This movement has an ABA formal structure and the da capo has been reduced in this recording to a repeat of the first tutti. |
Reprinted courtesy of da capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group. |
Handel originally wrote this in da capo form, but shortened it to dal segno, probably before the first performance. |
Another pinch of the wool-roll, a new turn of the wheel, and da capo. |
A scramble for the flowers, then out at the gate and on to the next house, and so da capo. |
As an exception, one finds forms here which do not fit into the standard patterns of secco recitative and da capo aria. |