MUSIC FOR A WHILE – Henry Purcell


“Music for a while” is an aria from Purcell’s incidental music (Z 583) to Oedipus, a version of Sophocles’ play by John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee. Many thanks to Tony Lee for his excellent rendition of this baroque work. We recorded this at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Jindera. Organ specification: http://www.ohta.org.au/organs/organs/Jindera.html

Please support our upcoming concert tours in Ballarat (VIC) and Yass (NSW) here: https://buymeacoffee.com/jamesflores

Text:
Music for a while
Shall all your cares beguile.

Wond’ring how your pains were eas’d
And disdaining to be pleas’d
Till Alecto free the dead
From their eternal bands,
Till the snakes drop from her head,
And the whip from out her hands.

Music for a while
Shall all your cares beguile.

Score: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/purcell-music-for-a-while-transposed-to-g-minor-digital-sheet-music/20332347?aff_id=478282

Business enquiries: james@jamesflores.net

To support my channel or for further information: https://linktr.ee/james_flores

Comments are closed.