could have been so different.
Just another Christie novel which shows how stupidity and mistakes can tear families apart. The Mirror Crack'd is another example although Five Little Pigs is a lot better.
Originally--at a friend's house-- had seen this episode when 1st aired on a PBS station. It was overwhelmingly popular for the Station, that a month later; re-aired. It was in group discussion and 'fan analysis' that a Guest, from London, said that in England it had already aired, and there was a bit of Controversy over the fact that the Suite was to have been the closing ending number; NOT, as heard here--the atypical BBC 'melody'. But the Director with a very weak back-bone caved in, to a Prissy, hissy fit thrown by 'dear Artistic Directors' of the whole Poirot series and the BBC itself. As Gunning did have some 'artistic enemies' in the BBC Cabal. Hence, what we hear, most enjoyably is this mini-suite...and not the originally sketched inter-weaving and closing....sad.
@@j7wal Actually it is, not in the original soundtrack by Rachel Portman (which btw is incredible too) but it plays when Vianne is telling the story of her parents and it's on other movies I've watched as well , I was actually very pleased and proud to identify where I had heard it before.
@@sarina_gv Oh I haven't seen that one, it may be on a film called Mr Nobody too, from what I can remember but if it's not then a part from another of his works, Gymnopédies definitely is.
I liked that episode. Sure it was great, but I hate how they changed Philip's story. It cast a shade on Caroline! She was in his room, but changed her mind, because loved her husband too much and nothing happenned. Philip was offended by her rejection and that's why he told Puaro such harsh things about her. He was just pathetic jerk who tried to sleep with his best friend's wife and couldn't bear rejection. In a movie though he was sympathetic character.
On the apogee of a golden summer, a beautiful family was destroyed. The gods were jealous. This was the stellar crescendo to the best Poirot series ever made. Set to Satie's mysterious Gnosienne 1, it captures a lost era that at once faded into sepia when those people were gone. Like looking at pictures of Russian royals before the revolution or the promising young men on the eve of 1914 who never came back from the war. The echoes of the past and aching promise of what could have been. I'm haunted by this one.
Beautifully written.
What you have written brought tears falling down my face as I have had every time I watch this tragic episode.
Such an eloquent response.♥️
And so do I : your words tell everything I've felt. Thank you.
This is my favourite book and episode and your comment is so beautifully articulated. "On the apogee of a golden summer, a beautiful family was destroyed" gave me chills. You could write a longer story with that prompt :)
I watched every single one of them yet somehow Five Little Pigs stuck with me more than others. It is a tragedy, a crime of envy, and a great love between two sisters. One can do nothing else than to shed a tear.
I completely agree… so many lives lost over envy 🫤
For some reason my favourite Poirot story. It's nostalgic, tragic, sinister, wasted life and a villain who almost got away with it...
I think this is one of my favorite episodes. The 5 different stories weaving through each other and together, the acting, the emotion in the scenes, all combined with this incredible music Many of the episodes in various seasons have a wistful or melancholy feel, but this episode is special and unique. It stands out in my mind each time I watch it, and lingers in my emotions after it ends.
Because of this piece, and the nice use of orange filter and flashback, this is my favourite Hercule Poirot episode
AND... the beautiful story... AND the acting which was marvelous!
And the film’s plot..
7:03 3/1/23
Every frame in this film is like a painting
Me too !!! ❤😊
Such a haunting piece of music… it fits the storyline
The mix between Erik Satie's Gnossiennes n1 and the original Hercule Poirot theme is masterful. What a great rendition of a perfect piece of music and what a wonderful episode to go with it. My favourite Christie.
For anyone interested...this video has a beautiful rendition of this piece: czcams.com/video/lqZehFAwoTM/video.html
I was mesmerized with this episode. I’ve always been drawn to sadness, and there is also something… almost bittersweet about this one. The scenery is absolutely breathtaking, as well.
What's happened to all the Poirot episodes on CZcams? I was all set to enjoy them again and can only find a couple. 😣
@@cherimolina2121the bbc got to them … probably copy right issues . The Brit box channel has all the episodes.
@@iamsherlocked345 I have the boxed set on my Christmas list. I did buy 5 little pigs anyway. Thank you for the explanation. I appreciate it.
As I see it, this is the most special and emotionally intense story Agatha Christie ever came up with. There is something trascendent about it. Never in my life will I forget the way it made me feel when I read the final pages. It gave me hangover for days. It's one of those rare instances in crime stories in which the deceased seems to be more alive than their killer. "I didn't realize I was killing myself - not him." Those are not the words of an alive human being, but of a lifeless ghost of the past, a tormented spirit, a withered flower; Amyas and Caroline though... they seem to be together alive somewhere. Their love - a complex, intimate, externally unfathomable love - has survived death. A melancholic tragedy masterfully set in the twilight of summertime. I will go on dreaming of it for years to come.
I agree with you. Agatha Christie like no other had the ability to read deep into the human soul. Caroline and her guilt, Caroline saying "You and your women!". Beautiful and touching story of a love that goes beyond death.
Exactly. Well said
This sums it up perfectly…
This episode was amazing, but holy moly the ending was so perfect, so respectful, in a way, of the original piece, a somber, grave, tragic tale. A masterpiece. I'm happy I've found this.
When this beautiful piece of music accompanies the heart breaking ending of five little pigs it makes it even more powerfully emotional and always brings a tear to my eye when I hear it
M R the whole movie is such a tragedy... Innocence of Caroline Crale is great as well
M R I recently found that it bears a striking resemblence to the piano piece "Gnosienne No. 1" by Erik Satie.
Niels Daniel Buch because it is the same
@@nielsdanielbuch9022 Because it is
Perfect bittersweet music x
I have always thought that this is the best and most perfect Poirot episode. I have seen it so many times - the story, the scenery and the music come together to evoke a past and sense of Englishness now long gone.
Seriously, one the most poignant and saddest Episodes I Have seen via the BBC....or Miss Marple or Poirot---Tragic--a Greek Tragedy. The hurt, that perhaps---if they all pull together, they re-establish that Promise of that Summer's Day, and Live. Alas, poor Philip--given the time-frame; his 'great love' forever lost. Bless them all....Kudos to the Composer of this episodes Score for the apt choice of Satie's ''Gnossienne ''Nr. 1----the 'gnostic mysteries' of the rationale for all this Heartache.....so much, revealed at the end, and more to discover--forward.....into the Light....
I also thought Satie was a particularly appropriate touch considering Meredith, in the episode, reads aloud poetry regarding Socrates's death. Satie's masterpiece is arguably Socrate.
Beautiful music. Definitely my favourite poirot episode. This muaic gives me goosebumps 😍
How can this be so touching and profound?
I am crying every time I listen to this masterpiece!
Favourite Poirot episode. The flashbacks are shot as from another era, as tiny trails of memories, which is very immersive. The music is haunting. You're left feeling a sense of injustice - for Caroline, who wasn't perfect, who was troubled, but was always striving to be better and so full of love, and how her life was snuffed out of her. Poirot felt it too.
Le plus bel épisode pour moi.
Et cette musique mon Dieu..... Merci Erik Satie 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
This is by far one of my favorite episodes. The 5 different stories weaving through each other and together, the acting, the emotion in the scenes, all combined with this incredible music. David Suchet's emotion during the scene with Lucy having the gun...and then the music playing as the family picture scene is replayed and fades out. Gets me each and every time I watch this episode. Many of the episodes in various seasons have a wistful or melancholy feel, but this episode is special and unique. It stands out in my mind each time I watch it, and lingers in my emotions after it ends.
Thank you Gary. I do wonder if some of us relate to certain scenes in Five Little Pigs through our life. I know I do. When I saw mine, memories came flooding back. Very powerful. Like a time machine taking you right back to that time in your life.
The addition of the French horn really elevates this piece.
thank you very much for putting this up. this is my favorite. just finished this episode again. this music is so sad.
Why had I not heard of this before !!! One of the best Poirot films I have ever seen ! A masterpiece ! ❤️
I think the best word to say for this story is "eternal love must be something like this" we witness true love every time I watch it...
Such a sad story, and so beautiful piece of music!
This music definitly intensify the emotion of an already sad story. Hearing this I see the grown up daughter walking trough a curtain onto the verandah seeing once a happy family , all a memory now.
Close ur eyes and cry😔
So haunting and thought provoking when you have lost loved ones. What IF things could have been different ( as in my case ). Like my late Mother used to say : IF is such a small word with huge possibilities. Instead you are left haunted by thoughts of how things could have been. In memory of my late Brother and Mother.
It’s really a what if episode that is so tragic
This music is going directly to the heart...
Beautiful piece of music.
Je pourrais l'écouter en boucle ❤
Best of the best
I am a big boy, bit every time i play this i start crying
tres belle musique
mon episode favorie et la musique magnifique
vous connaissez le compositeur ?
@@sophiechalumeau1016 Erik Satie, gnossienne 1
Un capolavoro,la musica..il film...tutto
Grazie
When i remember my wife dying in my arms, this is more or less how i felt, i love this music, and the composer is a genius......
I am sorry for your loss. I hope that someone who loves me is with me when I die.
@@bettye3811 Thanks, she was my whole life, it's the hardest thing ever to say goodbye like that, at least i was with her at the end. I'm sure there will be someone there for you also, just enjoy life as much as you can.🙏
Very sorry for your loss dear... I hope you stay happy and stay healthy 🦋
Never trust Littlefinger!
😉Never !!! 😕
Thanks you for all your many lesson lord belish, i will never forget them
We all know he prefers Charlie Hunnam
A masterpiece !
It breaks my partners heart and leaves her sobbing, she adores it and wants it at her funeral x x
thats me x x x x
It brings me to tears when listening to it and thinking about what could have been when we lost first my younger brother aged 44 then our Mother aged 71 just six months later. How things could have been so different.
Love this episode
Piece of art💚💚
What a masterpiece!
Sublime.
مانند اوج و غروب یک زندگی
It was like the climax and sunset of a life.
Beautiful music
Thank you and you're welcome.
Just another Christie novel which shows how stupidity and mistakes can tear families apart. The Mirror Crack'd is another example although Five Little Pigs is a lot better.
Erik Satie Gnosienne n1 (name of the song)
superbe mélodie
Originally--at a friend's house-- had seen this episode when 1st aired on a PBS station. It was overwhelmingly popular for the Station, that a month later; re-aired. It was in group discussion and 'fan analysis' that a Guest, from London, said that in England it had already aired, and there was a bit of Controversy over the fact that the Suite was to have been the closing ending number; NOT, as heard here--the atypical BBC 'melody'. But the Director with a very weak back-bone caved in, to a Prissy, hissy fit thrown by 'dear Artistic Directors' of the whole Poirot series and the BBC itself. As Gunning did have some 'artistic enemies' in the BBC Cabal. Hence, what we hear, most enjoyably is this mini-suite...and not the originally sketched inter-weaving and closing....sad.
What has this series of Poirot got to do with the BBC (given that it was made by and shown on ITV, the commercial UK station) ?
Not the BBC, ITV. Cast shade on the wrong network.
قطعة موسيقية رائعة من كريستوفر كانينغ ( روائع اجاثا كريستي).
Thank you - yes it is beautiful
هذه الرواية بالذات تحفة فنية رائعه
0:50 Like a dream
This tune is called Gnossiene by the way.
Men yaxshi kòrgan serial va musiqa. Ajoyib tarona!
Аянчли оила тагдири жуда зур тушган музика
Why I heard this in my past lifes?
Why does this piece sounds eerily familiar... wait... Chocolat! Right? Now that makes it even better
Edit:maybe not but still
LOL no it's not Anastasia P but I know what you mean :-)
@@j7wal Actually it is, not in the original soundtrack by Rachel Portman (which btw is incredible too) but it plays when Vianne is telling the story of her parents and it's on other movies I've watched as well , I was actually very pleased and proud to identify where I had heard it before.
@@j7wal oh and the piece is Gnosssienne No. 1 by Erik Satie
The Painted Veil soundtrack too
@@sarina_gv Oh I haven't seen that one, it may be on a film called Mr Nobody too, from what I can remember but if it's not then a part from another of his works, Gymnopédies definitely is.
Similar to the Chocolat soundtrack with Johnny Depp.
quel est le titre du début de la musique et son compositeur ? Merci
I liked that episode. Sure it was great, but I hate how they changed Philip's story. It cast a shade on Caroline! She was in his room, but changed her mind, because loved her husband too much and nothing happenned. Philip was offended by her rejection and that's why he told Puaro such harsh things about her. He was just pathetic jerk who tried to sleep with his best friend's wife and couldn't bear rejection. In a movie though he was sympathetic character.
Has similarities to "Le Moulin" from Amélie.
Ok ok ok ok
What is the name of the song? Thanks
Erik Satie Gnossiennes n1
@@jalolrakhmov280 thanks so muuuch
I want the name of original song and the artist🥺✨
Gnossienne 1 Erik Satie
what is the name of this music?
Erik Satie Gnossienne no 1
@@ewagorgon2932 thank you very much
Guala - G-Eazy