You should have all the beauty
of clear and sunny may
Emil Sjögren Du skulle få vad allra fagrast sänder / You should have all the beauty
Max Bruch Serenade
Steig in die Gondel!
Benjamin Godard Chanson de Malherbe
Gods, friends of innocence
What have I done to deserve
the pain, when this absence
makes me despair
Erich W. Korngold Liebesbriefchen / Love-letter
I am yours, beautiful dear, think of me, think of me!
Erich W. Korngold Schneeglöckchen / Snowdrops
It was not singing, it was kissing-
touch softly the little bells
Heinrich von Herzogenberg Wiegenlied / Lullaby
Like a sick child
I cradle my heart
Even the softest nappies
Gives it pain
Benjamin Godard J’hai perdu ma tourterelle / I’ve lost my turtledove
I have lost my turtledove…
Amy Beach The Lotos Isles
Music that gentlier on the spirit lies,
Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies.
Josef B Foerster Märchen / Fairy-tale
O, dream of golden days!
Josef B Foerster Der Gärtner / The Gardener
My heart fears and worries: you fool, this little tree is no yours!
The fruits now softly appearing from these flowers
My God, a stranger will come and shake them into his lap
Josef B Foerster An *** / To ***
What I owe you?
Golden days and dreams of happiness
Sigismund Thalberg Sommernacht / Summer night
And from endless dark faraway places
flows music, heavenly pure
all the trembling soft notes
sound right into my heart