A study of three Baroque cantatas for performance: "Alla caccia dell'alme e de' cori", RV 670 by Antonio Vivaldi (1678--1741); "Vergnuegte Ruh', beliebte Seelenlust", BWV 170 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685--1750); and "O numi eterni" ("La Lucrezia") by George Frideric Handel (1685--1759).