Caro dolce ben mio perche fuggire

Giovanni Bernardino Nanino was a composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. This secular madrigal for SSATB voices is written in Italian. The text expresses a lover’s plea to their beloved, who is fleeing. The poet laments their suffering and offers their heart, even welcoming death if it comes from the beloved’s hand. The music reflects this passionate and dramatic text, characteristic of the Italian madrigal tradition.