Girl Friday

Shakespeare - How can you miss?

You can't really miss with him. I'll be performing with a group called 'Cerddorian' in June. One of the sets we are doing is a set of 4 Shakespeare sonnets put to music by James Bassi accompanied by harp - absolutely fantastic combo! Here is one of the sonnets we are doing:

Sonnet 128

"How oft, when thou, my music, music play'st
Upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds
With thy sweet fingers when thou gently sway'st
The wiry concord that mine ear confounds,
Do I envy those jacks that nimble leap
To kiss the tender inward of thy hand,
Whilst my poor lips, which should that harvest reap,
At the wood's boldness by thee blushing stand!
To be so tickled they would change their state
And situation with those dancing chips
O'er whom thy fingers walk with gentle gait,
Making dead wood more blessed than living lips.
Since saucy jacks so happy are in this,
Give them thy fingers, me thy lips to kiss."

Labels: Music

posted by Anna @ 5:52 AM