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.: In The Bleak Mid-winter :. Sir Ian Paul Date Submitted:  2012-12-07 [Archive Date: 2013-03-07] Genre:  Holiday/Seasonal Original Artist:  Many Additional Info:  Disc Mfg:    Disc #:   Description:  In the Bleak Midwinter" is a Christmas carol based on a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti written before 1872 in response to a request from the magazine Scribner's Monthly for a Christmas poem. It was published posthumously in Rossetti's Poetic Works in 1904 and became a Christmas carol after it appeared in The English Hymnal in 1906 with a setting by Holst. Harold Darke's anthem setting of 1909 is more complex and was named the best Christmas carol in a poll of some of the world's leading choirmasters and choral experts in 2008. ____________________________________________________________________ The text of this Christmas poem has been set to music many times, the most famous settings being composed by Gustav Holst and Harold Edwin Darke in the early 20th century. Holst's setting, "Cranham", is a hymn tune setting suitable for congregational singing, since the poem is irregular in metre and any setting of it requires a skilful and adaptable tune. The hymn is titled after Cranham, Gloucestershire and was written for the English Hymnal of 1906. The Darke setting, written in 1909 while he was a student at the Royal College of Music, is more advanced and each verse is treated slightly differently, with solos for soprano and tenor (or a group of sopranos and tenors) and a delicate organ accompaniment. This version is favoured by cathedral choirs, and is the one usually heard performed on the radio broadcasts of Nine Lessons and Carols by the King's College Choir. Darke served as conductor of the choir during World War II. Benjamin Britten includes a setting for chorus in his work "A Boy Was Born". Other settings include those by Robert C L Watson, Bruce Montgomery, Bob Chilcott, Michael John Trotta , Robert Walker , Eric Thiman, who wrote a setting for solo voice and piano, and Leonard Lehrman. Fredrik Sixten a Swedish composer includes a brand new setting for both soprano solo and tenor solo with organ, or a version for Chorus (SATB) and small orchestra. Overall Rank:  Rank Unavailable Total Comments:  0 Listen:    Sorry, this submission has been archived.

Sir Ian Paul performs In The Bleak Mid-winter on Karaoke Showcase of Karaoke Scene Magazine Online: Sir Ian Paul performs In The Bleak Mid-winter on Karaoke Showcase - In the Bleak Midwinter" is a Christmas carol based on a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti written before 1872 in response to a request from the magazine Scribner's Monthly for a Christmas poem. It was published posthumously in Rossetti's Poetic Works in 1904 and became a Christmas carol after it appeared in The English Hymnal in 1906 with a setting by Holst. Harold Darke's anthem setting of 1909 is more complex and was named the best Christmas carol in a poll of some of the world's leading choirmasters and choral experts in 2008. ____________________________________________________________________ The text of this Christmas poem has been set to music many times, the most famous settings being composed by Gustav Holst and Harold Edwin Darke in the early 20th century. Holst's setting, "Cranham", is a hymn tune setting suitable for congregational singing, since the poem is irregular in metre and any setting of it requires a skilful and adaptable tune. The hymn is titled after Cranham, Gloucestershire and was written for the English Hymnal of 1906. The Darke setting, written in 1909 while he was a student at the Royal College of Music, is more advanced and each verse is treated slightly differently, with solos for soprano and tenor (or a group of sopranos and tenors) and a delicate organ accompaniment. This version is favoured by cathedral choirs, and is the one usually heard performed on the radio broadcasts of Nine Lessons and Carols by the King's College Choir. Darke served as conductor of the choir during World War II. Benjamin Britten includes a setting for chorus in his work "A Boy Was Born". Other settings include those by Robert C L Watson, Bruce Montgomery, Bob Chilcott, Michael John Trotta , Robert Walker , Eric Thiman, who wrote a setting for solo voice and piano, and Leonard Lehrman. Fredrik Sixten a Swedish composer includes a brand new setting for both soprano solo and tenor solo with organ, or a version for Chorus (SATB) and small orchestra.
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