Tchaikovsky Legend Op. 54-5

"Легенда" Ор. 54-5
Государственный камерный хор Министерства культуры СССР
Дирижер Валерий Полянский
Запись 1988 г. в Софийском соборе г. Полоцк
"Legend" a cappella
The USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir
Conductor Valeri Polyansky
Recording 1988 in St. Sofia Cathedral of Polotsk

Verse by Richard Henry Stoddard (1825-1903) translated by Pleshcheev

The young child Jesus had a garden,
Full of roses, rare and red:
And thrice a day he watered them,
To make a garland for his head.

When they were full-blown in the garden,
He called the Jewish children there,
And each did pluck himself a rose,
Until they stripped the garden bare.

"And now how will you make your garland?
For not a rose your path adorns."
"But you forget," he answered them,
"That you have left me still the thorns."

They took the thorns, and made a garland,
And placed it on his shining head;
And where the roses should have shone
Were little drops of blood instead!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Tchaikovsky
• Legend
• Stoddard
• Чайковский
• Легенда
• Христа
• младенца

[pir251]

Hi, Have you a phonetic transcription of the lyric from this wonderfull music ?

I should need it for my french choir... (we sing some russian church music)

Thanks

[VitaliyGR]

@pir251

Sorry, I don't have a transription. Maybe you could use the English original (search for "The Crown of Roses" here on youtube, there are lyrics better fitting the rhythm than the original verse given in the info to this video)

[dpbrannan]

Beautiful!

[toastsplosion]

@jas22 I promise, you won't regret it! :D

[jas22]

@toastsplosion thank you! i will promise myself that in 2012 i will indulge in Tchaikovsky and become familiar with his stuff.

[toastsplosion]

@jas22 Tchaik was a)Russian, and b) deeply depressed for much of his life, so a lot of his work is relatively grim, but he also has a great deal of beautifully vibrant works, like his incredibly famous violin concerto. Much of it is in major, but it is no less moving. Also, consider a number of the pieces in "The Nutcracker" - sprightly and joyful, but still some of his best-loved work. Basically the man was a genius, and most of his work, regardless of key, strikes a chord (sorry) in people.

[jas22]

i am not schooled in classical music, so maybe someone can offer an opinion - i did take piano and am familiar with only the more notable classic pieces. Tchaikovsky was my favorite because his work (those pieces which i knew, anyway) was so deeply gloomy, so moving, and never light-hearted and whimsical. to me, that is beautiful. would anyone agree with my generalization on Tchaikovsky?

[MegaKrishan123]

Beautiful! I am Ukrainian Greek Catholic. Russia is predominantly Christian and has been practicing the Eastern Russian Orthodox Christian faith since ancient times, even under persecution by the Communists they survived and thrived. Russia is a democracy today and the Russian Orthodox Church is the Second largest church in the world with all the other Orthodox Churches behind the Catholic Church which is the largest church. I love Russian Church music! Slava Bogu!

[magpie4321]

@VitaliyGR Yes, I understand that. However you have been persecuted. Quite sorry for you. American here

[VitaliyGR]

@magpie4321

Well, Russia has been practicing Christianity for over a thousand years already, so the answer is yes :)