A Spotless Rose is originally for SSA voices and piano, is dedicated to Sarah Poole, written for a charity concert in December 2014 and subsequently…
A Spotless Rose is originally for SSA voices and piano, is dedicated to Sarah Poole, written for a charity concert in December 2014 and subsequently arranged for voice and piano.
The simple arpeggio accompaniment creates an atmospheric web above which the soloist can weave melodic lines and is set to a most evocative and beautiful text. The accompaniment can be played by piano or harp and the carol is a simple and understated setting which the composer hopes will appeal to choirs, soloists and audiences alike.
A Spotless Rose is also available for SSA choir and piano.
A Spotless Rose for soprano and piano was premiered at Warminster School (Wiltshire) on Saturday 6 December 2015 by Sarah Poole (soprano) and David Heyes (piano).
A spotless Rose is blowing Sprung from a tender root
Of ancient seers’ foreshowing Of Jesse promised fruit
It’s fairest bud unfolds to light Amid the cold, cold winter And in the dark midnight
The Rose which I am singing Whereof Isaiah said
Is from its sweet root springing In Mary, purest Maid
For through our God’s great love and might The blessed babe she bare us
In a cold, cold winter’s night
The Rose which I am singing Whereof Isaiah said
Is from its sweet root springing In Mary, purest Maid
For through our God’s great love and might The blessed babe she bare us
In a cold, cold winter’s night
Words: 15th-century German (translated by Catherine Winkworth)
