Today I went to a free concert. Have I mentioned the free concerts at the Four Seasons Centre? If I haven't, I don't know why because I think they're fabulous.

Today it was a recital by the voice performance students at University of Toronto. The recital title was called Lachen und Weinen, Weinen und Lachen: From Ectasy to Agony and Back Again. It was (as per usual) a truly lovely way to spend a lunch hour.

One of my favourite songs was by a contemporary Canadian composer; a composer who just happened to be attending the concert and obliged in giving the audience some insight into his process behind composing the pieces (which I thought was super facinating). It was the last piece of the recital, it was song by a beautiful mezzo-soprano, it was a German poem by Heinrich Heine which translates to:

My sweet Love, when in the grave,

In the dark grave you lie,

Then will I climb down to you

And nestle at your side.

I kiss and caress and press you wildly,

You're still cold and white!

I wail, I tremble, and weeping mildly,

I become a corpse myself.

The dead arise and midnight calls,

They dance in airy swarms,

But you and I stay in the grave

And I lie in your arms.

The dead arise, and judgement day

Calls them to torture and pleasure;

But none of this bothers us,

We remain entwined below.