Purcell Dido & Aeneas: To the Hills & the Vales



      From Henry Purcell's opera Dido & Aeneas, the chorus "To the hills and the Vales" and the Triumphing Dance, performed by the San Francisco Girls Chorus and the Early Music ensemble Voices of Music. Live, 4K video from a performance at the Berkeley Early Music Festival 2018. This concert won the San Francisco Classical Voice "Best of the Bay" award in three categories: Best opera performance, best choral performance and best Early Music performance.


To the hills and the vales,

To the rocks and the mountains,

To the musical groves

And the cool shady fountains.

Let the triumphs of love

And of beauty be shown.

Go revel, ye Cupids,

The day is your own.


      This is divine and Purcell is smiling somewhere.


 

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