Lo, how a rose e'er blooming

• Instrumentation: Unison voices or Mixed voices in up to four parts & Organ. 
• Duration: 3:14
• Text: 15th Century German, tr. Theodore Baker 1851-1934
• Performance ready in under 15 minutes of rehearsal.

Program Note

This piece is one in a series of familiar hymn tunes set with a contemporary harmonic palette, and presented so as to be performable by choirs of all levels with very little rehearsal time.  

​This setting of the late 15th century German hymn paints the mysticism and imagery of the rose blooming in the deep winter with a lithe and unpredictable chromaticism that makes the resolutions and cadences that much sweeter. 

View the complete score and hear a demo recording at: https://www.frankpesci.com/lo-how-a-rose