Setting and Arrangements
"I Wonder as I Wander", since its collection, has always been sung to the melody published by Niles. According to academic and theologian Ian Bradley, the "clean, haunting melody...maintains the open-air atmosphere and sense of wistful wandering conjured up in the first line."
A setting of the carol is part of Benjamin Britten's Folk song arrangements for both high/medium and medium/low voice. The arrangement was originally published by G. Schirmer in 1934.
Of great interest is the setting for soprano and orchestra by Luciano Berio (1925–2003), from Folk Songs, 1964, no. 2: the entire song cycle was composed for, and recorded by, Cathy Berberian.
A notable recent choral setting by Swiss composer Carl Rütti has been performed at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College Chapel, University of Cambridge.
Westminster Choir College performs an arrangement by Steve Pilkington annually at its Readings and Carols concert.
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