Guardian angels (Handel) Sophie Bevan

Guardian angels from The Triumph of Time and Truth (HWV 71)
by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Sophie Bevan, soprano, as Beauty
Ludus Baroque with Richard Neville-Towle, conductor

First performed in 1757, The Triumph of Time and Truth, is a drastic revision of Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, written 50 years earlier during Handel's Italian period. It was prepared by librettist Thomas Morrell working in collaboration with John Christopher Smith, Jr. (Handel’s pupil, assistant and heir), but based on Handel’s own extensive London revision (1737). Handel’s only direct involvement was likely to have been limited to offering approving consent.

This specific aria is a reworking of "Tu del ciel ministro eletto" from the 1707 oratorio, and in this later version the original solo violin has been replaced by an oboe.

Beauty
Guardian angels, oh, protect me,
And in Virtue's path direct me,
While resign'd to Heav'n above.
Let no more this world deceive me,
Nor let idle passions grieve me,
Strong in faith, in hope, in love.

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Art in the video:
[0:34] Early 18th Century
[1:12] 18th Century
[1:42] Guercino (1591-1666)
[2:14] Antonio de Pereda (c. 1611-1678)
[2:26] Hans Memling (circa 1433–1494)
[2:34] Luis Juárez (ca. 1585-1639)
[3:06] Melchior Paul von Deschwanden (1811–1881)
[3:22] Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)
[3:45] Saint-Félix Church of Saint-Félix-Lauragais - The Guardian Angel by Jean Artigue
[4:18] Marcantonio Franceschini (1648-1729)
[4:34] Louis Janmot (1814-1892)
[4:57] Heinrich Kaiser (1813-1900)
[5:06] from side altar in baroque Jesuits church in Vienna, 18th century
[5:34] Wilhelm von Kaulbach (1805-1874)
[5:50] Hans Memling (circa 1433–1494)

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