'La barque' performed by Sophie Bevan & Anna Tilbrook as part of the Forgotten Voices lecture-recital series, curated by Kitty Whately and Natasha Loges, and produced in collaboration with SWAP'ra (Supporting Women and Parents in Opera). Filmed by TallWall Media, at Trinity College, Oxford, as part of the Oxford Lieder Spring Song Festival 2022.
Text & Translation
La barque
French source:
Ludovic Fortolis
Promène des amoureux,
Qui tous deux avec emphase
Echangent d’éternels voœux.
Mais l’eau verte qui ruisselle
En son clapotis leur dit :
Que vite, plus vite qu’elle,
L’amour, ici bas s’en fuit.
La barque sur l’eau qui jase
Promène des amoureux!
The boat
English translation ©
Natasha Loges
Bears lovers along,
Who both vehemently
Exchange eternal vows.
But the green water that streams
In its bubbling says to them:
That quickly, faster than the water itself,
Love here below, is fleeing.
The boat on the rippling water
Promenading lovers!
La barque
French source:
Ludovic Fortolis
The boat
English source:
Natasha Loges
La barque sur l’eau qui jase
The boat on the rippling water
Promène des amoureux,
Bears lovers along,
Qui tous deux avec emphase
Who both vehemently
Echangent d’éternels voœux.
Exchange eternal vows.
Mais l’eau verte qui ruisselle
But the green water that streams
En son clapotis leur dit :
In its bubbling says to them:
Que vite, plus vite qu’elle,
That quickly, faster than the water itself,
L’amour, ici bas s’en fuit.
Love here below, is fleeing.
La barque sur l’eau qui jase
The boat on the rippling water
Promène des amoureux!
Promenading lovers!
Composer
Hedwige Chrétien
Study event exploring the life and work of Hedwige Chrétien.Filmed in 2022 by TallWall Media. COMPOSER BIOGRAPHY Little is known about Hedwige Chrétien at the time of writing. She was born in Compiègne and her maternal grandfather, Jules…
