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• Lo, how a rose e'er blooming / Michael Praetorius ; arr. Jan Sandström ; transc. Steven Amundson (4:26) ; God so loved the world / John Stainer (3:36) ; Climb to the top of the highest mountain / Carolyn Jennings (4:12) ; Narration (Bruce Benson) (:56) ; Christ is alive / arr. John Ferguson (4:22) ; Christus paradox / Alfred Fedak ; orch. John Ferguson (3:55) ; Lost in the night / arr. F. Melius Christiansen and R.M. Larson (2:41) ; Isaiah's voice / John Ferguson (4:20) ; A spotless rose / Herbert Howells (3:12) ; Mary's story and The magnificat / John Ferguson (6:59) ; The road ahead / Ian Kellam (4:50) ; Arise, shine / Paul Weber (4:00) ; Messiah. And the glory of the Lord / George Frederic Handel (4:00) ; Gospel reading (Bruce Benson & Jennifer Koenig) (2:36) ; Joy to the world / Lowell Mason ; arr. John Rutter (2:42)
• The word was God / Rosephanye Powell ; arr. William Powell (2:03) ; Karin Boye's evening prayer / Egil Hovland (3:13) ; Out of your sleep arise / Anthony Milner (2:26) ; Gloria / György Orbán (3:04) ; The godly stranger / G. Winston Kassler (2:04) ; Go where I send thee / arr. André Thomas (3:31) ; O how beautiful the sky = Dejig er den himmel blå / arr. G. Winston Cassler (1:41) ; Pat-a-pan / arr. Hershey Kay (3:12) ; Betelehemu / Via Olatunji and Wendell Whalum ; arr. Barrington Brooks (4:27) ; Go tell it on the mountain / arr. Michael Huff (2:23) ; Praise to the Lord / arr. F. Melius Christiansen (4:13) ; The world of the spirit. The spirit of the Lord / Benjamin Britten (4:20) ; All hail the power / William Shrubsole ; arr. R. Vaughan Williams (4:27) ; Narration (Bruce Benson) (1:21) ; Beautiful Savior ; arr. F. Melius Christiansen (4:46).

Contributors:

Armstrong, Anton , conductor

Amundson, Steven , arranger of music, conductor

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

Johnson, Sigrid , conductor

Aspaas, Christopher , conductor

Praetorius, Michael, 1571-1621

Stainer, John, 1840-1901

Jennings, Carolyn, 1936-

Fedak, Alfred V.

Howells, Herbert, 1892-1983

Kellam, Ian

Weber, Paul D., 1949-

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

Mason, Lowell, 1792-1872

Powell, Rosephanye

Hovland, Egil

Milner, Anthony

Orbán, György

Cassler, G. Winston (Glenn Winston), 1906-1990

Thomas, André J. (André Jerome), 1952-

Kay, Hershy

Olatunji, Via

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

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976

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

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

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

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

Languages:

English
Latin
Norwegian
Yoruba

Language Notes:

Gloria sung in Latin; O how beautiful the sky sung in Norwegian and English; Betelehemu sung in Yoruba; Hovland work originally in Norwegian, sung in English; remainder sung in English.

Included Works:

Musae Sioniae [by Praetorius, M.] > 6. T. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (arranged)

Crucifixion [by Stainer, J.] > God so loved the world

Climb to the top of the highest mountain [by Jennings, C.]

Christus paradox [by Fedak, A.V.]

Isaiah's voice [by Ferguson, J.A.]

Carol-anthems [by Howells, H.] > Spotless rose

Mary's story [by Ferguson, J.A.]

Magnificat [by Ferguson, J.A.]

Road ahead [by Kellam, I.]

Arise, shine! [by Weber, P.D.]

Messiah [by Handel, G.F.] > And the glory of the Lord

Occasional psalm and hymn tunes [by Mason, L.] > Antioch

Word was God [by Powell, R.] (arranged)

Karin Boyes aftonbøn [by Hovland, E.] (English)

Out of your sleep arise and wake [by Milner, A.]

Masses [by Orbán, G.] > No. 6 > Gloria

Godly stranger [by Cassler, G.W.]

Go where I send thee [by Thomas, A.J.]

Pat-a-pan [by Kay, H.]

Betelehemu [by Olatunji, V.] (arranged)

Praise to the Lord [by Christiansen, F.M.]

World of the spirit [by Britten, B.] > Spirit of the Lord

Other Related Resources:

Source record: For God so loves the world (Northfield, Minn. : St. Olaf Records, [2006] — OCLC Number 77570118)

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 ; St. Olaf Orchestra ; Steven Amundson, conductor ; St. Olaf Cantorei ; John Ferguson, conductor ; Manitou Singers ; Sigrid Johnson, conductor ; Chapel Choir ; Viking Chorus ; Christopher Aspaas, conductor.

General Notes:

Recorded at the 95th annual St. Olaf Christmas Festival 2006 December 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: USHM81083687
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81083688
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81083689
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81083690
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81083691
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81083692
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81083693
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International Standard Recording Code: USHM81083697
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81083698
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81083699
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International Standard Recording Code: USHM81083715
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International Standard Recording Code: USHM81083707
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International Standard Recording Code: USHM81083703
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81083702
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81083701
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81083700
Publisher Number, St. Olaf Records: E-2939-2940

OCLC Numbers:

1335033098