Songs
Erhebung
(1899)
Op. 2 no.3
Part of a series or song cycle:
Vier Lieder (Op. 2)
Erhebung
Gib mir deine Hand,
nur den Finger, dann
seh ich diesen ganzen Erdkreis
als mein Eigen an!
O, wie blüht mein Land!
Sieh dir's doch nur an,
daß es mit uns über die Wolken
in die Sonne kann!
Exaltation
Give me your hand,
only a finger, then
I shall see this whole round earth
as my own!
Oh, how my country blossoms!
Just look at me,
that I may go with you above the clouds
into the sun!
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Composer
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.
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Poet
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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Upcoming performances:
(As part of a song cycle/series:)
- 20 Oct 2021: 81. Gweneth Ann Rand: Four Last Songs (first performance)
- 20 Oct 2021: 83. Gweneth Ann Rand: Four Last Songs (second performance)
Previously performed at:
(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