coldhearted scientist وداد

The sun is so clear and beautiful, and it is cool enough to be outside. So we will sing “Ecco mormorar l’onde,” lyrics by Torquato Tasso, music by Claudio Monteverdi. We can hear it in a lovely, complete piano version. We have available a fragment of Nadia Boulanger’s 1937 recording, in the intended five voices. We can also hear some of a very nice recording made in 2003.

Ecco mormorar l’onde
e tremolar le fronde
a l’aura mattutina e gl’ arborselli
e sovra i rami i vagh’ augelli
cantar soavemente
e rider l’ oriente
ecco già l’ alb’ appare
e si specchia nel mare
e rasserena il cielo
e imperla il dolce gielo
e gl’ alti monti indora
o bella e vagh’ aurora
l’ aura e tua messagiera
e tu de l’ aura
ch’ ogn’ arso cor ristaura.

Here are the waves murmuring
and the foliage quivering
at the morning breeze; and the shrubs,
and on the tree branches the pretty birds
sing softly;
and the Orient smiles.
Here dawn looms up
and is reflected in the sea
and brightens up the sky
and beads the sweet ice
and gilds the tall mountains.
O beautiful dawn,
the breeze is your herald
and you are herald of the breeze
which refreshes every burnt heart.

Axé.