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 James Gilchrist and Sholto Kynoch, or click here to buy the CD from Stone Records.
Frühlingsglaube
German source:
Johann Ludwig Uhland
Sie säuseln und weben Tag und Nacht,
Sie schaffen an allen Enden.
O frischer Duft, o neuer Klang!
Nun, armes Herze, sei nicht bang!
Nun muss sich Alles, Alles wenden.
Die Welt wird schöner mit jedem Tag,
Man weiss nicht, was noch werden mag,
Das Blühen will nicht enden.
Es blüht das fernste, tiefste Tal:
Nun, armes Herz, vergiss der Qual!
Nun muss sich Alles, Alles wenden.
Faith In Spring
English translation ©
Richard Wigmore
they stir and whisper day and night,
everywhere creative.
O fresh scents, O new sounds!
Now, poor heart, do not be afraid.
Now all must change.
The world grows fairer each day;
we cannot know what is still to come;
the flowering knows no end.
The deepest, most distant valley is in flower.
Now, poor heart, forget your torment.
Now all must change.
Frühlingsglaube
German source:
Johann Ludwig Uhland
Faith In Spring
English source:
Richard Wigmore
Die linden Lüfte sind erwacht,
Balmy breezes are awakened;
Sie säuseln und weben Tag und Nacht,
they stir and whisper day and night,
Sie schaffen an allen Enden.
everywhere creative.
O frischer Duft, o neuer Klang!
O fresh scents, O new sounds!
Nun, armes Herze, sei nicht bang!
Now, poor heart, do not be afraid.
Nun muss sich Alles, Alles wenden.
Now all must change.
Die Welt wird schöner mit jedem Tag,
The world grows fairer each day;
Man weiss nicht, was noch werden mag,
we cannot know what is still to come;
Das Blühen will nicht enden.
the flowering knows no end.
Es blüht das fernste, tiefste Tal:
The deepest, most distant valley is in flower.
Nun, armes Herz, vergiss der Qual!
Now, poor heart, forget your torment.
Nun muss sich Alles, Alles wenden.
Now all must change.
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
Johann Ludwig Uhland
Johann Ludwig Uhland, was a German poet, philologist and literary historian. He was born in Tübingen, Württemberg, and studied jurisprudence at the university there, but also took an interest in medieval literature, especially old German and French…
Performances
Previously performed at:
- Michelangelo 25 Oct 2023
- Images of Schubert 22 Oct 2023
- 35. Schubert & Co.: A Schubertiade 20 Oct 2022
- 7. Benjamin Appl & Thomas Dunford: The Songwriter 15 Oct 2022
- Oxford Lieder at Fairlight Hall: Anna Cavaliero & Sholto Kynoch - A Schubertiade: The Seasons in Song 23 May 2021
- Oxford Lieder at Rye Creative Centre: Anna Cavaliero & Sholto Kynoch - A Schubertiade: The Seasons in Song 21 May 2021
- A Schubertiade: The Seasons in Song (second performance) 18 May 2021
- A Schubertiade: The Seasons in Song (first performance) 18 May 2021
- 19. Beethoven, Schubert and Gordon: James Gilchrist & Anna Tilbrook 13 Oct 2020
- A Schubertiade 11 Mar 2018
- Maria Forsström & Sholto Kynoch 10 Mar 2018
- Schubert and Strauss: Kathryn Rudge & Christopher Glynn 18 Oct 2017
- Benjamin Appl & Sholto Kynoch 04 Mar 2017