"Aria"

My latest micro-short animation is an interpretation of the Handel aria “Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa” from the oratorio "Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno" (1707). It evokes a feeling of nostalgic loss and the need to seize the moment in the face of the inevitable passage of Time (a rough translation of the first line of the aria is "leave the thorn, take the rose"). My version of the music is purely instrumental; Handel originally wrote this as an instrumental sarabande and would later reuse the beautiful aria melody in his opera "Rinaldo". Enjoy!


Aria from Deborah Ethier on Vimeo.

You can also access the full-sized version on Vimeo: Aria