ARTEK joined six other early music performing groups at GEMS's 2011 APAP Showcase concert on January 9, 2011, at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in Manhattan. Their session included selections by Monteverdi and Christoph Bernhard (1628-1692) and this anonymous piece from 1658 called Passacalli della vita Canzonette spirituali, e Morali.
You must die, says the lyricist, and a more rousing paean to that reality can hardly be imagined! Have fun watching this; ARTEK and its audience certainly did.
Passacaglia della vita is composed by Italian composer Stefano Landi, as far as I know, see also YouTube "l'arpeggiata , Beasley , passacaglia". Nice sung!
Datbenik56 3 months ago