December 22, 2013

Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year A)

Simplicity and elegance love Advent and Christmas. Both are needed to describe Advent and Christmas. And you can hear that in the music of the season, featured on the next Sing For Joy.

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Scriptures for this Program

  • (1R) Isaiah 7:10-16
  • (PS) Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19
  • (2R) Romans 1:1-7
  • (G) Matthew 1:18-25

Lift Up Your Heads (TRURO)Thomas Williams / Psalmodia Evangelica / Georg Weissel, lyricist / Olaf C. Christiansen, arranger (1R, G)
The St. Olaf Choir: Northfield, MN / Anton Armstrong
(CD) Great Hymns of Faith: Volume II / ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-2651
© 2004 St. Olaf Records, St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN, 55057, USA
www.stolafrecords.com

Messiah: Behold, a Virgin Shall ConceiveGeorge Frideric Handel (1R, G)
The English Concert / Anne Sofie von Otter, alto / Trevor Pinnock
(CD) Messiah / ARCHIV / 423 630-2
© 1988 Archiv, Universal Music Group Worldwide Plaza 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY, 10019, USA
www.universalmusicclassics.com

Messiah: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to ZionGeorge Frideric Handel (1R, G)
The English Concert Choir / The English Concert / Anne Sofie von Otter, alto / Trevor Pinnock
(CD) Messiah / ARCHIV / 423 630-2
© 1988 Archiv, Universal Music Group Worldwide Plaza 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY, 10019, USA
www.universalmusicclassics.com

Cherry Tree CarolKentucky Mountain Ballad / Kentucky Mountain Ballad, lyricist (G)
Marsha Genensky, soloist
(CD) The Cherry Tree: Songs, Carols & Ballads for Christmas / HARMONIA MUNDI / HMU 807453
© 2010 Harmonia Mundi, 1117 Chestnut Street, Burbank, CA, 91506-1624, USA
www.harmoniamundi.com

Joseph est bien mariƩ (Joseph is Well Married)French Carol / Anonymous, lyricist (G)
Boston Camerata: Boston, MA, ensemble / Joel Cohen
(CD) A Renaissance Christmas / ELEKTRA/ASYLUM/NONESUCH RECORDS / 9 79134-2
© 1986 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10019, USA
www.nonesuch.com

Sussex Carol (SUSSEX CAROL)English Traditional / Philip Ledger, arranger (G)
The Choir of King's College / Benjamin Bayl, accompanist / Stephen Cleobury
(CD) A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols / EMI (ANGEL, EMI CLASSICS, EMI RECORDS, LTD) / 7243 5 73693 2 9
© 1999 EMI (Angel, EMI Classics, EMI Records, Ltd), 304 Park Avenue South, New York, NY, 10010, USA
www.warnerclassics.com

Jesus Christ the Apple TreeStanford Scriven / Anonymous, lyricist (G)
The St. Olaf Choir: Northfield, MN / Anton Armstrong
(CD) Light of All Creation...Scatter the Darkness / ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-3213/14
© 2009 St. Olaf Records, St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN, 55057, USA
www.stolafrecords.com