Mozart - Als Luise die Briefe..., K. 520

Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhafters verbrannte.

Text : Gabriele von Baumberg (1768-1839) :

Erzeugt von heißer Phantasie,
In einer schwärmerischen Stunde
Zur Welt gebrachte, geht zu Grunde,
Ihr Kinder der Melancholie!
Ihr danket Flammen euer Sein,
Ich geb' euch nun den Flammen wieder,
Und all' die schwärmerischen Lieder,
Denn ach! er sang nicht mir allein.
Ihr brennet nun, und bald, ihr Lieben,
Ist keine Spur von euch mehr hier.
Doch ach! der Mann, der euch geschrieben,
Brennt lange noch vielleicht in mir.

Performers : Barbara Bonney, soprano
Geoffrey Parssons, piano

[bambi]

When u delete the whatsapp chat of the person who never really loved you to finally get over it

[ElleCee]

Another recital piece for me. I sang A LOT of Mozart junior year.

[justinandmaxgames]

I always wonder WHO can give a thumbs down rating for something so extraordinary.

[theophilos]

‘That time Louisa burnt the letters of her cheating lover’ K. 520 (26 May 1787) Song for Soprano & Klavier by W.A.Mozart (after moving house in April 1787 & just before learning of his father’s death on 19 May in Salzburg)

TEXT in English

‘Ye letters, born from burning imagination & begotten in an emotionally-charged hour of Ecstasy - I say to you : Die —you spawn of The Hypos!

From flames of Passion you sprang into existence - and to flames — all those songs he wrote—are now consigned back to their own element—for, Ah ! they were not written for me alone !

And tho’ I see you burning brightly and that shortly there will no longer be any trace left of you except ashes - still, that Rogue who penned those pages will yet linger awhile in this heart of mine !’

[eminoname]

Fun piece to sing! Mozart is always a great challenge🎶

[ykdl]

I got some Erbarme dich, mein Gott vibes in the opening phrase

[warummussmeinnameangegeben]

Klassische Variante von felt cute might delete later..

[rainbowcrystaluk]

To the 10 people who pressed dislike... who hurt you? XD