Schubert - Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen D343, Thomas Cooley, tenor & Eric Zivian, fortepiano 8K

Schubert's song, Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen, performed by Thomas Cooley and Eric Zivian, with an original 19th century fortepiano by Franz Rausch. 8K video from our award winning "Evening in Vienna" concert, February, 2024.
Some of Schubert’s most effective works take on religious themes, and the achingly beautiful “Litanei” [“Litany”] for the Feast of All Souls, which begins the next set, is no exception. The work, a prayer for peace and rest for the departed, allows the voice to soar over gentle arpeggiated rainbows in the piano. This work is presented here for the first time in 8K UHD video.
Text
Ruhn in Frieden alle Seelen,
Die vollbracht ein banges Quälen,
Die vollendet süßen Traum,
Lebenssatt, geboren kaum,
Aus der Welt hinüber schieden:
Alle Seelen ruhn in Frieden!

Liebevoller Mädchen Seelen,
Deren Tränen nicht zu zählen,
Die ein falscher Freund verliess,
Und die blinde Welt verstiess:
Alle, die von hinnen schieden,
Alle Seelen ruhn in Frieden!

Und die nie der Sonne lachten,
Unterm Mond auf Dornen wachten,
Gott, im reinen Himmelslicht,
Einst zu sehn von Angesicht:
Alle, die von hinnen schieden,
Alle Seelen ruhn in Frieden! (Johann Georg Jacobi)

May all souls rest in peace,
Those who have endured torment
Those whose sweet dreams are over;
Satisfied with with life, barely born,
Who have moved on from this world:
All souls rest, in peace.

The souls of young ladies in love,
whose tears cannot be counted,
and who, abandoned by a false friend,
cast out by the blind world.
All who have departed from here,
may all souls rest in peace!

And those who never laughed at the sun,
Who under the Moon, Kept watch upon thorns,
To see God, in the pure light of heaven,
Someday face to face
All who have departed from here,
May all souls rest in peace!

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Produced by Hanneke van Proosdij and David Tayler
Video: Lloyd Hryciw and David Tayler
Audio and ambisonics: Boby Borisov
Post Production: David Tayler
Notes: Sophie Benn
Lied by Franz Schubert
Fortepiano by Franz Rausch, Vienna (Wien) 1841
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