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Table of Contents:

• Trinity canticles. Messiah, Prince of peace / Daniel Kallman (7:03)
• The apostles. Prologue / Edward Elgar (5:29)
• Narration (Bruce Benson) (:49)
• Love divine, all hearts excelling / Ro[w]land H. Prichard ; arr. John Ferguson (4:35)
• Messiah. For unto us a child is born / George Friedrich Handel (4:03)
• Alpha to omega / Ian Kellam ; orch. Philip Brunelle (4:24)
• Advent motet. Entrance scene : Lord Hosanna / Gustav Schreck ; arr. Olaf C. Christiansen (3:48)
• St. Paul. How lovely are the messengers / Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (3:02)
• Gloria / Jeffrey Rickard (3:29)
• Noel! / Steven Sametz (2:07)
• Gloria / Greg Knauf (3:03)
• It came upon the midnight clear / Richard S. Willis ; arr. Charles Forsberg (1:52)
• Gospel reading : Luke 2:I-20 (Bruce Benson & Jennifer Koenig) (3:52) ; (during the Gospel) In terra pax. Excerpt / Gerald Finzi
• Hark! The herald angels sing / Mendelssohn-Bartholdy ; arr. J. Ferguson (3:04)
• Before the marvel of this night / Carl Schalk (2:47).
• Gloria / Ola Gjeilo (3:22)
• Balulalow / Robert Kyr (2:32)
• In thee is gladness / Giovanni G. Gastoldi ; arr. Kallman (3:20)
• The song of peace / Olaf C. Christiansen (1:45)
• Ding, Dong! Merrily on high / arr. Carolyn Jennings (2:08)

• This Christmastide : (Jessye's carol) / Donald Fraser (5:01)
• Good Christian friends, rejoice / arr. Robert Scholz (1:46)
• Glories ring / Steven Amundson (3:56)
• Carols for the choirs / arr. by J. Ferguson (5:19). He came down that we may have love ; Love has come / F. Seguin ; On Christmas night ; Toda la tierra = All earth is hopeful / Alberto Taulé ; Jeg er så glad = I am so glad / Peder Knudsen ; Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht! = Silent night, holy night! / Franz Gruber ; Joy to the world / Lowell Mason ; arr. Steven Amundson
• Lullabye on Christmas Eve / F. Melius Christiansen (3:46)
• King David. And God said, one day shall dawn / Arthur Honegger (4:07)
• Narration (Bruce Benson) (1:06)
• Lord of all hopefulness / arr. J. Ferguson (3:43)
• Nunc Dimittis / René Clausen (4:32)
• Beautiful savior / [arr.] F. Melius Christiansen (1:37).

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Contributors:

Armstrong, Anton , conductor

Amundson, Steven , arranger of music, conductor

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

Johnson, Sigrid , conductor

Aspaas, Christopher , conductor

Kallman, Daniel

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

Kellam, Ian

Schreck, Gustav

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847

Rickard, Jeffrey H.

Sametz, Steven, 1954-

Knauf, Greg

Finzi, Gerald, 1901-1956

Schalk, Carl

Gjeilo, Ola, 1978-

Kyr, Robert

Gastoldi, Giovanni Giacomo, active 1582-1609

Christiansen, Olaf C. (Olaf Christian), 1901-1984

Fraser, Donald, 1947-

Knudsen, Peder, 1819-1963

Gruber, Franz Xaver, 1787-1863

Mason, Lowell, 1792-1872

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

Honegger, Arthur, 1892-1955

Clausen, René, 1953-

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

Language Notes:

Most works sung in English; various other languages.

Included Works:

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

Apostles [by Elgar, E.] > Prologue

Messiah [by Handel, G.F.] > For unto us a child is born

Alpha to omega [by Kellam, I.] (arranged)

Advents-Motette, op. 32 [by Schreck, G.] (Selections) (English; arranged)

Paulus [by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, F.] > Wie lieblich sind die Boten (English)

Gloria [by Rickard, J.H.]

Noel! [by Sametz, S.]

Gloria [by Knauf, G.]

In terra pax [by Finzi, G.] > And suddenly

Before the marvel of this night [by Schalk, C.]

Gloria [by Gjeilo, O.]

Carols ancient and new [by Kyr, R.] > Balulalow

Balletti, voices (5) [by Gastoldi, G.G.] > A lieta vita (arranged; English)

Song of peace [by Christiansen, O.C.]

This Christmastide [by Fraser, D.] (arranged)

Glories ring [by Amundson, S.]

Jeg er så glad [by Knudsen, P.] (arranged)

Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht [by Gruber, F.X.]

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

Lullaby on Christmas Eve [by Christiansen, F.M.]

Roi David [by Honegger, A.] > Mort de David (English)

Nunc dimittis [by Clausen, R.]

Mendelssohn (Hymn tune)

Bransle de l'official (English)

Other Related Resources:

Source record: Where peace and love and hope abide (Northfield, Minn. : St. Olaf Records, [2007] — OCLC Number 212848327)

Related Series:

Christmas at St. Olaf College

Subjects:

Choruses, Sacred

Orchestral music

Christmas music

Carols

Genres:

Live sound recordings

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 live at the 96th annual St. Olaf Christmas Festival 2007 December Skoglund Center Auditorium, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn.
Description based on: Hard copy version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file).
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Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

Other Standard Numbers:

International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004880
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004881
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004882
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004883
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004908
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004907
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004906
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004905
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004904
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004903
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004902
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100167
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004901
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004900
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004899
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004898
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004897
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004896
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004895
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004894
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004893
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004892
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004891
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004890
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004889
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004888
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004887
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004886
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004885
International Standard Recording Code: USHM81004884
Publisher Number, St. Olaf Records: E-3008-3009

OCLC Numbers:

1335033278