Category: music-2-Renaissance

The encounter with the voice of Aafje Heynis is often a life-changing experience. Possessing a rare, velvet-toned alto that seems to carry the weight of centuries, she leads us into one of Antonio Vivaldi’s most enigmatic works: “Filiae maestae Jerusalem,” RV 638. This is an “Introduzione”—a vocal prelude intended to set a somber psychological stage… Continue reading Vivaldi: The Shadow of Calvary