Songs
Ganymed
(1817)
D544
Ganymed
Wie im MorgenglanzeDu rings mich anglühst, Frühling, Geliebter!Mit tausendfacher Liebeswonne Sich an mein Herze drängt Deiner ewigen WärmeHeilig Gefühl,Unendliche Schöne!Dass ich dich fassen möcht’In diesen Arm!Ach, an deinem BusenLieg’ ich und schmachte,Und deine Blumen, dein Gras Drängen sich an mein Herz.Du kühlst den brennendenDurst meines Busens,Lieblicher Morgenwind!Ruft drein die NachtigallLiebend mach mir aus dem Nebeltal. Ich komm’, ich komme!Ach wohin, wohin?Hinauf! strebt’s hinauf!Es schweben die WolkenAbwärts, die WolkenNeigen sich der sehnenden Liebe. Mir! Mir!In euerm Schosse Aufwärts!Umfangend umfangen! Aufwärts an deinen Busen, Alliebender Vater!
Ganymede
How your glow envelops me in the morning radiance, spring, my beloved!With love’s thousandfold joy the hallowed sensationof your eternal warmth floods my heart, infinite beauty!O that I might clasp you in my arms!Ah, on your breastI lie languishing,and your flowers, your grasspress close to my heart.You cool the burningthirst within my breast,sweet morning breeze,as the nightingale callstenderly to me from the misty valley. I come, I come!But whither? Ah, whither?Upwards! Strive upwards! The clouds driftdown, yieldingto yearning love,to me, to me!In your lap,upwards,embracing and embraced! Upwards to your bosom, all-loving Father!
Translations by Richard Wigmore first published by Gollancz and reprinted in the Hyperion Schubert Song Edition
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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
Johann Wolfgang Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist. A literary celebrity by the age of 25, Goethe was ennobled by the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Karl August in 1782 after first taking up residence there in November 1775 following the success of his first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther. He was an early participant in the Sturm und Drang literary movement. During his first ten years in Weimar, Goethe served as a member of the Duke's privy council, sat on the war and highway commissions, oversaw the reopening of silver mines in nearby Ilmenau, and implemented a series of administrative reforms at the University of Jena. He also contributed to the planning of Weimar's botanical park and the rebuilding of its Ducal Palace, which in 1998 were together designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Previously performed at:
- 23 May 2021: Oxford Lieder at Fairlight Hall: Anna Cavaliero & Sholto Kynoch - A Schu...
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- 21 May 2021: Oxford Lieder at Rye Creative Centre: Anna Cavaliero & Sholto Kynoch - A...
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- 18 May 2021: A Schubertiade: The Seasons in Song (second performance)
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- 18 May 2021: A Schubertiade: The Seasons in Song (first performance)
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- 28 Feb 2021: 09. The Shepherd on the Rock: Ailish Tynan & Iain Burnside
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- 16 Oct 2020: 35. Settings of Thomas Hardy: Roderick Williams & Christopher Glynn
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- 19 Oct 2019: 41. Schubert & Mortality: Imogen Cooper, James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook ...
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- 07 Apr 2019: Goethe - A Life in Songs: Christopher Maltman & Graham Johnson
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- 14 Oct 2017: Bring and Sing
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- 04 Mar 2017: Benjamin Appl & Sholto Kynoch
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- 29 Oct 2016: Mastercourse Concert
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- 23 Oct 2016: Schubert's Harper Songs
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- 23 Oct 2016: Mastercourse 2016 (for T&Ts)
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- 23 Oct 2016: Mastercourse 2016 (for T&Ts)
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Ganymed
Ganymede
If you would like to use our texts and translations, please click here for more information.
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
Johann Wolfgang Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist. A literary celebrity by the age of 25, Goethe was ennobled by the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Karl August in 1782 after first taking up residence there in November 1775 following the success of his first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther. He was an early participant in the Sturm und Drang literary movement. During his first ten years in Weimar, Goethe served as a member of the Duke's privy council, sat on the war and highway commissions, oversaw the reopening of silver mines in nearby Ilmenau, and implemented a series of administrative reforms at the University of Jena. He also contributed to the planning of Weimar's botanical park and the rebuilding of its Ducal Palace, which in 1998 were together designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Taken from Wikipedia. To view the full article, please click here.
See Full Entry
Sorry, no further description available.
Previously performed at:
- 23 May 2021: Oxford Lieder at Fairlight Hall: Anna Cavaliero & Sholto Kynoch - A Schu...
- 21 May 2021: Oxford Lieder at Rye Creative Centre: Anna Cavaliero & Sholto Kynoch - A...
- 18 May 2021: A Schubertiade: The Seasons in Song (second performance)
- 18 May 2021: A Schubertiade: The Seasons in Song (first performance)
- 28 Feb 2021: 09. The Shepherd on the Rock: Ailish Tynan & Iain Burnside
- 16 Oct 2020: 35. Settings of Thomas Hardy: Roderick Williams & Christopher Glynn
- 19 Oct 2019: 41. Schubert & Mortality: Imogen Cooper, James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook ...
- 07 Apr 2019: Goethe - A Life in Songs: Christopher Maltman & Graham Johnson
- 14 Oct 2017: Bring and Sing
- 04 Mar 2017: Benjamin Appl & Sholto Kynoch
- 29 Oct 2016: Mastercourse Concert
- 23 Oct 2016: Schubert's Harper Songs
- 23 Oct 2016: Mastercourse 2016 (for T&Ts)
- 23 Oct 2016: Mastercourse 2016 (for T&Ts)