December 4, 2022

Second Sunday of Advent (Year A)

This week on Sing For Joy, we hear music that invites us into the second week of the Advent season. Join us this week to hear music of preparation as we await the birth of Christ.

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Scriptures for this Program

  • (1R) Isaiah 11:1-10
  • (PS) Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19
  • (2R) Romans 15:4-13
  • (G) Matthew 3:1-12
  • (FSA) Feast of Saint Ambrose

On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry (WINCHESTER NEW)Musikalisches Handbuch, Hamburg / Charles Coffin, lyricist / Richard R. Webster, arranger (G)
Advent Press Choir / Richard R. Webster
(CD) Fanfare! The Music of Richard Webster / ADVENT PRESS /
© 2000 Advent Press, 138 Cushing Avenue, Boston, MA, 02125, USA
www.advent-press.com

Comfort, Comfort Now My People (GENEVAN 42)Genevan Psalter / Johann G. Olearius, lyricist / Matthew Culloton, arranger / Matthew Culloton, arranger/editor / Catherine Winkworth, translator (G)
St. Olaf Manitou Singers: Northfield, MN / Therees Tkach Hibbard
(CD) Ris'n With Healing in His Wings / ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-3634-5
© 2017 St. Olaf Records, St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN, 55057, USA
www.stolafrecords.com

Prepare the Way O ZionDala Melody / Frans Mikael Franzên, lyricist / Margareta (Jalkeus) Bengtson, arranger (G)
St. Olaf Chapel Choir: Northfield, MN / Christopher Aspaas
(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

Prepare the Way (BEREDEN VÄG FÖR HERRAN)Swedish Folk Tune / Frans Mikael Franzên, lyricist / Elizabeth Cruciger, lyricist / Christopher Aspaas, arranger / Augustus Nelson, translator / Arthur T. Russell, translator (G)
St. Olaf Viking Chorus: Northfield, MN / Christopher Aspaas
(CD) A Child, A Son, The Prince of Peace / ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-3304/05
© 2010 St. Olaf Records, St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN, 55057, USA
www.stolafrecords.com

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming) (ES IST EIN ROS)Michael Praetorius / 15th Century German, lyricist / Hugo Distler, arranger (1R)
Dale Warland Singers: Minneapolis, MN / Dale Warland
(CD) Christmas Echoes, Vol. 2 / GOTHIC / G-49231
© 2010 Gothic, Gothic Records, Inc. P.O. Box 414, Orcas, WA, 98280, USA
www.gothicrecords.com

Three Carols: A Spotless RoseHerbert Howells / Anonymous, lyricist (1R)
The St. Olaf Choir: Northfield, MN / Will Holt, tenor / Anton Armstrong
(CD) Light Dawns, Hope Blooms / ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-3604/05
© 2016 St. Olaf Records, St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN, 55057, USA
www.stolafrecords.com

Cantata 62: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Chorus)Martin Luther / Saint Ambrose, lyricist / Johann Sebastian Bach, arranger / Martin Luther, translator (FSA)
The Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner
(CD) Bach, J.S.: Advent Cantatas BWV 61, 36 & 62 / DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON / 463 588-2
© 2000 Deutsche Grammophon, PolyGram Records, Inc., New York, NY, USA