Poem, Abendempfindung, by Joachim Heinrich Campe EVENING REVERIE It is evening, the sun has vanished, and moonbeams descend in silver light; so life’s most beautiful hours escape, streaming by as in a dance! Soon life’s colorful pageant ends, and the curtain falls. Our little play is over! A friend’s tears already flow on our grave. Soon, perhaps, like a gentle zephyr, a silent premonition - I shall end this life’s pilgrimage and fly to the land of rest. Then if you weep at my grave and look with grief upon my ashes, then, dear friends, will I appear and wave to you from heaven. So shed a tear for me and pluck a violet for my grave; and with your soulful gaze look upon me tenderly. Cry me that tear, but Oh! don't be ashamed to cry it, for in my crown it will be the fairest pearl of all.
@@JahanChannel My pleasure. Feel free to use the translation in programs if you so desire (would appreciate a by-line if you think of it). Loved Ms. Karthäuser's performance of this indescribably beautiful song! Best of luck!
A pleasing voice with no blips in the timbre. However, i felt that the tempi were a tad too fast. The score is marked Andante Moderato, ie moderately slow walking pace... This artiste took the thing very rather briskly. Also, I longed for nuances here and there and some gentleness, floating the tone overall rather than a constant declamatory approach. The theme of the piece is that towards the end of the evening (roughly translated the title means 'Evening Thoughts') Campe finds himself thinking about the close of life itself, not in morbid but >contemplative mood
