SCHUBERT'S SONGS
Sung by HELEN HENSCHEL (Soprano)
Fruhlingsglaube (Belief in Spring) Die junge Nonne (The Young Nun)
Lachen und Weinen (Laughing and Weeping)
Die Sterne (The Star)
FRUHLINGSGLAUBE. In Spring all seems gay. One forgets past sadness and future cares.
In Die junge Nonne there is a picture of a storm, in which tho novice recalls her tempestuous life when love raged in her heart, and her soul was dark. Now all is peace, for she has found heavenly consolation.
Lachen und Weinen-laughter and sorrow, love brings both. Bliss at dawn, tears at evening-who knows why ?
The lesson of Die Sterne is that man must aspire-must keep his eyes on high and fine things, if he is to find true happiness.