"Neue Liebe, neues Leben" comes from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s "Lili-Lyrik" of 1775, which reflects the experiences of his conflicted love for Anna Elisabeth "Lili" Schönemann. The text inspired many composers: as well as Beethoven, Reichardt, Spohr, and Zelter, Fanny Hensel, née Mendelssohn, also immersed herself in this poetry and set it to music. In her composition we feel both the elation of being in love as well as the inner turmoil and the sighs of the lover.
This art song was originally composed not for chamber choir, but for solo voice and piano. Denis Rouger has carefully adapted it to suit the requirements and expressive possibilities offered by a larger ensemble, without losing any of the qualities of the original in the process. Each part in the choir has a melodic line drawn from the harmonic and rhythmic framework. In the process, the variety and refinement of the choral language combines with an enormous flexibility in form and expression, as French melodies or German art song demand from a soloist and pianist. The songs have been recorded by the figure humaine chamber choir on the CD "Kennst du das Land ..." (Carus 83.495).
This art song was originally composed not for chamber choir, but for solo voice and piano. Denis Rouger has carefully adapted it to suit the requirements and expressive possibilities offered by a larger ensemble, without losing any of the qualities of the original in the process. Each part in the choir has a melodic line drawn from the harmonic and rhythmic framework. In the process, the variety and refinement of the choral language combines with an enormous flexibility in form and expression, as French melodies or German art song demand from a soloist and pianist. The songs have been recorded by the figure humaine chamber choir on the CD "Kennst du das Land ..." (Carus 83.495).
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text (without music) for download, html file, Singing text, originalhtml file, Singing text, original (Sample)Herz, mein Herz, was soll das geben?
Was bedränget dich so sehr?
Welch ein fremdes neues Leben
Ich erkenne dich nicht mehr.Weg ist alles, was du liebtest,
Weg, warum du dich betrübtest,
Weg dein Fleiß und deine Ruh,
Ach, wie kamst du nur dazu?Fesselt dich die Jugendblüte,
Diese liebliche Gestalt,
Dieser Blick voll Treu und Güte,
Mit unendlicher Gewalt?Will ich rasch mich ihr entziehen,
Mich ermannen, ihr entfliehen,
Führet mich im Augenblick,
Ach, mein Weg zu ihr zurück.Und an diesem zarten Fädchen,
Das sich nicht zerreißen lässt,
Hält das liebe, lose Mädchen
Mich so wider Willen fest;...
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Cœur, mon cœur, que se passe-t-il ?
Qu’est-ce qui t’opresse tant ?
Quelle est donc cette nouvelle vie étrange,
Je ne te reconnais plus.Tout ce que tu aimais est parti,
Ce qui te troublait est parti,
Ton zèle comme ton repos,
Ô comment est-ce donc possible ?Est-ce ce jeune sang qui te ligote,
Ce personnage bien-aimé,
Ce regard plein de fidélité et de bonté
Qui te ligote avec une force infinie ?Au moment où je veux m’éloigner d’elle,
M’encourager à la fuir,
Ô, à ce moment-même mon chemin
Me ramène-t-il à elle.Et à ce petit lien si tendre,
Qui ne se laisse point rompre,
La chère jeune fille légère
Tient ma volonté fermement....
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Composer
Fanny Hensel
| 1805-1847
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Songwriter / Librettist
Johann Wolfgang Goethe
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Arranger
Denis Rouger
| 1961Denis Rouger grew up as the son of a family of musicians in Paris, where he learned trumpet, horn, piano and singing. He studied composition at the CNSM (Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique), obtaining first prizes in harmony, fugue and counterpoint. He studied choral conducting in France and Holland at the Kurt Thomas Academy and received the Certificat d’Aptitude for vocal ensembles from the Ministry of Culture.
As “Professeur agrégé” at the University of Paris-Sorbonne he conducted the “Choeur de Paris-Sorbonne” and taught choral conducting for twenty years. From 1993 to 2003, he was choirmaster at Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral and from 2005 to 2006 at the Madeleine Church, where he received the title of “Honorary Music Director.”
He has conducted numerous professional and amateur ensembles, among others in Germany – where he was invited as a guest conductor by the Landesjugendchor Baden-Württemberg and the Balthasar Neumann Chor, as well as by radio choirs in Hamburg (NDR) and Stuttgart (SWR) –, Italy, Holland, Canada, the United Arab Emirates and Switzerland (Lucerne Festival). He has also collaborated in several world premieres of contemporary works by Klaus Huber, N’guyen Thien Dao, Philippe Mazé and Yves Castagnet, among others. Denis Rouger gives master classes in choral conducting in Sweden, Bulgaria, France, Germany and Switzerland.
In April 2011, Denis Rouger was appointed Professor of Choral Conducting at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart. The Chamber Choir of the Musikhochschule, which he founded in autumn 2011, won first prize at the International Choir Competition in Mosbach (Germany) in 2014. In collaboration with Carus the choral book French Choral Music has been published as well as the debut CD of the figure humaine kammerchor, founded in 2016 by Denis Rouger.
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