Nachthelle (Night Brightness), D. 892

• Nachthelle (Night Brightness) is a work for tenor solo, male choir, and piano written in 1826, with text by poet Johann Gabriel Seidl.¹
• Nachthelle is one of Schubert’s most beloved works for choir. The tenor establishes a back-and-forth with the chorus echoing the soloist’s words, building to the climactic moment at the final phrase of Siedl’s poem, “Die letzte Schranke bricht,” when the two finally come together.

Read an English translation of Siedl’s text here

1. “Nachthelle, D.892 (Schubert, Franz),” IMSLP, accessed January 9, 2025, https://imslp.org/wiki/Nachthelle,_D.892_(Schubert,_Franz).