Advent Calendar 16: Mary Beth Bennett (b.1954) - Es is ein' Ros' entsprungen (Prelude) скачать в хорошем качестве

Advent Calendar 16: Mary Beth Bennett (b.1954) - Es is ein' Ros' entsprungen (Prelude)

'Mary Beth Bennett (b. 1954) is a recognized performer, composer and improvisor living in Richmond, Virginia. She serves on the adjunct music faculty of the University of Richmond where she is staff accompanist and teaches courses, and is the Organist/Choirmaster of Seventh Street Christian Church. The winner of numerous awards in performance and composition, she recently served as a judge for the national women's composition competition of the Association of Anglican Musicians, as judge for the American Guild of Organists International Year of the organ competition, we well as judge for the AGO Region III organ performance competition. Having held positions in Washington at the Basilica of the National Shrine Ceremonial Organist for the US Government in Washington, D.C., she holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music, Stetson University, the Staatliche Hochschüle fur Musik (Cologne, Germany), and the University of Southern California. Her teachers have included David Craighead, Paul Jenkins, Paul Manz, Michael Schneider, Ladd Thomas and Cherry Rhodes. Her primary composition teacher has been James F. Hopkins.' Notes courtesy of Hope Publishing Es ist ein Ros entsprungen" (lit. 'A rose has sprung up') is a Christmas carol and Marian hymn of German origin. It is most commonly translated into English as "Lo, how a rose e'er blooming" and is also called "A Spotless Rose" and "Behold a Rose of Judah". The rose in the German text is a symbolic reference to the Virgin Mary. The hymn makes reference to the Old Testament prophecies of Isaiah, which in Christian interpretation foretell the Incarnation of Jesus, and to the Tree of Jesse, a traditional symbol of the lineage of Jesus. Because of its prophetic theme, the hymn is popular during the Christian season of Advent. The hymn has its roots in an unknown author before the 17th century. It first appeared in print in 1599 in Cologne and has since been published with a varying number of verses and in several translations. It is most commonly sung to a melody harmonised by the German composer Michael Praetorius in 1609. The hymn's popularity endures. Mary Beth Bennett's setting of the tune is marked 'Lento mysterioso' and there is an almost cosmic mood of anticipation established from the outset, which is sustained through the work. Her fine writing tracks the journey from darkness to light that Advent so strongly represents, and one gains a palpable sense of waiting, watching and interpreting as the divine mystery of Jesus' Incarnation unfolds. For this recording, I have used the powerful Landau set, magnificently sampled by Piotr Grabowski.