This song was recorded on the album 'Schubert Year by Year' on Stone Records, in preparation for Oxford Lieder's 2014 The Schubert Project, the first ever complete performance of Schubert's songs in a single festival. It features one song from each year of Schubert's creative life.
Click here to listen to the song with Marcus Farnsworth and Sholto Kynoch, or click here to buy the CD from Stone Records.
Die Götter Griechenlands
German source:
Friedrich von Schiller
Holdes Blütenalter der Natur!
Ach, nur in dem Feenland der Lieder
Lebt noch deine fabelhafte Spur.
Ausgestorben trauert das Gefilde,
Keine Gottheit zeigt sich meinem Blick,
Ach, von jenem lebenwarmen
Bilde Blieb der Schatten nur zurück.
The Gods of Greece
English translation ©
Richard Wigmore
sweet springtime of nature!
Alas, only in the magic land of song
does your fabled memory live on.
The deserted fields mourn,
no god reveals himself to me;
of that warm, living image
only a shadow has remained.
_First published by Gollancz and reprinted in the Hyperion Schubert Song Edition_
Die Götter Griechenlands
German source:
Friedrich von Schiller
The Gods of Greece
English source:
Richard Wigmore
Schöne Welt, wo bist du? Kehre wieder
Fair world, where are you? Return again,
Holdes Blütenalter der Natur!
sweet springtime of nature!
Ach, nur in dem Feenland der Lieder
Alas, only in the magic land of song
Lebt noch deine fabelhafte Spur.
does your fabled memory live on.
Ausgestorben trauert das Gefilde,
The deserted fields mourn,
Keine Gottheit zeigt sich meinem Blick,
no god reveals himself to me;
Ach, von jenem lebenwarmen
of that warm, living image
Bilde Blieb der Schatten nur zurück.
only a shadow has remained.
Composer
Franz Schubert
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…
Poet
Friedrich von Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with the already…
Performances
Previously performed at:
- Eros & Psyche 21 Oct 2023
- 61. Castalian String Quartet: Death and the Maiden 26 Oct 2022
- 75. Ilker Arcayürek: The Path of Life 19 Oct 2021
- 51. A Night at The Museum: Benjamin Appl, Graham Johnson, Rowan Pierce, Nathaniel Mander & Prof. Michael Scott 20 Oct 2019
- Poetry Declaimed: Benjamin Appl & Gary Matthewman 20 Oct 2016