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Fire Breathers is an exploration of the lives & music of the forgotten female singer-composers of 17C Italy in the form of a live recital and radio documentary.

Lamento della Vergine: cantata for soprano and continuo from Produzioni Armoniche MS Paris 1697-1701 by Antonia Bembo (1643 - 1745). This cantata depicts the cruxifixction of Jesus from Mary's viewpoint. Translation: She who sobbed from the depths of her soul anguished sighs sadly draw him against the cruel death thus spoke: You do, you try?