… for me there lies,
Within the lights and shadows of your eyes,
The only beauty that is never old.
James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) from «Beauty That Is Never Old»
Peter Vilhelm Ilsted – Woman Knitting by the Window – 1902
Henry Purcell. Beneath the poplar’s shadow (Sophonisba, or, Hannibal’s Overthrow, Z 590) Text: Nathaniel Lee (1653-1692)
Judith Nelson. The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood.