Le vert colibri, le roi des collines
Chausson perfectly captures a dreamy and sensuous garden in which a hummingbird floats in midair. He creates a delicate line, notes that simply float away, and arpeggios that seem to perfectly capture a hummingbird’s movement. The poem’s sense of longing for love are also not lost.
- Audio (Sandrine Piau) – Last.fm
- Video (Elly Ameling) – YouTube
- Text (Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle) & Translation – Recmusic.org
- Score – Werner Icking Music Archive
I was impressed with the videos of two young singers Emily Peragine and Laura Intravia. As a friend recently wrote, “If you’re going to put it on YouTube, it better be good.” Well, these two young women most certainly are, and I have no qualms including them as models of this sublime mélodie.
An art song a day 