Source: Royal College of Music, London, MS. 697

A rewarding cantata for the rare combination of soprano, oboe obligato, and basso continuo, showing the rich cantabile style of Francesco Mancini (Scarlatti’s deputy in Naples), with a witty final aria.

Editor: Rosalind Halton

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A charming cantata with strings by Mancini. Our protagonist has lost his love, but being pragmatic has resigned himself to the possiblity of the loss being permanent whilst still hoping for a reconciliation. In ARA format with lovely writing for both voice and strings.

Source is a MS in the collection of the Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella – Napoli: Cantate 41 no 6.

Editor: James Sanderson

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Beneath the beech tree this time is Dalindo in relective mood. He dwells on the pain of disdain and the ‘soothing balsam of love’. In RARA format, the violins providing a ritornello in the first aria and an integral echoing role in the second siciliano aria.

Source: Münster Santini Sammlung HS 860

Range: e – b” flat

Editor: James Sanderson

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Being compared to a stream may not be every girl’s idea of a compliment, and Irene is no exception. Our young shepherd loves her, but is worried she is not faithful. Two arias surround a busy recitative and the key is in our shepherd’s final words: If the heart is a traitor all the beauty of a lovely face cannot make me a lover!!

Editor: James Sanderson

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