Jules Massenet „Élégie“. Performed by Julia Bullock, Thomas Reif and Alice Sara Ott

A home session with soprano Julia Bullock und violinist Thomas Reif. This performance of Jules Massenet‘s „Élégie“ was filmed for BBC 3 In Tune‘s „Home Sessions“. The piece is originally written for voice, piano and cello and here we play an arrangement for voice, piano and violin. Poème de Louis Gallet (1835 - 1898) Musique de Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912) „Élégie“ (1869––72, pub. 1875) ÉLÉGIE Ô, doux printemps d'autre fois, vertes saisons, Vous avez fui pour toujours! Je ne vois plus le ciel bleu; Je n'entends plus les chants joyeux des oiseaux! En emportant mon bonheur, mon bonheur... Ô bien-amé, tu t'en es allé! Et c'est en vain que revient le printemps Oui, sans retour, Avec toi, le gai soleil, Les jours riants sont partis! Comme en mon coeur tout est sombre et glacé! Tout est flétri Pour toujours! ELEGY O sweet spring of other times, verdant seasons You have fled forever! I no longer see the blue sky; I no longer hear the joyful singing of birds. While taking away my happiness... O beloved, you have gone! And it is in vain that the spring returns! Yes, without returning, With you, the bright sun, The laughing days have left! As in my heart, all is somber and frozen! All is withered Forever!