NASCE LA GIOIA MIA (MY JOY IS BORN) 

Dur: 06:00

SATB CHORUS

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SATB adaptation of Missa Solis – Requiem for Eli for chorus

Text :
Giovan Leonardo Primavera (c.1540-c.1585)
with Hannie Rayson and Michael Cathcart*
(*adapted from John Weiley’s narration to the Imax documentary Solarmax)

Nasce la gioia mia
Ogni volta ch’io miro il mio bel sole,
E la mia vita e via
Qualor nol miro,
Perch’e il sguardo tale
Ch’ogni volta beato farmi suole.
O Sol, o Sol almo immortale.
[My joy is born
every time I gaze at my beautiful sun:
but my life dies
when I cannot look at it,
for the very sight
is bliss to me.
O Sun, immortal life-giver.]
~ Giovan Leonardo Primavera (1560)

In Memoriam –
Eli Westlake