Handel: Solomon | Bless'd the day | Mary Bevan & Academy of Ancient Music

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Soprano Mary Bevan sings the aria 'Bless'd the day' from Handel's opera Solomon, HWV67 [1749]. Mary is joined by the Academy of Ancient Music, directed by Christopher Bucknall at the harpsichord.
'BLESS'D THE DAY' [SOLOMON'S QUEEN]
Bless'd the day when first my eyes
'Saw the wisest of the wise!
Bless'd the day when I was led
To ascend the nuptial bed!
But completely bless'd the day,
On my bosom as he lay,
When he call'd my charms divine,
Vowing to be only mine.
Bless'd the day' [da capo]
MUSIC
'Bless'd the day...'
from: Solomon, HWV 67 [1749]
composer: G. F Handel [1685 - 1759]
ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
soprano: Mary Bevan
directed by: Christopher Bucknall
leader: Bojan Cicic
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Recorded at St. Jude on the Hill,
Hampstead Garden Suburb, London
January 2019
Music Producer: Adrian Peacock
Video director: Guy Wigmore
Recording Engineer: David Hinitt
Project: Academy of Ancient Music Season Sessions 18-19.
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[@agarber1932]

Thank you for this lively and lovely performance.

[@wallshootout5616]

Very beautiful performance!Very lovely woman and very beautiful voice!Congratulation!Many greetings to the UK!

[@boscmichel3818]

Un chant pagnifique , une émotion " gentille " qui nous bouleverse , ...bravo !

[@robertvandervelde60]

Oh Handel thou shall liveth forever, thank you AAM and Mary for doing justice to the Great Handel.

[@MrAlex84006]

BRAVO, MARY!!!!

[@Catefn]

Thank you for "blessing my day!" Masterful and heart-felt. And I like the tempo. It conveys the joy and uplifting nature of Handel's music and text.

[@charlesdaspermont]

Excellent, thank you

[@lialiniawatychristian.]

Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night. Psalms 1 : 1-2.
Dear All: Have a blessed New Year 1 Jan 2020.

[@flemmingranch8777]

Rigtig skøn musik og smuk solosang ..

[@kalaitindubokenneth1739]

Nice soloist

[@starnafin]

Lovely singing but the tempo is too driven in the allegros.The thing is that the words are important and are lost because of the speed. It should be slower!!! and would be so much more meaningful.No woman says Bless the day when first mine eyes etc at a speed that takes away all the sensuousness

[@scoreanimation4271]

Händel's manuscript says "allegro" though... Also, I can assure you (since I'm a woman, I know) that we CAN do that.

[@thesaucegroup1877]

@@scoreanimation4271 shut up, this isn't about feminism here

[@MrYorickJenkins]

I dont think many women these days say such nice things about their husbands