Absence, Berlioz's Les Nuits d'été - Claire Galloway & Stuart Malina Market Square Concert Series

4. Absence
Hector Berlioz
Les Nuits d'été
Claire Galloway, Soprano & Maestro Stuart Malina, Pianist
Market Square Concert Series
Market Square Presbyterian Church
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
April 28th, 2024
Absence
Original French Text by Théophile Gautier
English translation by Claire Galloway
Return, return, my beloved;
Like a flower far from sunlight,
The flower of my life is closed
Far away from your vermilion smile!
Between our hearts - what distance!
So much space between our kisses!
Oh bitter fate! Oh harsh absence!
Oh grand desires, unfulfilled!
Return, return, my beloved;
Like a flower far from sunlight,
The flower of my life is closed
Far away from your vermilion smile!
From here to there, only fields,
How many towns and hamlets,
How many valleys and mountains
To tire horses’ hooves.
Return, return, my beloved;
Like a flower far from sunlight,
The flower of my life is closed
Far away from your vermilion smile!
Concert Sponsors: Hilary M. Simpson
Season Sponsor: The Carole DeSoto Foundation
About the performers:
Stuart Malina - www.stuartmalina.com
Claire Galloway - www.clairegalloway.com
Jonathan Hays - www.jonathanhays.net
Recorded by Peter Sirotin
Filmed by Carina Seltzer, Mick Corman, Maya Nelson and Blaise Falkenstein
For more information about Market Square Concerts, visit www.marketsquareconcerts.org