This song was recorded live at the Oxford Lieder Festival as part of Hugo Wolf: The Complete Songs on Stone Records.
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Wir haben beide lange Zeit geschwiegen
German source:
Paul Heyse
Auf einmal kam uns nun die Sprache wieder.
Die Engel Gottes sind herabgeflogen,
Sie brachten nach dem Krieg den Frieden wieder.
Die Engel Gottes sind herabgeflogen,
Mit ihnen ist der Frieden eingezogen.
Die Liebesengel kamen über Nacht
Und haben Frieden meiner Brust gebracht.
For a long time we had both been silent
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
Now all at once speech has returned.
The angels of God have descended,
They brought back peace after war.
The angels of God have descended
And with them peace has returned.
The angels of love came in the night
And have brought peace to my breast.
Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Wir haben beide lange Zeit geschwiegen
German source:
Paul Heyse
For a long time we had both been silent
English source:
Richard Stokes
Wir haben beide lange Zeit geschwiegen,
For a long time we had both been silent,
Auf einmal kam uns nun die Sprache wieder.
Now all at once speech has returned.
Die Engel Gottes sind herabgeflogen,
The angels of God have descended,
Sie brachten nach dem Krieg den Frieden wieder.
They brought back peace after war.
Die Engel Gottes sind herabgeflogen,
The angels of God have descended
Mit ihnen ist der Frieden eingezogen.
And with them peace has returned.
Die Liebesengel kamen über Nacht
The angels of love came in the night
Und haben Frieden meiner Brust gebracht.
And have brought peace to my breast.
Composer
Hugo Wolf
Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf was born on 13 March 1860, the fourth of six surviving children, in Windischgraz, Styria, then part of the Austrian Empire. He was taught the piano and violin by his father at an early age and continued to study piano at the…
Poet
Paul Heyse
Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse was a distinguished German writer and translator. A member of two important literary societies, the Tunnel über der Spree in Berlin and Die Krokodile in Munich, he wrote novels, poetry, 177 short stories, and about sixty…
Performances
Previously performed at:
- 27. The Sound of Silence: Benjamin Appl & Sholto Kynoch 14 Oct 2020
- Grieg, Strauss & Berlioz: Ailish Tynan & James Baillieu 28 Mar 2020
- Mastercourse Day One 23 Oct 2017