lascia ch'io dica addio

Lascia ch’io dica addio
Al caro albergo mio al praticello.
E con un guardo solo
Dia pegno al mio duolo
A la capanna al bosco et al ruscello.
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Giuseppe Tartini: Sonata per violino (e basso continuo) nr. 12, op.1
I. Adagio
I made this video out of pure inspiration. It’s a movement I couldn’t stop thinking about this spring and I had to record it. To me it represents this sweet, but melancholy time that comes at the end of winter, when you can taste the spring coming, but it’s not there yet. You’re leaving behind the comfort for excitement; that’s what the poem talks about. Leaving home, leaving what is known and comfortable, for something new, exciting, possibly life changing.
Tha fact that it’s performed without the bass makes the lonely place from which the melody is coming, even more loud and clear. And I think it shows how melodic Tartini’s writing is, you could literally sing the melody like a song -
Mojca Jerman, baroque violin and editing
Lucia Jerman, video recording