Jessye Norman - A Portrait - When I Am Laid In Earth (Purcel

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Comment by Mary Ann Isom on March 31, 2013 at 9:53am

oN THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AS THE EASTER SEASON APPROACHES IN SOME RELIGIOUS CIRCLES, TAKING A LISTEN TO MRS JESSYE NORMAN, CONTRALTO OPERA SINGER AS SHE DELIVERS AN OVERWHELMING SONG DRESSED AS THE GOD OF T HE NILES EGYPTIAN GODDESS ISSIS WITH THE ORB AND DAIAMOND EARRINGS BASED LIKE PYRAMIDS THEMSELVES, THIS AMERICAN ARTISTIC VERSION IN OPERA IS ONE OF THE MOST PRIZED POSSESSIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE UNBLEMISHED., THE TIMING OF THIS PIECE IS NOT SURE, BUT THE MOURNFUL WAITING FOR THE HUSBAND, OSIRUS TO RETURN AFTER MANY MOONS , AS NOTED SHE LOOKED AND REBIRTHED HIM THROUGH HIS SPIRIT.