Dowland - "Sorrow, stay", Andreas Scholl

John Dowland (1562-1626)
"Sorrow, stay"
Andreas Scholl, alto
Andreas Martin, luth



Sorrow stay, lend true repentant tears,
To a woeful wretched wight,
Hence, despair with thy tormenting fears:
O do not my poor heart affright.
Pity, help now or never,
Mark me not to endless pain,
Alas I am condemned ever,
No hope, no help there doth remain,
But down, down, down, down I fall,
Down and arise I never shall.


Paintings:
1. Caravaggio, The Death of the Virgin (detail), c. 1601-03
2. F. F. Richard, Valentine of Milan Mourning her Husband, the Duke of Orléans, 1802
3. G. de Roussy-Trioson, The Burial of Atala, 1808
4. A. Trezzini, A tired Seamstress
5. Bouguereau, All Souls' Day
7. E. Hulin, La douleur, 1908
8. P. Cézanne, Sorrow (The Magdalen), c. 1868-69
9. D. Fetti, Melancholy, c. 1622

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[roman1akid]

What is the painting at 1:00? :)

[Ablacsia]

@roman1akid I've added it in the description - it's 'The Burial of Atala' (1808) by Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson. :-)

[philduvar]

Magnifique.

"When the senses

Are shaken, and the soul is driven to madness,

Who can stand?

When the souls of the oppressed

Fight in the troubled air that rages, who can stand?" (William Blake)

[fevershadow]

Alas I am condemned. Down I fall. Pity

[polymath7]

@Ablacsia That looks like a very early Cezanne at 2:27. Very astute. His early work is much underrated.

Or is that possibly a Daumier?

In either case, Cezanne or Daumier, the somber tone of the picture is quite incongruous with their more widely known work, which suggests to me you were either very shrewd or very serendipitous in selecting it.

[polymath7]

@philduvar Well chosen. Blake is my favorite poet (and the greatest of English visual artists, even if he isn't recognized as such).

[witboek]

Wow

[gibberth]

@pollr003 No, It´s perfect for me.

[roman1akid]

@Ablacsia I thank you very much for this.

[pollr003]

does anyone have the opinion that its just a tad too slow?

[Teonareine]

Una meraviglia.