This song was recorded live in The Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda’s College as part of the Oxford Lieder Festival in 2006.
Click here to listen to this song performed by Sophie Daneman and Julius Drake.
Er ist’s
German source:
Eduard Mörike
Wieder flattern durch die Lüfte;
Süße, wohlbekannte Düfte
Streifen ahnungsvoll das Land.
Veilchen träumen schon,
Wollen balde kommen.
Horch, ein Harfenton!
Frühling, ja du bist’s!
Dich hab ich vernommen!
Spring is here
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
On the breezes again;
Sweet, well-remembered scents
Drift portentously across the land.
Violets, already dreaming,
Will soon begin to bloom.
Listen, the sound of a harp!
Spring, that must be you!
It’s you I’ve heard!
Translations by Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Er ist’s
German source:
Eduard Mörike
Spring is here
English source:
Richard Stokes
Frühling lässt sein blaues Band
Spring is floating its blue banner
Wieder flattern durch die Lüfte;
On the breezes again;
Süße, wohlbekannte Düfte
Sweet, well-remembered scents
Streifen ahnungsvoll das Land.
Drift portentously across the land.
Veilchen träumen schon,
Violets, already dreaming,
Wollen balde kommen.
Will soon begin to bloom.
Horch, ein Harfenton!
Listen, the sound of a harp!
Frühling, ja du bist’s!
Spring, that must be you!
Dich hab ich vernommen!
It’s you I’ve heard!
Composer
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann was a German composer and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. He had been assured…
Poet
Eduard Mörike
Eduard Friedrich Mörike was a German Romantic poet. Mörike was born in Ludwigsburg. His father was Karl Friedrich Mörike (d. 1817), a district medical councilor; his mother was Charlotte Bayer. He attended the Latin school at Ludwigsburg, and the…