Claire Griffin - "If Music be the Food of Love" (First Version) by Henry Purcell

[@stevekirby3579]

We saw her at the Flat Rock Playhouse on 12-14-22. Her performances brought the house down!

[@jogroe]

If music be the food of love, Sing on till I am fill’d with joy; For then my list’ning soul you move To pleasures that can never cloy. Your eyes, your mien, your tongue declare That you are music ev’rywhere. Pleasures invade both eye and ear, So fierce the transports are, they wound, And all my senses feasted are, Tho’ yet the treat is only sound, Sure I must perish by your charms, Unless you save me in your arms.

[@ef6322]

Very beautiful and nice performance!

[@simdhanjan6716]

Absolutely divine.

[@victorianeal9369]

God blessed you with such a beautiful gift! May you continue to use it to glorify Jesus and be a light to others

[@windifitzgerald8252]

A beautiful and wonderfully-executed classical pieced. Great job, Claire:)

[@coloraturaMusic]

Bravo ! Very lovely ! Keep on the good work on technique !

[@rayangreene]

Beautiful tone, diction and vibrato!

[@trevoryoung616]

excellent piece.what can we do without lovely music?

[@sireceh]

Gosh, how come I didn't discover this earlier?

[@lizzycroghan4362]

Whose voice is this I can’t get over I’m in love

[@brodensmith1341]

wow

[@rachelmcdonough1506]

This is an awesome rendition

[@thisismyname8621]

are their multiple version? My music seems to have different lyrics at the end

[@phillipv6220]

From what I know, Purcell made 3 versions of this song using verbatim the same text. I also believe there have been settings of this text by the likes of Britten

[@emilyadams9986]

That was beautiful What key did you sing it in?

[@dennisschwarzenegger6090]

Dennis.

[@nene0200]

Mhm~

[@sofiacostantini7491]

Like a sheep

[@TheMadisonHang]

Not my cup of tea

[@ernawoodward]

Another terrible presentation of this beautiful piece of music. Singer has a lovely voice to little avail here.