Fille is at it again, withholding her love from an ardent suitor who is, rather pathetically, happy to endure the pain of her keeping her heart to herself.  RARA format with some lovely word-painting.

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The treacherous Filli has given her heart to many others, but has held it back from our protagonist. ‘Confess cruel one that you are the murderer of my heart!’ ARA format with two triple-time arias with plenty of coloratura and some very good word painting here. From a MS in the collection of the Biblioteca del Conservatorio di Musica S Pietro a Majella, Naples.

Editor: James Sanderson

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The Spring fills the heart of animals, birds and plants with Love, even that of our singer with his love for Fille. But, of course, Fille does not return this love and leaves him broken-hearted…the classic rejection cantata. Our erstwhile lover then warns that the Winter of old age will rob her of her Spring-like beauty and she will regret ‘Yes, yes!’ having spurned his love. In RARA format, the arias are particularly beautiful and the recitatives wander through some bizarre tonal language. <br>Source: Naples – Biblioteca del Conservatorio di Music S Pietro a Majella.

Editor: James Sanderson

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Cantata Op. 1, no. 5<br>
One of Metastasio’s most famous cantata texts – the story of Clori and Filomena.
Adagio – Recit – Allegretto<br>
Range: e’ – b flat”

Editor: James Sanderson

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Source: BL Add MS 14210

The sad tale of the death of Tirsi and Fille’s desire to die as well – after the aria of course! 2 recit and aria format, the last being virtuosic again.<br>
Range: d – g”

Editor: James Sanderson

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A wonderfully chromatic work from 1704 (November 4th), the chromaticism expressing the tortures of loving such an unfaithful woman as Fille (the usual). Long, complex recitatives and two very contrasting arias.

Range: d – f#’

Editor: James Sanderson

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Why do these men suffer so? Despite being separated from his beloved, our protagonist sings of his love for her being the reason for his life. His soul yearns and his death will swiftly follow, should she not return. Yeah, right! RARA format, one aria slow and sinuous, the other fast and virtuosic.

Range c – g’

Editor: James Sanderson

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As the title suggests, Fille is sad…but, disturbingly, she likes the treatment she is getting from Tirsi: ‘I will enjoy my pains, because I adore the chains…’ Disturbing! A wonderful cantata in RARA format, Scarlatti at his most harmonically adventurous.

Source: Naples, Cantate 266

Editor: James Sanderson

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‘Filli che fra gl’orrori di notte si tranquilla’

Outpourings of the lover to Filli in the quiet of night. A concise yet heartfelt composition, dated 1706, for low-mezzo soprano and unison violins: an ideal introduction to the art of singing with an obligato part in Scarlatti’s style.

Vocal range: d’-f”

Editor: Rosalind Halton

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Sources: edition based on 4 17th-early 18th century manuscripts in the Santini Collection (Münster), the British Library, and the Bodleian Library, Oxford. [the details are in the editorial notes]

Description: Filli persuades the reluctant Clori to abandon city life for the delights of the country, where she is sure to make new conquests in the hunt of love. Both Filli and Clori have 2 arias of 2 strophes each, interspersed with ritornelli. In the magical final duet, the girls agree to prepare their feet for dancing, and their arms for the hunt. Cardinal Ottoboni’s documents mention a performance of ‘Amica, hora che Aprile’ dated 13 July, 1694. The survival of this work in several sources suggests it was a well-known work in its day.

Editor: Rosalind Halton

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