Songs
Nature morte
by Wolfgang Rihm From Ende der Handschrift, 11 späte Gedichte von Heiner Müller (1999)
Nature morte
German source:
Heiner Müller
drei sollten ihn nicht mehr sehn
als ihre leiber in den ästen schwangen
stand er über den bergen schön
Nature Morte
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
Three would not see it again
When their bodies dangled from the branches
It shone brightly over the mountains
Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Nature morte
German source:
Heiner Müller
Nature Morte
English source:
Richard Stokes
der mond war noch nicht aufgegangen
The moon had not yet risen
drei sollten ihn nicht mehr sehn
Three would not see it again
als ihre leiber in den ästen schwangen
When their bodies dangled from the branches
stand er über den bergen schön
It shone brightly over the mountains
Composer
Wolfgang Rihm
Wolfgang Rihm is a German composer. Rihm is musical director of the Institute of New Music and Media at the University of Music Karlsruhe and has been composer in residence at the Lucerne Festival and the Salzburg Festival.
