A rather touching piece, beautifully sung here by the famous Welsh boy treble - now baritone - Aled Jones.
The song "Silent Worship" is a 1928 adaptation by Sir Arthur Somervell of the aria "Non lo dirò col labbro" (I will not say it with my lips, they do not have the courage) from Handel's 1728 opera Tolomeo (Ptolemy). Somervell's English-language adaptation is for voice and piano, and it has remained a popular classic in song recitals and home music-making. Other arrangements of Somervell's translation include voice accompanied by a modern symphony orchestra (as here), and male choir.
Lyrics
Did you not hear My Lady
Go down the garden singing?
Blackbird and thrush were silent
To hear the alleys ringing.
Oh saw you not My Lady
Out in the garden there?
Shaming the rose and lily
For she is twice as fair.
Though I am nothing to her
Though she must rarely look at me
And though I could never woo her
I love her till I die.
Surely you heard My Lady
Go down the garden singing?
Silencing all the songbirds
And setting the alleys ringing.
But surely you see My Lady
Out in the garden there,
Rivalling the glittering sunshine
With a glory of golden hair.
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29 сен 2024