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Queen of Night Aria, The Magic Flute

admin — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:47:32 +0000

“Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen” (“Hell’s vengeance boils in my heart”) is the second aria sung by the soprano role Queen of the Night in Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte).

Diana Damrau as Queen of Night.
Dorothea Röschmann as Pamina.

Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen,
Tod und Verzweiflung flammet um mich her!
fühlt nicht durch dich Sarastro Todesschmerzen,
so bist du meine Tochter nimmermehr.

Verstossen sei auf ewig,
verlassen sei auf ewig,
zertrümmert sei’n auf ewig
alle Bande der Natur
wenn nicht durch dich Sarastro wird erblassen!
Hört, Rachegötter, hört der Mutter Schwur!

Hell’s vengeance boils in my heart;
Death and despair blaze around me!
If Sarastro does not feel the pain of death because of you,
Then you will be my daughter nevermore.

Disowned be forever,
Forsaken be forever,
Shattered be forever
All the bonds of nature
If Sarastro does not turn pale [in death] because of you!
Hear, gods of vengeance, hear the mother’s oath!

Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 21

admin — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 06:00:45 +0000

The Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, was completed on March 9, 1785.

You can listen here the famous Andante. The opening section is for orchestra only and features muted strings. The first violins play with a dreamlike melody over an accompaniment consisting of second violins and violas playing repeated-note triplets and the cellos and bass playing pizzicato arpeggios. All of the major melodic material of the movement is contained in this orchestral introduction, in either F major or F minor. The second section introduces the solo piano and starts off in F major. It is not a literal repeat, though, as after the first few phrases, new material is interjected which ventures off into different keys. When familiar material returns, the music is now in the dominant keys of C minor and C major. More new material in distant keys is added, which transitions to the third section of the movement. The third section begins with the dreamlike melody again, but this time in A-flat major. Over the course of this final section, the music makes it way back to the tonic keys of F minor and then F major and a short coda concludes the movement.

Eine kleine Nachtmusik – Mozart

admin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:34:30 +0000

The Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, K. 525 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1787. The work is more commonly known by the title Eine kleine Nachtmusik. The German title means “a little serenade”, though it is often rendered more literally but less accurately as “a little night music”.

The work is written for a chamber ensemble of two violins, viola, and cello with optional double bass, but is often performed by string orchestras. [wikipedia]