2015 - Quelle est cette odeur agréable? French traditional carol arr. Patty Gartshore (b. 1947)
from Christmas Reprise XVIII by Vancouver Cantata Singers
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This French carol seems to have originated in the Lorraine as a brief scena (re-enactment) of the angels announcing Christ’s birth to the Shepherds. Originally there were six verses, the last being sung by the choir of angels, but this version was unknown to our arranger, Patty Gartshore. From Sault Ste. Marie, she recently retired as organist and conductor at St Andrew’s United Church.
lyrics
[First Shepherd]
Quelle est cette odeur agréable,
Bergers, qui ravit tous nos sens?
S’exhale t’il rien de semblable
au milieu des fleurs du printemps?
What is this lovely fragrance,
Shepherds, which ravishes all our senses?
Borne aloft, there nothing that resembles it
In the midst of the flowers of spring?
[Second Shepherd]
Mais quelle éclatante lumière
Dans la nuit vient frapper nos yeux!
L’astre du jour, dans sa carrière,
Futil jamais si radieux!
But what a brilliant light
In the night, coming so strikingly,
A day star lighting our pathway,
Nothing was ever so radiant!
[Angel Gabriel]
A Bethléem, dans une crêche
Il vient de vous naître un Sauveur
allons, que rien ne vous empêche
D’adorer votre Redémpteur.
In Bethlehem, in a manger
He comes to you, born a Saviour,
Go, let nothing delay you,
Worship your Redeemer.
Quelle est cette odeur agréable,
Bergers, qui ravit tous nos sens?
S’exhale t’il rien de semblable
au milieu des fleurs du printemps?
What is this lovely fragrance,
Shepherds, which ravishes all our senses?
Borne aloft, there nothing that resembles it
In the midst of the flowers of spring?
[Second Shepherd]
Mais quelle éclatante lumière
Dans la nuit vient frapper nos yeux!
L’astre du jour, dans sa carrière,
Futil jamais si radieux!
But what a brilliant light
In the night, coming so strikingly,
A day star lighting our pathway,
Nothing was ever so radiant!
[Angel Gabriel]
A Bethléem, dans une crêche
Il vient de vous naître un Sauveur
allons, que rien ne vous empêche
D’adorer votre Redémpteur.
In Bethlehem, in a manger
He comes to you, born a Saviour,
Go, let nothing delay you,
Worship your Redeemer.
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from Christmas Reprise XVIII,
released November 22, 2022
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Vancouver Cantata Singers is a multi-award-winning, semi-professional choral ensemble in Vancouver, B.C.
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Known for technical virtuosity, fine blend and exceptionally high performance standards, the choir also commissions new works from critically acclaimed composers which have led to extremely successful and innovative collaborations with regional and international artists and ensembles.
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