Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–c.1677/78) O Maria, tu dulcis (from Concerti Sacri, 1642)

Renata Dubinskaite, mezzo-soprano Diego Cantalupi, theorbo, audio recording Davide Pozzi, organ Recorded in 2022 www.renatadubinskaite.com Video: old paintings of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God, from Lithuania, most of embellished with a typical silver coating (seen here with and without coating) Original text: O Maria, tu dulcis, tu pia, tu Clemens, tu dulcis, tu pia, tu mater Dei, O Maria. Tu vera infirmorum salus, tu vera peccatorum refugium, O Maria, tu vera afflictorum consolatrix, O Maria, tu vera spes omnium fidelium, O Maria. O Maria, tu sponsa, tu virgo, tu mater, tu Spiritus Sancti sacrarium, O Maria, O advocata nostra, respice in nos oculis misericordiæ tuæ, O clementissima regina, respice in nos in hac lachrymarum valle gementes et flentes, respice in nos qui suspiramus ad te clamantes, clamamus ad te suspirantes. O Maria, tu via, tu stella, tu lumen, tu stella, tu via, tu mater Dei, O Maria.