Description
Forces: soprano, violins & continuo
One of Domenico Scarlatti’s most dramatic cantatas with violins: Heavens! Oh Heavens! Tirsi is languishing, and his face darkens with sorrow. Beside him, his faithful consort piteously expresses in a sad song the harsh pain in her heart, which arouses her bitter weeping. Or else, remaining silent, her glance seems to speak to him, saying "Are you leaving me and abandoning me?"
Commencing with a highly dramatic accompagnato with two contrasting arias and another recit both secco and accompagnato
Range: b flat – b” flat
Source: MS in the Royal Music Collection now housed in the British Library.
Editor: Kate Eckersley & James Sanderson
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