Semele from the Proms
Oct. 12th, 2009 10:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylI've noticed that one of the great delights of The Sixteen's Handel Prom, Carolyn Sampson's arias from Semele, have made in on to YouTube. Despite being tempted by Endless Pleasure, I've decided to go with Myself I Shall Adore, just because it's so much fun:
(As an aside, this reminds me of my profound disagreement with P.D. James about a one of the musical elements in The Private Patient. At one point, we are told, the stuffy and egotistical surgeon George Chandler-Powell is annoyed when his plans to spend his evening listening to Semele on CD are disrupted by a visitor. It seems to me quite at odds with the serious and humourless character of Mr G.H. Chandler-Powell that he might possibly enjoy something as light and funny as Semele. He seems far more like a Parsifal man to me...)
(As an aside, this reminds me of my profound disagreement with P.D. James about a one of the musical elements in The Private Patient. At one point, we are told, the stuffy and egotistical surgeon George Chandler-Powell is annoyed when his plans to spend his evening listening to Semele on CD are disrupted by a visitor. It seems to me quite at odds with the serious and humourless character of Mr G.H. Chandler-Powell that he might possibly enjoy something as light and funny as Semele. He seems far more like a Parsifal man to me...)
