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A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (1843) : XVI. Finale Music and Recitations. (Allegro di...
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AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
Jordi Savall
Jordi Savall
Künstler:in
Diana Haller
Diana Haller
Mezzosopran
Flore Van Meerssche
Flore Van Meerssche
Sopran
Geoffrey Carey
Geoffrey Carey
Künstler:in
Maia Jemmett
Maia Jemmett
Künstler:in
Gavi Singh Chera
Gavi Singh Chera
Künstler:in
Wendy Morgan
Wendy Morgan
Künstler:in
Shanaya Rafaat
Shanaya Rafaat
Künstler:in
Matt Penson
Matt Penson
Künstler:in
Le Concert des Nations
Le Concert des Nations
Orchester
La Capella Nacional de Catalunya
La Capella Nacional de Catalunya
Ensemble
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Komponist:in

Lyrics

THESEUS.
Say, what abridgement have you for this evening?
What masque? what music? How shall we beguile
The lazy time, if not with some delight?
(He reads a paper)
‘A tedious brief scene of young Pyramus
And his love Thisbe; very tragical mirth.’
HIPPOLYTA.
I will hear that play;
For never anything can be amiss,
When simpleness and duty tender it.
Go, bring them in: and take your places.
(Enter the Prologue)
QUINCE.
The actors are at hand and by their show
You shall know all that you are like to know.
Gentles, perchance you wonder at this show;
But wonder on, till truth make all things plain.
Let Lion, Moonshine, Wall, and lovers twain
At large discourse, while here they do remain.
This man is Pyramus, if you would know;
This beauteous lady Thisby is certain.
By moonshine did these lovers think no scorn
To meet at Ninus’ tomb, there, there to woo.
This grisly beast, which Lion hight by name,
The trusty Thisby, coming first by night,
Did scare away, or rather did affright;
And, as she fled, her mantle she did fall,
Which Lion vile with bloody mouth did stain.
Anon comes Pyramus, sweet youth and tall,
And finds his trusty Thisby’s mantle slain.
PYRAMUS.
“Come, tears, confound;
Out, sword, and wound,
the pap of Pyramus;
Ay, that left pap,
Where heart doth hop.
Thus die I, thus, thus, thus.
(Pyramus stabs himself)
Now am I dead,
Now am I fled;
My soul is in the sky:
Tongue, lose thy light;
Moon take thy flight:
(Exit Moonshine)
Now die, die, die, die, die.
(Pyramus dies)
FAIRIES.
Through the house give gathering light,
By the dead and drowsy fire:
Every elf and fairy sprite
Hop as light as bird from brier;
And this ditty, after me,
Sing, and dance it trippingly.
OBERON.
Now, until the break of day,
Through this house each fairy stray.
To the best bride-bed will we,
Which by us shall blessed be;
And the issue there create
Ever shall be fortunate.
So shall all the couples three
Ever true in loving be;
And the blots of Nature’s hand
Shall not in their issue stand;
Never mole, hare lip, nor scar,
Nor mark prodigious, such as are
Despised in nativity,
Shall upon their children be.
With this field-dew consecrate,
Every fairy take his gait;
And each several chamber bless,
Through this palace, with sweet peace;
And the owner of it blest
Ever shall in safety rest.
Trip away; make no stay;
Meet me all by break of day.
FAIRIES.
Trip away; make no stay;
Meet him all by break of day.
(Exeunt Oberon, Titania, and train)
ROBIN. (Each line spoken by a different actor)
If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber’d here
While these visions did appear.
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding but a dream,
Gentles, do not reprehend:
If you pardon, we will mend:
And, as I am an honest Puck,
If we have unearned luck
Now to ‘scape the serpent’s tongue,
We will make amends ere long;
Else the Puck a liar call;
So, good night unto you all.
Give me your hands, if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends.
(Exit)
Written by: Felix Mendelssohn

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