SONG CYCLE: 'DIE SCHÖNE MULLERIN ' (' THE
FAIR MAID OF THE MILL ') and OTHER SONGS by SCHUBERT Sung by ROGER CLAYSON (Tenor)
HOFFNUNG (Hope) is a very brief aspiration. The labourer dedicates to Hope all his toil, with cheerful belief in its fruition some day.
An einc Quelle (To a Pool). A lover begs the pool that mirrors his beloved's face to keep for him an image of her. When she herself is near, he cannot utter his love, but to that vision of her he will reveal it.
Jdgers Abendlied (Huntsman's Evening Song).
He pursues, not his usual game, but one whom at present he must follow afar, who bewitches him with her sweet enchantment.