Queensland Art Song Festival Student Masterclass with Benjamin Appl and Sholto Kynoch
Selection of Schubert Songs performed by Student Duos from University of Queensland’s School of Music, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University and a collaborating artist from University of Michigan
Wednesday 26 July | Ian Hanger Recital Hall
Duo 1: Sarah Hubbard, Postgrad Cert. QCGU 2023 & Muse Ye, DMA University of Michigan
Song: Die Liebende schreibt Op.86 No.3 – Schubert
English Translation (Translation © Richard Stokes author of: The Book of Lieder (Faber); The Complete Songs of Hugo Wolf (Faber), provided via Oxford International Song Festival (www.Oxford song.org).)
Die Liebende Schreibt (The Beloved Writes) One glance from your eyes into mine, One kiss from your eyes into mine, Who, like me, is assured of these, Can he take pleasure in anything else?
Far from you, estranged from my family, I let my thoughts rove constantly, And always they fix on that hour, That precious hour; and I begin to weep.
Suddenly my tears grow dry again: His love, I think, he sends into this silence, And should you not reach out into the distance?
Receive the murmurs if this loving sigh; Your will is my sole happiness on earth, Your kind will; give me a sign!
UQ 2025
Song: Abends Am Strand Op.45 No.3 - Schumann
English Translation (Translation © Richard Stokes author of: The Book of Lieder (Faber); The Complete Songs of Hugo Wolf (Faber), provided via Oxford International Song Festival (www.Oxford song.org).)
Abends Am Strand (Evening by the Sea)
We sat by the fisherman’s house, And gazed out at the sea; The evening mists gathered And lifted into the sky.
In the lighthouse
The lights were gradually lit, And in the far distance Another ship was sighted.
We talked of storm and shipwreck, Of the sailor and how he lives, Of his life between sky and water, Between fear and joy.
We talked of distant shores, Of South and of North, And of the strange people And strange customs there.
By the Ganges it’s fragrant and sunny, And huge trees blossom there, And handsome, quiet people Kneel before the lotus flowers.
Duo 2: Connor Willmore, B.Mus (honours) UQ 2023 and Saxon Mills-Booth, B Mus (honours)In Lapland there are dirty people, Flat-headed, big-mouthed, small; They squat round fires, and fry Fish, and squeak and scream.
Earnestly the girls listened, At last no one spoke any more; The ship was no more to be sighted; It was growing far too dark.
Duo 3: Gianna Gutelli M.Mus QCGU 2024 & Reuben Tsang B.Mus QCGU 2024
Song: Suleika I Op.57 No.3 - Schubert
English Translation (©Richard Wigmore, author of Schubert: The Complete Song Texts (Schirmer Books), provided via Oxford International Song Festival (www.Oxford song.org).)
Suleika I (Suleika I)
What does this stirring portend? Is the east wind bringing me joyful tidings? The refreshing motion of its wings cools the heart’s deep wound.
It plays caressingly with the dust, throwing it up in light clouds, and drives the happy swarm of insects to the safety of the vine-leaves.
It gently tempers the burning heat of the sun, and cools my hot cheeks; even as it flies it kisses the vines that adorn the fields and hillsides.
And its soft whispering brings me a thousand greetings from my beloved; before these hills grow dark I shall be greeted by a thousand kisses.
Now you may pass on, and serve the happy and the sad;
there, where high walls glow, I shall soon find my dearly beloved.
Ah, the true message of the heart, the breath of love, renewed life will come to me only from his lips, can be given to me only by his breath.