George Crumb - Night (Three Early Songs) 

George Crumb (*1929) - Night (from Three Early Songs)
text - Robert Southey (1774 - 1843)
Viola Blache - soprano
Jaap Kooi - grand piano
live performance at MuziekHaven Zaandam, The Netherlands, 26.09.2020
audio/video - Tijmen de Vries
How beautiful is night!
A dewy freshness fills the silent air;
No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain
Breaks the serene of heaven:
In full-orbed glory yonder Moon divine
Rolls through the dark-blue depths.
Beneath her steady ray
The desert-circle spreads,
Like the round ocean, girdled with the sky.
How beautiful is night!