Lo, How a Rose E'Er Blooming

Arranger Larry Shackley enhances this timeless melody with rich, striking harmonies in the organ accompaniment and over it interweaves the voices and optional obbligato trumpet in beautiful counterpoint. The ending is a quiet reflection with the choir quoting Michael Praetorius' unforgettable setting of the last line: "When half-spent was the night." The trumpet part is included.