Gli è ver che ti bisogna

This setting of an Italian text by Jacquet de Berchem is a secular madrigal for SATB choir. The music opens with a sense of urgency, quickly establishing a close-knit texture. The composer uses the interplay of the four voices to reflect the text's dramatic content, which describes a fantastical journey to the Moon. The lyrics, taken from Canto XXXIV of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, speak of a necessary voyage and the Moon's proximity, suggesting it holds the remedy for Orlando's madness. The madrigal vividly portrays this imaginative quest, with the voices moving together and apart to capture the narrative's adventurous spirit and the longing for a cure.