'L'hiver' 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
L'hiver
French source:
Ludovic Fortolis
A soufflé sur la rivière.
Un lourd manteau de cristal
s’est étendu sur l’eau claire.
Les poissons bleus ont filé
Dans les algues serpentines.
Et l’âpre hiver a gelé
Les doigts roses des ondines!
Winter
English translation ©
Natasha Loges
Has blown onto the river.
A heavy mantle of crystal
Has spread itself over the clear water.
The blue fish have slipped away
Into the serpentine weeds.
And the harsh winter has frozen
The pink fingers of the mermaids!
L'hiver
French source:
Ludovic Fortolis
Winter
English source:
Natasha Loges
L’âpre hiver au creux du val,
The harsh winter in the hollow of the valley
A soufflé sur la rivière.
Has blown onto the river.
Un lourd manteau de cristal
A heavy mantle of crystal
s’est étendu sur l’eau claire.
Has spread itself over the clear water.
Les poissons bleus ont filé
The blue fish have slipped away
Dans les algues serpentines.
Into the serpentine weeds.
Et l’âpre hiver a gelé
And the harsh winter has frozen
Les doigts roses des ondines!
The pink fingers of the mermaids!
Composer
Hedwige Chrétien
Study event exploring the life and work of Hedwige Chrétien.Filmed in 2022 by TallWall Media. COMPOSER BIOGRAPHYHedwige Chrétien’s substantial corpus of compositions is increasingly being recognised for its elegance and craftsmanship. The scholar…
