Songs
Im Frühling
(1826)
D882
Im Frühling
Still sitz ich an des Hügels Hang, Der Himmel ist so klar,Das Lüftchen spielt im grünen Tal, Wo ich beim ersten Frühlingsstrahl Einst, ach, so glücklich war.Wo ich an ihrer Seite gingSo traulich und so nah,Und tief im dunkeln Felsenquell Den schönen Himmel blau und hell, Und sie im Himmel sah.Sieh, wie der bunte Frühling schonAus Knosp’ und Blüte blickt!Nicht alle Blüten sind mir gleich,Am liebsten pflückt’ ich von dem Zweig, Von welchem sie gepflückt.Denn alles ist wie damals noch,Die Blumen, das Gefild;Die Sonne scheint nicht minder hell,Nicht minder freundlich schwimmt im Quell Das blaue Himmelsbild.Es wandeln nur sich Will und Wahn, Es wechseln Lust und Streit, Vorüber flieht der Liebe Glück,Und nur die Liebe bleibt zurück, Die Lieb’ und ach, das Leid!O wär ich doch ein Vöglein nurDort an dem Wiesenhang!Dann blieb’ ich auf den Zweigen hier, Und säng ein süsses Lied von ihr, Den ganzen Sommer lang.
In Spring
I sit silently on the hillside.The sky is so clear,the breezes play in the green valley where once, in the first rays of spring, I was, oh, so happy.Where I walked by her side,so tender, so close,and saw deep in the dark rocky stream the fair sky, blue and bright,and her reflected in that sky.See how the colourful springalready peeps from bud and blossom.Not all the blossoms are the same to me:I like most of all to pluck them from the branch from which she has plucked.For all is still as it was then, the flowers, the fields;the sun shines no less brightly, and no less cheerfully,the sky’s blue image bathes in the stream.Only will and delusion change, and joy alternates with strife; the happiness of love flies past, and only love remains;love and, alas, sorrow.Oh, if only I were a bird,there on the sloping meadow!Then I would stay on these branches here, and sing a sweet song about herall summer long.
Translation by Richard Wigmore
Composer
Franz Peter Schubert was an late Classical and early Romantic composer. He produced a vast oeuvre during his short life, composing more the 600 vocal works (largely Lieder), and well as several symphonies, operas, and a large body of piano music. He was uncommonly gifted from a young age, but appreciation of his music was limited during his lifetime. His work became more popular in the decades after his death, and was praised by 19th century composers, including Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, and Liszt.
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Poet
Ernst Conrad Friedrich Schulze was a German Romantic poet. He was born and died in Celle.
The son of the Mayor of Celle, his mother died while he was only two years old and much of his early education was overseen by his two grandfathers, who were a Celle bookseller and a minister.
Widely respected by his contemporaries in early youth, he found himself increasingly drawn into a new poetische Welt (world of poetry) in his mid-teens, showing a particular interest in folklore, fairy tales and diverse French literature. He said of himself, "I lived in a fantasy world and was on the way to becoming a complete obsessive." Despite these early Romantic daydreams, he was able to apply himself to his school work and was, at age 16, a model student.
Given his upbringing, it is probably unsurprisingly that he initially studied theology at the Georg-August University of Göttingen from 1806. He went on to study philosophy, literature and aesthetics from 1808, and received his doctorate in 1812. Afterward, he devoted himself to philology, which he taught privately in Göttingen. During his time at university he became a member of the Göttingen 'Corps Hannovera', one of the original German Student Corps.
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Previously performed at:
- 21 Oct 2018: The Elements in Song: Christoph Prégardien & Ulrich Eisenlohr
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- 10 Mar 2018: Maria Forsström & Sholto Kynoch
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- 28 Oct 2017: Mastercourse Concert
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- 23 Oct 2017: Mastercourse Day One
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- 04 Mar 2017: Benjamin Appl & Sholto Kynoch
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- 23 Oct 2016: Mastercourse 2016 (for T&Ts)
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- 21 Oct 2016: Franz Schubert: Andrè Schuen & Daniel Heide
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Im Frühling
In Spring
Composer
Franz Peter Schubert was an late Classical and early Romantic composer. He produced a vast oeuvre during his short life, composing more the 600 vocal works (largely Lieder), and well as several symphonies, operas, and a large body of piano music. He was uncommonly gifted from a young age, but appreciation of his music was limited during his lifetime. His work became more popular in the decades after his death, and was praised by 19th century composers, including Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, and Liszt.
Information from Wikipedia. Read more here.
See Full Entry
Poet
Ernst Conrad Friedrich Schulze was a German Romantic poet. He was born and died in Celle.
The son of the Mayor of Celle, his mother died while he was only two years old and much of his early education was overseen by his two grandfathers, who were a Celle bookseller and a minister.
Widely respected by his contemporaries in early youth, he found himself increasingly drawn into a new poetische Welt (world of poetry) in his mid-teens, showing a particular interest in folklore, fairy tales and diverse French literature. He said of himself, "I lived in a fantasy world and was on the way to becoming a complete obsessive." Despite these early Romantic daydreams, he was able to apply himself to his school work and was, at age 16, a model student.
Given his upbringing, it is probably unsurprisingly that he initially studied theology at the Georg-August University of Göttingen from 1806. He went on to study philosophy, literature and aesthetics from 1808, and received his doctorate in 1812. Afterward, he devoted himself to philology, which he taught privately in Göttingen. During his time at university he became a member of the Göttingen 'Corps Hannovera', one of the original German Student Corps.
Taken from Wikipedia. To view the full article, please click here.
See Full Entry
Sorry, no further description available.
Previously performed at:
- 21 Oct 2018: The Elements in Song: Christoph Prégardien & Ulrich Eisenlohr
- 10 Mar 2018: Maria Forsström & Sholto Kynoch
- 28 Oct 2017: Mastercourse Concert
- 23 Oct 2017: Mastercourse Day One
- 04 Mar 2017: Benjamin Appl & Sholto Kynoch
- 23 Oct 2016: Mastercourse 2016 (for T&Ts)
- 21 Oct 2016: Franz Schubert: Andrè Schuen & Daniel Heide
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