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Erwartung (1899) Op. 2 no.1

Part of a series or song cycle:

4 Lieder (Op. 2)

Erwartung

Richard Dehmel

Aus dem meergrünen Teiche

neben der roten Villa

unter der toten Eiche

scheint der Mond.

Wo ihr dunkles Abbild

durch das Wasser greift,

steht ein Mann und streift

einen Ring von seiner Hand.

Drei Opale blinken;

durch die bleichen Steine

schwimmen rot und grüne

funken und versinken.

Und er küßt sie, und

seine Augen leuchten

wie der meergrüne Grund:

ein Fenster tut sich auf.

Aus der roten Villa

neben der toten Eiche

winkt ihm eine bleiche

Frauenhand.

Expectation

English Translation © Richard Stokes

From the sea-green pond

near the red villa

beneath the dead oak

the moon is shining.

Where her dark image

gleams through the water,

a man stands, and draws

a ring from his hand.

Three opals glimmer;

among the pale stones

float red and green sparks

and sink.

And he kisses her,

and his eyes gleam

like the sea-green depths:

a window opens.

From the red villa

near the dead oak,

a woman’s pale hand

waves to him.

Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)

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Composer

Arnold Schoenberg

Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg or Schönberg was an Austrian composer, music theorist, and painter. He was associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School.

Poet

Richard Dehmel

Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel was a German poet and writer. His poems use a range of metrical patterns, and have been set to music by composers such as Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg, and Kurt Weill. His poetry often focused on themes of love and sensuality, and he was tried for obscenity and blasphemy in the late 1890s.

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Previously performed at:

23 Oct 2017: Mastercourse Day One

(As part of a song cycle/series:)

24 Oct 2019: 72. Four Last Songs: Carolyn Sampson & Joseph Middleton
20 Oct 2018: Stockholm to Vienna: Camilla Tilling & Paul Rivinius
20 Oct 2017: The End of Romanticism: Caitlin Hulcup & Lada Valesová

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