Da quest'altere soglie

Alessandro Striggio's Da quest'altere soglie unfolds with a rich tapestry of six voices, SATTTB. This secular Italian madrigal, a hallmark of Renaissance part-music, demonstrates Striggio's masterful command of vocal texture. The music vividly illustrates the text's passionate plea to banish the impious and ungrateful heart, consigning it to the depths of Tartarus. The composer’s setting emphasizes the contrast between the grace and joy of the divine realm and the utter worthlessness of the wicked, vividly depicting virtue and courtesy being torn from the world by such a heart.