Featured on "When Words Fade" -- http://bit.ly/nYryXK -- an album (with bonus DVD) by the Anderson & Roe Piano Duo on the Steinway Record Label. Order it now: http://bit.ly/nYryXK Anderson & Roe's "A Rain of Tears" for two pianos, based on Antonio Vivaldi's "Sento in seno." http://www.andersonroe.com PERFORMERS: The Anderson & Roe Piano Duo.
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
"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
A melodic rain of tears against a harmonic pane of stained glass—the amazing video Stephen Malinowski created to accompany our rendition of Vivaldi's Sento in seno.