Tarquinio Merula: Hor ch'è tempo di dormire; Voices of Music with Jennifer Ellis Kampani from baby birth vi Watch Video
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Description: Of one the finest songs written for solo voice in the 17th century: Tarquinio Merula's Canzonetta Spirituale sopra alla nanna, Hor ch'è tempo di dormire (Venice, 1639). Composed over a bass line consisting of only two repeated notes, Merula writes a soaring melodic line, setting a visioary poem in which the Virgin Mary both celebrates the birth of her sleeping son and experiences a waking dream about his future. Featuring Jennifer Ellis Kampani, soprano; William Skeen, viola da gamba; David Tay