To Music bent for alto voice and lute (mp3)

This enchanting audio piece features David Warin Solomons on the alto and Bob Glover on the lute. It begins with the melody "To Musicke bent is my retyred minde", followed by the soothing refrain "And faine would I some song of pleasure sing". However, the piece reflects the sentiment that true joy isn't found in worldly pleasures, but in heavenly thoughts: "But in vaine ioys no comfort now I finde, From heau'nly thoughts all true delight doth spring". The composition concludes with a powerful tribute to God's power and mercy: "Thy power, O God, thy mercies, to record, Will sweeten eu'ry note and eu'ry word."