Listening Guide
The Work
Tempo: In ruhig fliessender Bewegung (In calmly flowing motion)
Principal Key: C minor (C major in the trio)
Time Signature: 3/8.
Rhythm: fast ländler with a sixteenth-note ostinato.
Form: Scherzo and trio.
| Chorus Auferstehn, ja auferstehn wirst du, Mein Staub, nach kurzer Ruh! Unsterblich Leben Wird, der dich rief, dir geben.
Wieder aufzublühn, wirst du gesät! | Chorus Rise again, yea, thou shalt rise again, my dust, after brief rest! Immortal Life will He who called thee grant thee.
Thou art sown to bloom again! |
| From Resurrection Ode by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock | |
| Alto Solo: O glaube, mein Herz, o glaube: es geht dir nichts verloren! Dein ist, was du gesehnt! Dein, was du geliebt, was du gestritten!
Soprano Solo: Alto Solo and Chorus: Alto Solo and Soprano Solo: Chorus: Sterben werd’ ich, um zu leben, | Alto Solo: Believe, my heart, believe Nothing is lost for thee! Thou hast what thou longed for! What thou hast loved and fought for!
Soprano Solo: Alto Solo and Chorus: Alto Solo and Soprano Solo: Chorus: I shall die, to live again! |
| Text by Gustav Mahler |