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- Stephen Oliver
Ricercare 4 (1985)
- Novello & Co Ltd (World)
Commissioned by Simon Callow for first performance by Cantabile
- Baritone, Countertenor, 2 Tenors
- 20 min
- Emperor Hadrian
- Latin
Programme Note
Animula vagula blandula,
Hospes comesque corporis,
Quae nunc abibis in loca,
Pallidula rigida nudula,
Nec ut soles dabis jocos?
[Gentle little wandering breath,
Of the body friend and guest,
Where now must you look for rest,
Pale and naked, hard as death,
Lost without your power to jest?]
Emperor Hadrian [trans. Stephen Oliver]
Hospes comesque corporis,
Quae nunc abibis in loca,
Pallidula rigida nudula,
Nec ut soles dabis jocos?
[Gentle little wandering breath,
Of the body friend and guest,
Where now must you look for rest,
Pale and naked, hard as death,
Lost without your power to jest?]
Emperor Hadrian [trans. Stephen Oliver]