Grieg - Våren | Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

Celebrating the change to Spring, the Academy Chamber Ensemble perform Grieg's Våren (The Last Spring) arranged for strings.
Performed on tour in Lanzarote 2024.
Violin I
Tomo Keller
Harvey de Souza
Violin II
Martin Burgess
Jennifer Godson
Viola
Robert Smissen
Fiona Bonds
Cello
Alice Neary
Will Schofield
Yes, once again
winter’s face would I see
to Spring’s glory waning,
whitethorn outspreading
its clusters so free
in beauty enchaining.
Once more behold
from the earth day by day
the ice disappearing,
snow melting fast and
in thunder and spray
the river, careering.
Emerald meadows, your flow’rets I’ll spy
and hail each new comer;
listen again to the lark in the sky
who warbles of summer.
Glittering sunbeams
how fain would I watch
on bright hillocks glancing,
butterflies seeking
from blossoms to snatch
their treasures while dancing.
Spring’s many joys
once again would I taste
ere fade they forever.
But, heavy-hearted, I feel that I haste
from this world to sever.
So be it then! yet in Nature so fair
much bliss I could find me;
over and past is my plentiful share,
I leave all behind me.

[@mariatartini1146]

Wbat a nice arrangement!!! Beautifully performed!!!

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Ĺovely

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