{"id":3879,"date":"2021-02-25T00:37:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T23:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregoryderville.com\/?p=3879"},"modified":"2025-04-19T18:39:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T16:39:18","slug":"henry-purcell-cold-song-king-arthur-acte-iii-scene-2-arthur-deller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregoryderville.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/25\/henry-purcell-cold-song-king-arthur-acte-iii-scene-2-arthur-deller\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Purcell &#8211; \u00ab\u00a0Cold song\u00a0\u00bb \/ King Arthur, Acte III, sc\u00e8ne 2 (Arthur Deller)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ici magnifiquement chant\u00e9 par le baryton Maurice Bever, cet aria du compositeur baroque anglais <a href=\"https:\/\/gregoryderville.com\/index.php\/tag\/purcell\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/gregoryderville.com\/index.php\/tag\/purcell\/\">Henry Purcell<\/a> est un tr\u00e9sor de la musique baroque que j&rsquo;aime tant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Issu de l&rsquo;op\u00e9ra King Arthur, il s&rsquo;agit d&rsquo;un hymne chant\u00e9 par le G\u00e9nie du Froid \u00e0 l&rsquo;adresse d&rsquo;un dieu qu&rsquo;il ne parvient pas encore \u00e0 discerner. \u00c0 l&rsquo;inverse de la Reine des neiges, qui se r\u00e9jouit de retourner \u00e0 l&rsquo;hiver (\u00ab\u00a0<em>Lib\u00e9r\u00e9\u00e9e, d\u00e9livr\u00e9\u00e9e<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb ) , le G\u00e9nie du Froid est transi et \u00e0 bout de forces (aujourd&rsquo;hui un ado dirait \u00ab\u00a0au bout de sa vie\u00a0\u00bb ) , si bien qu&rsquo;il ne peut dans un premier temps prononcer que des mots gla\u00e7ants et d\u00e9sesp\u00e9r\u00e9s, scand\u00e9s par une musique saccad\u00e9e \u2013 quelle subtile fa\u00e7on de repr\u00e9senter en musique l&rsquo;hiver, le tremblement, le frisson, l&rsquo;engourdissement!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0<em>Quelle puissance es-tu ?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Toi qui viens des profondeurs,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>qui m&rsquo;obliges \u00e0 me lever,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>lentement et \u00e0 contre c\u0153ur,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>de mon lit des neiges \u00e9ternelles,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>ne vois tu pas que raide et effroyablement vieux,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>je suis bien incapable<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>de supporter cet \u00e2pre froid ?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Je respire \u00e0 peine,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>laisse moi, laisse moi,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>geler de nouveau \u00e0 en mourir<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mais dans la sc\u00e8ne suivante, le G\u00e9nie du Froid reconna\u00eet que c&rsquo;est \u00e0 Cupidon qu&rsquo;il s&rsquo;adresse, et alors il s&rsquo;\u00e9claire et retrouve des forces, reconnaissant le pouvoir de l&rsquo;amour (du printemps!) pour d\u00e9congeler les c\u0153urs et les \u00e2mes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0<em>\u00c0 l&rsquo;apparition de l&rsquo;amour le ciel s&rsquo;\u00e9claircit,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>supr\u00eame amour je te connais<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tu es de tous les dieux le plus ancien,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>tu as cr\u00e9\u00e9 le ciel et la terre<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>C&rsquo;est l&rsquo;amour qui nous a r\u00e9chauff\u00e9<\/em>\u00ab\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"King Arthur: Act III, scene 2: Cold Song. 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