Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind

[okiedokie49er]

wow im singing this as a solo and watching this made me realize I need work

[darkencypher]

Hi ho when I sang it.

[TheAeroforce100]

I did this song as a bass, it is by far my favorite.

[029xx920]

I did this song in 7th grade the exact arrangement and I loved it. I sang tenor all that part was so baws. We went to CMEA with it too.

[Cheergirl0697]

its pronounced "hi ho" hahaha not "hey ho"

[xXMoNsTeRXxGiRlXx]

im practing this is chours and owers is way fasters but ether way there beautiful

[gonnagetyousomeday]

I'm in my school's freshman choir, and we just started this song :D After listening to this, I can't wait to get into it!

[showjumperluvr4]

Oh my gosh that was sooo beautiful! i cant wait to start singing it with my choir!! :D

[afinkalot]

wow you all sound great

[aliyahmoney1]

VERY NICE in the beginning! They blended SO well..... just overall just amazingly done period point blank .... ESPECIALLY for a high school!

[choirnerd99]

@aliyahmoney1 Thanks for the complement, just an FYI we are a University :)

[aliyahmoney1]

@choirnerd99 oh my bad well very nice choir UNIVERSITY :))

[AmandaKarrin]

This is so well done! I remember in high school, we had practiced this song and we had planned on singing it for our winter concert but we ended up not doing it because we couldn't get it down to sound good enough. :/ Such a beautiful song but very hard to do.

[lonman80]

I sang this back in high school and it brings back a lot of memories. Thanx for posting :)

[Isildun9]

@lonman80 huh, me too. it was one of my favorite songs that the Old Man made us do.

[killawolf]

My basic choir is doing this this year! (Notice - Our Basic choir is made up of freshman, not a lot of seniors or people who have been in choir for very long, and has never read at the advanced highschool level) So far they are beasting it. There is not enough tenor, they are nearly entirely drowned out after the "Freeze thou bitter sky" Part, and wind up getting drowned out when they have the melody later.

[ShamelessScreamDream]

the second soprano part is sooooooo hard. after i sang this song in my sophomore year in high school, every song we sang after this was easy SO easy.

[MrCrazieman]

@ShamelessScreamDream the tenor's melody near the end is right at our break.....i crack almost every time...so its either yell it or go falsetto...i can't get any power behind it :/

[ShamelessScreamDream]

@MrCrazieman maybe try spot checking/ target practicing? or ease your way into the notes dynamically, start piano and crescendo? but also make sure your voice is warmed up to your highest range/ falsetto first. its easier on your vocal chords to be warmed up a little higher than the note you're having trouble with. because then itll at LEAST be easier to get more...core into it, ya know? dont ever push yourself to where your voice hurts, but definitely practice as many ways possible to get it.

[MrCrazieman]

@ShamelessScreamDream Thanks! that does help!

[ShamelessScreamDream]

@MrCrazieman awesome. good luck to you tenors. :D

[sixgunner455]

Excellent job.

[aliyahmoney1]

we sung this at our christmas concert too....beautiful you guys!

[FlamingStar10]

back in HS I would sing the alto part of this beautiful song. i can't hear the alto here...

[TheVoiceforgod]

well done...we are singin the beverly lewis version this weekend. and thats a totally diffrent type...but i like you guys singing ... beautiful..

[Spike4248]

Heh heh doing this one at Download!......just joking, Queen's theatre, Hornchurch.....

[jeffandundertaker]

singin this in my chamber choir =D

[VictoriaJay17]

my choir is singing this

SDCC!

[jpanhwar]

Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man’s ingratitude; Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude. Heigh-ho! sing,heigh-ho! unto the green holly: Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly: Then, heigh-ho, the holly! This life is most jolly. Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, That does not bite so nigh As benefits forgot: Though thou the waters warp, Thy sting is not so sharp As friend remembered not.

[MonsterNeonCookies]

This is a college singing this!! My 8th grade honor choir is singing this at our winter preformance!! OMG were singing a college piece!! I'm so happy(: I love this song(:

[twilightersluvemmett]

we sang this song last year and i think i was the only one in my choir who likes this song.

[LoreFlame]

ah... good old choir days

[deeas89]

It looks like a tender wind is blowing...

[monstersnowman]

john rutter

[TheMusicman518]

I love this arrangement.  Who wrote this arrangement?? Thanks!

[EliseMcKenna7]

@TheMusicman518 john rutter

[ilovemutemath]

this is so pretty.

[ImperfectRoseTira]

I love this song~♥

[ZcristalXD]

G R E A T *.*!!!

[Lovesinger101]

I have to sing this solo..... 3 SONGS from Ask you Like it!!!!

[Presidentmullin]

this is borderline flawless. My only complaint is the quality only because I want to hear more. Great job.

[HeartlessPuppetQueen]

ahaha

i love how everyones critisizing the hey ho or high ho

in my sheet music for FEC try outs (far east choir, its when DODEAs pacific schools get together in competitions, best of the best) well anyway in the one we have it says Heigh ho

[SionCorn1]

Wind should rhyme with unkind in this.

[PianoKeys930]

Can be "wind" with a long or short vowel sound...both interpretations are used.

[cokynv]

@SionCorn1 You'll have to take that up with William Shakespeare.

[ryanlock2u]

@SionCorn1 It's called an 'eye-rhyme'.

[Broadleigh]

"heigh" rhymes with "sleigh"

*****

George Shearing's choral setting on this text is delightful.

Rutter's "Birthday Madrigals" were written for the occasion of George Shearing's birthday and one can hear Shearing's jazz influence flowing through the whole set.

[PianoKeys930]

Can be "hey" or "high"...both interpretations are used.

[laffincaw25]

my high shcool choir is doing this peice in 4 days... wish me luck :)

[neonxplosion]

Some may think that "Hi Ho" sounds better than "Hey Ho", but John Rutter composed it, and he prefers Hey Ho.

[5012CalvinShen]

wonderful,pretty, such a wonderful job

[celebrian94]

although the vowels are a bit off the rendition is well blended and beautiful

[Uriex3]

We're singing this choir at my high school and Hi Ho sounds so much better than Hey Ho, but this is a very good rendition.

[praisehymn2]

This choir says "heigh" correctly. It is "hey" not "hi". I teach phonics to my first graders in school.-- eigh is pronounced with a long a sound as in neighbor and weigh and feigning and sleigh. John Rutter is British and would probably not appreciate Americans ruining Shakespeare and the King's English. Heigh ho originally came from the sailors saying 'heave ho/hey ho'. It means (ho hum or oh well).

[daasjynx]

definitely hi ho over hei ho other wise its awesome..dynamics could b better gets a little boring but its good. sopranos are definitely impressive but couldnt hear the altos

[ChelseaSings421]

How could you not hear the altos?

[daasjynx]

i just didnt..not like the entire song but i mean on some parts theyre tone died down a bit.

[ragtimeguy1868]

We did this song for honor choir my sophomore year back in 1994. I enjoyed performing it, and still enjoy hearing it years later. This was a fabulous performance...and I agree with HI ho as opposed to HEI ho.

[1qwertif]

yeah, i've gotta side w/ u on the HI ho part...

[margotlorena]

very good version...... the first part with just the sopranos was very good.....

well, hei sounds strange to my ears, I prefer hi even though it may not be correct...

[someguy810]

My choir also did it "hi" so you're not alone there, our director says it goes both ways.

[aleiyaladido]

I did this song in 7th grade and I find it just to be so beautiful....

[yiannisj]

this is from Shekspir?

[aquamarine213]

yes it is...Act 2 Scene 7 of As You Like it. and it's...Shakespeare.

[yiannisj]

hmm...r u 100% sure???

Because I think that is not Shakespeare...

I know Shakespeare have also a song with the same title but is faster,with more movement...Because I will sing it in my Singing exams Grade 8.

[aquamarine213]

the words come from shakespeare's play, as you like it....there are several different choral adaptations of these lyrics.

[MirageOfDeceit]

Shakespeare wrote the words, no matter what. I don't believe there was ever a version put to music penned by Shakespeare himself, but the only way to know is time Travel, and since the Doctor isn't here this time, it won't be too easy.

[mariafoo]

My part is the alto 2 on the "Ahhh"'s and I totally fuck up on it.I don't know it..

This version is really good :].

[DoubleKay13]

we're doing this is my select choir. and we have the beginning as two solos. it sounds really cool both ways though

[latylia09]

this was beautiful we're singing this song for our madrigal dinner.. im so happy.. I hope we sound this good.. perfect emotional dynamics the basses/baritones should sing out more in the beginning...not much more but..just enough more. and yes..it is "hey" ho.. =] as for facial expressions.. i cant really see much of anything in the faces but what I do see isnt really happy. it's kind of dull my choir is working on that too.. its a common fault.

[melmal3]

actually, I hate to say it eagleclass11 but it's pronounced hay. Heigh puts the emphasis on the first vowel. Since the original poem is by Shakespeare, it cannot be "high." It is "heigh," and therefore pronounced like "hay." They did it perfectly, singing it in the Old English that Shakespeare intended. You know how Youtube has an audio preview on the comments you post? Type out "Heigh" and see how it says it.

[mlabot]

When in doubt, refer to a recording of the Cambridge Singers conducted by John Rutter (Fancies Album) which they pronounced heigh as "Hay".