Handel aria: Angels ever bright and fair (Theodora); Stefanie True & Voices of Music 4K UHD

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Handel's "Angels ever bright and fair," from the oratorio Theodora (HWV 68).
Stefanie True, soprano, with the Early Music ensemble Voices of Music. This work is presented for the first time in 4K, ultra high definition video and performed on original instruments.
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Text
Recit: O worse than Death indeed!
Lead me, ye guards Lead me, or to the rack, or to the flames, I'll thank your gracious mercy.
Aria: Angels ever bright and fair, take, O take me to your care.
Speed to your own courts my flight, clad in robes of Virgin white.
Voices of Music
Stefanie True, soprano
Hanneke van Proosdij & David Tayler, directors
Cynthia Miller Freivogel, baroque violin by Johann Paul Schorn, Salzburg, Austria, 1715
Lisa Grodin, baroque viola by Mathias Eberl, Salzburg, Austria, 1680
Katherine Heater, baroque organ by Winold van der Putten, Finsterwolde, Netherlands, 2004, after early 18th-century northern German instruments
Kati Kyme, baroque violin by Johann Gottlob Pfretzschner, Mittenwald, 1791
Carla Moore, baroque violin by Johann Georg Thir, Vienna, Austria, 1754
Maxine Nemerovski, baroque violin by Joseph Gaffino, Paris, 1769
Farley Pearce, violone by George Stoppani, Manchester, 1985, after Amati, 1560
Elisabeth Reed, baroque cello, anonymous, 1673
William Skeen, five string baroque cello, Anonymous, Italy, c1680
David Tayler, archlute by Andreas von Holst, Munich, 2012
after Magno Tieffenbrucker, Venice, c1610
Hanneke van Proosdij, harpsichord by Johannes Klinkhamer, Amsterdam, 2000 (after Cristofori, Florence, 1725)
Gabrielle Wunsch, baroque violin by Lorenzo Carcassi, Florence, Italy, 1765
0:00 Recit: O worse than Death indeed!
0:24 Aria: Angels ever bright and fair
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