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Table of Contents:

• Enigma variations. Adagio "Nimrod" / Edward Elgar (4:29)
• Narration (W. Bruce Benson) (:53)
• As the dark awaits the dawn / Christopher Aspaas (3:12)
• Rejoice, rejoice, believers / arr. John Ferguson (4:12)
• Te deum laudamus / Charles Villiers Stanford (4:40)
• O come, o come, Emmanuel / arr. John Ferguson (4:38)
• 'Twas in the moon of wintertime / arr. Christopher Aspaas (3:00)
• O day full of grace / Christoph E.F. Weyse ; arr. F. Melius Christiansen and Oscar R. Overby (3:36)
• Deepest heart / David N. Childs (5:11)
• A hymn of the nativity / Kenneth Leighton (3:56)
• Cantata 80. God's word is our greatest heritage / Johann Sebastian Bach (3:57)
• Gospel reading (W. Bruce Benson and Jennifer Anderson Koenig) (2:42)
• O come, all ye faithful / attr. John Wade ; arr. John Ferguson ; descant David Willcocks (3:06).
• Shepherd's pipe carol / John Rutter (2:34)
• Today the Virgin / John Tavener (2:27)
• Infant holy / arr. Paul J. Christiansen (2:46)
• Ceremony of carols. This little babe / Benjamin Britten (1:35)
• Christ the apple tree / Stanford Scriven (3:39)
• The virgin Mary had a baby boy / arr. André J. Thomas (2:29)
• Noel / Todd Smith ; arr. Brad Holmes (3:01)

• Hark! The herald angels sing / Felix Mendelssohn ; arr. John Ferguson (3:16)
• Ring gladsome bells / Steven Amundson (3:55)
• Carols from Scandinavia / compiled by Steven Amundson (3:54). O yule full of gladness / arr. Carolyn Jennings ; When Christmas morn is dawning / arr. Morton Luvaas ; Guiding star carol / arr. Olaf C. Christiansen ; Nu är det Jul igen / arr. Steven Amundsen ; The bells of Christmas / arr. Carolyn Jennings ; Her kommer dine arma små / arr. Kenneth Jennings
• Jeg er så glad / arr. Robert Scholz (1:42)
• Lullaby on Christmas Eve (4:00) ; Psalm 50. Movement III (2:35) / F. Melius Christiansen
• Narration (W. Bruce Benson) (1:01)
• Hodie. Ring out, ye crystal spheres / Ralph Vaughan Williams (6:23)
• Rejoice, ye pure in heart / Arthur H. Messiter ; arr. John Ferguson (4:21)
• Narration (W. Bruce Benson) (:37)
• Captive and free. Stay with us / Egil Hovland (2:55)
• Beautiful Savior / arr. F. Melius Christiansen (1:43).

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Contributors:

Amundson, Steven , arranger of music, conductor

Armstrong, Anton , conductor

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

Johnson, Sigrid , conductor

Aspaas, Christopher , arranger of music, conductor

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934

Stanford, Charles Villiers, 1852-1924

Weyse, C. E. F. (Christoph Ernst Friedrich), 1774-1842

Childs, David N., 1969-

Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

Wade, John Francis, 1711 or 1712-1786

Rutter, John, 1945-

Tavener, John

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976

Scriven, Stanford

Smith, Todd (Vocalist)

Knudsen, Peder, 1819-1963

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

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958

Hovland, Egil

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

St. Olaf Choir (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 , 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
Creoles and Pidgins (Other)
Norwegian

Language Notes:

Sung principally in English.

Included Works:

Variations on an original theme [by Elgar, E.] > Nimrod

As the dark awaits the dawn [by Aspaas, C.]

Services [by Stanford, C.V.] > Op. 115, C major > Morning service > Te Deum (arranged)

Choral-melodier til den evangelisk christelige psalmebog [by Weyse, C.E.F.] > Signede dag (English)

Deepest heart [by Childs, D.N.]

Hymn of the Nativity [by Leighton, K.]

Feste Burg ist unser Gott (Cantata), BWV 80 [by Bach, J.S.] > Und wenn die Welt voll Teufel wär' (English)

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

Shepherd's pipe carol [by Rutter, J.]

Today the Virgin [by Tavener, J.]

Ceremony of carols [by Britten, B.] > This little babe

Christ the appletree [by Scriven, S.]

Noel [by Smith, T.] (arranged)

Ring gladsome bells [by Amundson, S.]

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

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

Psalm 50 [by Christiansen, F.M.] > 3rd movement

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

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

Veni Emmanuel

Mendelssohn (Hymn tune)

Other Related Resources:

Source record: Rejoice, give thanks and sing (Northfield, Minn. : St. Olaf Records, [2011] — OCLC Number 775498880)

Related Series:

Christmas at St. Olaf College

Subjects:

Orchestral music

Choruses, Sacred

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 ; St. Olaf Chapel Choir ; Viking Chorus ; Christopher Aspaas, conductor.

General Notes:

Recorded live at the 100th annual St. Olaf Christmas Festival 2011 December Skoglund Center Auditorium, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn.
Description based on: Hard copy version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file).
op. 115

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

Other Standard Numbers:

International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100095
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100096
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100126
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100125
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100124
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100123
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100122
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100121
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100120
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100119
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100118
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100117
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100116
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100115
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100114
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100113
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100112
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100111
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100110
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100109
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100108
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100107
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100106
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100105
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100104
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100103
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100102
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100101
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100100
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100099
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100098
International Standard Recording Code: QZPRL2100097
Publisher Number, St. Olaf Records: E-3404-3405

OCLC Numbers:

1335033361