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NYS Baroque and Pegasus Early Music present
The Panther and The Rose: medieval music from Trecento Italy
recorded live March 15, 2020

Donato da Firenze (fl. ca. 1350-1370): Un bel girfalco

Andrew Rader, countertenor
Jonas Budris, tenor

Un bel girfalco sces’ alle mie grida.
Dell’aria in braccio appiombo giù me venne,
Com’amor volle’l desio di suo penne.

In piè gli misi e fact’ò ch’ebbe gorda,
Alçò più assai che non fu la caduta,
Onde giu ocando il perdé de veduta.

Et che ritorni non mi dice’l core,
Che credo che se’l tengh’altro signore.
Text: Niccolò Soldanieri

A beautiful falcon came down at my call.
From the air he swooped down to my arm,
with love he longed for the flight of his own feathers.

I made him stand and had him drink,
he flew up much more than he dove,
and in his play I lost sight of him.

My heart doesn’t feel as if he’s coming back,
for I believe that another master is keeping him.
Trans. Dr. Kathryn Karczewska