Non-florid soprano baroque arias that are favourites of mine that I can imagine starting a programme:
Sacred ------ J.S. Bach: Mein glaubiges Herz
Secular ------- Purcell: Come all ye songsters of the sky (from THE FAIRY QUEEN, Z.629)
Purcell: If music be the food of love (Z.379)
Purcell: Music for a while (from OEDIPUS, Z.583)
KM
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