Purcell: If Music Be the Food of Love, 3rd Version - Kathryn Mueller, soprano

Henry Purcell (1659-1695): If Music Be the Food of Love, 3rd version, Z379C

If music be the food of love,
Sing on till I am fill’d with joy;
For then my list’ning soul you move
To pleasures that can never cloy.
Your eyes, your mien, your tongue declare
That you are music ev’rywhere.

Pleasures invade both eye and ear,
So fierce the transports are, they wound,
And all my senses feasted are,
Tho’ yet the treat is only sound,
Sure I must perish by your charms,
Unless you save me in your arms.

Lyrics: William Shakespeare (first 7 words) + Colonel Henry Heveningham (1651-1700)

Kathryn Mueller, soprano
Jennifer Streeter, harpsichord
Brent Wissick, viola da gamba

Recording Session May 27, 2018
Moeser Auditorium, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nathaniel Yaffe, audio engineer
Nathan Leaf, producer

Buy the full album, Love & Loss, or stream it online! More info at kathrynmueller.com/love-loss