Ablacsia's video: Purcell - Ode for St Cecilia s Day - Wondrous Machine The airy violin

Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Hail, bright Cecilia! Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, Z. 328 1. "Wondrous machine!" Peter Harvey, bass Gabriel Consort & Players dir. Paul McCreesh 2. "The airy violin" Julian Podger, tenor Gabriel Consort & Players dir. Paul McCreesh 1. Wondrous Machine! To thee the Warbling Lute, Though us'd to Conquest, must be forc'd to yield: With thee unable to dispute. 2. The Airy Violin And lofty Viol quit the Field; In vain they tune their speaking Strings To court the cruel Fair, or praise Victorious Kings. Whilst all thy consecrated Lays Are to more noble Uses bent; And every grateful Note to Heav'n repays The Melody it lent. Paintings: 1. S. Conca, St. Cecilia 2. C. Dolci, St. Cecilia at the Organ, 1671 3. C. Dolci, St. Cecilia 4. J. M. Strudwick, St. Cecilia, 1895 5. J. Stella, St. Cecilia playing the Organ 6. Raffael, The Ecstasy of St. Cecilia, 1514 7. G. F. Romanelli, St. Cecilia 8. A. Franchi, Personification of Music (St. Cecilia), c. 1650