Hor vi confortate à 6

Orlando di Lasso’s Hor vi confortate à 6 is a secular Italian madrigal for six voices (SSATTB). The music opens with a sense of restless energy, the six parts weaving together in intricate counterpoint. The text warns the young against self-deception, urging them to recognize the swift passage of time and the inevitability of death. Lasso captures this sense of urgency through dynamic harmonic shifts and lively rhythmic interplay, creating a compelling dramatic statement that reflects the human condition with both gravity and a touch of persuasive rhetoric.