(Each week we look at one or two of the best choral works posted in the Composition Showcase here on ChoralNet. This is where we store a treasure trove of works that your choirs will love to sing and your audiences will love to hear.)
Lo How A Rose E’er Blooming by Mårten Jansson SSSAAA a cappella
Level: Advanced High School or higher
Uses: Winter Concert
Program Themes: Roses, Winter, Christmas
This Piece Would Program Well With: Cedit Hyems (Be Gone Winter!) by Abbie Betinis, available from AbbieBetinis.com
I know what you are thinking. The world doesn’t need another arrangement of Lo, How A Rose. Click the audio link. It does! This is a gorgeous piece and it is available in Swedish! See Mårten Jansson‘s other works on the Composition Showcase on the INDEX page.
This piece is available from Gehrmans Musikförlag
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