The song Nach Süden (To the South) by Fanny Hensel (née Mendelssohn) describes the annual migration of birds. It was published posthumously in 1850, together with four other songs for solo voice and piano, as Op. 10 by her husband, the painter Wilhelm Hensel. It’s likely that Hensel was also the author of the text. In a brisk 12/8, the “traveling chorus” of birds takes to the skies to reach the “eternal blossoming”, which is set in common time, before taking flight again to return in the sprin...