Peter Clark Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Did anybody hear morning worship today on Radio 4? If so, do you know whose was that quirky but attractive, if idiosyncratic, setting of The Holly and the Ivy? Wouldn't mind trying that next year! Ta Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJJ Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 'Didn't hear it but the only other version I know is by John Gardener - 'has a sort of 'um cha' backing and goes into parts for the chorus. AJJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clark Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 'Didn't hear it but the only other version I know is by John Gardener - 'has a sort of 'um cha' backing and goes into parts for the chorus. AJJ Thanks Alastair - that might well be it - it is a little in the vein of his "Tomorrow shall be my dancing day...". Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJJ Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Thanks Alastair - that might well be it - it is a little in the vein of his "Tomorrow shall be my dancing day...". Peter 'Sounds about right! AJJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clark Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 'Sounds about right! AJJ It is on Listen Again - I've got it on right now - if anyone else is interested - it's the penultimate item. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vox Humana Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Yes it was the Gardner setting. There's an orchestral version that sounds better. "Oom-chahs" always sound gross on the organ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innate Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Yes it was the Gardner setting. There's an orchestral version that sounds better. "Oom-chahs" always sound gross on the organ. There's a setting of The Holly & The Ivy by Lord Lloyd-Webber in his stage musical version of The Woman In White; it's like a dirge and chiefly in 5/4. A bit reminiscent of Britten's setting of the National Anthem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolsey Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Yes it was the Gardner setting. There's an orchestral version that sounds better. "Oom-chahs" always sound gross on the organ. Both Gardner's 'The Holly and the Ivy' and 'Tomorrow shall be my dancing day' sound best when accompanied on the piano which, I believe, was how they were - and are - performed at the Christmas Concerts at St Paul's Girls' School, for whom they were written. Outside SPGS, one hardly ever hears the side drum and tambourine with the piano in the introduction and bridge between verses in 'Tomorrow shall be' as the composer intended. Like Francis Jackson, Gardner was 90 this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Bennett Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Yes it was the Gardner setting. There's an orchestral version that sounds better. "Oom-chahs" always sound gross on the organ. Don't get me started on transcriptions again ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Barry Williams Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Walford Davies' setting is very serviceable and attractive. Barry Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Cooke Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 There's also a Jonathan Willcocks version which I have on itunes but not sure who publishes it, I'm afraid. Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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