Gridò più volte il Po, quest’onde, o Donna

In this dramatic Italian madrigal for SAATB voices, Faà depicts the river Po lamenting the absence of a beloved 'Donna'. The river itself speaks, calling out to her and painting a picture of the banks where she used to wander. He expresses his sorrow that the river Liri has taken her, and he imagines her return, begging her to leave the Liri and return to him, joined by other rivers such as the Tiber, the Oil, the Mincio, and the king of rivers. It is a vivid portrayal of personified nature's grief and longing, set in the rich polyphonic style characteristic of secular Renaissance part-music.