The Most Beautiful Rose - Hovland, Egil / Welcome Christmas (2023-2024)

Season	2023-2024
Performance Date	December 9, 2023
Performance Year	2023
Performance Time	4:00PM
Additional Performances	December 10, 2023
Location	Northrop, Minneapolis, MN
Performance Title	Welcome Christmas
Composer	Egil Hovland
Country	Norway
Year Composed	1970
Performers	Sopranos & Altos of the VocalEssence Chorus, Anna Meek, narrator, Casey Rafn, piano, Mary Jo Gothmann, organ
Text Translation	When Mary walked thru woods of thorn, Kyrie eleison. That many years no rose had borne, Jesus and Maria. What did she carry in her breast? Kyrie eleison. A little child so dearly blest. Jesus and Maria. Then in the woods did roses bloom. Kyrie eleison. When the Child did spring from his mother’s womb. Jesus and Maria. —Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Anna Meek

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