Songs
Sommertage
(1907)
Part of a series or song cycle:
Sieben frühe Lieder
Sommertage
Nun ziehen Tage über die Welt,
gesandt aus blauer Ewigkeit,
im Sommerwind verweht die Zeit.
Nun windet nächtens der Herr
Sternenkränze mit seliger Hand
über Wander- und Wunderland.
O Herz, was kann in diesen Tagen
dein hellstes Wanderlied denn sagen
von deiner tiefen, tiefen Lust:
Im Wiesensang verstummt die Brust,
nun schweigt das Wort, wo Bild um Bild
zu dir zieht und dich ganz erfüllt.
Summer days
Days, sent from blue eternity,
journey now across the world,
time drifts away in the summer wind.
The Lord at night now garlands
star-chains with his blessed hand
across lands of wandering and wonder.
In these days, O heart, what can
your brightest travel-song say
of your deep, deep joy?
The heart falls silent in the meadows’ song,
words now cease when image after image
comes to you and fills you utterly.
Composer
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Previously performed at:
- 29 Oct 2016: Mastercourse Concert
- 23 Oct 2016: Mastercourse 2016 (for T&Ts)
(As part of a song cycle/series:)
- 05 Apr 2019: Katarina Karnéus & Julius Drake
- 20 Oct 2017: The End of Romanticism: Caitlin Hulcup & Lada Valesová
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