Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel - Die frühen Gräber, jazz arr by Adam Birnbaum piano, Sonya Headlam soprano

Die frühen Gräber, 6 Lieder op. posth. 9 no. 4 by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805-1847)
jazz arr. by Adam Birnbaum
Chelsea Music Festival - June 28, 2022 | St. Paul's German Lutheran Church
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00:00 Intro
00:15 Die frühen Gräber from 6 Lieder op. posth. 9 no. 4 by Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847) arr. by Adam Birnbaum
06:50 Credits

Soprano | Sonya Headlam, https://sonyaheadlamsoprano.com/
Piano | Adam Birnbaum, https://www.adambirnbaum.com/
Bass | David Wong
Drums | Quincy Davis, https://www.quincydavisjazz.com/

Thank you to Radeberger for sponsoring this evening! https://radeberger-gruppe-usa.com/


Die frühen Gräber (1764) by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803)

Willkommen, o silberner Mond,
Schöner, stiller Gefährt der Nacht!
Du entfliehst? Eile nicht, bleib, Gedankenfreund!
Sehet, er bleibt, das Gewölk wallte nur hin.

Des Mayes Erwachen ist nur
Schöner noch wie die Sommernacht,
Wenn ihm Thau, hell wie Licht, aus der Locke träuft,
Und zu dem Hügel herauf röthlich er kömt.

Ihr Edleren, ach es bewächst
Eure Maale schon ernstes Moos!
O, wie war glücklich ich, als ich noch mit euch
Sahe sich röthen den Tag, schimmern die Nacht.


The early graves

Welcome, o silver moon,
fair, quiet companion of the night!
You flee? Don't hurry away - remain, friend of thought!
Look, it stays - it was only the clouds that were moving.

Only the awakening May
is yet fairer than the summer night,
when dew, bright as light, trickles from his locks
and red, he comes up over the hill.

You nobler beings, alas! overgrown
are your monuments, with stern moss!
O, how happy I was when, still with you,
I saw day redden and night glimmer!

Translation copyright © by Emily Ezust, from the LiederNet Archive -- https://www.lieder.net/

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