Ahi perché alla tua ardente e ingorda voglia

This secular Italian madrigal by Marco Antonio Ingegneri captures a dramatic moment of self-reflection. The text questions a relentless, burning desire, asking why one is led to follow a sweet error that only leads to pain. It describes a state of living between uncertain hope and sure grief, becoming blind to the very light that paradoxically burns brighter and causes more pain the more it beckons. The SATTB voicing allows for rich harmonic exploration, ideal for conveying the emotional turmoil and the philosophical musings on desire and its consequences inherent in the text.