There is a flower, by John Rutter
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- Опубліковано 26 гру 2024
- There is a flower, by John Rutter, sung by Quire Cleveland, dir. Ross W. Duffin, on December 5, 2015, at Historic St. Peter Church, Cleveland. The soloist is Margaret Carpenter Haigh.
Rutter set an early fifteenth-century poem by the priest and poet John Audelay - or, at least, five of its original seven verses - as a commission from the Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge, in 1986.
Close-up camera work by Ken Wendt. Audio by Tom Knab.
Text:
There is a flow’r sprung of a tree, the root thereof is called Jesse; A flow’r of price; There is none such in Paradise.
1. This flow’r is fair and fresh of hue: It fadeth never, but ever is new; the blessed branch this flow’r on grew was Mary mild that bare Jesu. A flower of grace, against all sorrow it is solace!
2. The seed hereof was Goddes sand [gift], that God himself sowed with his hand, in Nazareth, that holy land; amidst her arbour a maiden found. This blessed flow’r sprang never but in Mary’s bower.
3. When Gabriel this maid did meet, with “Ave Maria” he did her greet; between them two this flow’r was set, and safe was kept, no man should wit; Till on a day in Bethl’em it could spread and spray.
4. When that flow’r began to spread, and his sweet blossom began to bed [bud], Then rich and poor of ev’ry land they marvelled how this flow’r might spread, till kinges three that blessed flower came to see.
5. Angels there came from heaven’s tower to look upon this freshly flow’r, How fair he was in his colour,
and how sweet in his savour; and to behold how such a flow’r might spring in gold. There is a flow’r …
-John Audelay (ca.1426)
Fantastic performance, as good as Rutter's own recording. well done!
Incredible voice
You are very good and Rutter is really brilliant! My choir sang "Candlelight Carol" during one of our last performances. Write this in the search: you will love it for sure!
Corale Novarmonia - Candlelight Carol (J. Rutter)
What a beautiful song it is!
Love this song!
B. Eric Johnson flowers in winter
LOVE THIS, LOVE THIS, LOVE THIS!!!!!!!
Beautiful piece, and well executed, but please ladies, get rid of that obnoxious vibrato!
Noooo, they have that for a reason - it's beautiful : D
If you don't like vibrato, then listen to men and boy's choirs.
@@jezra4427 Tim is right. This piece is not a performance piece as much as it is sung for liturgy. The vibrato tends to distort the diction especially in the acoustics of a church.