Nulla in mundo pax sincera

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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 .