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[ See 2 Esswood interpretations back-to-back on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqg7NQYmoPI ] Perfect opportunity to compare interpretations by outstanding countertenors Andreas Scholl and Paul Esswood (an earlier video upload) of David's air from Handel's oratorio "Saul", demonstrating that the Baroque singer was "co-composer", e.g., in the repeat section.
"Oh Lord, whose mercies numberless, o'er all they works prevail: though daily Man thy laws transgress, thy patience cannot fail. / If yet his sin be not too great, the busy fiend control; yet longer for repetance wait, and heal his wounded soul."
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