The Song Continues 2018: Graham Johnson Master Class: Mozart’s “Abendempfindung,” K. 523

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Poem, Abendempfindung, by Joachim Heinrich Campe EVENING REVERIE It is evening, the sun has vanished, and moonbeams descend in silver light; so life’s most beautiful hours escape, streaming by as in a dance! Soon life’s colorful pageant ends, and the curtain falls. Our little play is over! A friend’s tears already flow on our grave. Soon, perhaps, like a gentle zephyr, a silent premonition - I shall end this life’s pilgrimage and fly to the land of rest. Then if you weep at my grave and look with grief upon my ashes, then, dear friends, will I appear and wave to you from heaven. So shed a tear for me and pluck a violet for my grave; and with your soulful gaze look upon me tenderly. Cry me that tear, but Oh! don’t be ashamed to cry it, for in my crown it will be the fairest pearl of all.

[@rachelcooper2201]

Apparently not confirmed that he was definitely the poet, just thought to be likely?

[@HM-vc1qm]

아 뭐라는지 알고싶다

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Not a mezzo

[@Beadle_Bamford]

Blablabla

[@VeronicaBellSoprano]

and it matters how?

[@theoneandonlymagnum]

@@VeronicaBellSoprano it matters how she's trained, what repertoire she's singing, choices she makes in building her career... It matters in every facet of her professional life and it can be incredibly harmful for her career and voice

[@VeronicaBellSoprano]

@@theoneandonlymagnum generally, yes, but perhaps not for this specific master class. art songs allow for quite a bit of flexibility.

[@theoneandonlymagnum]

@@VeronicaBellSoprano true but it still matters for the key she's singing it in. As a soprano who was first trained as a mezzo: this can actually impede your improvement and damage your voice