Tchaikovsky Legend Op. 54-5

“Легенда“ Ор. 54-5 Государственный камерный хор Министерства культуры СССР Дирижер Валерий Полянский Запись 1988 г. в Софийском соборе г. Полоцк “Legend“ a cappella The USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir Conductor Valeri Polyansky Recording 1988 in St. Sofia Cathedral of Polotsk Verse by Richard Henry Stoddard (1825-1903) translated by Pleshcheev The young child Jesus had a garden, Full of roses, rare and red: And thrice a day he watered them, To make a garland for his head. When they were full-blown in the garden, He called the Jewish children there, And each did pluck himself a rose, Until they stripped the garden bare. “And now how will you make your garland? For not a rose your path adorns.“ “But you forget,“ he answered them, “That you have left me still the thorns.“ They took the thorns, and made a garland, And placed it on his shining head; And where the roses should have shone Were little drops of blood instead!