I'm accompanying 2016 NATS competition winner and recurring soloist with San Francisco Symphony, Yi Tripplet, at a home recital this weekend of three German Lieder, three French Mélodies, three ChineseGēqǔ and three Opera Arias.
The
event begins at 3:30 pm at Eight-Three-Eight NE Albemarle Terrace with
wine and goodies. The recital itself goes from 4 pm til about 5 with more
wine and goodies afterward. The music is rapturous, the singing inspired, the view stunning, and the weather looks
to be perfect. 'Twill be lovely.
Here are my translations of the Italian and German expression marking of the arias. I even get to sing tenor in the last one.
O mio babbino caro from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi Andante Sostenuto slowly sustained dolce sweetly rinforzando stronger rit. (ritardando) slowing (delaying) [but tempo will speed up again] rall. (rallentando) slowing down (slackening) [and slows more to the end]
Langsam slowly. poco rit. slowing a little morendo dying sehr langsam, very slowly, schlicht, simple,mit Empfindung, with feeling breit broad dasselbe Zeitmass the same tempo Allmählich fliessender gradually flowing und im and in Ausdruck gesteigert increasing expression. a tempo (fliessend) in tempo (flowing) poco a poco little by little calando waning gesprochen spoken ad lib. (ad libitum: at option) with freedom [performer chooses timing and pitch.] weider sehr langsam again very slowly mit tiefster Empfindung with deeper feeling. ganz langsam very slowly (adagio) very slowly [from Italian ad agio ‘at ease.’]
But where is the translation of the many unusual Italian instructions that the German Carl wrote in his score for the musicians? You have to know those along with the more typical Italian words describing music if you are going to sing the thing, like Portland Symphonic Choir will soon.
I couldn't find them already gathered anywhere. So, starting
with the title then by movements without much (explanation) [insertion] else, here are:
Orff's Italian and Latin expressions in English
Carmina Burana: Songs [of the Benedict monks] of Beuern [in Bavaria, Germany]
Cantiones profanæ cantoribus et choris: Secular music for singers and choruses cantandæ comitantibus instrumentis: to be sung together with instruments atque imaginibus magicis: and magic images (projections)
1. Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: Fortune, Empress of the World Pesante: heavy, ponderous. poco: a little stringendo: pressed faster attacca: go on without pause
2. sempre: always ben declamato: well declaimed
3. I – Primo vere: Part 1 - In springtime (literally, "first truth") un poco pesante: a little ponderous Coro piccolo: Little chorus molto flessibile: very flexible espr.: espressivo: expressive poco più lento, tranquillo: a little slower, tranquil
4. sempre molto: always very rubato: robbing duration of some notes for others at whim. (literally, "stolen")
5. Con ampiezza: with breadth quasi allegretto: somewhat fast stacc: staccatto:detached legato e più sciolto: smooth and looser allegro molto: very fast ma un poco più accelerato: but a little more accelerated ancora più presto di prima: even more quickly than before
6. Uf dem anger: In the meadow Tanz: Dance
7. cullando: rocking poco più mosso: [with a] little more movement dolcissimo: very sweetly Coro grande: Large chorus
8. quasi andante: like an andante (medium slow tempo) semplice: simply a bocca chiusa: with lips closed (humming)
9. Reie: round dance esitante: hesitant
10 unis. unison: as one together poco: a little ritenuto: suddenly holding the tempo back
11. II – In Taberna: Part 2 - in the tavern con spirito: with spirit con slancio: with rushing stentato: broken
12. lamentoso lamenting sempre ironico: always ironic
13. libero improvvisando: freely improvising gesticolando e beffardo assai: very gesturing and mocking
14: sempre eccitato: always excited staccatissimo: always very detached con rumore: with noise subtio molto stentato: suddenly very broken sfrenato: unrestrained selvaggio: savagely scatenato: unleashed accel. possibile: accelerating as much as possible urlante: yelling
15 III Cour d'amore:: Part 3. Court of love. Ragazzi: boys un poco impertinente: a little impertinently con extrema civetteria: with extreme coquettishness fingendo innocenze: faking innocence flebile: feebly
16. tenero: tender ma sempre esagerato: but always exaggerated affettato: mincing
17. lusinghevole: flattering
18. ardente: ardently con calore crescente: with increasing heat molto appassionato: very impassioned ancora più mosso: even more moving brioso: lively
19. allegro: fast (literally: happy) buffo: funny con comica esagerazione: with comic exaggeration lunga: long
20. martellato: hammered
21. molto amoroso: very loving
ma: but sempre velato: always veiled
con estrema sensibilità: with extreme sensitivity smorz.: smorzando: dying away
22. piu lento: a little slower
23. con abbandono: with abandon
24. Blanziflor et Helena: Blancheflour and Helen [of Troy]
(two beautiful, chaste women of disparate legends) ten. tenuto: held
