Amorosetti augelli

Amorosetti augelli paints a vivid scene of lovebirds singing in the sunlight on green branches, by the grass and water. The composer Leandro Mira captures the lightness and joy of these birds in flight, but contrasts it with the singer's own sorrow. The Italian text describes a heart struck by love, comparing its pain to the happy freedom of the birds. This secular madrigal for SSATB voices explores the Renaissance fascination with nature and its relationship to human emotion. Mira's setting likely offers rich harmonic interplay, as is typical of the genre, to express the poem's bittersweet sentiments.