Well you lucky G-Pa!
I bet it was a very sweet day for you & her! *Hugs*
After all your wishing for g-babies it’s so wonderful to know you finally have two!
The first movement is based on a poem by Mikhail Lermontov, titled “Gondola Song”.
O cool evening wave
Lop gently under the oars of the gondola
That song again and again the sound of the guitar!
In the distance, now melancholy, how happy,
Was heard the sound of the old barcarolle:
”The gondola glides through the water, and time flies through love;
The waters become smooth again and passion will rise no more.”
Rachmaninov: Suite #1 for Two Pianos, Op. 5, “Barcarolle”
The second movement is based on a poem by Lord Byron.
It is the hour when from the boughs
The nightingale’s high note is heard;
It is the hour when lover’s vows
Seem sweet in every whispered word;
And gentle winds, and waters near,
Make music to the lonely ear.
The third movement is based on a poem by Fyodr Tyutchev.
Human tears, O human tears!
You flow both early and late –
You flow unknown, you flow unseen
Inexhaustible, innumerable –
You flow like torrents of rain
In the depths of an autumn night.
The final movement is based on a poem by Alexei Khomyakov.
The mighty peal rang out over the earth,
And all the air, moaning, shuddered and groaned.
Melodious, silver thunderings
Told the news of the holy triumph.
These are the Kremlin’s bells tolling on a Russian Easter morning.
A grand day indeed connie *hugs*!
G-Son is trying to walk at 1+ and G-Dau is 3 mos old now.