Jean Redpath sings Robert Burns "Westerln Wind"

For me the best of Redpath and Burns.
Video and Images by Dall Wilson.
Vocals from Jean Redpath "Songs of Burns arr. Serge Hov"
Dall Wilson, The Symphonic Films
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[@MultiChubby1]

i am sorry for your grief. this song could go on for decades an never be old - like we are going to be

[@progressiverebel]

It's the 2nd of August in the Pacific NW. 20 miles South of Seattle Washington and 60 miles from the top of Mount Rainier..14,410 .. It's 93 degrees in the hottest summer I can remember...I climbed Mount Rainier 36 years ago, August 1, 1979.. The world gets me down... too much conflict in the world... Things are not going very well for the Earth...I think back to cool Scotland...To old friends now dead, to family who has passed on...Are the old days always better... With most of my life in the rearview mirror I would say so... This song cheer me... a wonderful song by a sweet and clear voice from afar...Jean died almost a year ago... but the warmth of her soul comes through.... God Bless All Here...

[@weezy1114awesome]

I love you Jean,

[@MultiChubby1]

this is the most beautiful song i have ever heard.

[@kennethredpath3451]

Simply beautiful

[@dallwilson]

Kenneth Redpath my favorite perfect song, poet perfectly sung. Always a delight. Could not resist putting my Symphonic Film images to this, just because I never tire of hearing her with this masterpiece.

[@MultiChubby1]

listened to them all. none come close to this

[@farokudahitam]

And yet the most beautiful site in Scotland is the road to England

[@sylkev]

Beautiful 💕

[@timholtwilson]

22nd August. Farewell Jean Redpath. This song is 'Song Composed in August' (The Songs of Robert Burns, arr. Serge Hovey; vol.3) - your voice touched music's heart and mine...

[@1234549084]

I loved this version !! I also like Kevin McKidd and Shona Donaldson singing this on Speyside Sessions Slaintie

[@StuC5]

Beautiful arrangement, and an intriguing contrast to Dick Gaughan's version with acoustic guitar. Those Scottish accents were made for singing ...

[@dallwilson]

@ianbrooksbank Thanks, Ian. This is wonderful information. Love to hear Gaughan. Glad to put Jean's work on youtube (if she drops a line--told she lives near by in Asheville NC). Rather use her images than mine. This piece is filler; I loved the song to share. Burns in this lyric is the perfect poet of the world. I'm a mixed fan of Hovey's work; Jean is glorious. Piano...blah; not very Burns I suspect. Even so this arrangement and the rest of the album are understated glories.

[@MultiChubby1]

what is not to love.

[@AndrewCalhounSongs]

The tune Mr. Burns composed his lyric to, indicating so in both editions of his poems, was "I had a horse, I had nae mair," song #185 in the Scots Musical Museum. This air that Ms. Redpath sings, "Port Gordon," by Rory Dall O'Cahan, he indicated for publication in the Museum in 1792 - they preferred not to repeat tunes. "I had a horse" is still a better vehicle for the song, with trademark moments of prosody: he matches "waving grain" to a double grace note and the moorcock "springs" an octave! No one has yet recorded this melody. Gaughan's version is stunning but that melody has nothing to do with Burns.

[@margaretcooper1131]

Burns' words are the important thing, and this version, much as I think her a fine singer, would deter me from ever listening to Westlin Winds again !!! She gave nothing to these wonderful words.....with no understanding of what she was singing about. I am so glad this was not my introduction to this amazing song !

[@msbeyatch]

I always liked Garnet Rogers version of Westlin Winds...a Canadian perspective, no doubt influenced by Archie Fisher.

[@ianbrooksbank]

I am a great fan of Jean Redpath, and of Serge Hovey's magnificent work, but I do not think that this is the best of it. Burns called it "Song composed in August" and for all of us in Scotland the glorious 12th of August continues to be the start of the shooting season, but if you want to hear the best rendition of this song as a song you must listen to Dick Gaughan' s recording. It would be great if more of Jean Redpath's work was available on KZbin, especially the amazing "Logan Water."

[@murryjcohen]

I think that many of Hovey's renditions of Burns' songs are a bit overly orchestrated.

[@41tetanus]

Grandfather Mountain Games?