Schnittke - Faust Cantata: VII. Es geschah (It came to pass)

Faust Cantata, 'Seid nüchtern und wachet'
Composed by Alfred Schnittke

Score/Partitura (thanks to @losdosabuelos!): http://tinyurl.com/3t9c8qo

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Performed by Malmö Symphony Chorus, Malmö Symphony Orchestra
with Inger Blom, Mikael Bellini, Louis Devos, Ulrik Cold
Conducted by James DePreist

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[Proviantbeamter]

Alfred for ever!

(Übrigens: "Es geschah".)

[cuervodka]

Thanks,mistake corrected.

Alfred for ever!

[raydunkle]

It came to pass between the hours of twelve and one

in that night, that a great impetuous wind

beat against the house

it surrounded the house so completely

that it seemed to want to raze the house to the ground

and to destroy everything.

Upstairs the students started to despair;

they sprang out of their beds

and started to comfort each other;

[carlolamberti1]

the genius in this vocal music is very, very unusual and full of a great inspiration till to the maximum of human feeling !

carlo lamberti

[karenlee29]

Another Schnittke tango, perhaps the most monumental of all. thank you.

[Zerlina12]

Vilken röst! Inger Blom slår knockout på lyssnaren. Vad hände med henne sen? Det här är ju fantqastiskt.

[3946Natasha]

¡Demasiado!¡Demasiado!¡Demasia­do!¡Demasiado!¡Demasiado!¡Dema­siado!

[Botchlae]

Schnittke : Lightyears above his contemporaries.

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

GREAT!

[RuSSIATUMBAI]

this part was written for russian pop-superstar Alla Pugacheva...

[raydunkle]

they did not wish to leave that room.

They heard a terrible whistling and whispering

as though the house were full of snakes

and serpents and other harmful worms.

Meanwhile Faustus' door opened;

he started to "help" and "murder"

but his voice was half-hearted.

Soon afterwards he was no more to be heard.

When it became light,

the students went into his chamber;