Rehearsal Resources 2019

Esti Dal -Kodály
English translation of "Esti Dal", Kodály, Zoltán
Evening darkness overtook me near the woods;
I have put my coat under my head (i.e. as a pillow),
I have put my hands together
To pray to the Lord, like this:
Oh, my Lord, give me a place to sleep,
I am weary with wandering,
With walking around and hiding,
With living on foreign land.
May Lord give me a good night,
May he send me a holy angel,
May he encourage our hearts' dreams,
May he give us a good night.

Der Bräutigam

The Bridegroom
Down from all the mountaintops
Sound such happy greetings -
It is the return of spring
That calls to the green forest!
A little song rang out
Up to the quiet castle -
Your beloved has sung it,
And he lifts you upon his steed.
We ride so swiftly
Far away from all the people. -
The air rustles so gently
In the solitude of the forest.
To where? In the moonlight
The forest is already pale. -
The night murmurs softly - do not ask
Where love goes to its end!

-PaxtonBreathe Soft

in the original key

Waldesgruss

Through the forest autumn deep silencedraws a breath, draws a touch,
the leaves touch all the branches,
touch me too, touch me too.
As it's warningly rushing to my feet,
good forest! good forest!
I understand your solemn greetings:
soon, yes soon!

Tired, the sun is leaning towards the sea,
sink down, sink down;
Oh! she longs for the day's heaviness
to grave, to grave.
Like the floods solemn waves
faded away, remotely reverberated,
a sound comes through my chest:
soon, yes soon!

Jaglied-Mendelssohn