The Good Song Harry Baechtel, baritone Michael Seregow, piano Sylvestris Quartet

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Anna has studied with Bettina Mussumeli, Elizabeth Blumenstock, and Peter Zazofky, and has degrees in violin from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Boston University.

all works by Gabriel Urbain Fauré (1845-1924) Tyler Lewis, violin, received his B.A. from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music while under the instruction of Bettina Mussumeli, and has also appeared in master classes with Robert Mann, James Greening-Valenzuela and from Cinq mélodies “de Venise,” Op. 58 (1891) (text by Paul Verlaine) Zaven Melikian. Specializing in Baroque music, Tyler performs with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, and has performed with the ensemble at Mostly Mozart at Lincoln Center in New York City, St. Paul International Cham- “Mandoline” ber Orchestra Festival, as well as at the Norfolk and Tangelwood Music Festivals. “En sourdine” “Green” Additionally, Tyler performs with Live Oak Baroque Orchestra, American Bach Soloists, San Francisco Bach Choir, Bach Collegium San Diego. He has also been a part of Festival Del Sole in Napa Valley, Victoria Bach Festival, and Festival of Spring with Chinese pop singer Song Zuying. With his spare time he enjoys nights under the stars with Nocturne No. 6 in Db-Major, Op. 63 (1894) a telescope, practicing the art of Lapidary, cooking, and racing motorcycles.

Aaron Westman, viola, was a “metal-head” and prog rock fan growing up in California. In college, he began to La Bonne chanson (1894) (text by Paul Verlaine) focus on the electric guitar of the seventeenth century: the violin. A “brilliantly virtuosic” (EMA) violinist and 1. “Une Sainte en son auréole” violist, he has made a career for himself as “one of the most popular period instrumentalists on the west coast” 2. “Puisque l’aube grandit” (Press Democrat). He performs as a soloist and chamber musician with Agave Baroque, ABS, El Mundo, Ensemble Mirable, Live Oak Baroque Orchestra, MUSA, Musica Pacifica, Seicento String Band, Seraphic Fire, and The 3. “La lune blanche luit dans les bois” Vivaldi Project. As a principal player, Aaron works with ABS, Berkeley West Edge Opera, Bach Collegium San 4. “J’allais par des chemins perfides” Diego, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Musica Angelica, Musikanten Montana, Magnificat, New Hampshire Music 5. “J’ai presque peur, en vérité” Festival, and performs regularly with Wiener Akademie and, since 2006, with Philharmonia Baroque. 6. “Avant que tu ne t’en ailles” 7. “Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d’été” Aaron co-directs the award winning ensembles Agave and LOBO. VGo Recordings released his third album on 8. “N’est-ce pas?” the label, Concertos for Winter, and features Aaron as a soloist in two Vivaldi concertos with LOBO alongside 9. “L’hiver a cessé” co-director Elizabeth Blumenstock.

Aaron is currently Music Director of the Santa Rosa Symphony’s Young People’s Chamber Orchestra, and in the INTERMISSION summer teaches in Tuscany. He taught at CalArts for three years. Gretchen Claassen, cello, a versatile chamber musician, has performed with some of the west coast’s leading baroque specialists, including American Bach Soloists, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Musica Angelica, Musica from Cinq mélodies “de Venise,” Op. 58 (1891) Pacifica, Agave Baroque and Ars Minerva, and is the recipient of the 2015 Jeffrey Thomas Award. She is also a “À Clymène” founding member of MUSA and the Cello Street Quartet, which has taken her around the world participating in “C’est l’extase” the American Music Abroad program through the U.S. State Department.

Gretchen was a student of Bonnie Hampton at The Juilliard School, where she received a BM in ‘Cello Perfor- Piano Quintet No. 1, Op. 89 (begun in 1887, published in 1907) mance. In 2012, she was awarded an Artist’s Certificate in Chamber Music from the San Francisco Conservatory I. Molto moderato of Music where she studied with Jennifer Culp and Elisabeth Reed. As a participant in the San Francisco Conser- II. Adagio vatory of Music’s acclaimed Chamber Music Masters series, Gretchen has collaborated with Menahem Pressler, III. Allegretto moderato Robert Mann, Bonnie Hampton, Roberto Diaz, and Joseph Swensen. (The two violins used in this performance were made by Pierre Hel (1884-1937), who crafted violins for some of the most prominent violinists of his day, including Eugène Ysaÿe and George Enescu. Ysaÿe is closely associated “Mandoline” (reprise for voice and piano quintet) (arr. by the performers) with Fauré’s music, and the Quatuor Ysaÿe read Fauré’s Piano Quintet No. 1 at several stages during the nearly twenty years it took the composer to finish the work.) 9 2

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can premiere of recently composed piano works by producer and composer Guy Sigsworth, and a performance of Cinq mélodies “de Venise” Cinq mélodies “de Venise” Schubert’s great song cycle, Die Winterreise, with baritone Harry Baechtel. A musician of uncommon versatility, (Paul Verlaine) (Paul Verlaine) Seregow has received formal training in a variety of keyboard instruments, including harpsichord, fortepiano, and organ, in addition to studies in jazz piano, basso continuo, historical performance practice, and composition. 1. Mandoline 1. Mandolin Les donneurs de sérénades The givers of serenades As a collaborative pianist, Dr. Seregow has performed with artists such as bassoonist William Ludwig and bari- Et les belles écouteuses And the lovely women who listen tone Richard Zeller as well as members of the Eugene Symphony and Oregon Mozart Players. In the summer of Échangent des propos fades Exchange insipid words 2011 he was invited to the Music Academy of the West as a Collaborative Piano Fellow, where he worked with Sous les ramures chanteuses. Under the singing branches. Juilliard professor Jonathan Feldman as well as many other internationally renowned musicians. C’est Tircis et c’est Aminte, There is Thyrsis and Amyntas Dr. Seregow earned a DMA in piano performance with supporting studies in piano pedagogy from the University Et c’est l’éternel Clitandre, And there’s the eternal Clytander, Et c’est Damis qui pour mainte Cruelle And there’s Damis who, for many a of Oregon. He was twice awarded Outstanding Graduate Performer in Keyboard as well as Outstanding Gradu- fit maint vers tendre. Heartless woman, wrote many a tender verse. ate Performer in Music in addition to receiving Graduate Teaching Fellowships in piano pedagogy, collaborative piano, and opera accompanying. Seregow has won numerous competitions, including the University of Oregon Leurs courtes vestes de soie, Their short silk coats, Concerto Competition, the Oregon Music Teachers Association Young Artist Piano Competition, the Vernon Leurs longues robes à queues, Their long dresses with trains, L. Wiscarson Concerto Competition, and in 2016 was selected as a finalist for the professional division of the Leur élégance, leur joie Their elegance, their joy American Prize in Solo Piano Performance, a national competition in the performing arts. His principal teachers Et leurs molles ombres bleues, And their soft blue shadows, include Dean Kramer and Mark Westcott, and he has played in master classes for such eminent artists as Emanu- el Ax, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, John Perry, Jon Kimura Parker, and Angela Hewitt. Tourbillonnent dans l’extase Whirl around in the ecstasy D’une lune rose et grise, Of a pink and grey moon, A member of the Music Teachers National Association, the Washington State Music Teachers Association, and Et la mandoline jase And the mandolin prattles Parmi les frissons de brise. Among the shivers from the breeze. the American Liszt Society, Dr. Seregow is regularly invited as a lecturer and adjudicator throughout the Pacific Northwest. His students have been prizewinners in local and national competitions. 2. En sourdine 2. Muted Calmes dans le demi-jour Calm in the half-day Que les branches hautes font, That the high branches make, Pénétrons bien notre amour Let us soak well our love SYLVESTRIS QUARTET, the Bay Area’s new histori- De ce silence profond. In this profound silence. cally informed string quartet, embarks on its debut season with works from Haydn to Fauré! Plans Mêlons nos âmes, nos coeurs Let us mingle our souls, our hearts for the year include a Spring 2017 show at Presi- Et nos sens extasiés, And our ecstatic senses dio Sessions, a Jane Austen themed program with Parmi les vagues langueurs Among the vague langours NapaShakes, tours of Oregon and Montana, and Des pins et des arbousiers. Of the pines and the arbutuses. an all Fauré project and recording on gut strings, Ferme tes yeux à demi, Close your eyes halfway, with baritone Harry Baechtel and pianist Michael Croise tes bras sur ton sein, Cross your arms on your breast, Seregow. Sylvestris has also teamed up with Agave Et de ton cœur endormi And from your sleeping heart Baroque and Marin Baroque to present a new con- Chasse à jamais tout dessein. Chase away forever all intentions. cert series in San Anselmo, CA. Laissons-nous persuader Let us abandon ourselves Anna Washburn, violin, grew up fiddling in the Au souffle berceur et doux To the breeze, rocking and soft, beautiful state of Maine and now calls the Bay Area Qui vient, à tes pieds, rider Which comes to your feet to ruffle home. She performs and records on period violin and viola with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Bach Colle- Les ondes des gazons roux. The waves of russet grasses. gium San Diego, Musica Angelica, Agave Baroque, Live Oak Baroque Orchestra, MUSA, and Marin Baroque. Et quand, solennel, le soir And when, solemnly, the evening Des chênes noirs tombera From the black oaks falls, In addition to her devotion to period performance, Anna also appears on stage with a variety of ensembles, Voix de notre désespoir, The voice of our despair, from recording and performing with pop-orchestra Magik*Magik Orchestra with artists like Sting, Chicago, John Le rossignol chantera. The nightingale, will sing. Vanderslice, Third Eye Blind, The Dodos, Hauschka and Dustin O’Halloran… to hip hop/opera group Ensemble Mik Nawooj… to the Commonwealth Club’s series “Music Matters,” in a multi-part lecture series on Mozart…to 3. Green 3. Green performances with Symphony Silicon Valley, San Jose Chamber Orchestra, Monterey Symphony, and Stockton Voici des fruits, des fleurs, Here are fruits, flowers, Symphony. des feuilles et des branches leaves and branches, 8 3

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Et puis voici mon cœur And then my heart, Northern California native HARRY BAECHTEL enjoys a wide-ranging qui ne bat que pour vous. which beats only for you. career in the vocal arts. An advocate for new music, he created the role of Adam, a returned war veteran struggling with PTSD, in Ethan Ne le déchirez pas avec vos deux mains blanches Et qu’à vos Do not rip it up with your two white hands, Gans-Morse’s contemporary opera/oratorio The Canticle of the Black yeux si beaux l’humble présent soit doux. And may the humble present be sweet in your beautiful eyes! Madonna. He also has extensive experience in the standard operatic J’arrive tout couvert encore de rosée I arrive all covered in dew, which the wind and oratorio repertoire. Praised for his “mellifluous” baritone, he Que le vent du matin vient glacer à mon front. Of morning comes to freeze on my forehead. recently appeared with Eugene Opera as Belcore in Donizetti’s L’elisir Souffrez que ma fatigue, à vos pieds reposée, Suffer my fatigue as I repose at your feet, d’amore. His operatic roles include Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Il Conte Rêve des chers instants qui la délasseront. Dreaming of dear instants that will refresh me. (Le nozze di Figaro), Malatesta (Don Pasquale), Prince Tarquinius (The Rape of Lucretia), Guglielmo (Cosi fan tutte), Bob (The Old Maid and the Thief), Sur votre jeune sein laissez rouler ma tête On your young breast allow my head to rest, Schaunard (La boheme), and Mercutio (Roméo et Juliette) with companies Toute sonore encore de vos derniers baisers; Still ringing with your last kisses; such as the Boston Lyric Opera, The Berkshire Opera, Eugene Opera, Laissez-la s’apaiser de la bonne tempête, Let it calm itself after the pleasant tempest, Intermezzo Opera, and The New Opera. He has performed as baritone Et que je dorme un peu puisque vous reposez. And let me sleep a little, since you are resting. soloist in a broad spectrum of the oratorio repertory including the Fauré Requiem, the Brahms Requiem, Finzi’s In terra pax, Handel’s Messiah, La bonne chanson La bonne chanson Orff’s Carmina Burana, Schubert’sMass in G-major, Bach’s B-minor Mass, (Paul Verlaine) (Paul Verlaine) and Vaughan Williams’ Hodie and the Fantasia on Christmas Carols.

1. Une Sainte en son aureole, 1. A saint within her halo, Dr. Baechtel holds a particular passion for performing art songs. An active recitalist, in addition to concerts this Une Châtelaine en sa tour, A lady in her tower, year at Portland’s Lincoln Recital Hall, the University of Puget Sound and on Marin Baroque’s bay area concert Tout ce que contient la parole All that human speech contains series, he recently sang Mahler’s orchestral Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen in Portland’s famous rock and roll Humaine de grâce et d’amour. Of grace and of love. venue, The Crystal Ballroom. He has sung with organizations such as Boston Baroque, the Oregon Bach Festival, the Portland Baroque Orchestra, and the Oregon Mozart players. La note d’or que fait entendre The golden note by which one hears Le cor dans le lointain des bois, The horn in the depths of the woods, Marié à la fierté tendre Married to the tender pride Dr. Baechtel holds a masters degree in voice performance from Northwestern University, having worked with the Des nobles dames d’autrefois; Of the noble ladies of the past; esteemed baritones Sherrill Milnes and William Warfield, and a performer’s certificate from Boston University’s Opera Institute. Upon the completion of his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Oregon in voice Avec cela le charme insigne With this emblematic charm: and musicology where he had the pleasure of studying with Milagro Vargas, he was the sole recipient of the D’un frais sourire triomphant A fresh, triumphant smile, Award of Excellence as a graduate teaching fellow in the areas of studio, performance, and ensemble teaching, Éclos dans des candeurs de cygne Revealed with the candor of a swan and also received the Outstanding Graduate Performer in Music Award. His doctoral research delves into a Et des rougeurs de femme enfant; And the blush of a woman-child, cultural analysis of the fascinating and complex relationship between Gustav Mahler, his musical settings in the German folk idiom, and the early nineteenth-century folk poetry Des aspects nacrés blancs et roses, Of pearly appearance, white and pink; collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Dr. Baechtel is currently an Un doux accord patricien: A gentle aristocratic harmony. Je vois, j’entends toutes ces choses I see, I hear all these things assistant professor of voice at Portland State University, and is a regular Dans son nom Carlovingien. In your Carolingian name. performer of the national anthem for the Portland Trailblazers.

2. Puisque l’aube grandit, puisque voici l’aurore, 2. Since dawn is breaking, since daybreak is here, Puisque après m’avoir fui longtemps, Since, after having eluded me for so long, l’espoir veut bien hope is indeed ready A native of the Pacific Northwest, pianist MICHAEL SEREGOW enjoys Revoler devers moi qui l’appelle et l’implore, To return, heeding me who calls and implores, a multifaceted career as a teacher, performer, and scholar. He joins the Puisque tout ce bonheur veut bien être le mien, Since all this happiness is to be mine, faculty at the University of Puget Sound for the 2016-17 academic year. Prior to this he taught at the University of Oregon, where he was invited Je veux guidé par vous, beaux yeux aux flammes douces, I will be guided by you, lovely eyes tenderly alit, to serve as a sabbatical replacement for three members of the piano Par toi conduit, ô main où tremblera ma main, Led by you, oh hand in which my hand trembles, faculty. Marcher droit, que ce soit par des sentiers de mousses Walk ahead, if it be by paths of moss Ou que rocs et cailloux encombrent le chemin; Or if rocks and boulders encumber the path Dr. Seregow maintains an active career as a soloist and collaborative pia- Et comme, pour bercer les lenteurs de la route, And as to beguile the slowness of the journey, nist, performing a diverse selection of repertoire. Recent highlights in- Je chanterai des airs ingénus, je me dis I will sing simple airs, I tell myself clude solo recitals throughout the Pacific Northwest, a solo performance Qu’elle m’écoutera sans déplaisir, sans doute, That she will listen to me without displeasure, without doubt, at the Festival of the American Liszt Society in Los Angeles, the Ameri- 4 7

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Puisque l’arôme insigne Because the wonderful aroma Et vraiment je ne veux pas d’autre Paradis. And truly I don’t wish for any other paradise. De ta pâleur de cygne, Of your cygnet-like pallor. Et puisque la candeur And because the distinctness 3. La lune blanche 3. The white moon De ton odeur, Of your fragrance. Luit dans les bois ; shines in the woods. De chaque branche From each branch Ah ! puisque tout ton être, Ah! Because your entire existence, Part une voix springs a voice Sous la ramée... beneath the arbor. Musique qui pénètre, Like music that pervades all, Nimbes d’anges défunts, Nimbuses of former angels, Ô bien aimée. Oh my beloved... Tons et parfums, Tones and perfumes. L’étang reflète, Like a deep mirror A, sur d’almes cadences, Has, in wondrous cadences, Profond miroir, the pond reflects En ses correspondances Attracted into a connection La silhouette the silhouette Induit mon cœur subtil, My subtle heart, Du saule noir of the black willow Ainsi soit-il! So be it! Où le vent pleure... where the wind weeps.

5. C’est l’extase langoureuse 5. It is the languorous ecstasy Rêvons, c’est l’heure. Let us dream! It is the hour... C’est l’extase langoureuse, It is the languorous ecstasy, C’est la fatigue amoureuse, It is the fatigue after love, Un vaste et tender apaisement A vast and tender calm C’est tous les frissons des bois It is all the rustling of the wood, Semble descendre seems to descend Parmi l’étreinte des brises, In the embrace of breezes; Du firmament from a sky C’est vers les ramures grises It is near the gray branches: Que l’astre irise... made iridescent by the moon. Le choeur des petites voix. A chorus of tiny voices. C’est l’heure exquise! It is the exquisite hour! O le frêle et frais murmure! Oh, what a frail and fresh murmur! Cela gazouille et susurre, It babbles and whispers, 4. J’allais par des chemins perfides, 4. I was walking along treacherous paths, Cela ressemble au bruit doux It resembles the soft noise Douloureusement incertain. Painfully uncertain. Que l’herbe agitée expire... That waving grass exhales. Vos chères mains furent mes guides. Your dear hands were my guides. Tu dirais, sous l’eau qui vire, You might say it were, under the bending stream, Le roulis sourd des cailloux. The muffled sound of rolling pebbles. Si pâle à l’horizon lointain So pale on the distant horizon Luisait un faible espoir d’aurore ; Shone a faint hope of dawn; Cette âme qui se lamente This soul, which laments Votre regard fut le matin. Your eyes were the morning. Et cette plainte dormante And this dormant moan, C’est la nôtre, n’est-ce pas? It is ours, is it not? Nul bruit, sinon son pas sonore, No sound other than his ringing footstep La mienne, dis, et la tienne, Mine -- say -- and yours, N’encourageait le voyageur. Encouraged the voyager. Dont s’exhale l’humble antienne Whose humble anthem we breathe Votre voix me dit: “Marche encore!” Your voice said to me: “Walk on!” Par ce tiède soir, tout bas? On this mild evening, so very quietly? Mon coeur craintif, mon sombre coeur My timid heart, my somber heart, Pleurait, seul, sur la triste voie; Cried, alone, on the dreary road; L’amour, délicieux vainqueur, Love, delightful conqueror, Nous a réunis dans la joie. United us in joy.

5. J’ai presque peur, en vérité 5. I’m almost afraid, it’s true, Tant je sens ma vie enlacée when I see how my life is entwined A la radieuse pensée with the radiant thought Qui m’apris l’âme l’autre été, that stole my soul last summer;

Tant votre image, à jamais chère, When I see how your ever-dear image Habite en ce coeur tout à vous, lives in this heart that is all yours, Ce coeur uniquement jaloux my heart that only wants De vous aimer et de vous plaire ; to love you and to please you;

Et je tremble, pardonnez-moi And I tremble - forgive me D’aussi franchement vous le dire, for speaking so freely - 6 5

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À penser qu’un mot, q’un sourire at the thought that a word or a smile Qui se jouera, caressant, dans vos voiles, That plays caressingly in your veils, De vous est désormais ma loi, from you so rules me, Et les regards paisibles des étoiles And the peaceful gazes of the stars Bienveillamment souriront aux époux. Will smile benevolently upon the lovers. Et qu’il vous suffirait d’un geste, And that a gesture, D’une parole ou d’un clin d’oeil, a word or a wink 8. N’est-ce pas? 8. Is it not so? Pour mettre tout mon être en deuil from you is enough to set my soul Nous irons, gais et lents, dans la voie Modeste We will follow, lightly and slowly, over the De son illusion céleste. in mourning for its heavenly illusion. Que nous montre en souriant l’Espoir, modest path that shows us smiling hope, Peu soucieux qu’on nous ignore ou qu’on nous voie. little caring if others ignore us or see us. Mais plutôt je ne veux vous voir, I really only want to see you, L’avenir dût-il m’être sombre no matter how dark Isolés dans l’amour ainsi qu’en un bois noir, Isolated in love as if in a dark forest, our two hearts breathing Et fécond en peines sans nombre, and full of pain my future, Nos deux coeurs exhalant leur tendresse paisible, their tender peacefulness Qu’à travers un immense espoir, through an immense hope, Seront deux rossignols qui chantent dans le soir. will be two nightingales that sing in the evening.

Plongé dans ce bonheur suprême Plunged into this supreme job Sans nous préoccuper de ce que nous destine Without concern over our destined De me dire encore et toujours, of saying over and always to myself, Le Sort, nous marcherons pourtant du même pas, fate, we walk along the same way, En dépit des mornes retours, despite all dismal returns, Et la main dans la main, avec l’âme enfantine De ceux qui hand in hand, with the childlike soul, Que je vous aime, que je t’aime! that I love you, that I love thee! s’aiment sans mélange, of those who love without alloy, N’est-ce pas? Is it not so? 6. Avant que tu ne t’en ailles, 6. Before you vanish, Pâle étoile du matin; pale morning star... 9. L’hiver a cessé: la lumière est tiède 9. Winter has ended: the light is soft -- Mille cailles -- A thousand quails Et danse, du sol au firmament clair. And dances from the sun to the clear heaven. Chantent, chantent dans le thym. -- are singing in the thyme! -- Il faut que le coeur le plus triste cède The saddest heart must give way À l’immense joie éparse dans l’air. To the great joy scattered through the air. Tourne devers le poète, Turn towards the poet, Dont les yeux sont pleins d’amour; whose eyes are full of love... J’ai depuis un an le printemps dans l’âme For a year I have held springtime in my soul -- L’alouette -- The lark Et le vert retour du doux floréal, And the green return of the sweet blossoming, Monte au ciel avec le jour. -- is rising to the sky with the daybreak! -- Ainsi qu’une flamme entoure une flamme, Like a flame around a flame, Met de l’idéal sur mon idéal. Sets upon my ideal something ideal. Tourne ton regard que noie Turn your gaze which the dawn L’aurore dans son azur; is drowning in its blueness... Le ciel bleu prolonge, exhausse et couronne The blue sky extends, exalts and crowns -- Quelle joie -- What joy L’immuable azur où rit mon amour. The changeless azure where my love laughs. Parmi les champs de blé mûr! -- among the fields of ripe corn! -- La saison est belle et ma part est bonne The season is fine and my share is good Et tous mes espoirs ont enfin leur tour. And all my hopes have their turn at last. Et fais luire ma pensée And make my thoughts shine Là-bas, bien loin, oh! bien loin! there, far away, far away... Que vienne l’été ! que viennent encore Let summer come! And let Autumn and -- La rosée, -- The dew L’automne et l’hiver! Et chaque saison Winter come after! And every season Gaîment, brille sur le foin! -- is gleaming brightly on the hay! -- Me sera charmante, ô Toi que décore Will be dear to me, oh You who decorate Cette fantaisie et cette raison! This imagining and this thought. Dans le doux rêve où s’agite Into the sweet dream where my darling Ma mie endormie encor... while still asleep is stirring... Cinq mélodies “de Venise” Cinq mélodies “de Venise” -- Vite, vite, -- Quickly, quickly, Car voici le soleil d’or! -- for here is the golden sun! -- (Paul Verlaine, continued) (Paul Verlaine, continued)

7. Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d’été 7. And so, it shall be on a bright summer’s day: 4. À Clymène 4. To Clymène Le grand soleil, complice de ma joie The great sun, complicit in my joy, Mystiques barcarolles, Mystic barcarolles, Fera, parmi le satin et la soie, Shall, amidst the satin and silk, Romances sans paroles, Songs without words, Plus belle encor votre chère beauté; Make your dear beauty more beauteous still; Chère, puisque tes yeux, My darling, because your eyes, Couleur des cieux, The color of the heavens, Le ciel tout bleu, comme une haute tente, The bluest sky, like a tall tent, Frissonnera somptueux à longs plis Will ripple in long creases Puisque ta voix, Because your voice, Sur nos deux fronts qu’auront pâlis Upon our two happy foreheads, white Étrange vision qui dérange Strange vision that upsets L’émotion du bonheur et l’attente; With happiness and anticipation; Et trouble l’horizon And troubles the horizon De ma raison, Of my reason. Et quand le soir viendra, l’air sera doux And when evening comes, the air will be sweet