The Magic of Vivaldi

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3:00PM ET
Speaking of Vivaldi

Enjoy a talk about the pieces on the program with Dr. Teresa Neff, H+H's Historically Informed Performance Fellow and Guy Fishman, H+H Principal Cellist

3:10PM ET

Performance of the music listed below.

3:50PM ET
Musical Encore

We'll perform one final, bonus piece introduced by Principal Cellist, Guy Fishman.

3:55PM ET

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Soprano Amanda Forsythe smiling
Overview

Don’t miss the fiery splendor of the magical music of Vivaldi, brought alive in this impassioned performance by four of H+H’s unrivaled principal musicians, and featuring the dazzling soprano Amanda Forsythe.

Music

Vivaldi: Cantata, “Lungi dal vago volto” (text and translation below)
Vivaldi: Sonata for violoncello and basso continuo No. 4 in B-flat Major
Vivaldi: Trio Sonata in D Minor, La Folia

Performed By

Amanda Forsythesoprano
Aisslinn Noskyviolin
Susanna Ogataviolin
Guy Fishmancello
Ian Watsonharpsichord

This program is made possible in part by the generous support of Howard and Darcy Fuguet.


Text and Translation

 

Vivaldi: Lungi dal vago volto
Text: Anon

Recitativo
Lungi dal vago volto
della mia bella Elvira
viver non posso, oh Dio!
e pur crudo destin per mio tormento
or mi condanna a pascolar l’armento.
Ma qual da lungi ammira
non distinta beltade
il guardo mio Pastorella che viene?
Temo d’errar, mi perdo,
corro, mi fermo, rido,
e sospiro ad un,
ardo, gelo, contento e tormentato.
Mi sembra alla divisa,
non mi par al sembiante;
deh per pietade Amor, amico Cielo
sciogli dal mio bel sol la nube, il velo.

Aria
Augelletti, voi col canto
queste selve impreziosite,
ed io posso sol col pianto
consolare il mio dolor.
Fate voi che dolce incanto
con amor o con pietade
chiami al bosco il mio tesor

Recitativo
Allegrezza, mio core,
ch’aI fin giunse alla meta
I’avida mia pupilla:
ti riconosco, o bella,
ti riveggo, mio bene,
t’abbraccio, Pastorella.
Perdona o cara a’miei sospesi affetti
perché errante Pastor veder non suole
tra queste ombrose frondi aperto il sole.

Aria
Mi stringerai sì, sì,
non partirai più no.
Bella ti rapirò
se il cor non cede.
Avvinto al tuo bel sen
ti giuro amato ben
che mai ti mancherò d’amor a fede.

Recitative
Far from the lovely face
of my beautiful Elvira
I cannot live, alas!
And yet cruel destiny to torment me
condemns me now to tend my flocks.
But what is this beauty
dimly meeting my gaze from afar,
is my shepherdess coming?
I fear I am mistaken, I’m lost,
I run, I stop, I smile,
I sigh, all at once,
I burn, I freeze, happy and tormented.
It seems to be she – by her dress
but not by her face;
Ah, for pity’s sake, Love, kindly Heaven,
take this cloud from my beautiful sun.

Aria
Little birds, you with your song
adorn these woods,
and I can only weep
to ease my grief.
Let your sweet spells,
with love or with pity,
call to the woods my treasure.

Recitative
Be cheerful, my heart!
at last my eager eye
sees what it seeks:
it’s you, my love,
I see you again, my dear,
I embrace you, my Shepherdess.
My dear, forgive my suspicious fears –
a wandering Shepherd does not oft see
the full sunlight in these shadowy groves.

Aria
You’ll embrace me, yes, yes,
you won’t leave, no.
My beauty, I will take you away
if your heart does not yield.
Held fast in your lovely bosom
I swear to you, my dear love,
that I’ll never fail you in love or fidelity.