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KATHARINA KONRADI, soprano & CATRIONA MORISON,
mezzosoprano & AMMIEL
BUSHAKEVITZ, piano
ECHOES
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MEL BONIS (1858-1937)
Le Ruisseau,
Op. 21 No. 1 (1894)
Lyrics: Amédée-Louis Hettich
(1856-1937)
The Stream
Through meadows in bloom
rushes a stream
Where the birds come to drink songs,
Tapping with their beaks to break open the shells
Of water-pearls that leap in tandem with their flight.
Still, at times, weary of its course,
The poor
brook stops to cry.
The rock, moved to see such
sadness,
Softens its bosom and embraces
The
stream, who, in turn, never ceases to flee!
O
stream, so fresh and clear,
Where the moon, at night,
bathes its pale brow,
Tell me, to which oak-bound
shores
Are your waves taking you?
Where are you
going, kind brook?
“I flow ever onward without a
goal, obeying my fantasy,
Like thought, like desire;
I strive toward the unknown; I never pin myself down,
And thus I fulfill my destiny.
‘Tis the
unknown I embrace when I sing; I follow it whenever I
dream,
Or when I lazily embrace
And caress the
charming body of Amaryllis!”
English Translation:
Stanley Hanks
CHARLES GOUNOD
(1818-1893)
La Siesta CG 399 (1871)
Lyrics:
Anonymous
With the wind, O Mother,
The leaves
murmur,
And I fall asleep to its sound
Under their
shadow!
A gentle wind blows,
Cheerful and
soft,
Propelling the ship,
The ship of my thoughts.
It brings me such joy
That it already seems
As
if Heaven was granting me
Its bliss in advance.
And I fall asleep to its sound
Under the leaves’
shadow.
I hardly recall,
Now that I lie amidst
flowers,
All my pains.
I barely remember them.
They disappear from view,
Now that sleep overpowers me,
And life returns to me
With the sound of the leaves
And I fall asleep to the sound of the wind
Beneath
their shadow!
English Translation: Stanley Hanks
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