Purcell - Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day - “Hail, bright Cecilia!“

Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Hail, bright Cecilia! Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, Z. 328 Gabriel Consort & Players dir. Paul McCreesh 1. “Hail, brigt Cecilia!“ Susan Hemington Jones, soprano Timothy Wilson, countertenor Mark le Brocq, tenor Peter Harvey, bass 2. “Hark, hark, each tree its silence breaks“ Timothy Wilson, contertenor Charles Pott, bass 1. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Hail! fill ev’ry Heart! With Love of thee and thy Celestial Art; That thine and Musick’s Sacred Love May make the British Forest prove As Famous as Dodona’s Vocal Grove. 2. Hark! hark! each Tree its silence breaks, The Box and Fir to talk begin! This is the sprightly Violin That in the Flute distinctly speaks! ’Twas Sympathy their list’ning Brethren drew, When to the Thracian Lyre with leafy Wings they flew. Paintings: 1. G. Reni, St. Cecilia, 1606 2. B. Cavallino, The Ecstasy of St. Cecilia, 1645 3. C. Saraceni, Saint Cecilia and the Angel, c. 1610 4. N. Poussin, St. Cecilia, 1627-28 5. A. R. Mengs, St. Cecilia 6. B. Strozzi, St. Cecilia, 1620-25 7. J. Blanchard, St. Cecilia 8. G. da Fabriano, St. Cecilia 9. Domenichino, St. Cecilia, 1617-18 10. A. Gentileschi, St. Cecilia playing a Lute, c. 1616 11. A. Gramatica, St. Cecilia with two Angels, 1620-25