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Adagio (Alles Tagverlangen) (1916)

Part of a series or song cycle:

Vier Lieder nach Dichtungen von Anton Wildgans

Adagio (Alles Tagverlangen)

Anton Wildgans

Alles Tagverlangen

Ist zur Ruh gegangen

Rosenrot im Rohr -

Aus den Birkenzweigen,

Wo er still gehangen,

Bleich und netzgefangen,

Hebt in sanftem Steigen

Sich der Mond empor.

Leise, weiße Seiden

Kleiden jetzt die Weiden,

Schläfernd schlürft der Bach -

Schober auf den Wiesen

Hocken wie die Riesen,

Und die dunklen Hunde,

Ruhlos in der Runde,

Wandern wach.

Adagio from Four Songs to Poems by Anton Wildgans

English Translation © Richard Stokes

All desire for day

Has gone to rest,

Rose-red in the reeds;

From the birch branches,

Where it hung in silence –

Pale and enmeshed –

The moon rises gently

Into the sky.

Delicate white silks

Now adorn the willows,

The stream laps dreamily along –

Hay-ricks on the meadows

Squat like giants,

And the dark hounds

Round about

Wander restlessly awake

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

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Composer

Joseph Marx

Joseph Rupert Rudolf Marx was an Austrian composer and critic.

Poet

Anton Wildgans

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Previously performed at:

17 Oct 2017: Brahms & The Clarinet

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