Video Information

• Choir: Monteverdichor Würzburg
• Piece: Magnificat - 2. Of a Rose, a lovely Rose
• Composer:  John Rutter
• Conductor:  Matthias Beckert
• Voices:  SATB
• Genres: Classical, Sacred
• John Rutter (*1945):
  Magnificat (1990)
  2. Of a Rose, a lovely Rose
  
  Monteverdichor Würzburg
  Thüringer Symphoniker Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
  Matthias Beckert (cond.)
  
  Live recording from december 4th, 2011 ...  moreJohn Rutter (*1945):
  Magnificat (1990)
  2. Of a Rose, a lovely Rose
  
  Monteverdichor Würzburg
  Thüringer Symphoniker Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
  Matthias Beckert (cond.)
  
  Live recording from december 4th, 2011 in the Neubaukirche, Würzburg, Germany.
  
  
  Of a Rose, a lovely Rose,
  Of a Rose is all my song.
  
  Hearken to me, both old and young,
  How this Rose began to spring;
  A fairer rose to mine liking
  In all this world ne know I none.
  
  Five branches of that rose there been,
  The which be both fair and sheen;
  The rose is called Mary, heaven's queen.
  Out of her bosom a blossom sprang.
  
  The first branch was of great honour:
  That blest Marie should bear the flow'r;
  There came an angel from heaven's tower
  To break the devil's bond.
  
  The second branch was great of might,
  That sprang upon Christmas night;
  The star shone over Bethlem bright,
  That man should see it both day and night.
  
  The third branch did spring and spread;
  Three kinges then the branch gan led
  Unto Our Lady in her child-bed;
  Into Bethlem that branch sprang right.
  
  The fourth branch it sprang to hell,
  The devil's power for to fell:
  That no soul therein should dwell,
  The branch so blessedfully sprang.
  
  The fifth branch it was so sweet,
  It sprang to heav'n, both crop and root,
  Therein to dwell and be our bote
  So blessedly it sprang.
  
  Pray we to her with great honour,
  She that bare the blessed flow'r,
  To be our help and our succour,
  And shield us from the fiendes bond.
  (Anonymus um 1350)
  
  
  German translation:
  Von einer Rose, einer lieblichen Rose,
  von einer Rose handelt mein Lied.
  
  Hört mich an, alt und jung,
  wie diese Rose zu blühn begann,
  von der...    less