Porpora: Vidi la navicella

Description

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Forces: alto & continuo

Source: BL Add 14214 ff139v – 145v (only source)<br>
Slightly careless copy of a cantata with some tremendous invention. Aria – recit – aria form, the text deals with a lovely simile of a boat on rough seas longing for the shore being like the treacherous waters of love.<br>
Range: a – d’

Editor: James Sanderson