Le Jardin clos

Le Jardin clos (FR) The Enclosed Garden. Fauré's settings (1914, Op. 106) for voice and piano of eight poems by Charles van Lerberghe, from Entrevisions (Indistinct Sightings, 1898), some taken from the section of the book called Le Jardin clos, and others from the Jeux et songes (Games and Dreams) and Sous le portique (Under the Portico) sections. Le Jardin clos derives its title from the Bible's »Song of Solomon,« chapter 4, verse 12: »A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut…