Here the loops back and starts all over again.
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Base descending chromatically.
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Looping back to the tonic.
Repeat of the text.
Repeat of the melody.
Aria repeat texts.
Recitative don't repeat text.
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>> Now, heads up on the word create.
You can hear ornamentation provided by the singer.
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Hear how she filled in that interval?
Here she'll do it again.
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And the ostinato as it loops back.
And on the [INAUDIBLE].
So we're going to pause it here.
Well that's just one interpretation of this aria.
But we're going to go on now to a comparison of two other, two very
different approaches to one and the same aria taken by two different singers.
Music is communication from creator to listener with the performer
as something of a middle man, or in this case, a middle woman, an intermediary.
But the intermediary in delivering the message can do so
in very different ways, as we'll here.
So let's compare singers here.
Let's compare intermediaries.
We'll start with the early music specialist.
She's not a modern opera star, but a specialist in early music, Emma Kirkby.
As you listen, think about three things.
What's the nature of the singer's voice here?
How much vibrato does she use?
How much vibrato is there in here mode of singing?
Second what's the tempo?
Conduct along with the music.
It's in three and you'll get a sense of the, of the tempo if you, if you conduct.
And three, how powerful is the orchestra?
Does it seem like a small, early music orchestra of the baroque period?
Or a large, modern symphony?
So here's your challenge.
Answer those three questions.
Here we go.
We're starting with Emma Kirkby.
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