Angels ever bright and fair (Handel) - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

“Angels ever bright and fair“ from Handel’s oratorio Theodora (HWV 68) Lorraine Hunt Lieberson with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Nicholas McGegan First performed March 16, 1750 at Convent Garden Theatre, London. Libretto by Thomas Morrell after Robert Boyle’s “The Matyrdom of Theodora and Didymus“ (1687). THEODORA: Angels, ever bright and fair, Take, oh take me to your care; Speed to your own courts my flight Clad in robes of virgin white. CD available from Harmonia Mundi: ht