Sublime
exquisite,
their expression,
their emotion,
their surreal evocation
of an Age
long since past,
beyond memory:
Revived,
to seduce
transfix
in the Here,
the for Now
everlasting Here,
Connecting
nigh on five centuries
how vibrant,
mysterious,transparent
cogent
the notation
the phrasing
the passion
the exultation;
erasing all
of the dull quotidian
and its stifling mediocrity,
ancient voices,
singing.
Author’s footnote :-
On July 12, 2016 BBC Radio 3 broadcast live from York Minster’s Early Music Festival.
And I found myself beginning to scribble furiously whilst listening to the performance from the private songbook collection of Ann Boleyn.