Who is Sylvia

Robin Hendrix sings Who is Sylvia, from Gerald Finzi's song cycle "Let Us Garlands Bring", poetry taken from the plays of William Shakespeare. An encore from an April 2009 performance at Campler auditorium, Perpignan, France, accompanied by Michel Prezman. This question and answer song asks why the fuss about someone named Sylvia, who is making all the young men crazy with admiration and love. Another responds that she has taken blind Cupid into her life, giving him her eyes, and he stays with her now that he can see. The questioner is then convinced of Sylvia's merit and asks that everyone bring her garlands, a sign of honor and affection in the epoch of Shakespeare. Robin waves goodbye at the end of the piece, since this was the last encore of the performance, and she wanted to close the concert affectionately, but definitively.

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