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Sacred music written for female singers and instrumentalists of the Ospedali became celebrated during the 18th century. This unique musical tradition became widely famous largely through the works of such notable composers as Vivaldi, Hasse, Porpora and Galuppi, who were active as teachers at the four "Ospedali grandi".
Nicola Porpora: De profundis
Vivace: De profundis clamavi (Chorus)
Andante: Fiant aures tuae intendentes (Soprano)
Vivace: Si iniquitates observabis Domine (Alto)
Andate: Quia apud te (Chorus)
Lento: Sustinuit anima mea (Alto)
Duet: A custodia matutina (Soprano)
Andante: Quia apud Dominum (Soprano)
Allegro: Gloria Patri (Chorus)
Sicut erat
Johann Adolf Hasse: Psalm 112, "Laudate pueri"
Allegro: Laudate Pueri Dominum (Soprano, Chorus)
Allegro moderato: A solis ortu (Soprano)
Allegro: Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus, et super coelos grloria ejus (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano)
Grave: Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster, qui in altis habitat (Soprano)
Andante: Suscitans a terra inopen, et de stercore erigens pauperem (Chorus)
Allegro giocoso: Qui habitare facit (Soprano)
Allegro: Gloria Patri, et Filio et Spiritui Sancto (Mezzo-soprano)
Allegro: Sicut erat in principio, et nucn, et semper (Soprano, Chorus)
Baldassare Galuppi: Dixit Dominus
Allegro: Dixit Dominus (Chorus)
Aria: Tecum principium (Alto)
Choral: Juravit Dominus (Chorus)
Allegro: Dominus a dextris tuis (Soprano, Alto)
Largo: Judicabit in nationibus (Chorus)
Aria: De torrente (Soprano)
Allgero: Gloria Patri (Chorus)
February 2009
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