Purcell: The Cold Song (What Power Art Thou) - (Neil Balfour)

Hull Urban Opera Collective presents Neil Balfour performing The Cold Song (What Power Art Thou) from Purcell's opera 'King Arthur.'

The audio & video in this performance was a continuous LIVE recording by artsongstory.

Director: Russell Plows
Musical Director: Benjamin Newton
Performance: Neil Balfour (www.neilbalfour.com)
Audio & Video Recording: Ben Rawles
Designer: Liz Dees & Charles Huckvale at Apus Productions
Makeup and Wigs: Venice Marshall

A beaten, abused and broken down Yeti is paraded around Hull as entertainment for onlookers to marvel and gawp at. Mid-performance the Yeti's inner-beast starts to surface and he pleads for help from the audience. It's one last attempt at breaking free. However, the power of 'the cane' returns him back into his box.

LYRICS

What power art thou, who from below
Hast made me rise unwillingly and slow
From beds of everlasting, everlasting snow
See'st thou not how stiff, how stiff and wondrous old
Far unfit to bear the bitter cold
I can scarcely move or draw my breath
Let me, let me freeze again to death

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