“O quam pulchra es", Claudio Monteverdi | The Green Mountain Project 2012

“O quam pulchra es” (1625), Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) Zachary Wilder, tenor Hank Heijink and Daniel Swenberg, theorbo Avi Stein, organ Selection from "A Grand Festive Vespers in Venice, c. 1640, for the Feast of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary” January 3, 2012 The Church of St. Jean Baptiste, New York City The Green Mountain Project (honoring the literal translation of Monteverdi's name) is an annual event that began in NYC in 2010 under the musical direction of Scott Metcalfe and artistic direction of Jolle Greenleaf. Learn more: http://tenet.nyc/green-mountain-project John Stone (video) and Mark Aubort (audio) English translation: How beautiful you are, my love, my dove, my fair one, O how beautiful you are! O how beautiful your doves’ eyes, your hair like a flock of goats, your teeth like a flock of shorn sheep. How beautiful you are, o fairest of women. Come forth, come, come my sister, come my perfect one. Come, for I am faint with love, and my soul is melted.