Boyle Rory: Cantemus Igitur
cantata for chorus and orchestra (CHOR/ORCH)
Boyle Rory: Cantemus Igitur
cantata for chorus and orchestra (CHOR/ORCH)
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Begin to charm, and as thou strok’st mine ears
with thine enchantment, melt me into tears.
Then let thy active hand scud o’er thy lyre,
and make my spirits frantic with the fire;
that done, sink down into a silvery strain,
and make me smooth as balm and oil again.
Herrick (Poem to music)
The man that hath no music in himself,
nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils;
the motions of his spirit are dull as night
and his affections dark as Erebus:
let no such man be trusted.
Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice)
And this is music’s power
to fabricate a shell of silence
which enfolds the surge of song.
William Soutar (Music)
We sing to Him our songs,
let Him who gave us voices, hear;
who is the spring of mirth,
who loves the harmony of heav’n and earth,
who is the music of the universe.
And whilst we sing, we consecrate our art,
and offer up with ev’ry tongue a heart.
Nathaniel Ingelo 17th c (we sing to Him)
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- Boyle Rory: Cantemus Igitur
