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• Messiah, prince of peace / Daniel Kallman (7:22) ; My song in the night / arr. Paul J. Christiansen (3:32) ; Comfort, comfort / Trente quatre pseaumes de David, Geneva, 1551 ; arr. John Ferguson (2:12) ; Narration (:49) ; Come thou long-expected Jesus / Rowland H. Prichard ; arr. J. Ferguson (4:51) ; Christus. There shall a star / Felix Mendelssohn (4:52) ; Lift up your heads / Psalmodia evangelica, 1789 ; arr. Olaf C. Christiansen (1:38) ; Two kings / Joseph W. Clokey (3:22) ; The best of rooms / Randall Thompson (3:24) ; From heaven above / Martin Luther ; arr. Dede Duson (3:36) ; Sweet was the song / Eugene Butler (2:52) ; O come, o come, Emmanuel / arr. J. Ferguson (2:59) ; Gospel : John 1, with the Great-o-antiphons (2:41) ; Oh come, all ye faithful / attr. John Francis Wade ; arr. J. Ferguson ; descant David Willcocks (3:52) ; Two medieval lyrics. Gaudete / Steven Sametz (2:23) ; Silent night / Franz X. Gruber ; arr. J. Ferguson (3:51)
• I saw three ships / arr. Paul Carey (3:06) ; God's son has made me free / Edvard Grieg ; arr. Oscar Overby (2:05) ; O little town of Bethlehem / Kenneth Jennings (2:34) ; Dong dong! merrily on high / arr. Carolyn Jennings (2:00) ; Gloria / John Rutter (5:10) ; Shepherd's jubilee / Steven Amundson (4:50) ; Angel's we have heard on high / arr. Robert Scholz (2:44) ; A Christmas carol / Charles Forsberg (5:02) ; O little town of Bethlehem / Lewis Redner ; arr. J. Ferguson (3:22) ; Narration (:43) ; Celestial spring. Glorification / F. Melius Christiansen (2:20) ; Hodie. Ring out, ye crystal spheres / Ralph Vaughan Williams (6:26) ; Once in royal David's city / Henry Gauntlett ; arr. J. Ferguson (3:59) ; Narration (1:16) ; Captive and free. Stay with us / Egil Hovlan[d] (2:42) ; Beautiful savior / arr. F.M. Christiansen (1:56).

Contributors:

Armstrong, Anton , conductor

Aspaas, Christopher , conductor

Ferguson, John Allen, 1941- , arranger of music, conductor

Johnson, Sigrid , conductor

Amundson, Steven , conductor

Kallman, Daniel

Prichard, Rowland Hugh, 1811-1887

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847

Clokey, Joseph W. (Joseph Waddell), 1890-1960

Thompson, Randall, 1899-1984

Luther, Martin, 1483-1546

Butler, Eugene, 1935-

Wade, John Francis, 1711 or 1712-1786

Sametz, Steven, 1954-

Gruber, Franz Xaver, 1787-1863

Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907

Jennings, Kenneth

Rutter, John, 1945-

Forsberg, Charles

Redner, Lewis H., 1831-1908

Christiansen, F. Melius (Fredrik Melius), 1871-1955

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958

Gauntlett, Henry J. (Henry John), 1805-1876

Hovland, Egil

St. Olaf Choir (St. Olaf College) , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

St. Olaf College > Chapel Choir , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

Viking Chorus (St. Olaf College) , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

St. Olaf Cantorei (St. Olaf College) , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

Manitou Singers (St. Olaf College) , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

St. Olaf Orchestra , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Languages:

English
Latin

Language Notes:

Sametz and Rutter works sung in Latin; remainder sung in English.

Included Works:

Trinity canticles [by Kallman, D.] > Messiah, Prince of Peace

Come, Thou long-expected Jesus [by Prichard, R.H.] (arranged)

Christus [by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, F.] > Es wird ein Stern (English)

Two kings [by Clokey, J.W.]

Best of rooms [by Thompson, R.]

Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her [by Luther, M.] (English; arranged)

Sweet was the song [by Butler, E.]

Adeste fideles [by Wade, J.F.] (arranged)

Medieval lyrics [by Sametz, S.] > Gaudete

Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht [by Gruber, F.X.] (English; arranged)

Salmer [by Grieg, E.] > Guds søn har gjort mig fri (English; arranged)

O little town of Bethlehem [by Jennings, K.]

Gloria [by Rutter, J.]

Shepherd's jubilee [by Amundson, S.]

Christmas carol [by Forsberg, C.]

O little town of Bethlehem [by Redner, L.H.] (arranged)

Celestial spring [by Christiansen, F.M.] > Glorification

Hodie [by Vaughan Williams, R.] > Ring out, ye crystal spheres

Irby [by Gauntlett, H.J.]

Fange og fri [by Hovland, E.] > Bli hos oss (English)

Other Related Resources:

Source record: O come to us abide with us our Lord Immanuel (Northfield, MN : St. Olaf Records, [2006] — OCLC Number 64130240)

Related Series:

Christmas at St. Olaf College

Subjects:

Choruses, Sacred

Orchestral music

Christmas music

Carols

Performers:

Performing both as individual groups and as a massed ensemble: St. Olaf Choir ; Anton Armstrong, conductor ; Chapel Choir ; Viking Chorus ; Christopher Aspaas, conductor ; St. Olaf Cantorei ; John Ferguson, conductor ; Manitou Singers ; Sigrid Johnson, conductor ; St. Olaf Orchestra ; Steven Amundson, conductor.

General Notes:

Recorded at the 94th annual St. Olaf Christmas Festival 2005 December 1-4 Skoglund Center Auditorium, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn.
Description based on: Hard copy version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file).

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

Other Standard Numbers:

International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004844
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004845
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International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004847
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004848
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International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004859
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004858
Publisher Number, St. Olaf Records: E-2838-2839

OCLC Numbers:

1335033061