bel canto (hip)
George Frideric Handel, “O worse than death indeed / Angels ever bright and fair” (Theodora, 1750)
Performers: Marina Theodoropoulou, soprano
Mark Hutchinson, piano
Source: Thomas Welsh. Vocal Instructor, or the Art of Singing. London: Royal Harmonic Institution, c.1825 (p. 33)
British Library: Shelfmark, H.2909
Text:
Recitative: O worse than death indeed.
Lead me, ye guards,
lead me or to the rack or to the flames.
I’ll thank your gracious mercy.
Air: Angels ever bright and fair,
take, O take me,
take, O take me to your care,
take me, take, O take me.
Angels ever bright and fair,
take, O take me to your care.
Speed to your own courts my flight
clad in robes of virgin white, take me.
Angels ever bright and fair,
take, O take me,
take, O take me to your care,
take me, take, O take me.
Angels ever bright and fair,
take, O take me to your care.
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