Schubert “Der Hirt auf dem Felsen“ Elly Ameling (Part II )

Franz Peter Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D 965 (Part II) Text after Wilhelm Müller’s poem “The mountain shepherd“ Translation: Lionel Salter This lied is one of my all time favorites of Schubert. I think, if I was a performing soprano singer, I would sing this one in every recital, until people started telling me “we are sick to death of that tune!“ I just love Schubert’s lieder and this is one of them that made me fall in love with his genius. (from: wikipedia - in part) Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (English: The Shepherd on the Rock), D. 965 is a famous lied for soprano, clarinet, and piano by Franz Schubert. It was composed in 1828 during the final months of his life. Of the six verses, the first four came from the poetry of Wilhelm Müller, while the last two were written by Wilhelmina Christiane von Chézy. ... The lied is multi-sectional with the clarinet and voice (soprano) equally challenged, it fits as a work of