{"id":3528,"date":"2015-11-23T23:23:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T23:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laplumedeloiseaulyre.com\/?p=3528"},"modified":"2017-10-22T13:47:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T13:47:19","slug":"with-darkness-deep-as-my-woe-lair-poignant-de-theodora-dhandel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/laplumedeloiseaulyre.com\/?p=3528","title":{"rendered":"&laquo;&nbsp;With darkness deep, as is my woe&nbsp;&raquo; l&rsquo;air poignant de Theodora d&rsquo;Haendel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' width='860' height='484' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vyCGmxDYsz4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=fr-FR&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;' sandbox='allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Le poignant air <em>&laquo;&nbsp;With darkness deep as is my woe&nbsp;&raquo;<\/em> de la <em>Theodora<\/em> d&rsquo;Haendel est un des sommets de l&rsquo;oratorio d&rsquo;Haendel, compos\u00e9 en 1749, dix ans avant la mort du musicien. Dans les premi\u00e8res ann\u00e9es du christianisme, la jeune Theodora s&rsquo;est convertie \u00e0 la nouvelle religion chr\u00e9tienne dont le croyants sont pers\u00e9cut\u00e9s. Arr\u00eat\u00e9e, elle est conduite en prison pour \u00eatre condamn\u00e9e au sort abject de la prostitution.<strong> Seule au fond de son ab\u00eeme obscur, elle crie sa d\u00e9tresse dans un air dont la tendresse \u00e9gale la tristesse.<\/strong> L&rsquo;incompr\u00e9hension, l<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.6875;\">a peur, l&rsquo;angoisse l&rsquo;\u00e9treignent, puis son \u00e2me est\u00a0<\/span>prise<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.6875;\">\u00a0d&rsquo;un \u00e9lan de confiance. La voil\u00e0 qui se l\u00e8ve vers l&rsquo;esp\u00e9rance. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.6875;\"><strong>Ce magnifique air refl\u00e8te tout le drame de l&rsquo;innocence accus\u00e9e injustement et la transformation de l&rsquo;\u00e2me faible en \u00e2me forte, sous l&rsquo;effet de la Gr\u00e2ce divine, m\u00e9taphore du fragile monde charnel soudain port\u00e9 par la puissance du monde spirituel.<\/strong> Haendel orchestre subtilement la voix humaine qui questionne le Ciel et l&rsquo;Enfer en phrases li\u00e9es et d\u00e9li\u00e9es, au rythme d&rsquo;un lent battement de coeur qui doute et qui croit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Scene 2<\/h2>\n<h4><i>Theodora, in her Place of Confinement.<\/i><\/h4>\n<h3>36. Air<\/h3>\n<p><i>Theodora<\/i><br \/>\nWith darkness deep, as is my woe,<br \/>\nHide me, ye shades of night;<br \/>\nYour thickest veil around me throw,<br \/>\nConceal&rsquo;d from human sight.<br \/>\nOr come thou, death, thy victim save,<br \/>\nKindly embosom&rsquo;d in the grave.<\/p>\n<h3>37. Symphony<\/h3>\n<h3>38. Recitative<\/h3>\n<p><i>Theodora<\/i><br \/>\nBut why art thou disquieted, my soul?<br \/>\nHark! Heav&rsquo;n invites thee in sweet rapt&rsquo;rous strains,<br \/>\nTo join the ever-singing, ever-loving choir<br \/>\nOf saints and angels in the courts above.<\/p>\n<h3>39. Air<\/h3>\n<p><i>Theodora<\/i><br \/>\nOh, that I on wings could rise,<br \/>\nSwiftly sailing through the skies,<br \/>\nAs skims the silver dove!<br \/>\nThat I might rest,<br \/>\nFor ever blest,<br \/>\nWith harmony and love.<br \/>\nOh, that I on wings. . .\u00a0<i>da capo<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5744\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/laplumedeloiseaulyre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/10c7d0e87750fd2f7c312c50c1854798.jpg?resize=300%2C280\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/laplumedeloiseaulyre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/10c7d0e87750fd2f7c312c50c1854798.jpg?resize=300%2C280 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/laplumedeloiseaulyre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/10c7d0e87750fd2f7c312c50c1854798.jpg?resize=160%2C149 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/laplumedeloiseaulyre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/10c7d0e87750fd2f7c312c50c1854798.jpg?w=400 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Le poignant air &laquo;&nbsp;With darkness deep as is my woe&nbsp;&raquo; de la Theodora d&rsquo;Haendel est un des sommets de l&rsquo;oratorio d&rsquo;Haendel, compos\u00e9 en 1749, dix ans avant la mort du musicien. Dans les premi\u00e8res ann\u00e9es du christianisme, la jeune&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/laplumedeloiseaulyre.com\/?p=3528\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[212,2497,2498],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/laplumedeloiseaulyre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/10c7d0e87750fd2f7c312c50c1854798.jpg?fit=400%2C373","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4lzfC-UU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/laplumedeloiseaulyre.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3528"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/laplumedeloiseaulyre.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/laplumedeloiseaulyre.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/laplumedeloiseaulyre.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/laplumedeloiseaulyre.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3528"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/laplumedeloiseaulyre.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5745,"href":"http:\/\/laplumedeloiseaulyre.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3528\/revisions\/5745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/laplumedeloiseaulyre.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/laplumedeloiseaulyre.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/laplumedeloiseaulyre.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/laplumedeloiseaulyre.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}