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Program Notes Oct. 6
Oct. 4, 2022
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from Le nozze di Figaro
Wolfgang A Mozart
Porgi, amor
Grant, love, some relief
to my sorrow, to my sighing.
Give me back my treasure,
or at least let me die.
Grant, love, etc.
Sull'aria...che soave zeffiretto
SUSANNA: On the breeze.
COUNTESS: What a gentle zephyr -
SUSANNA: zephyr -
COUNTESS: will sigh this evening -
SUSANNA: this evening -
COUNTESS: beneath the pines in the thicket...
SUSANNA: beneath the pines?
COUNTESS: Beneath the pines in the thicket.
SUSANNA: Beneath the pines in the thicket.
COUNTESS: He will understand the rest.
SUSANNA: Certainly, he'll understand.
COUNTESS: He will understand the rest.
Little tune on the breeze, etc.
SUSANNA: What a gentle zephyr, etc.
I've folded the letter, but how shall I seal it?
COUNTESS: Here, take this pin, it will serve for a seal.
Wait, write
on the back of the letter, "Return the pin.''
SUSANNA It's stranger than the seal on the commission.
COUNTESS Hide it quickly; I hear someone coming.
Deh vieni, non tardar
Come now, delay not, lovely joy,
come where love calls you to pleasure.
The nocturnal torch shines not yet in heaven;
the air is still murky, and the earth silent.
Here the brook murmurs, the breezes play
and with gentle sighing refresh the heart.
Here flowers are laughing, and the grass is cool;
all things beckon to love's delights.
Come, my soul, within this hidden grove.
Come! I would crown your brow with roses!
from Rusalka
Song to the moon
Antonin Dvorak
Oh Moon on the deep deep sky
Your light can see far
You roam all the vast world
Looking in the homes of people
Oh Moon, stay for a while
Tell me, tell me where my loved is
Tell him, oh silver Moon
That my arm embraces him
So he at least for a little while
Remembers me in his dreams
Give him light on his way
Tell him, oh tell him who is waiting for him here!
Is the human soul dreaming of me...
Let him awake by the memory!
Oh Moon, keep shining, keep shining!
Wolfgang A Mozart
Porgi, amor
Grant, love, some relief
to my sorrow, to my sighing.
Give me back my treasure,
or at least let me die.
Grant, love, etc.
Sull'aria...che soave zeffiretto
SUSANNA: On the breeze.
COUNTESS: What a gentle zephyr -
SUSANNA: zephyr -
COUNTESS: will sigh this evening -
SUSANNA: this evening -
COUNTESS: beneath the pines in the thicket...
SUSANNA: beneath the pines?
COUNTESS: Beneath the pines in the thicket.
SUSANNA: Beneath the pines in the thicket.
COUNTESS: He will understand the rest.
SUSANNA: Certainly, he'll understand.
COUNTESS: He will understand the rest.
Little tune on the breeze, etc.
SUSANNA: What a gentle zephyr, etc.
I've folded the letter, but how shall I seal it?
COUNTESS: Here, take this pin, it will serve for a seal.
Wait, write
on the back of the letter, "Return the pin.''
SUSANNA It's stranger than the seal on the commission.
COUNTESS Hide it quickly; I hear someone coming.
Deh vieni, non tardar
Come now, delay not, lovely joy,
come where love calls you to pleasure.
The nocturnal torch shines not yet in heaven;
the air is still murky, and the earth silent.
Here the brook murmurs, the breezes play
and with gentle sighing refresh the heart.
Here flowers are laughing, and the grass is cool;
all things beckon to love's delights.
Come, my soul, within this hidden grove.
Come! I would crown your brow with roses!
from Rusalka
Song to the moon
Antonin Dvorak
Oh Moon on the deep deep sky
Your light can see far
You roam all the vast world
Looking in the homes of people
Oh Moon, stay for a while
Tell me, tell me where my loved is
Tell him, oh silver Moon
That my arm embraces him
So he at least for a little while
Remembers me in his dreams
Give him light on his way
Tell him, oh tell him who is waiting for him here!
Is the human soul dreaming of me...
Let him awake by the memory!
Oh Moon, keep shining, keep shining!