Mila Vilotijevic in Daphne of William Walton

Mila Vilotijevic, accompained at piano by James Vaughan, plays "Daphne", a fine song of William Walton (1902 - 1983) from the Façade settings
Text by Edith Sitwell (1887-1964).
"Daphne" :
When green as a river was the barley,
Green as a river the rye,
I waded deep and began to parley
With a youth whom I heard sigh.
'I seek', said he, 'a lovely lady,
A nymph as bright as a queen,
Like a tree that drips with pearls her shady
Locks of hair were seen;
And all the rivers became her flocks
Though their wool you cannot shear,
Because of the love of her flowing locks,
The kingly sun like a swain came strong,
Unheeding of her scorn,
Wading in deeps where she has lain,
Sleeping upon her river lawn
And chasing her starry satyr train.
She fled, and changed into a tree,
That lovely fair-haired lady
And now I seek through the sere summer
Where no trees are shady!'

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Mila
• Vilotijevic
• soprano
• musica
• rara
• William
• Walton
• Daphne

[loggione51]

Sì musica rara e difficile quella di Walton, ho iìvisto qui in altri video sul brano come sia difficile interpretarlo per un cantante! questa soprano è davvero eccellente! Bravo gentleman!Grazie

[07Bottrop]

MUSICA RARA!FANTASTICO!!!!!!!!!!!

[hmurrieta]

Muy hermoso.

Bravo!

[classicforeveritaly]

Great great great ! thanks !