Paul Whitehead's Senior Recital: Gabriel Fauré's "Mai"

Performed at the Squires Recital Hall, Humanities Building, Lee University, on 4/21/2009

Translation from French:
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Since May all in flowers to the meadows us calls.
Come, grow not weary of blending with your soul
The countryside, the woods, the shades charming,
The wide clears of moon beside the currents sleeping;
The path that finishes where the road begins
And the air, and the springtime, and the horizon immense,
The horizon that this world attaches humble and joyous,
Like a lip to the base of the cloak of the heavens.

Come and let the gaze of the modest stars,
That falls upon the earth across so many veils,
Let the tree penetrated by perfumes and by songs,
Let the breeze blazing at noon in the fields;
And the shade and the sun,
And the wave and the greenway,
And the radiance of all nature,
Cause to bloom, like a double flower,
Beauty on your brow and love in your heart.

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• Fauré
• Mai
• classical
• senior
• recital
• vocal
• tenor

[Rezgenius]

Did you sing the second verse first?

[jjosep00]

Well done Paul,

[malikjsquire]

great job man! it sounded excellent!

[aarquimedes]

Really great voice! i'm quite sure the lyrics are wrong, though... nice G...!

[riccardo50001]

Bon jour Paul,

Nice job on the French and song. Keep singing!

Richard in San Francisco