Songs
Soluppgång
(1902)
Op. 37 no.3
Soluppgång
Under himlens purpurbrandLigga tysta sjö och land,Det är gryningsstunden.Snöig gren och frostvit kvistTecka sig så segervisstMot den röda grunden.Riddarn står vid fönsterkarm,Lyssnar efter stridens larm,Trampar golvets tilja.Men en smal och snövit handKyler milt hans pannas brand,Böjer mjukt hans vilja.tenderly Riddarn sätter horn till mun,Blåser vilt I gryningsstund,Över nejd som tiger.Tonen klingar, klar och spröd,Branden slocknar, gyllenröd,Solen sakta stiger.
Sunrise
Beneath heaven's purple fireSilently lie lake and land;It is the time of dawn.Snow-covered branch and frost-white twigStand out prominentlyFrom the red backdrop.The knight stands by the windowlistening for the sound of battle,pacing the floor.But a small, snow-white handgently cools his hot brow,changing his resolve.The knight puts his horn to his mouth,and blows fiercely at the dawn,over the silent land.The note rings clear and fragile;The fire slowly dies, golden red,As the sun slowly rises.
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Composer
Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer and violinist of the late Romantic and early-modern periods. He is best known for his set of seven symphonies, but he also composed over a hundred songs for voice and piano, and various pieces inspired by nature and Nordic mythology.
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Soluppgång
Under himlens purpurbrand
Ligga tysta sjö och land,
Det är gryningsstunden.
Snöig gren och frostvit kvist
Tecka sig så segervisst
Mot den röda grunden.
Riddarn står vid fönsterkarm,
Lyssnar efter stridens larm,
Trampar golvets tilja.
Men en smal och snövit hand
Kyler milt hans pannas brand,
Böjer mjukt hans vilja.tenderly
Riddarn sätter horn till mun,
Blåser vilt I gryningsstund,
Över nejd som tiger.
Tonen klingar, klar och spröd,
Branden slocknar, gyllenröd,
Solen sakta stiger.
Sunrise
Beneath heaven's purple fire
Silently lie lake and land;
It is the time of dawn.
Snow-covered branch and frost-white twig
Stand out prominently
From the red backdrop.
The knight stands by the window
listening for the sound of battle,
pacing the floor.
But a small, snow-white hand
gently cools his hot brow,
changing his resolve.
The knight puts his horn to his mouth,
and blows fiercely at the dawn,
over the silent land.
The note rings clear and fragile;
The fire slowly dies, golden red,
As the sun slowly rises.
If you would like to use our texts and translations, please click here for more information.
Composer
Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer and violinist of the late Romantic and early-modern periods. He is best known for his set of seven symphonies, but he also composed over a hundred songs for voice and piano, and various pieces inspired by nature and Nordic mythology.
Information from Wikipedia. Read more here.
See Full Entry
Sorry, no further description available.
Previously performed at:
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