What's with all these soloists that sound like they have frogs in their throats? And why so much vibrato? I guess its the audio, it makes me so irritated to hear his voice. But I love the choir and orchestra! Great job.
@jthameschoir Maybe they're just trying too hard, or just not good enough to carry it off properly. In my more frustrated moments as a bass singer in a choir I sometimes think that Vaughan Williams was only ever put on this earth to make life difficult for choirs - his stuff is NOT easy. I have fond memories of "The truth from above" though - in my former church we often used it as the processional hymn at Christmas carol services.
@DavidMJordan RVW was in fact a prominent member of EFDSS - the English Folk Dance and Song Society - and did quite a lot for the preservation of English folk songs. He was also a contributing editor to "The English Hymnal" - still widely used in "catholic-style" Church of England churches. It's possibly difficult to underestimate his influence in several directions. BUT OMG - the Fantasia is NOT as easy as it sounds - as with so much of his music! I hate him sometimes...
We're performing this piece this Christmas with the Grand Rapids Symphony in Michigan - also doing Monteverdi in the spring - such a beautiful piece! Sehr schön
Not christmas for me without this!
rclikes2go 1 month ago
to me he sounds like a tenor
gayoperadude63 1 year ago
Yea why's the soloist so sharp?
coolwainy 1 year ago
@gavman93 Gavin. Ouch.
bmcondon 1 year ago
What's with all these soloists that sound like they have frogs in their throats? And why so much vibrato? I guess its the audio, it makes me so irritated to hear his voice. But I love the choir and orchestra! Great job.
jthameschoir 1 year ago
@jthameschoir Maybe they're just trying too hard, or just not good enough to carry it off properly. In my more frustrated moments as a bass singer in a choir I sometimes think that Vaughan Williams was only ever put on this earth to make life difficult for choirs - his stuff is NOT easy. I have fond memories of "The truth from above" though - in my former church we often used it as the processional hymn at Christmas carol services.
65renaissanceman 1 year ago
@jthameschoir He's German, singing English and it's a very Germanic sounding voice too, so I wouldn't stereotype EVERY soloist with that.
tombaker1222 1 year ago
@tombaker1222 Who said I did it to EVERY soloist?
jthameschoir 1 year ago
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@jthameschoir "What's with all these soloists that sound like they have frogs in their throats?" - Please name some.
tombaker1222 1 year ago
Wenigstens singt der Chor nicht schlecht!
Eurofrank1 2 years ago
Good performance! It's good that V-W's fantasia has preserved carols that would otherwise have been lost
DavidMJordan 2 years ago
@DavidMJordan RVW was in fact a prominent member of EFDSS - the English Folk Dance and Song Society - and did quite a lot for the preservation of English folk songs. He was also a contributing editor to "The English Hymnal" - still widely used in "catholic-style" Church of England churches. It's possibly difficult to underestimate his influence in several directions. BUT OMG - the Fantasia is NOT as easy as it sounds - as with so much of his music! I hate him sometimes...
65renaissanceman 1 year ago
Deo gratias!
mesenteria 2 years ago
We're performing this piece this Christmas with the Grand Rapids Symphony in Michigan - also doing Monteverdi in the spring - such a beautiful piece! Sehr schön
aliasjerome 2 years ago
Wow too - what a beautiful performance. Thank you for posting this.
KITCHENOFDISTINCTION 2 years ago
wow - das gefällt mir ja sogar noch viel besser als das hodie vom selben komponisten ...
aquaria85 2 years ago
What? Even though this Fantasia is beautiful, Hodie is a masterpiece.
capellmeister 2 years ago