Barbara Strozzi: O Maria (Sacri Musicali Affetti, Op. 5) Sophie Junker, soprano & Voices of Music 4K

Barbara Strozzi sacred song, “O Maria quam pulchra es,“ sung by soprano Sophie Junker. Live, 4K video from our award winning Concerto delle Donne concert, October, 2019. Voices of Music Hanneke van Proosdij and David Tayler, Directors Elisabeth Reed, viola da gamba Hanneke van Proosdij, baroque organ David Tayler, archlute O Maria quam pulchra es Per la Madonna O Maria quam pulchra es, quam suavis, quam decora, quam pulchra es. Tegit terram sicut nebula, lumen ortum indeficiens, flamma ignis, Arca sederis inter spinas ortum lilium. Tronum Sion in Altissimis in columna nubis positum. O Maria quam pulchra es.... Ante sæcula creata girum cœli circuivit sola, profundum abissi penetravit. Et in fluctibus maris ambulavit, omnium corda virtute calcavit, et in hereditate Domini morata est. Tegit terram sicut nebula.... O Maria quam pulchra es.... Alleluia To the Madonna: O Mary, how lovely you are, how sweet, how beautiful, how lovely you are. She covers the earth like mist, a light risen that never fails, a