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Sing For Joy Playlists: December 2008, Year B

December 7 | December 14 | December 21 | December 28

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December 7, 2008: Second Sunday of Advent

Scriptures For This Broadcast:
(1R) Isaiah 40:1–11
(PS) Psalm 85:1–2, 8–13
(2R) 2 Peter 3:8–15a
(G) Mark 1:1–8

Comfort, Comfort Now My People (GENEVAN 42)
Genevan Psalter, arr. John Ferguson (1R, G)
Massed Choirs of St. Olaf College; St. Olaf Orchestra /John Ferguson
(CD) O Come to Us Abide in Us Our Lord Immanuel /ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-2838/9
© 2006 St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN 55057
www.stolafrecords.com

On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist’s Cry (WINCHESTER NEW)
Musikalisches Handbuch
, arr. Richard Webster (G)
Advent Press Choir: Evanston, Ill. / Richard Webster
(CD) Fanfare! The Music of Richard Webster / ADVENT PRESS
© 2001 Advent Press, Inc., 1519 West Glenlake Avenue, Chicago, IL 60660
www.advent-press.com

“Comfort Ye, Comfort Ye My People” and
“Every Valley Shall Be Exalted” from Messiah
George Frideric Handel (1R)
Bruce Fowler, tenor; Boston Baroque / Martin Pearlman
(CD) Messiah / TELARC / CD-80322
© 1992 Telarc International Corporation,
23307 Commerce Park Road, Cleveland, OH 4422
www.telarc.com

Hymns in Alternation: Savior of the Nations Come and
Prepare the Royal Highway – arr. John Ferguson (2R, G)
St. Olaf Conference on Worship, Theology & The Arts Congregation
(CD) PRIVATE RECORDING / NOT FOR RESALE
© 2008 St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN 55057
www.stolaf.edu

Climb to the Top of the Highest Mountain
Carolyn Jennings (1R)
Massed Choirs of St. Olaf College; St. Olaf Orchestra / Sigrid Johnson
(CD) For God So Loves the World /
ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-2939/40
© 2006 St. Olaf Records, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN 55057
www.stolafrecords.com


December 14, 2008: Third Sunday of Advent

Scriptures For This Broadcast:
(1R) Isaiah 61:1–4, 8–11
(PS) Psalm 126
(2R) 1 Thessalonians 5:16–24
(G) John 1:6–8, 19–28

“Prologue” from The Apostles, Op. 49 – Edward Elgar (1R)
Massed Choirs of St. Olaf College; The St. Olaf Orchestra / Christopher Aspaas
(CD) Where Peace and Love and Hope Abide / ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-3008/09
© 2007 St. Olaf Records, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN 55057 www.stolafrecords.com

“In Frozen December” from
Carols & Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest
Catalonian Traditional, arr. Conrad Susa (1R)
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers: Minneapolis, Minn. / Philip Brunelle
(CD) Welcome Christmas: Carols & Lullabies from Around the World /
CLARION / CLR908CD
© 1995, 2004 VocalEssence & Clarion Records, P.O. Box 31366, Omaha, NE 68131
www.vocalessence.org

Psalm 126 – Abbie Betinis (PS)
Magnum Chorum: Minneapolis, Minn. / David Dickau
(CD) Home, Harvest, & Healing: A Sing For Joy Hymn Festival /
ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-2648
© 2003 St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN 55057 www.stolafrecords.com

This is the Record of John – Orlando Gibbons (G)
The Choir of King’s College: Cambridge, England; Michael Chance, alto;
The London Early Music Group / Philip Ledger
(CD) Orlando Gibbons: Tudor Church Music ASV / CD GAU 123
© 1990 Academy Sound and Vision, Ltd., 1
79-181 North End Road, London, England, W14 9NL

Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland
(Savior of the Nations, Come), BWV 599 – Johann Sebastian Bach
Gerhard Gnann, Organ
(CD) A Book of Chorale-Settings / HÄNSSLER / CD 92.078
© 1999 Hännsler-Verlang, P.O. Box D-71087 Holzgerlingen, Germany
www.haenssler-classic.de/

Hark! The Glad Sound! (RICHMOND)
Thomas Haweis, desc. C.S. Lang (1R, G)
St. Mark’s Cathedral Choir & Compline Choir: Seattle, Wash. / J. Melvin Butler
(CD) An Advent Procession based on the Great “O” Antiphons /
LOFT RECORDINGS / LRCD 1020
© Loft Recordings, LLC, PO Box 1414, Orcas, WA 98280
www.loft.cc


December 21, 2008: Fourth Sunday of Advent

Scriptures For This Broadcast:
(1R) 2 Samuel 7:1–11, 16
(PS) Luke 1:47–55
or Psalm 89:1–4, 19–26
(2R) Romans 16:25–27
(G) Luke 1:26–38

Savior of the Nations Come (NUN KOMM DER HEIDEN HEILAND)
adapt. Michael Praetorius & Jeannette Sorrell (G)
Apollo’s Singers: Cleveland, Ohio / Jeannette Sorrell
(CD) Christmas Vespers / KOCH INTERNATIONAL CLASSICS / KIC-CD7673
© 2007 Koch entertainment LLC,
22 Harbor Park Drive, Port Washington, New York 11050
www.kochentertainment.com

Mary’s Story and Magnificat – John Ferguson (G)
Martin Hodel, flugelhorn; Alan Naylor, reader; John Ferguson, organ
(CD) Songs of Grateful Praise: A Sing For Joy Hymn Festival /
ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-2880
© 2006 St. Olaf Records, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN 5507 www.stolafrecords.com

A Maiden Most Gentle (LOURDES HYMN) – French Traditional, arr. Andrew Carter (G)
Quire of London / Andrew Carter
(CD) Andrew Carter’s Christmas Carols / YORK AMBISONIC / YORK CD 169
© 2002 Brendan Hearne / York Ambisonic, P.O. Box 66, Lancaster, England, LA2 6HS www.worldwidemusiconline.com

A Virgin Most Pure; A Virgin Unspotted – American Traditional (G)
Members of the Boston Camerata / Joel Cohen
(CD) An American Christmas / ERATO / 4509-92874-2
© 1993, Erato Disques SA
www.bostoncamerata.com

Ave Maria – Franz Biebl (G)
Chanticleer / Louis Botto
(CD) Our Heart’s Joy / CHANTICLEER RECORDS / OHJC
© 2004 Chanticleer Records, 650 Fifth Street., Suite 311, San Francisco, CA 94107 www.chanticleer.org


December 28, 2008: First Sunday of Christmas

Scriptures For This Broadcast:
(1R) Isaiah 61:10–62:3
(PS) Psalm 148
(2R) Galatians 4:4–7
(G) Luke 2:22–40

I Will Greatly Rejoice – Knut Nystedt (1R)
The St. Olaf Cantorei / John Ferguson
(CD) Radio Program for the 1996 Holiday Season / WCAL / NOT FOR RESALE
© 1996 St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN 55057

Thanksgiving Anthem: “O Praise the Lord of Heaven” – William Billings (PS)
Bella Voce: Chicago, Ill. / Paul Hillier
(CD) Home to Thanksgiving/ HARMONIA MUNDI / HMX 2907264
© 1999 Harmonia Mundi USA, 2037 Granville Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90025 www.harmoniamundi.com

O Praise the Lord of Heaven – John Rutter (PS)
The Cambrige Singers; The London Sinfonia / John Rutter
(CD) Magnificat; The Falcon; Two Festival Anthems / COLLEGIUM / COLCD 114
© 1991 Collegium Records, P.O. Box 31366, Omaha, NE 68131
www.collegium.us

Thy Little Ones, Dear Lord (HER KOMMER DINE ARME SMÅ)
Johann A.P. Schulz, arr. Kenneth Jennings (2R)
The St. Olaf Choir / Anton Armstrong
(CD) Great Hymns of Faith / ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-2294
© 1999 St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN 55057 www.stolafrecords.com

Let All Together Praise Our God (LOBT GOTT, IHR CHRISTEN, ALLZUGLEICH) – Nicolaus Herman, arr. Johann Sebastian Bach (2R)
Cathedral Singers: Chicago, Ill. / Richard Proulx
(CD) In Sweet  Rejoicing, Ars Antiqua Choralis, Vol III / GIA Publications / GIA CD-323
© 1994 GIA Publications, Inc, 7404 South Mason Avenue, Chicago, IL 60638 www.giamusic.com

Nunc Dimittis – Robert Scholz (G)
Massed Choirs of St. Olaf College; The St. Olaf Orchestra / Robert Scholz
(CD) Child of Light be Born in Us / ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-2757/8
© 2005 St. Olaf Records, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN 55057 www.stolafrecords.com

Nïne Otpushchayeshï (Lord, Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant), Op 34, No. 1 – Alexander Gretchaninov (G)
Holst Singers: London / Stephen Layton
(CD) Gretchaninov Vespers / HYPERION / CDA67080
© 1999 Hyperion Records Limited, P.O. Box 25, London, England SE9 1AX
www.hyperion-records.co.uk