Part 1. Overture ; Behold, Jerusalem, behold thy king ; From the mountain, lo! he comes ; Tell me, lovely shepherd ; Fairest of the virgin throng ; As the rich apple, on whose boughs ; Beneath his ample shade I lay ; Who quits the lily's fleecy white ; Balmy sweetness, ever flowing ; Let not my prince his slave despise -- Ah, simple me! my own, more dear ; Fair and comely is my love ; Forbear, O charming swain, forbear! ; Fill with cooling juice the bowl! -- Part 2. Sinfonia ; The cheerful spring begins today -- Arise, my fair, and come away ; Together let us range the fields ; How lovely art thou to the slight ; Let me, love, thy bole ascending ; O, that a sister's specious name ; Soft, I adjure you, by the fawns ; My fair's a garden of delight ; Softly rise, O southern breeze! -- Part 3. Arise, my fair, the doors unfold ; Obedient to thy voice I hie ; Ye blooming virgins, as ye rove ; Who is thy love, O charming maid! ; On his face the vernal rose ; This, O ye virgins ; Sweet nymph, whom ruddier charms adorn ; O take me! stamp me on thy breast! ; Thou soft invader of the soul! -- In vain we trace the globe.
Note
Secular cantata.
Libretto by Edward Moore, based on The fair Circassian by Samuel Croxall.
Author
Boyce, William, 1711-1779, composer.
Title
Solomon : a serenata / William Boyce.
Publisher
London : Hyperion, [1990]
Copyright date
℗1990
Playing time
011610
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Series
The English Orpheus ; v. 2
English Orpheus ; v. 2.
Performer
Bronwen Mills, soprano ; Howard Crook, tenor ; choir and orchestra of the Parley of Instruments ; Roy Goodman, conductor.