Nulla in mundo pax sincera
Nulla in mundo pax sincera ( RV 630) is a motet composedby Antonio Vivaldi . It is based on an anonymous Latin text, the title ofwhich can be translatedas In the world there is no honest peace . In the key of E major and composed in the lyrical style of the Italian Baroque , the work is composed for soprano , two violins , viola and basso continuo (usually cello and keyboard instrument , in this case explicitly the organ ).
The text addresses the flaws of a world full of sin and evil and praises Jesus as Savior.
The performance of the motet takes about 13 minutes.
text
- Aria.
Nulla in mundo pax sincera
sine skins; pura et vera,
dulcis Jesu, est in te.
Inter poenas et tormenta
vivit anima contenta
casti amoris sola spe.
- Recitative.
Blando colore oculos mundus decepit
at occulto vulnere corda conficit;
fugiamus ridentem, vitemus sequentem,
nam delicias ostentando arte secura
vellet ludendo superare.
- Aria.
Spirat anguis
inter flores et colores
explicando tegit fel.
Sed occulto tactus ore
homo demens in amore
saepe lambit quasi mel.
- Alleluia.
literature
- Michael Talbot : The Chamber Cantatas of Antonio Vivaldi , Boydell Press, Woodbrige 2006, p. 65 .