https://www.rundel.de/read_and_listen/11477

The folk song "Wahre Freundschaft (soll nicht wanken)“" (True friendship should not waver) originating from Silesia has been popular throughout Germany since the middle of the 19th century. The same melody has been sung to the text "Hohe Tannen weisen die Sterne“ (High fir trees show the stars) since the 1920s. Martin Scharnagl has created a masterful "symphonic" miniature from this melody by combining the well-known main theme and self-composed par...