da capo
Mechthild Georg, mezzo-soprano singer at the Akademie fuer Alte Musik Berlin, Marcus Creed, conductor; CAPRICCIO
Da Capo, or "from the beginning", is a musical form that involves a return to the beginning of a section of music. In vocal music, the return is generally ornamented in some way. In this excerpt, the opening of the aria is heard followed by the end of the second section's transition to the return of the opening material after the da capo. The return is ornamented.