Porpora - Salve Regina - Sonia Prina (1 of 2)

Nicola Antonio Porpora
(1686-1768)

Salve Regina in fa maggiore per contralto, archi e basso continuo, one of the 8 settings of the text by Porpora.

Part 1 of 2:
I.Salve Regina
II. Ad te clamamus

Part 2 of 2:
III. Eja ergo, advocata nostra
IV. O clemens, o pia


Sonia prina (Alto),
Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone (dir)

Original text:

I.
Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae: vita, dulcedo et spes nostra, salve.

II.
Ad te clamamus, exsules filii [H]evae,
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle.

III.
Eja ergo, advocata nostra,illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte.
Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exilium ostende.,

IV.
O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo Maria.


English translation

I.
Hail Holy Queen, Mother of mercy
{Hail] our life, our sweetness and our hope!

II.
To thee do we cry, poor banished chidren of Eve,
To thee do we send up our sighs,
Mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.

III.
Turn, then, o most gracious advocate,
Thine eyes of mercy and after this our exile
Show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

IV.
O clement, o loving, o sweet Virgin Mary.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Nicola
• Porpora
• Salve
• Regina
• Ad
• te
• clamamus
• Sonia
• Prina
• Ottavio
• Dantone
• Accademia
• Bizantia

[stiv2slava]

I love what you are doing but I don't understand why the performance is 1/2 step lower than the sheet music you are showing.

[civileso]

Because it was performed on a lower pitch (A=415 Hz) with period instruments instead of modern pitch (A=440). Meaning that the instruments are tuned to a relatively lower frequence. So when they play E, for example, it sounds like modern day E flat. For further reading, you can check out the article in wikipedia on the topic.

[moskva40]

This is supreme vocal flexibility. What an astonishing performer.

[ricardorodino]

Gracias Porpora y Sonia.

[marinainwonderland]

brava sonia!

[odioigialli]

wow! where can i find the sheet music?

[Sandraud]

Where to find the sheet music? Thanks for the great upload!

[UrsulkaChristine]

It's a pure plesure to listen.

[3F93]

Something makes me think Porpora liked thrills very much.

[ariodante51]

@civileso pouvez vous me dire  où trouver cette partition ??

MERCI

[nicosupersex]

@aarandir how can you state that baroque music is rubbish in any sense???? is there anything wrong with your brain???

[TheClocaris]

@civileso

Hello!

Congratulations for this so beautiful interpretation.

Can you please tell me how can i find the score of this piece?

Thanks a lot,

Sincerely

[Tamma71]

@Caffarelli81

You can find the score by Allegroassai