Recital Eemnes October 2018
Patrick van Rhedenborg, bass/ Peter Greve, piano
.''The Orphan''
My dear sir,
my kind sir!
Have pity on this poor creature,
this wretched, homeless orphan!
Good sir!
The cold warms me, hunger feeds me,
storm and tempest give me shelter in the night,
abuse, blows, fear and threats,
this is how good folk answer my groans of hunger.
If I hide from the world in the dense glade,
a tormenting hunger drives me from the wood.
I have no strength left,
and thirst and hunger torment me.
My dear sir, my kind sir!
Starvation is fearful, and the blood freezes in the cold.
My kind sir,
have pity on this poor creature,
have pity on this wretched orphan!

''The Orphan'', Modest Mussorgsky

Patrick van Rhedenborg, Bass-singer
Rotterdam 25/6 1950

''The Orphan'', Modest Mussorgsky

Patrick van Rhedenborg, bass(Rotterdam 25-6-1950)