JOHN DOWLAND: Come, Heavy Sleep

Come, Heavy Sleep
John Dowland
NICHOLAS PHAN, tenor
ANN MARIE MORGAN, viola da gamba
"...I’ve had many conversations with almost everyone in my life about the importance of setting boundaries around our devices and work lives in the midst of this crisis, and how protecting our downtime feels increasingly critical towards preserving our sanity..."
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TEXT (anonymous):
Come, heavy Sleep, the image of true Death,
And close up these my weary weeping eyes,
Whose spring of tears doth stop my vital breath,
And tears my heart with Sorrow’s sigh-swoll’n cries.
Come and possess my tired thought, worn soul,
That living dies, till thou on me be stole.
Come, shadow of my end, and shape of rest,
Allied to Death, child to his black-faced Night;
Come thou and charm these rebels in my breast,
Whose waking fancies do my mind affright.
O come, sweet Sleep, come or I die for ever;
Come ere my last sleep comes, or come never.
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Filmed at Epiphany Lutheran, Denver, CO, May 2017.
VIDEO: Marcin Biegunajtys, Manmade Media
SOUND: Tim Gulsrud, Soundpost Acoustics
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Nicholas Phan
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[@timotheousification]

absolutely beautiful

[@lusl1094]

How unbelievably beautiful.

[@gtkajita]

You have the voice of an angel. Thank you so much for sharing

[@NicholasPhantenor]

Many thanks!!!