Parliament prerogation music spot “Insanae et Vanae Curae” (Haydn

As the entire British political class throws the most monumental hissy fit at the government arranging for parliament to take a break from week two of September to week two of October (exactly the season when parliament always takes a break) the obvious choice for a music spot for the day is Haydn's "Insanae et vanae curae."

The words of this musical masterpiece, which seems particularly appropriate this evening, can be roughly translated into English as follows:

"A crazed and hopeless passion invades our minds, 
 Again and again madness fills our hearts and robs us of hope." 
 "How can it profit you, O mortal, to seek for earthly riches but take no thought of Heaven?" 
 "Yet if God is for you, all things are possible for you."

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