Elgar's Sea Pictures no.3 'Sabbath Morning at Sea'

Sasha Cooke, Mezzo Soprano
Gemma New, Conductor
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Performed in Powell Hall, November 2022
The ship went on with solemn face;
To meet the darkness on the deep,
The solemn ship went onward.
I bowed down weary in the place;
For parting tears and present sleep
Had weighed mine eyelids downward.
The new sight, the new wondrous sight!
The waters around me, turbulent,
The skies, impassive o'er me,
Calm in a moonless, sunless light,
As glorified by even the intent
Of holding the day glory!
Love me, sweet friends, this Sabbath day.
The sea sings round me while ye roll
Afar the hymn, unaltered,
And kneel, where once I knelt to pray,
And bless me deeper in your soul
Because your voice has faltered.
And though this sabbath comes to me
Without the stolèd minister,
And chanting congregation,
God's Spirit shall give comfort. He
Who brooded soft on waters drear,
Creator on creation.
He shall assist me to look higher,
He shall assist me to look higher,
Where keep the saints, with harp and song,
An endless endless sabbath morning,
An endless sabbath morning,
And, on that sea commixed with fire,
And that sea commixed with fire,
Oft drop their eyelids raised too long
To the full Godhead's burning.
The full Godhead's burning.
-Elizabeth Barrett Browning

[@alaurindaromero7228]

Lindo! Fantástico!👏👏👏🎻🎻🎻

[@jasongettinger5867]

Sasha is a magnificent voice and presence. The music is so English.

[@adelecappucci1919]

Wonderful! 💐

[@superpapa4740]

yes, this is really great

[@koosriedijk3872]

Through tears of admiration : Here's to you, dear Sasha , many compliments from the Netherlands, subscribed immediately and searching on your and other channels for all that I missed so far!

[@brunyate]

And a shout-out for Gemma New, who impresses me more each time I hear her work.

[@loudlong]

We are lucky to be alive while Sasha Cooke is performing.

[@bluffite2277]

Stunning! Thank you.

[@j.markbaker2172]

Thank you, as always, dear Sasha.

[@alger3041]

Is there any possibility of hearing her entire performance of all five movements, instead of just fragments?