Скачать или смотреть Stacy Garrop | Drink to me only with thine eyes (2025; world premiere)

Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble
Andrew Megill, conductor

Friday, October 24, 2025
Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall
Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University

Commissioned by Andrew Megill and the Bienen School of Music for the Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble
Commissioned and presented as part of the 2025 Evelyn G. Dunbar Festival of Early Music

O, do not wanton with those eyes,
Lest I be sick with seeing;
Nor cast them down,
but let them rise,
Lest shame destroy their being
Drink to me only with thine eyes,
And I will pledge with mine;
O, be not angry with those fires,
For then their threats would kill me;
Nor look too kind on my desires,
For then my hopes will spill me
Drink to me only with thine eyes,
And I will pledge with mine;
O, do not sleep them in thy tears,
For so will sorrow slay me;
Nor spread them as distract with fears;
Mine own enough betray me

Drink to me only with thine eyes,
And I will pledge with mine;
O, do not wanton with those eyes,
Lest I be sick with seeing;
O, do not wanton
— Ben Jonson (c. 1572–1637)