A Rain of Tears
In this operatic aria, Vivaldi musically depicts rain as a metaphor for tears. Exterior and internal worlds collide in a pointillistic deluge: the dark skies weep as we are submerged in sorrow.
— Greg Anderson & Elizabeth Joy Roe
INCLUDED ON THE ALBUM WHEN WORDS FADE
Watch Stephen Malinowski’s beautiful visualization of the work above — a melodic rain of tears against a harmonic pane of stained glass . Read more here...
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"Sento in seno ch'in pioggia di lagrime" (“I feel within a rain of tears”) from Tieteberga and Il Giustino
by Antonio Vivaldi
arranged for two pianos (one muted) by Anderson & Roe
intermediate-advanced