W.Byrd. O Lord, how vain. O.Nazaykinskaya,MSU Chamber Orchestra soloists

William Byrd (c. 1540 -1623) O Lord, how vain (the consort song)
Performed by:
Olga Nazaykinskaya, soprano
Alexander Konstantinov, violin
Natalia Azarkina, Olga Zhukova, viols
Alexander Sheskin, cello

Recorded on June 2, 2009 in Moscow

Video by Olga Mirator (Nazaykinskaya)
All paintings used for this video are in public domain.

Text:

O Lord, how vain are all our frail delights,
How mix'd with sour the sweet of our desire,
How subject oft to Fortune's subtle sleights,
How soon consumed like snow against the fire.

Sith in this life our pleasures all be vain,
O Lord grant me that I may them disdain.

How fair in show where need doth force to wish,
How much they loath when heart hath them at will,
How things posess'd do seem not worth a rish,
Where greedy minds for more do covet still.

Sith in this life our pleasures all be vain,
O Lord grant me that I may them disdain.

What prince so great as doth not seem to want,
What man so rich but still doth covet more,
To whom so large was ever Fortune's grant,
As for to have a quiet mind in store.

Sith in this life our pleasures all be vain,
O Lord grant me that I may them disdain.

Category:

Music

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• Byrd
• consort
• song
• viol
• Nazaykinskaya
• Konstantinov
• Moscow
• baroque
• Lord
• how
• vain

[kkallebb]

Nice performance. Beautiful soprano.

[mirator]

@kkallebb Thank you!

[0Alcina0]

awesome...

[mirator]

@0Alcina0

Thank you!

[5865143]

Как меня зацепила эта вещь и ваш голос! Я по кругу кручу и не могу наслушаться...... Спасибо большое! Похоже я становлюсь вашим mirator, Оля.

[mirator]

Я рада, что смогла передать красоту этой замечательной музыки! Спасибо, Юля!

[1Aquareladecolores]

Sergio que fantastico video. !! mirator felicidades

[ottokees]

Yes....how vain are the efforts of some bad argentine female professors to stop me Olia....;)

[mirator]

Thank you Barbara! ^^

[oakroom48]

Olia, Thanks so much for putting this up!! :) You sound wonderful - I love this piece! And paintings are great as always. Regards to your superb colleagues in the Orchestra .. all the best, Barbara ^^