Blake Morgan sings Waft her Angels, Thro' the Skies from Jephtha in the Handel Aria Competition.

Waft her Angels, Thro' the Skies from Jephtha, together with Recitative: Deeper, and deeper still, sung by tenor Blake Morgan in the 2013 Handel Aria Competition in Madison, WI. Accompanied by John Chappell Stowe on the harpsichord. The Handel Aria Competition is part of the Madison Early Music Festival. For more information, see www.handelariacompetition.com and continuingstudi....

[@MrSwifts31]

Well now,this is a real discovery.A young man with a glorious voice who knows how to use it.He has excellent diction,and just the right amount of emotion without going too far. I am sure that we will hear more of Blake Morgan in the future,such voices and artists are in short supply. Well done Blake.

[@HickoryDickory86]

A Paradox You were right. He now sings with Voces8.

[@moniquereed3294]

And sang with Chanticleer and Cantus both. That is quite a resume!

[@HickoryDickory86]

Absolutely. And well deserved, too. He's a wonderful vocalist.

[@margaretkuwata6794]

He's in VOCES8 now.

[@robertclark8642]

STILL MY FAVOURITE THING YOU EVER DID! This happens to be my VERY favourite aria!

[@collidingforces9589]

Blake Morgan from Voces8? Wow!

[@JamesGrantJGPR]

Beautiful performance. Tenor Blake Morgan has a great career ahead of him!

[@Dortmunderstrasse]

Absolutely, wonderful!

[@cordeliav3055]

Beautiful presentation and wonderfully executed. Well done. You look to be so young, so I hope you have a stellar career.

[@CarlRatner]

Beautiful!

[@cmayfordian4451]

This makes it seem so effortless. A pleasure to listen to this.

[@laguna172]

Just gorgeous! What a voice!

[@elenmarym]

I loooooove your voice!!!!!!

[@maxzevs7681]

Bravo, Blake! I’m listening to you learning this marvelous piece of art. Thanks for this.

[@sebastianmelmoth685]

Perfect tenor for British music.

[@trudiemundell74]

Nine years ago ! Why haven’t I heard of him?

[@josepmorenoalmansa9988]

Fantastic!

[@stphnsmth777]

Very beautiful.

[@DruDaniels]

(because you're sounding great)

[@LucioSolari]

Perfecto 👌

[@alexh4436]

DId he win? If not, I would really like a link to whomever did!

[@DruDaniels]

Did you place/win?

[@DavidHughes-op6zl]

Oh, oh, oh... The timbré is sublime in its caressing sweetness. And such feeling, too, never overdone eirher. I have no criticisms, only one or two observations. A tad too much visual swaying and the 'A' part of the aria shouldn't be decorated. Speaking of ornementation I strongly feel you are more than capable of expanding in the da capo - I longed for a trill... Given you are now much older than in this clip (did you win btw?) I've not the slightest doubt that by now your career is blossoming, as well it should. I go as far as to say that in my opinion you have the potential to become one of the world's greatest modern tenors. With all my heart I wish you well. (As for the 'yikes' critic, you have no idea what you're talking about. Stick to playing tiddlywinks.)

[@Jazzbeau]

Whoever tuned the harpsichord......yikes

[@philipstapert3517]

I think it sounds just the way it should in an unequal temperament like what Handel would have expected. I enjoyed the key colors. It sounds so pungent in the distant keys of the recitative, going with the agonizing lyrics, and sweet and calm in the aria.