The Road Goes Ever On (Tolkien/Swann) - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 09-02-2004, 11:11 AM

I ordered it the second I knew it was being reprinted ... having waited so long mainly for the elvish! Of course too late I realised THAT was on the net but I dont begrudge my £20 for it is a lovely book even though my piano playing is limited and I can't quite manage to sing baritone!!! I think I would settle for The willow meads... as a favourite..... but I am afraid I prefer the Stephen Oliver settings for the duplicates ...... but I do like the setting of Bilbo's Last Song, and while I would love to hear the full choral version, Donald Swann's rendition, clearly towards the end of his life, is moving because he clearly feels so much for it.

It is interesting to hear another side to his creativity having "grown up" with the hippopotamus song etc.... a friend did a sponsored 24 hour organ play and those of us keeping him company on the graveyard shift kept ourselves awake singing along to Flanders & Swann ....... very British sense of humour... lol.

All I need now is an elvish style coffee table to put it on!

09-02-2004, 11:11 AM	#3
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	I ordered it the second I knew it was being reprinted ... having waited so long mainly for the elvish! Of course too late I realised THAT was on the net but I dont begrudge my £20 for it is a lovely book even though my piano playing is limited and I can't quite manage to sing baritone!!! I think I would settle for The willow meads... as a favourite..... but I am afraid I prefer the Stephen Oliver settings for the duplicates ...... but I do like the setting of Bilbo's Last Song, and while I would love to hear the full choral version, Donald Swann's rendition, clearly towards the end of his life, is moving because he clearly feels so much for it. It is interesting to hear another side to his creativity having "grown up" with the hippopotamus song etc.... a friend did a sponsored 24 hour organ play and those of us keeping him company on the graveyard shift kept ourselves awake singing along to Flanders & Swann ....... very British sense of humour... lol. All I need now is an elvish style coffee table to put it on! __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace