Franz Schubert: Der Neugierige

Here's another of David Popper's arrangements for cello and piano of a lovely Schubert song. Der Neugierige comes from Die schöne Müllerin (see translation below). And for once no multi-tracking required! Dominica Hamilton came to accompany. More to follow Der Neugierige performed by Warwick Cole (cello) and Dominic Hamilton (piano); arrangement by David Popper (from 'Perles Musicales') Translation: I ask no flower, I ask no star; none of them can tell me what I would so dearly like to hear. For I am no gardener, and the stars are too high; I will ask my little brook if my heart has lied to me. O brook of my love, how silent you are today! I wish to know just one thing, one small word, over and over again. One word is ‘yes’, the other is ‘no’; these two words contain for me the whole world. O brook of my love, how strange you are. I will tell no one else: say, brook, does she love me?