Discovered this song September 2022 and there are no words to describe its perfect composition and excellent delivery done here. Perfection personified ❤
The music on the third verse: Did I not own Jehova's pow'r, comes from the deepest of the soul and Davies gives to it the most emotional purity and consistency we should expect. It's so sprtitual!
Iestyn is a world treasure & rarer example of perfection in artistry. His duet with (& speaking of perfection), trumpet goddess Alison Balsom on Handel's Eternal Source of Light Divine is, hands down, THE greatest interpretation of that piece that's ever been recorded or performed since the invention of sound recording.
The complementary artistry of Davies and McCreesh and his orchestra is something of a revelation.A beacon for what is surely one of Handel's finest oratorios?
10. Air Solomon What though I trace each herb and flow'r, That drink the morning dew, Did I not own Jehovah's pow'r, How vain were all I knew. Say what's the rest but empty boast, The pedant's idle claim, Who having all the substance lost Attempts to grasp a name. What though. . . da capo Live, live for ever, pious David's son; Live, live for ever, mighty Solomon.
Pastor Dave, when I listen to this and other uplifting baroque music, I can't do anything else, period. I don't do well with background music. It's got my attention, or it's turned off so I can concentrate. But I think I know what you mean. One time I was driving, happened to tune in on a satellite radio baroque music program on a tremendous work Heinrich Schütz, and pulled off the road before I forget about safety. Great music is pure front burner of my awareness, captivating, never to be talked over or put in the background while doing something else
They aren't in the Bible. Seems more like Handel's exquisite mind at work. Solomon (a king who did reign in Israel and recorded in the Bible) exalting God though.
