"All is vanity and vexation of the spirit. In the afterlife alone can mankind find salvation". A large proportion of Baroque sacred lyrics are imbued with this fearless turning away from the present moment: the world is perceived as an unimportant and troublesome burden, the Baroque soul longs for paradise.

savādi…illustrates this way of thinking with early 17^th century compositions from Italy and seeks to make the listener oblivious to earthly concerns.