{"id":2132,"date":"2018-11-23T19:32:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T19:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lydiakakabadse.com\/wp\/?page_id=2132"},"modified":"2024-07-12T14:30:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T14:30:20","slug":"recitativo-arioso","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lydiakakabadse.com\/wp\/list-of-works\/recitativo-arioso\/","title":{"rendered":"Recitativo Arioso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>song for mezzo-soprano and piano<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the <em>recitativo arioso<\/em>&nbsp;(a quasi lyrical expressive recitative), the song and lyrics have been taken from an earlier work, which Lydia wrote when she was 18. It tells the story of a child lying by its mother&#8217;s lifeless body and how even in death, a mother&#8217;s protective bond with her child cannot be broken. The recitative, representing despair and danger, is in contrast to the arioso&#8217;s two themes: the first, presented on the piano, is lyrical and flowing, whilst the second is lullaby-like, representing hope and love.&nbsp; <em>Recitativo Arioso<\/em> has in recent years been adapted for string quartet, to which a set of variations has been added.&nbsp; This adaptation is included in an earlier Divine Art recording (&#8220;Concertato&#8221; &#8211; dda 25149).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>song for mezzo-soprano and piano Inspired by the recitativo arioso&nbsp;(a quasi lyrical expressive recitative), the song and lyrics have been taken from an earlier work, which Lydia wrote when she was 18. It tells the story of a child lying by its mother&#8217;s lifeless body and how even in death, a mother&#8217;s protective bond with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lydiakakabadse.com\/wp\/list-of-works\/recitativo-arioso\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Recitativo Arioso<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2132","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lydiakakabadse.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lydiakakabadse.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lydiakakabadse.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lydiakakabadse.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lydiakakabadse.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2132"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/lydiakakabadse.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3001,"href":"https:\/\/lydiakakabadse.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2132\/revisions\/3001"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lydiakakabadse.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lydiakakabadse.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}