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Weihnachtsfreude: Music for the Season of Light
Susan Sevier, Mezzo Contralto
Cheryl Branham, Piano

"Le Noël des Oiseaux," composed by Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944), text by Armande Sylvestre

Petit Jésus,  maître du ciel,
Que les anges chantant Noël
Veillent sous leur blancheurs ailés,
Viens donc, viens donc pour les petits oiseaux
Qui frissonent au bord des eaux Gelées.

Bonnes gens qui sur le chemin
Passez, un rosaire à la main,
Dont l’âme a des avés pour ailes,
Priez, priez pour les petits oiseaux
Dont la neige a trempé les os
Si frèles.

Cloches sonores au doux bruit,
Qui pour la messe de minuit
Au fond de l’air tintez agiles,
Sonnez, sonnez pour les petits oiseaux,
Les nids sont frères des berceaux fragiles.

Beaux anges, nos frères ailés,
Qui près de la crèche volez,
Vous que Dieu sur la terre envoie,
Apportez, apportez aux petits oiseaux
Grelottant parmi les roseaux
La joie.

Small Jesus, master of Heaven,
Of whom the angels sing at Christmas
Watch under their winged whiteness,
Come therefore, come therefore for the small birds
Those freezing by frozen waters. 

Good people that on the way
Pass, a rosary to the hand,
Of which the soul has prayers for wings,
Pray, pray for the small birds amid the snows
they soaked to the bones so frail. 

Sonorous bells  with their soft noise,
That for the midnight mass
At the far end of the air ring nimble,
ring, ring for the small birds,
The nests are brothers of the fragile cradles.

Beautiful angels, our winged brothers,
That close to the manger fly,
You that God to the earth sends,
Bring, bring to the small birds
Shivering among the reeds
The joy. 

Cover design: Amy Dale
Photography: Dan Gifford
Producer: Bradley Bearwald
Recorded at: Studio 51

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