Aria from the Cantata “Aure già che” from Arie a voce sola, Op. 8, arr. for tenor or soprano recorder & keyboard

from: Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)

It should be noted that this year is the 400th anniversary of Strozzi's birth—she was baptized August 6, 1619. Originally for soprano voice and bass. Text means, “Breezes, since I cannot/To my distant idol [tell of my suffering,/Carry...to...Lidio, my ardent sighs.]”

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