About This Song
About "Il Parnasso in festa, HWV 73: Ho perso il caro bene" by Christiane Karg
Handel's 'Ho perso il caro bene' is a grief aria stripped to its bone—Karg's voice a thin, wavering thread of loss. The strings sigh like wind through empty rooms, and the tension is between Baroque ornament and raw, unadorned sorrow: a heart refusing to be consoled.