Songs
Beau Soir
(1880)
L6
Beau Soir
Lorsque au soleil couchant les rivières sont roses,Et qu’un tiède frisson court sur les champs de blé,Un conseil d’être heureux semble sortir des chosesEt monter vers le cœur troublé;Un conseil de goûter le charme d’être au mondeCependant qu’on est jeune et que le soir est beau,Car nous nous en allons, comme s’en va cette onde:Elle à la mer—nous au tombeau!
Beautiful evening
When at sunset the rivers are pinkAnd a warm breeze ripples the fields of wheat,All things seem to advise content - And rise toward the troubled heart;Advise us to savour the gift of life,While we are young and the evening fair,For our life slips by, as that river does:It to the sea - we to the tomb.
Translation © Richard Stokes, from A French Song Companion (Oxford, 2000)
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Composer
(Achille) Claude Debussy was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Previously performed at:
- 13 Oct 2018: Debussy & Tchaikovsky: Ilona Domnich & Sholto Kynoch
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- 08 May 2018: Bethan Langford, Ashley Riches & Sholto Kynoch
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Beau Soir
Lorsque au soleil couchant les rivières sont roses,
Et qu’un tiède frisson court sur les champs de blé,
Un conseil d’être heureux semble sortir des choses
Et monter vers le cœur troublé;
Un conseil de goûter le charme d’être au monde
Cependant qu’on est jeune et que le soir est beau,
Car nous nous en allons, comme s’en va cette onde:
Elle à la mer—nous au tombeau!
Beautiful evening
When at sunset the rivers are pink
And a warm breeze ripples the fields of wheat,
All things seem to advise content -
And rise toward the troubled heart;
Advise us to savour the gift of life,
While we are young and the evening fair,
For our life slips by, as that river does:
It to the sea - we to the tomb.
If you would like to use our texts and translations, please click here for more information.
Composer
(Achille) Claude Debussy was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Please click here for the full Wikipedia article.
See Full Entry
Sorry, no further description available.
Previously performed at:
- 13 Oct 2018: Debussy & Tchaikovsky: Ilona Domnich & Sholto Kynoch
- 08 May 2018: Bethan Langford, Ashley Riches & Sholto Kynoch
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