December 10, 2023

Second Sunday of Advent (Year B)

This week, Christians celebrate the second Sunday of the Advent season. Join us this week on Sing For Joy as we hear music that prepares us for the coming of Christ.

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Scriptures for this Program

  • (1R) Isaiah 40:1-11
  • (PS) Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13
  • (2R) 2 Peter 3:8-15a
  • (G) Mark 1:1-8

Messiah: Comfort Ye, Comfort Ye My PeopleGeorge Frideric Handel (1R)
The Boston Baroque Orchestra / Bruce Fowler, tenor / Martin Pearlman
(CD) Messiah / TELARC / 2CD-80322
© 1992 Telarc, Concord Music Group, 100 North Crescent Drive, Garden Level, Beverly Hills, CA, 90210, USA
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Messiah: Every Valley Shall Be ExaltedGeorge Frideric Handel (1R)
The Boston Baroque Orchestra / Bruce Fowler, tenor / Martin Pearlman
(CD) Messiah / TELARC / 2CD-80322
© 1992 Telarc, Concord Music Group, 100 North Crescent Drive, Garden Level, Beverly Hills, CA, 90210, USA
telarc.com

On Jordan's Bank (WINCHESTER NEW)Musikalisches Handbuch, Hamburg / Charles Coffin, lyricist / Malcolm Archer, arranger / John Chandler, translator (G)
The Choir of Wells Cathedral / Rupert Gough, accompanist / Malcolm Archer
(CD) The English Hymn, Vol. 3: Hills of the North Rejoice / HYPERION / CDP12103
© 2002 Hyperion, Hyperion Records Limited, P.O. Box 25, London, SE9 1AX, United Kingdom
www.hyperion-records.co.uk

Comfort, Comfort Now My People (GENEVAN 42 or FREU DICH SEHR)Genevan Psalter / Johann G. Olearius, lyricist / John L. Bell, arranger / Catherine Winkworth, translator (1R)
The Cathedral Singers: Chicago, IL / Dominic Trumfio, accompanist / John L. Bell
(CD) God Comes Tomorrow . . . / GIA PUBLICATIONS / GIA CD-494
© 2001 GIA Publications, 7404 South Mason Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60638, USA
www.giamusic.com

Prepare the Way O ZionDala Melody / Frans Mikael Franzên, lyricist / Margareta (Jalkeus) Bengtson, arranger (1R, G)
Dale Warland Singers: Minneapolis, MN / Dale Warland
(CD) Christmas with the Dale Warland Singers / GOTHIC / G 49208
© 2002 Gothic, Gothic Records, Inc. P.O. Box 414, Orcas, WA, 98280, USA
www.gothicrecords.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 (1R, 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

There's A Voice In The Wilderness Crying (ASCENSION)Henry Hugh Bancroft / James Lewis Milligan, lyricist (G)
The Schola Cantorum of St. Peter the Apostle: Chicago, IL / J. Michael Thompson
(CD) Music for Advent 2 / THE LITURGICAL PRESS /
© 2005 The Liturgical Press, P.O. Box 7500, Collegeville, MN, 56321, USA
www.litpress.org

All Earth is Hopeful (Toda La Tierra) (TAULÈ)Alberto Taulé / Alberto Taulé, lyricist / James E. Bobb, arranger / Madeleine Forell Marshall, translator (1R, G)
Massed Choirs of St. Olaf College: Northfield, MN / The St. Olaf Orchestra / James E. Bobb
(CD) A New Song of Grace and Truth / ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-3658/3659
© 2019 St. Olaf Records, St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN, 55057, USA
www.stolafrecords.com