Brigg Fair

Subject: Brigg Fair
From: GUEST,GloriaJ
Date: 05 Aug 10 - 12:30 PM

Since today is the 5th of august I took it as a good excuse to post this song on youtube - recorded it last night,just live,straight to mike, so it's not perfect.A great classic - and I still think Joseph Taylor's version has never been bettered.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZG9eTjrtlQ

Subject: RE: Brigg Fair
From: greg stephens
Date: 05 Aug 10 - 12:48 PM

try this

Subject: RE: Brigg Fair
From: The Sandman
Date: 05 Aug 10 - 01:07 PM

excellent.

Subject: RE: Brigg Fair
From: Seayaker
Date: 05 Aug 10 - 06:32 PM

Great! The Frederick Delius adaptation of this is also well worth a listen.

Subject: RE: Brigg Fair
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 06 Aug 10 - 05:58 PM

Well done - I'm sure my Gran would have liked this. She was living in Brigg when Percy Grainger recorded Joseph Taylor.

Subject: RE: Brigg Fair
From: michaelr
Date: 11 Aug 10 - 07:13 PM

I happened to hear the Frederick Delius piece "Brigg Fair: An English Rhapsofy" on NPR today. Very nice music, but I could not find the tune in it.

Subject: RE: Brigg Fair
From: GUEST,GloriaJ
Date: 11 Aug 10 - 07:23 PM

I know what you mean! i do like Vaughan Williams,Butterworth,and Holst in their folksong arrangements, but I find the Delius a bit overwrought for me.he does have the tune in there, but the harmonic structure is quite wayward and adventurous.