Down in a flowery vale ("Quando ritrovo la mia pastorella") (mp3)
by David Warin Solomons
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Composed by Costanzo Festa. Arranged by David Warin Solomons. Baroque,Renaissance,Romantic Period. Full Performance. Duration 135. David Warin Solomons #3387041. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.1059464).


This madrigal is a 19th Century English reworking of Costanzo Festa's
"Quando ritrovo la mia pastorella "
Sung by the dwsChorale

lyrics

(Thomas Oliphant's words:)
Down in a flow`ry vale all on a summer morning
Phyllis I spied fair nature`s self adorning
Swiftly on wings of love I flew to meet her
Coldly she welcomed me when I did greet her
I warbled thus my ditty: oh Shepherdess have pity
and hear a faithful lover his passion true discover
Ah why art thou to me so cruel? Then straight replied my jewel
If gold thou hast fond youth, `twill speed thy suing
But if thy purse be empty, come not to me a-wooing

(2nd verse added by FWR)
Soon as I careless strayed, fond youth, with eyes averted
Phyllis I met, by all the swains deserted
Swift she (though late so coy) then flew to meet me
My back I turned all deaf to her entreaty.
She warbled thus her ditty: Oh shepherd now have pity
And to your faithful lover your passion true discover
Then did I cold and haughty view her and thus replied unto her
The Love that`s won by gold will prove undoing
So since my purse is empty, I`ll go no more a wooing

Festa's original madrigal was:
Quando ritrovo la mia pastorella
Al prato con le pecor' in pastura,
Io mi gli accost' e presto la saluto.
La mi risponde "Tu sia el benvenuto"
Et poi gli dic' in quella, "O gentil pastorella,
Non men crudel che bella, Sei del mio ben ribella;
Deh non esser ver me cotanto dura".
Cosi rispond' anch'ella,
"Disposta son a quel tuo cor desia,
Ma se non hai denari, va alla tu via.


When I meet my shepherdess
In the meadow, with her grazing sheep,
I approach and greet her.
She answers: "May you be welcome"
And then I tell her, "Oh gentle shepherdess,
Not less cruel than lovely, you rebel against my love;
Alas, don't be so hard to me!".
And so she answers,
"I am willing to what your heart desires,
But if you have no money, go your way!"

Score of version for TTBB
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