Alfred Deller, Feste's song 'Hey, Ho, the wind and the rain'.

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  • The incomparable Alfred Deller with an incredibly beautiful performance of the song sung by Feste in Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night'.
    Due to an error with my video editor the images continue for a long while after the music ceases.

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  • @miguelfrontanalfonso
    @miguelfrontanalfonso 5 років тому +57

    When that I was and a little tiny boy,
    With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
    A foolish thing was but a toy,
    For the rain it raineth every day.
    But when I came to man’s estae,
    With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
    ’Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate,
    For the rain it raineth every day.
    But when I came, alas! to wive,
    With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
    By swaggering could I never thrive,
    For the rain it raineth every day.
    But when I came unto my beds,
    With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
    With toss-pots still had drunken heads,
    For the rain it raineth every day.
    A great while ago the world begun,
    With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
    But that’s all one, our play is done,
    And we’ll strive to please you every day.

  • @dyingbrain
    @dyingbrain 22 дні тому

    I love how he sings. Absolutely stunning

  • @nicktronolone2630
    @nicktronolone2630 9 років тому +81

    I do love Shakespeare. the Twelfth Night is one of my favorite plays. However, for some reason this rendition of the song creeps me the hell out. I really don't know why

    • @thoughtspeakeasy8688
      @thoughtspeakeasy8688 6 років тому +7

      I agree.. it doesn't go with the scene. especially with Festé being this goofy character and with the play wrapping up to a happy ending, it just doesn't seem right. I saw this live performance of Twelfth Night where all the character sang the happy version of this song at the end and danced to it. It was absolutely amazing

    • @razzmatazz1974
      @razzmatazz1974 6 років тому +6

      still goes well with the style of popular songs from Shakespeare´s era

    • @jackbuckley221
      @jackbuckley221 6 років тому +2

      Perhaps it's too high-pitched for modern ears.

    • @alecdickens1042
      @alecdickens1042 5 років тому +1

      The high pitch gives it a very sentimental feeling. Not that I am actually sentimentally attached, it's just the tone it gives off. I personally start to feel sad after multiple listenings.

    • @pendragonU
      @pendragonU 5 років тому

      back then men had to act and sing as much as possible as women

  • @logansmith266
    @logansmith266 2 роки тому +7

    Finally a version with ample melancholy

  • @TheMildOne
    @TheMildOne 5 років тому +48

    Holy moly I am actually obsessed with this.
    This must be the 5th time I've listened to this today!!!!
    IT'S SO GOOD AND I'M A SHAKESPEARE NERD AND A TWELFTH NIGHT IS MY FAVE!!!!

    • @marcelinecorbin1257
      @marcelinecorbin1257 3 роки тому +4

      nice pride flag!
      *all the gays flocking to twelfth night cause it's so gay*

    • @Michael-vb6hu
      @Michael-vb6hu 2 роки тому

      Same here !

    • @Tonywozere99
      @Tonywozere99 Рік тому

      Brilliant isnt it. His brother wasnt bad either. 3 x for me today, I saw the light - todd rundgren

  • @patrioticarchive
    @patrioticarchive Рік тому +5

    Haunting but beautiful at the same time

  • @battybibliophile-Clare
    @battybibliophile-Clare 7 місяців тому +3

    I love the rather disembodied sound of Deller's coutertenor voice, his rendering is perfection, qnd always makes me want to reread Twelfth Night.

  • @4rthur.youtube
    @4rthur.youtube 3 роки тому +6

    We are prepared for life, like a child's song. Time, wind and rain passing and do not stop. In other words, storms and lulls ... and then death. Extremely beautiful!

  • @Harfa_Traw
    @Harfa_Traw 19 днів тому

    "Kiedym był chłopcem beztroskim i miłym,
    Choć deszcze i wiatry, choć wiatr i deszcz,
    Błazeńskie sprawki zabawą mi były,
    Bo deszcz deszczem deszczy - tak w koło dzień w dzień.
    A gdym osiągnął już swój wiek dojrzały,
    Choć deszcze i wiatry, choć wiatr i deszcz,
    Jak przed łotrzykiem drzwi się zamykały,
    Bo deszcz deszczem deszczy - tak w koło dzień w dzień.
    A gdy w małżeński, zgubo, związek wszedłem,
    Choć deszcze i wiatry, choć wiatr i deszcz,
    Już moja mina zupełnie mi zrzedła,
    Bo deszcz deszczem deszczy - tak w koło dzień w dzień.
    A gdy wieczorem kładłem się do łóżka,
    Choć deszcze i wiatry, choć wiatr i deszcz,
    Głowę pijaną ćmiła faramuszka,
    Bo deszcz deszczem deszczy - tak w koło dzień w dzień.
    Dawno już temu, jak ziemia stworzona,
    Choć deszcze i wiatry, choć wiatr i deszcz,
    A nam cóż o to? Komedia skończona,
    Grać ją będziemy tak w koło dzień w dzień!".
    Przekład: Stanisław Dygat (1951 r.)

  • @LeSemaphore
    @LeSemaphore 10 років тому +9

    Grâce et beauté : Deller chante dans le vent et la pluie ainsi qu'un oiseau magnifique.

  • @cgculprit
    @cgculprit 12 років тому +3

    Fantastic! I grew up listening to A. Deller singing ! Lucky me! Not many that can produce such...

    • @elizabethsohler6516
      @elizabethsohler6516 2 роки тому

      He was my family's go-to guy at Christmas growing up. Wonderful memories. Glad to find him again on YT.

  • @FYMMYS
    @FYMMYS 3 роки тому +1

    Impossible de s'en lasser... Merci M. Deller.

  • @shineymightyena
    @shineymightyena 11 років тому +8

    I just finished listening to a reading of the Twelfth Night. Such a good song to end on! I love it so much.

  • @tangoseven70
    @tangoseven70 14 років тому +9

    I really got chills from my scalp to down my arms while listening. Thank you!

  • @michaelfarrell85
    @michaelfarrell85 11 років тому +14

    Seems the second the last stanza was skipped.
    "But when I cam unto my beds,
    Whit hey, ho, etc,
    With toss-pots still had drunken heads,
    For the rain, etc."

  • @ungurdagda813
    @ungurdagda813 Рік тому +1

    I couldn't help but notice the odd minute of silence at the end. It's because there's a section of the song missing before the last verse:
    But when I came unto my beds,
    With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
    With tosspots still had drunken heads,
    For the rain, it raineth every day.
    No idea why it was cut here.

  • @cassalamon
    @cassalamon 5 років тому +35

    Idk why but this is terrifying and beautiful at the same time

    • @Art-zp1qg
      @Art-zp1qg 5 років тому

      Derp Gaming do you know what the meaning of this song could be?

    • @cassalamon
      @cassalamon 5 років тому

      @@Art-zp1qg not really

    • @Slguardians
      @Slguardians 5 років тому +12

      @@Art-zp1qg Its about the stages that men go through in their lives. The "wind and the rain" suggest the difficulties of life are always with you. Feste was the only one with self-knowledge throughout the play from beginning to the end. In the last stanza, he draws the attention of the audience to the line between reality and illusion. He reminds them that they've been watching a play, but real life (the life outside) doesn't resemble the plays you see. Life is cruel, full of unpleasant facts. People do not survive shipwrecks like Viola and Sebastian. People can't marry the people they really love. In some sense, the facts of life has to be endured, we can't escape them. Because of this reason the players are there to "strive to please you every day". In a way, the clown reminds you that it can be repeated anytime, and that whatever happened is not really the end.

    • @marcelinecorbin1257
      @marcelinecorbin1257 3 роки тому +4

      I think it's the falsetto mixed with the lack of accompaniment--add in the echo and haunting, lilting melody and there ya go.

    • @jamshaidbaloch2349
      @jamshaidbaloch2349 3 роки тому +1

      It is..... The same exact thought

  • @rallentanda
    @rallentanda 7 років тому +7

    Exquisite performance !

  • @pendragonU
    @pendragonU 5 років тому +6

    sang at this tempo and a capella the song hints at echoes of the XIV century profane styles or even as a faster air from some older Gregorian chants

  • @colinhoulder3712
    @colinhoulder3712 9 місяців тому +1

    The fool in Lear also sings a verse of this during the storm.

  • @missmaryhdream6560
    @missmaryhdream6560 2 роки тому +2

    Beautiful

  • @lpmorrow
    @lpmorrow 5 років тому +3

    Perfect rendering!

  • @mradaChris
    @mradaChris 15 років тому +5

    This is so beautiful!

  • @theBCEproductions
    @theBCEproductions 2 роки тому +2

    Shakespeare famously took inspiration for his writing from the weather forecasts of southern England

  • @seaotter4439
    @seaotter4439 2 роки тому +2

    When that I was but a little tiny boy,
    With a heigh-ho, the wind and the rain,
    A foolish thing was but a toy,
    And the rain it raineth every day,
    With a heigh-ho, the wind and the rain,
    And the rain it raineth every day.
    But when I came to man's estate,
    'Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate,
    (refrain)
    But when I came, alas! to wive,
    By swaggering I could never thrive,
    (refrain)
    And when I came unto my bed,
    With toss-pots still had drunken heads,
    (refrain)
    A great while ago the world begun,
    But that's all one, our play is done,
    And we'll strive to please you every day.

  • @ayala586
    @ayala586 12 років тому +5

    Thanks. this is sublime.

  • @plt3012
    @plt3012 12 років тому +2

    Great stuff! We learned this in grade school. A real favorite!

  • @daniellipko710
    @daniellipko710 4 роки тому +35

    Anyone else here from Overly Sarcastic Productions?

    • @jacobmurphy5140
      @jacobmurphy5140 3 роки тому +4

      Yep, Red has a knack for picking ending songs

    • @kronas9386
      @kronas9386 2 роки тому +2

      That's me😂

    • @vintheguy
      @vintheguy 2 роки тому +1

      I wish they didn't use the garbage format that is tropes, but oh well

    • @fsikijelfes8660
      @fsikijelfes8660 2 роки тому

      Yes lol

  • @anyways3271
    @anyways3271 2 роки тому +1

    WHAT A PIECE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  • @wallentin76
    @wallentin76 10 років тому +24

    iT IS A GOD WHO SING!

  • @Rottwhaler82
    @Rottwhaler82 10 років тому +3

    So beautiful. :)

  • @2010Wilde
    @2010Wilde 8 років тому +10

    Who here is listening to this and starting to get images of the end credits to Blackadder II??

  • @m3shiatheeb
    @m3shiatheeb 15 років тому +2

    this song really touching.

  • @eeiity8600
    @eeiity8600 4 роки тому +8

    I’m not a very big fan of Shakespeare, nor do I know if Twelfth Night is a play, story, etc. but I really enjoy this song, which is surprising since this isn’t a genre I thought I’d enjoy. Does anyone know any songs similar to this? I’d appreciate it.

    • @geoffoconnor3487
      @geoffoconnor3487 3 роки тому

      Well, there is Percy's Song by Bob Dylan. Obviously inspired by this song.

  • @user-ef9qz4rp8w
    @user-ef9qz4rp8w 3 місяці тому

    Jesus Loves u guys

  • @claradegenholtz
    @claradegenholtz Рік тому +6

    Why it go hard tho

    • @koutomocchi
      @koutomocchi Рік тому +5

      FR

    • @aletta3180
      @aletta3180 Рік тому +5

      It do be boppin

    • @claradegenholtz
      @claradegenholtz Рік тому +5

      No cap, my new favorite ASMR vid to sleep to

    • @aletta3180
      @aletta3180 Рік тому +4

      @@claradegenholtz #CannotLocateMyCap

    • @Clorox_Wipes_
      @Clorox_Wipes_ Рік тому +4

      For real, on God. This video is incredibly inspiring as well. After just one listen I was in tears...

  • @troydhansen4990
    @troydhansen4990 2 роки тому

    We sung this in 9th grade and took 1st in Alabama state boys ensemble 1987

  • @william_williams
    @william_williams 11 років тому +4

    just add repeat after UA-cam in the address bar!

  • @kingrat9741
    @kingrat9741 5 років тому +13

    i hAVE TO SING THIS FOR SCHOOL AND I CANT DO IT LIKE THAT WHAT AM I GETTING MYSELF INTO-

    • @supera2960
      @supera2960 5 років тому

      How did it go?

    • @arcticsaxifrage1000
      @arcticsaxifrage1000 5 років тому

      Super A
      Fabulously, I hope.

    • @marcelinecorbin1257
      @marcelinecorbin1257 3 роки тому

      Falsetto bay bee!
      ...how'd it go btw?

    • @kingrat9741
      @kingrat9741 3 роки тому +1

      @@marcelinecorbin1257 oh lmao we ended up not even doing this play

    • @elizabethsohler6516
      @elizabethsohler6516 2 роки тому

      @@kingrat9741 That's too bad. If it's any comfort, not many people can sing like Mr. D., so nothing to be upset over.

  • @user-nc8vb9zl4e
    @user-nc8vb9zl4e 4 роки тому +2

    フェステ美声やな

  • @gilbertcabasso5604
    @gilbertcabasso5604 8 років тому +2

    Merci, Françoise! N'étions-nous pas ensemble à Sénanque quand nous l'avons écouté?

  • @federricoilgrande
    @federricoilgrande 15 років тому +2

    I'm looking for the song from "As you loie it" sung by Deller Ty for informations :)

  • @infiniteFinality
    @infiniteFinality 14 років тому +2

    Beautiful.... Whose composition is it?

  • @RajeshKumar-es3jl
    @RajeshKumar-es3jl 2 роки тому

    This is more special for me.

  • @RadoDave
    @RadoDave 8 років тому +4

    Do you know who wrote the melody? Or is it a folk melody?

    • @MrDeathmaster131
      @MrDeathmaster131 8 років тому

      shakespeare

    • @RadoDave
      @RadoDave 8 років тому +1

      I presume that was meant to be a joke, but just in case ... Shakespeare wrote the words, not the music. I'm trying to find out who wrote the tune, or whether it's a folk tune. It's a serious question, and I'd appreciate a serious response.

    • @MrDeathmaster131
      @MrDeathmaster131 8 років тому

      Dave Rado I was being serious. but now I better understand your question, maybe you should have worded your it better.

    • @RadoDave
      @RadoDave 8 років тому

      It seems clear to me - melody means the same thing as tune. Anyway please could someone who knows who wrote the melody, or whether it's a folk melody, reply to my question?

    • @RadoDave
      @RadoDave 8 років тому

      Many thanks for that information - much appreciated; but does anyone know the name of the folk song or folk tune that the melody in this recording was derived from?

  • @AlihobG
    @AlihobG 5 років тому +3

    Does anyone have the sheet music for this?

    • @vintheguy
      @vintheguy 3 роки тому

      There is literally no music in this
      There is only a voice

    • @AlihobG
      @AlihobG 3 роки тому +1

      Original Guy Yeah, I was looking for a vocal transcription for a more precise approach to the song... Plenty of songs are written down as only vocal lines, especially in early music.

    • @vintheguy
      @vintheguy 3 роки тому

      @@AlihobG
      Oh sorry

  • @quinnporter289
    @quinnporter289 5 років тому +1

    Was this song made for the castrati good lord

  • @festmeable
    @festmeable 13 років тому

    hey guys if you search wallaby17171 feste, you can check out my final song in twelfth night. I loved playing feste the jester in my high school shakespeare company and i just want you too check it out.

  • @abbyalphonse499
    @abbyalphonse499 5 років тому

    Fuggedybolls. I've been singing it wrong all my life.

  • @polatbitiren1395
    @polatbitiren1395 8 років тому

    standart fm sağolsun

  • @r.prakashjoseph3532
    @r.prakashjoseph3532 2 роки тому

    Dj

  • @kevin11beats
    @kevin11beats 6 років тому

    I made a beat out of this for a Shakespeare class lol soundcloud.com/no-l-taken/shake-beat