'And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots...' said Isaiah (11:1), as he prophesied the birth of the Savior. A thousand years later, an imaginative soul saw the Branch literally bearing one rose in midwinter, and each Christmas Eve another blooms to celebrate this wondrous birth. Owen Goldsmith has sensitively prepared a shimmering, dreamlike, almost hypnotic tribute. Marvelous musical focus! (5:02)

Recorded at Omega Studios, Rockville, Maryland
by the Washington Winds and the Washington Pops,
Edward Petersen, Conductor