Kathleen Ferrier.UM MITTERNACHT.VIENNA.Bruno Walter.1952.Gustav Mahler. Ruckert lieder
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- Опубликовано: 17 ноя 2016
- In the spring of 1952 in Vienna, the contralto Kathleen Ferrier recorded her famous Mahler's Das Lied Von Der Erde.
A few days later on the 20th of May, to fill the fourth side of the Das Lied recording she returned to the Grosse Musikvereinsaal, used as a recording venue with it's splendid acoustics and sang Um Mitternacht---one of three Ruckert Songs recorded that day, and conducted by her friend and mentor Bruno Walter.
"This was a bad day and she was in great pain". Quoted from 'Kathleen Ferrier. Letters and Diaries', edited by Christopher Fifield.
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
The following day Kathleen said Farewell to Bruno Walter a friend of the composer Gustav Mahler, and Farewell to travel abroad.
Her doctors advised her not to travel abroad for twelve months.
In the closing minutes of Um Mitternacht Kathleen Ferrier's voice soars effortlessly towards the sky---outstanding
SUNG in German.
English translation:
At midnight
I was roused
and looked up to heavens;
No star in the entire sky
smiled down upon me
at midnight.
At midnight
I cast my thoughts
out beyond the dark limits.
No vision of light
Brought me solace
at midnight.
At midnight
I was rapt
to the beats of my heart;
One single pulse of pain
welled up
at midnight.
At midnight
I fought the battle,
of your passion, o humankind;
I could not resolve it
with my strength
at midnight.
At midnight
I commended my strength
into your hands!
Lord, over death and life
You keep watch
at midnight!
PHOTOS:
The recording venue--Grosser Musikvereinsaal,Vienna Austria
Bruno Walter conducting orchestra
Bruno Walter on right with his friend and teacher Gustav Mahler.Prague 1908.
Kathleen Ferrier painting on holiday.
Kathleen Ferrier with her sister Winifred outside Notre Dame, Paris together following her radical surgery in 1951.
Kathleen Ferrier visits Bruno Walter in his hotel during the Edinburgh Festival.
1st.January 1953. Kathleen Ferrier photographed at home by the Press on the day it was announced she was to receive the CBE in the Queen's New Year's Honours List.
Bruno Walter said following Kathleen Ferrier's death:
"THE GREATEST THING IN MUSIC IN MY LIFE HAS BEEN TO HAVE KNOWN KATHLEEN FERRIER AND GUSTAV MAHLER... IN THAT ORDER."
Says it all really.
Kathleen Ferrier:
Born 1912. Died 1953. Age 41 years. 
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Of her Bruno Walter wrote :"The greatest thing in music in my life has been to have known Kathleen Ferrier and Gustav Mahler-in that order".
When my first son was 5 weeks old I played this right next to him; he lifted his head on the first words and his eyes were huge. He kept lifting his head every time she sang in the passaggio. When it was over he lowered his head and went to sleep.
Se han cumplido hace unos días setenta años de su fallecimiento y se sigue añorando y adorando a Kathleen. Conmovedora, memorable, adorable...
Ferrier, Walter, and Mahler - God blesses us with their art.
@Fredrik Larsson
An Angel dying live. And Mahler, as usual, suffering too his own death in complete frustration. And the good Papa Walter, swimming as he can in this Ocean of sheer desperate Beauty .....
without fail Katleen Ferrier + Gustav Mahler = tears
So wonderful I,m lost for words.
Die drammarische Stimme con Ferrier,macht diese Stuck noch mehr drammatisch
Consummate. Thank you for posting. It is sad that we have so little of this amazing talent left for us to see. I seen to remember being taken to hear her when I was a child.
how fortunate you were what a person and singer she was, a gift from God
Обожаю эту певицу, голос богатейший, какое звучание, какая красота, мощь,тембр редчайший и исполнение выше всех похвал.
Astounding.
Heartbreaking version
The circumstances of the recording , the intense pain she felt gives added depth to her interpretation .Not easy to keep one's faith in God - the final verse sounds more like defiance than acceptance. No wonder Elizabeth Schumann chose this as one of the discs she would choose to take to a desert island.
I guess a lot depends on where we are coming from. To me it sounds like neither defiance nor acceptance, but triumph.
exquisite
Mahler Um Mitternacht and Return oh God of Hosts from Handel's Samson are my very favourite Ferrier recordings.
So moving, especially because of the beautiful photos. Thank you!
Thankyou.
5:37 this impression, as a listener, to receive tonnes of sheer beauty on the face
Yes, I agree. The closing few minutes are spine-tingling.
The basses in the end, supporting the immense emotional voice of Ferrier, in this masterpiece of Mahler..
@@lochness11
Oh ............ some words by "lochness" ....; one of the (seldom) angels on You Tube ... thank you .......
La mejor interpretación que he escuchado de esta canción...
Absolutely agree with you. Thankyou for commenting.
Put aside a few minutes and listen to her live recording of Gluck (Amsterdam) in 1951. Unsurpassed and for all time.
For eternity ...
Art thou troubled😊😊l