Cleveland Chamber Choir: "Waldesnacht" by Johannes Brahms

“Waldesnacht” from Sieben Lieder, op. 62 by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Text by Paul Heyse (1830-1914).
Created in collaboration with WCLV 104.9. Performed by Anna E. White, soprano; Kira McGirr, alto; Michael Brian Welch, tenor; Jelani Watkins, bass.
Scott MacPherson, Artistic Director
Cleveland Chamber Choir - More Than Music
TEXT:
Forest night, you, wondrously refreshing,
whom I greet a thousand times,
after the noisy turmoil of the world,
O, how sweet is your rustling!
Dreamily I nestle my weary limbs
in your tender moss.
And for me, it is as if I were
free of all the senseless anguish.
In those secret close circles,
you are healed, restless heart,
and a sense of peace floats downward
on lightly beating wings.
Sing me, lovely birdsongs, to gentle sleep.
Senseless anguish, be gone with you;
Restless heart, now a good night!

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Beautiful, Anna!