Frühlingslied (Spring Song)

Five Songs from 7 Deutsche Lieder

Verriet mein blasses Angesicht
(Did not my pale face)

Wie kannst du ruhig schlafen
(How can you sleep in peace)

In mein gar zu dunkles Leben
(In my life so dark)

Das Fischermädchen (The Fisher-maiden)

Was will die einsame Träne
(What means the lonely tear)

Das Traumbild (Dream-picture)

Lied (Song)

Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube
(The rose, the lily, the dove)

Hör’ ich das Liedchen klingen
(When I hear the little song)

Komm! (Come!)

Three Poems in the translations of Mary Alexander

Once o’er my dark and troubled life

I wander through the wood and weep

What means the lonely tear

Das Meer erglänzte weit hinaus
(The broad sea sparkled)

Verlust (Loss)

Gleich Merlin, dem eitlen Weisen
(Like Merlin, the vain wizard)

Gruss (Greeting)

Reiselied (Traveler’s song)

Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (On wings of song)

Neue Liebe (New Love)

Short

Six Songs from Schwanengesang (Swan-song)

Das Fischermädchen (The fisher-maiden)

Am Meer (By the sea)

Die Stadt (The city)

Der Doppelgänger (The double)

Ihr Bild (Her portrait)

Der Atlas (Atlas)

Friedrich Curschmann (1804-1841)

Stephen Heller (1813-1888)

 Josephine Lang (1815-1880)

Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864)

Intermission

Fanny Hensel (1805-1847)

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Intermission

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

by Heinrich Heine, Dec. 13, 1797-Feb. 17, 1856