Lyrics Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV76 - "What Passion Cannot Music Raise and Quell" - Cecilia Bartoli, Sol Gabetta, Cappella Gabetta

Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV76 - "What Passion Cannot Music Raise and Quell"

What passion cannot Music raise and quell!
When Jubal struck the chorded shell,
his listening brethren stood around,
and wondering on their faces fell,
to worship that celestial sound!
Less than a god they thought there could not dwell
within the hollow of that shell
that spoke so sweetly and so well.
What passion cannot Music raise and quell!