George Frideric Handel 'As Steals the Morn'
from L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (HWV 55), 1740

Rosa Mannion, soprano
John Mark Ainsley, tenor


Harry Bicket, conductor

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

As steals the morn upon the night,
And melts the shades away:
So Truth does Fancy's charm dissolve,
And rising Reason puts to flight
The fumes that did the mind involve,
Restoring intellectual day.