Detail from the autograph of the Cantata pastorale, 1716: Non sò qual più m'ingombra Source: Musiksammlung der Staatsbibliothek, Berlin
Detail from the autograph score of Cantata da camera: Ombre tacite e sole, 31.10.1716 Source: British Library
Both the above cantatas are available for purchase through this site.
The Composer's Words
"...where andante-lento, in a way that exludes the pathetic, but let it have an
amorous beauty that doesn't lose tunefulness;
And in all the arias, nothing melancholy..."

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| Rosemary Webber (violone) |
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studied at the Victorian College of the Arts, and subsequently at the Royal Conservatory, the Hague, on modern bass under Knut Guettler and on baroque bass and violone under Margaret Urquhart. Based in Melbourne, Rosemary freelances with early, modern and contemporary ensembles such as the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, chacona and Libra. On the Scarlatti recording she plays a 1721 Johann Franz violone (G-tuning).
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