Day 6 - Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (literally "It is a rose sprung up"), is a Christmas carol and Marian Hymn of German origin. It is most commonly translated in English as Lo, how a rose e'er blooming. The rose in the text is a symbolic reference to the Virgin Mary. The hymn has its roots in an unknown author before the 17th century, and first appeared in print in 1599. It has since been published with a varying number of verses and in several English translations. The text is most commonly sung to a melody harmonized by the German composer Michael Praetorius (1571-1621), who helped to popularize the tune immensely by publishing it in his collection Musae Sioniae (Zion’s Music) in 1609.
Lo, how a rose e’er blooming
From tender stem hath sprung!
Of Jesse’s lineage coming,
As men of old have sung.
It came, a floweret bright,
Amid the cold of winter,
When half spent was the night.
Isaiah ’twas foretold it,
The rose I have in mind;
With Mary we behold it,
The virgin mother kind.
To show God’s love aright,
She bore to men a Savior,
When half spent was the night.
The rose I have in mind;
With Mary we behold it,
The virgin mother kind.
To show God’s love aright,
She bore to men a Savior,
When half spent was the night.
The shepherds heard the story
Proclaimed by angels bright,
How Christ, the Lord of glory
Was born on earth this night.
To Bethlehem they sped
And in the manger found Him,
As angel heralds said.
This flower, whose fragrance tender
With sweetness fills the air,
Dispels with glorious splendor
The darkness everywhere;
True man, yet very God,
From sin and death He saves us,
And share our every load.
O Savior, child of Mary,
Who felt our human woe,
O Savior, King of glory,
Who dost our weakness know;
Bring us at length we pray,
To the bright courts of Heaven,
And to the endless day!
. . . very hard to choose between all the great performances available!
Lo, how a rose e'er blooming - Michael Praetorius arrangement, performed by Chanticleer
Lo, how a rose e'er blooming - Sting
Lo, how a rose e'er blooming - The Peterhouse Choir (arr. by Whitbourn to the text "A great and mighty wonder")
Lo, how a rose e'er blooming - performed by Linda
Lo, how a rose e'er blooming - arranged and sung by Alex Stephens
Lo, how a rose e'er blooming - Pierre Astor (organ)
Lo, how a rose e'er blooming - The Mirandola Ensemble (arr. by Andrew Kane)
Lo, how a rose e'er blooming - arranged and performed by The Mcmakens
Lo, how a rose e'er blooming - VOCES8
