Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye, UCLA Chorale, Donald Neuen

Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye' Arr. by Alice Parker (b. 1925)

UCLA Chorale
March 16, 2013; Schoenberg Hall

Donald Neuen, conductor
Mona Lands, piano

[tfeledy]

The singing starts at 1:06, after the conductor's explanation of the song.

[talonsoftheraven]

An absolutley fantastic performance of an Irish classic.
As an Irishman born and bred i cried while listening to this .
Great conductor and an awesome choir with such a warm energy.
Much love and respect from Ireland!

To those complaining about the pronunciations . "ye" in ireland is both "yee" and "yea" so for the choir to sing "johnny i hardly knew ye" is totally acceptable to my irish ear. its simular to the Scottish folk song "will ye no come back again" though it uses "ye" in the lyrics it means "you" . either way Celtic peoples tend to make happy allowances for certain errors in syntax based on the fact that its not how you speak these words its rather down to how much you mean them.

Athy is indeed pronounced "athai" but again as an irish person hearing the choir sing "athee" i know where they are describing so doesnt really bother me, it doesnt diminish the power of the piece at all!

[JohnSmith-rktd]

Undoubtedly the best version I heard of this song

[strinauna]

The most beautilful thing/song I saw today. You made my day. Thank you for this experience.

[aelondorr]

Beautifully done! Goosebumps all over the place...

[vickeymaxey]

This is a threat to Irish music I swear

[Annie-mqw]

Beautiful version. But you should know the pronunciation of the town Athy is A thigh (like the part of your leg). I sang this in singing competitons in Ireland led by the wonderful Mrs. Murphy. She taught us all different voices, percussion, such good memories of Our Lady Help of Christians choir in the 1970s❤. Her saying "you'll be better before you're twice married" was funny in Catholic Ireland😂 but we never thought anything of it!

[vitalman]

Great!
I hardly knew UCLA had this amazing choir band!

[habitming]

I love the ghost story and the lulling section of hums as she holds him again, even though she understands it is fleeting.

[moirbasso]

Haven't heard this since High School, when we did it- what remained with me after forty years, was the palpable sense of IDENTIFICATION with the song- we sang this song in an America ('70's) who had a sense of what this war song meant. What is missing in this renditio, is a sense of the collective identification of the choir with the text, or the people, this song portrays. Don does well, but this version is a clear attempt a cultural appropriation - for all cultures have the right to speak to their own racial and religious past, that fails when portrayed by another.

[omnacky]

How do people have such beef with this, it sounds so dank. Especially at 2:40 to 3:00. The only thing about it that isn't perf is how they say "yee"

[IUFTR]

I love this arrangement of Alice Parker's, as well as most others.
This performance seems to be sung with shallow breathing, consequently notes that are meant to be short are too short. Deep breathing can articulate more quickly allowing
the notes to last longer.  End the note with inhalation.
Spontaneous  beginnings of notes are also possible with deeply articulated breath.
Glad the kids had the joy of singing this touching bit of Irish emotion.

[Sam-ymsr]

Господи, как же это красиво) великолепная песня и ее исполнение

[muulka]

The pronunciation isn't great- Athy is pronounced more like Athai, and ye is more like yah

[evgeniyber]

Заслушался, поют красиво. Где среди исполнителей потомки тех про кого сложена песня?

[camitful]

Very important choir UCLA Chorale, but to Donald Neuen know how to use those

[MikhaelAhava]

It's a song made in 1867 in Britain. Wasn't it?

[paulstilgenbauer]

i'm french.. no! sory!! i'm "Breizh" et j'aime le celte ! et ça, c'est magnifique !!

[mrerasmoms]

guys damn im italian and it's impossible for me get the right pronunciation....

[jeanbombeur]

beautifull same if i prefere benjamin luxon version. northern ireland trouble will be back soon infortunately....i am french so sorry if bad writting.. do you know in the reality americans are irishmens this nis irish who find america territory and not christophe colomb or other people. respect fort ireland and too much suffered of shitttt war