Maré e Lamento

Medieval ballad in 6/8 with lilting harp, lute, viola da gamba, frame drum, recorder, and hand percussion; verse opens sparse with voice and lute, pre-chorus adds bowed strings and soft drum pulse, chorus blooms with courtly harmonies and drone, bridge strips back to solo voice and recorder before final lift. Breathes with long phrases, close-mic female vocal, light doubled refrains, ancient-room reverb, subtle bell swells between lines, warm and pastoral mix, medieval