♫ Howells, A Spotless Rose (The Sixteen - Christophers) ♪

Herbert Howells (1892-1983), A Spotless Rose (1919)
Introduced by Simon Russell Beale
Sung by The Sixteen, conducted by Harry Christophers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Es_ist_ein_Ros_entsprungen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Howells
http://www.the-sixteen.org.uk/
http://www.youtube.com/user/16choir
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Sixteen/32607011699
http://sixteenchoir.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/thesixteen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sixteen
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Sixteen.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Christophers
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Christophers-Harry.htm
http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/a.asp?a=A126
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Sixteen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Russell_Beale
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/02_february/22/sa...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x21sc


A Spotless Rose is growing,
Sprung from a tender root,
Of ancient seers' foreshowing,
Of Jesse promised fruit;
Its fairest bud unfolds to light
Amid the cold, cold winter,
And in the dark midnight.

The Rose which I am singing,
Whereof Isaiah said,
Is from its sweet root springing
In Mary, purest Maid;
Through God's great love and might
The Blessed Babe she bare us
In a cold, cold winter's night.

(trans. Catherine Winkworth)

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[Eurofrank1]

Very well sung indeed, both by the choir and Ben. Enjoyed it a lot.