Program - Aarhus Kammerkor

Wexford Carol Irsk carol / arr. Rutter
En genfortælling af juleevangeliet: Lad os alle bruge julefesten til at grunde over hvad den
gode Gud har gjort for os ved at sende sin søn til jorden, og lad os derfor takke Gud
sammen med den hellige Maria . Hun var juleaften kommet til Jerusalem og havde kun,
som profeteret, kunnet finde husly i en stald. Og hyrderne på marken, som af englene blev
sendt til Bethlehem, de fandt frelseren sammen med hans moder i stalden, og vi mindes
om, at han blev født for at bringe alle stridigheder til ende.
Good people all, this Christmas-time,
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done
In sending his beloved Son.
With Mary holy we should pray
To God with love this Christmas day;
In Bethlehem upon that morn
There was a blessed Messiah born.
The night before that happy tide
The noble Virgin and her guide
Were long time seeking up and down
To find a lodging in the town.
But mark how all things came to pass;
From every door repelled alas!
As long foretold, their refuge all
Was but an humble ox’s stall.
Fællessalme med Kor Dejlig er jorden
B.S. Ingemann 1850 / Schlesisk, 1600-tallet, arr. A. Öhrwall
Menighed:
1. Dejlig er jorden!
Prægtig er Guds himmel!
Skøn er sjælenes pilgrimsgang!
Gennem de favre
riger på jorden
gå vi til paradis med sang!
Kor:
2. Tider skal komme, -
tider skal henrulle, -
slægt skal følge slægters gang;
aldrig forstummer
tonen fra himlen
i sjælens glade pilgrimssang.
Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep
Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep;
To whom God’s angels did appear,
Which put the shepherds in great fear.
”Prepare and go”, the angles said.
’To Bethlehem, be not afraid,
For there you’ll find this happy morn,
A princely babe, sweet Jesus born.
With thankful heart and joyful mind,
The shepherds went the babe to find,
And as God’s angel had foretold,
They did our savior Christ behold.
Within a manger he was laid,
And by his side the virgin maid,
Attending on the Lord of life,
Who came on earth to end all strife.
Menighed og kor:
3. Englene sang den
først for markens hyrder,
skønt fra sjæl til sjæl det lød:
Fred over jorden!
menneske! fryd dig:
os er en evig frelser fød!