Scarborough Fair - Traditional ballad, arranged and performed by Joel Frederiksen
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- I recorded this video on December 20, 2021. The arrangement was made by me some years ago, and is featured on the CD "The Elfin Knight" (harmonia mundi France, 2007) with more instruments and a harmony voice. On that album, you will also find two other variations of The Elfin Knight (Child Ballad Nr. 2): Whittingham Faire and The Lover's Tasks. In this song, the lover presents his beloved with a series of impossible tasks: Make me a shirt with no seam, wash it in a well with no water and dry it on a rosebush with no thorn. When you are finished, come to me for the shirt which I made for you with no seam....
To skip the intro and go directly to the song: 4:05
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Scarborough Fair Lyrics (there are more, these are verses I chose):
„O, where are you going?“ “To Scarborough Fair,”
Savoury, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
Remember me to one who lives there,
For once she was a true lover of mine.
And tell her to make me a cambric shirt
Savoury, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
Without any seam or fine needle work,
And then she’ll be a true lover of mine.
And tell her to wash it in yonder dry well,
Savoury, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
Where no water sprung, nor a drop of rain fell,
And then she’ll be a true lover of mine.
Tell her to dry it on yonder thorn,
Savoury, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
Which never bore blossom since Adam was born,
And then she’ll be a true lover of mine.
And when you have done and finished your work,
Savoury, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
You may come to me for your cambric shirt,
And then you will be a true lover of mine.
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I found this melody, in the major key and in "3" (as opposed to the dorian mode version in 4), in a supplement by Frank Kidson to the wonderful 19th century source, William Chappell "Old English Popular Music"
Video and Sound: chiarinamedia.de/ - Gregory Wang
What an absolutely wonderful version of an English Classic. Beautiful voice, accompaniment and chord progression. Completely excellent
Much appreciated! Thanks for commenting!
a bass singer!!! rare halas.... lovely to hear...
Thank you Joël, this performance of yours always touches my heart and soul!
Thank you, Mauricio….
Great performance 💯
Perfect soundtrack for The New Year's Eve...
Thank you Joel! It really made me fell so much better.
Thank you, Nikolay! All best for 2022!
Was für ein tolles Lied, wunderbar interpretiert. Seine Popularität und Aktualität beweisen die nach wie vor zahlreichen Interpretationen dieses alten Volkslied. Joels ist eine der wunderschönsten.
Danke, Ulrike! Ich fand diese Melodie besonders schön
Songs I remember and love...so beautiful. Thank you. Your comments bring meaning to the song. I Love the Elfin Knight CD. Everyone should have it.
Magnificent!
@@howardpitfield9921 😊
You have a sensational voice! It was a joy to listen to you ❤
Steph
Thank you!! We just performed an arrangement of this piece a few times as an encore in Canada!
@@ensemblephoenixmunich2210well, I hope the audience thoroughly enjoyed your performance ❤️
Maybe one day you'll make it down to Australia 😄
Thank you for this interesting elaboration! I'd Love to see/ hear more
I hope that you can / will hear more! Please subscribe to the Ensemble Phoenix Munich CZcams Channel (the one that has over 1000 subscribers) and like us on Facebook for see and hear more!
So beautiful! Love this arrangement!
Thank you, Liv!!
Wie wunderbar... Es hat so was emotionales und friedliches. Es tut gut dir zuzuhören, das Interview das alles erklärt macht alles noch verständlicher und wirkt so aufrichtig. Vielen Dank Joel🤗
Vielen Dank!
Amazing interview!! Great to hear the thoughts behind the music
Thanks, Steve!
To which interview do you refer? Is this some other video?
Eines meiner Lieblingsstücke auf der CD The Elfin Knight
Danke, Renate!!
Love it!
Begins at 04:11
Thank you! In the Info above, I wrote "To skip the intro and go directly to the song: 4:05". Your time gets you to the song immediately!
Interesting. He's American, but seems to have developed a hint of a German accent from living in Germany
Perhaps in my speaking voice, once in a while:-)! However, I don’t think my singing voice has changed. Perhaps you’re noticing a slight Minnesota mixed with New York accent!
At one point he says "all these things are ja impossible" and I thought "interesting, the German use of ja to show that something is obvious made it into this German's English."
the `t` is notably german sounding....love your version...and what a gorgeous low voice @@ensemblephoenixmunich2210
"parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme" sounds like a very typical chorus for a folk song (a real folk song). It is very normal for folk songs to have a chorus that has nothing to do with the verse lyrics. Without a chorus like that it would sound unusual to the ears of someone who is participating in that traditional culture. It's one of the more ancient aspects of folk music which got lost over time in most places.
Parsley??
@@bj-gu9rt"parsley":
As sung by Simon&Garfunkel's version of Scarborough Fair - therefore more widely known to the general public than lyrics taken from a 19th century book.
so selten war Petersilie nicht, denn im Mittelalter waren viele Gerichte damit gefärbt
Danke für Ihre Kommentare!
Very beautiful arrangement!! Would it be possible to have the music sheets for this?
I do have a printed arrangement. Please contact me via Email: info@ensemble-phoenix.com
And thank you! This ballad and it’s variations is the subject of my CD, The Elfin Knight (try Spotify, CZcams, etc!)
Does anyone know the Scarborough a fair where a man asks her questions and she answers like what is deep love is deep
The ballad we know as Scarborough Faire can be dated back, as it was by the great Folk-song collector, Francis Child, to a Scottish Ballad called the Elfin Knight (first appearing around 1610, tho it’s surely older). It’s a riddle song and has many variants which are still sung all over the English-speaking world. It was the subject of my recording, “The Elfin Knight”.
So, he's a Basso Profundo, right?
Hi David, Sorry not to reply sooner. That's one of the wonderful things about our voices! We can modulate them and use them to express various emotions in various ranges! But yes, I am by birth, opened up by training, a Basso Profundo!