Will the sun forget to streak (Handel) Karina Gauvin

"Will the sun forget to streak"
from the oratorio Solomon (HWV 67)

by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

First performed March 17, 1749
Covent Garden Theatre, London

Performed here by Karina Gauvin
and Tempo Rubato (Alexander Weimann, director)

Libretto attributed to Newburg Hamilton (1691-1761)

Queen of Sheba:
Will the sun forget to streak
Eastern skies with amber ray,
When the dusky shades to break
He unbars the gates of day?
Then demand if Sheba's queen
E'er can banish from her thought
All the splendour she has seen,
All the knowledge thou hast taught.
From the CD Handel: Oratorio Arias & Dramatic Scenes
available from ATMA Classique
http://www.amazon.com/Handel-Oratorio-Dramatic-Scenes-Karina/dp/B001F1YC02/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1274753209&sr=8-3

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