Im Frühling

Franz Schubert's Im Frühling, D.882 set to a poem by Ernst Schulze.
Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, soprano
Iryna Krasnovska, pianist
Recorded in Basel Sept 20, 2020

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The poem suggests that the beautiful scenery of spring, in this case linked to romantic love, is fragile and elusive. Holding onto a moment in time is as impossible as capturing “Spring’s first sunbeam:” Quietly I sit on the hill’s slope. The sky is so clear; a breeze plays in the green valley where I was at Spring’s first sunbeam once - ah, I was so happy; For the fifth stanza the music slips into a stormy G minor as the text turns darker: The only things that change are will and illusion: Joys and quarrels alternate, the happiness of love flies past and only the love remains - The love and, ah, the sorrow. (I hope this is fairly accurate! Taken from a longer article about the work)