Vivaldi: Veni, veni, me sequere (Juditha Triumphans)

[magisterandrew]

Veni, veni, me sequere fida Abra amata, Sponso orbata. Turtur gemo ac spiro in te.

Diræ sortis tu socia confida Debellata Sorte ingrata, Sociam laetæ habebis me.

[magisterandrew]

Assieme al canto vi `e uno strumento obbligato, il ‘salmo`e’, meglio noto con il nome francese di ‘chalumeau’. Si tratta di uno strumento ad una sola ancia simile al clarinetto. Quello usato qui `e, a giudicare dall’estensione (La3 – Si♭4), il piu` acuto (soprano). Vivaldi lo impiega per imitare il gemito della tortora

di cui parla il testo.

[gianm73yout]

one of the most beautiful arias...

[madaraszi]

soprano chalumeau (now called sopranino, because its size is the one of a sopranino recorder) - how great to hear this rare instrument!! thank you!!

[swarmnet]

The chamumeau is charming, but is the soprano's diction correct?

[perles75]

@swarmnet you mean of the latin? yes, very (even if it should be fidA and not fidAE and confidA and not confidAE, but I wonder if they used a variation of the text, it seems to deliberate to me to be a simple pronunciation mistake). Why?

[swarmnet]

@perles75 yes, i'm irked by the diction because in the Vivaldi Edition, it's fidA not fidAE....

[scgamba]

Vivaldi at his best :)

[dddhgg]

The charming solo wind instrument is a chalumeau, a recorder type instrument with a mouthpiece shaped like that of a clarinet.

Lovely performance.