Purcell: KING ARTHUR: What power art thou, who from below

Not a great rendition of the Cold Song but it's appropriate for this production.

Salzburg Festpiele, Harnoncourt, Bonney, Rey.

GENIUS:
What Power art thou, who from below,
Hast made me Rise, unwillingly, and slow,
From Beds of Everlasting Snow!
See'st thou not how stiff, and wondrous old,
Far unfit to bear the bitter Cold,
I can scarcely move, or draw my Breath;
Let me, let me, Freeze again to Death.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Purcell
• opera
• English Baroque
• cold song
• harnoncourt
• king arthur

[yukieriol]

Not a great rendition, but THANKS A LOT :D!

[beteltree]

Good! I'm glad we're in agreement!

[1401JSC]

Thank goodness for subtitles, I don't uderstand a word from Barbara Bonney (born 1956; retirement when?) Under-note attacks, rapid and large vibrato: Purcell telephoned me to tell me he was turning in his grave.

Thank God for the marvellous Bass-baritone, who finds a very good way of interpreting the cold (wavy lines above notes in the score).

Harnoncourt in a woolen bonnet....hmm

[rukaegos]

@1401JSC If you refers to this video, she is not Barbara Bonney. Why retirement for Miss Bonney? She is singing her Mozarts, Lieder and Baroque repertory with a pure, elegant voice, amazing as ever.

[polszik]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[mckellysmellybelly]

I LOVE Isabel Rey!! The quality of her voice is astounding, so pure and healthy! Beautiful overtones! Its such a delight to watch her on stage. And I applaud her for her English diction, because it is not so easily done when English is not one's native tongue. Also, singing whilst suspended in the air must be a challenge in terms of the adjustments one must make to be able to support the voice! Wow, what a fun time this cast must have had with this original and creative take on the work itself.

[MaxwellTurn]

@EricBarbman As I stated previously, when puberty starts to kick in, life will start to get interesting for you.

You may well be the age that you state-mais dans votre tête, vous serez toujours un vilain garçon peu

Trolls?

You call yourself a troll? Don't make me laugh!

[EricBarbman]

@MaxwellTurn

I'm 62, but working quite hard on it.

You thought you'd have loads of fun at spotting the spelling/typing errors of strangers but can't even take a bit of old style trolling ?

As we say here : "if your head is made out of butter, stay away from the hoven".

[MaxwellTurn]

@EricBarbman I don't know, it would appear that as far as interacting with others goes, you haven't got a clue.

How old are you?

Life is going to get really difficult for you if and when puberty starts to kick in...

[EricBarbman]

@MaxwellTurn

Of course, I apologize for any further offensive mispelling on youtube. You know us, french bastards, are a bit rough on the edges, but we're not that insensitive.

[EricBarbman]

@MaxwellTurn

And that's not all.

Your mom really enjoy the way I desecrate her english ass while mispelling all kind of slurs directed at your father, who usually sucks my balls and drink the gallons of cum I spill on your carpets.

[MaxwellTurn]

@EricBarbman you write of ' rital desacration'-just what do you mean?

Has it got anything to do with the way that you ritually desecrate the English language?

[MaxwellTurn]

@EricBarbman Keep taking the medication...