Al tramontar del Sole

As the sun sets, the singer beholds their beloved, whose golden hair is revealed. The text rejoices in this fortunate day, where one sun departs only for a more beautiful one to be reborn for the singer's eyes. Marco da Gagliano’s madrigal for SSATB voices captures this ecstatic moment. Set to a text by Gaspare Murtola, this secular Italian part-song from the early Baroque era masterfully depicts the lover's delight and the blissful feeling of seeing their beloved, creating a radiant sonic image of the sun's departure and reappearance.