Ion Macovei (1947-2011): Five pastorals (1976) with subtitles

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Ион Маковей: Пять пасторалей на народные стихи для голоса и фортепиано (1976 г.)

Cinci pastorale pe versuri populare* pentru voce şi pian (1976)

Five pastorals on folk lyrics** for voice and piano (1976)

1. Pe-un picior de plai (Near a low foothill) 0:00
2. Dar cea mioriţă (One small ewe-lamb, though) 0:46
3. Fluieraş de fag (One small pipe of beech) 1:39
4. Iar dacă-i zări (But if you see there) 2:13
5. Mândru ciobănel (Shepherd fine to see) 3:39

performed by Elena Dimitriu (soprano) & the composer (piano)

image: forest near Breaza in Romania

*) adică din balada "Mioriţa": Pe-un picior de plai, / Pe-o gură de rai, / Iată vin în cale, / Se cobor la vale, / Trei turme de miei, / Cu trei ciobănei. // Dar cea mioriţă, / Cu lână plăviţă,... / – Mioriţă laie, / Laie bucălaie,... / – Oiţă bârsană, / De eşti năzdrăvană... // Fluieraş de fag, / Mult zice cu drag; / Fluieraş de os, / Mult zice duios; / Fluieraş de soc, / Mult zice cu foc; / Fluieraş de os, / Mult zice duios! // Iar dacă-i zări, / Dacă-i întâlni / Măicuţă bătrână, / Cu brâul de lână, / Din ochi lăcrimând,... / Şi la toţi zicând: // "Mândru ciobănel, / Tras printr-un inel; / Feţişoara lui, / Spuma laptelui; / Musteţioara lui, / Spicul grâului; / Perişorul lui, / Peana corbului; / Mândru ciobănel, / Tras printr-un inel; / Ochişorii lui, / Mura câmpului." / Pe-un picior de plai, / Pe-o gură de rai, / Iată vin în cale, / Se cobor la vale, / Trei turme de miei, / Cu trei ciobănei.

**) that is, from the ballad "Mioriţa (The ewe-lamb)": Near a low foothill / At Heaven's doorsill, / Where the trail's descending / To the plain and ending, / Here three shepherds keep / Their three flocks of sheep. // One small ewe-lamb, though, / Dappled gray as tow, ... / – Ewe-lamb, dapple-gray, / Muzzled black and gray, ... / – Lamb, my little ewe, / If this omen's true ... // One small pipe of beech / Has a soft, sweet speech; / One small pipe of bone / Has a loving tone; / One of elderwood, / Fiery-tongued and good; / One small pipe of bone / Has a loving tone. // But if you see there, / Should you meet somewhere, / My old mother, little, / With her white wool girdle, / Eyes with their tears flowing ... / Saying to them all: // "Shepherd fine to see, / Slim as a willow tree, / With his dear face, bright / As the milk-foam, white, / His small moustache, right / As the young wheat's ear, / With his hair so dear, / Like plumes of the crow; / Shepherd fine to see, / Slim as a willow tree, / Little eyes that glow / Like the ripe black sloe." / Near a low foothill, / At Heaven's doorsill, / Where the trail's descending / To the plain and ending, / Here three shepherds keep / Their three flocks of sheep.