Vivaldi: Filiæ mæstæ Jerusalem, RV 638 - Eser
'Filiæ mæstæ Jerusalem'
Motet ('introduzione al Miserere') for alto, 2 violins, viola and basso continuo
Text: anonymous
Music: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Composition: probably between 1713 and 1717
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Eser, contralto
Bass realisation and programming: Marc D.
Recording: May 2012
Pitch: A = 415 Hz
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00:00 - 1. Recitativo: Filiæ mæstæ Jerusalem
01:48 - 2. Aria: Sileant zephyri
08:59 - 3. Recitativo: Sed tenebris diffusis
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Score by Martin Straeten, edited by myself.
In the aria's da capo, the ornamentation in the first-violin part closely follows that of a 2003 performance of this work by Il Seminario Musicale conducted by Gérard Lesne.
Marc D.