Inspiration for Christmas Lullabies
by Artistic Director Deborah Berioli

Inspired by the songs of Johannes Brahms this season's Christmas program is in honor of Mary and her newborn babe and honors the newness of life and hope as represented in each newborn infant.

Translation of Geistliches Wiegenlied, Op. 91 No. 2 by Johannes Brahms

"Die ihr schwebet" - "You Who Hover"

You who hover around these palms in night and wind,
You holy angels, silence the treetops, my child is sleeping.

You palms of Bethlehem in the roaring wind,
How can you today bluster so angrily!
O roar not so! Be still, bow softly and gently;
Silence the treetops! My child is sleeping.

The child of heaven endures the discomfort,
Oh, how tired he has become of earthly sorrow.
Oh, now in sleep, gently softened, His pain fades,
Silence the treetops! My child is sleeping.

Fierce cold comes rushing, how shall I cover the little child's limbs?
O all you angels, you winged ones wandering in the wind.
Silence the treetops! My child is sleeping.