November 5, 2023

All Saints Day (Year A)

This week, Christians far and wide celebrate All Saints Day. Join us on Sing For Joy as we hear music for this tender and hopeful day in the Church year.

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Scriptures for this Program

  • (1R) Revelation 7:9-17
  • (PS) Psalm 34:1-10, 22
  • (2R) 1 John 3:1-3
  • (G) Matthew 5:1-12

Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal (INVITATION)American Shape-note Hymn / American Shape-note Hymn, lyricist / Alice Parker, arranger (1R)
West Coast Mennonite Chamber Choir / Tony Funk
(CD) As Evening Shadows Fall / MCC SCS / IKR 010 CD
© 2000 MCC SCS, 103-2776 Bourquin Cres. West, Abbotsford, BC, V2S 6A4, Canada

Den store, hvide FlokNorwegian Traditional / Hans A. Brorson, lyricist / Edvard Grieg, arranger (1R)
Grex Vocalis / Magnus Staveland, baritone / Carl Høgset
(CD) Edvard Grieg: Choral Music / 2L / 2L-045-SACD
© 2007 2L, Box 56 Bogerud, Oslo, NO-0621, Norway
www.2l.no

John Saw Duh NumbuhAfrican American Spiritual / Alice Parker, arranger / Robert Shaw, arranger (1R)
The Concordia Choir: Moorhead, MN / René Clausen
(CD) Folk Songs, Spirituals & Hymns / CONCORDIA RECORDINGS / E-2052
© Concordia Recordings, 901 8th Street South, Moorhead, MN, 56562, USA
www.concordiarecordings.com

Children of the Heavenly Father (TRYGGARE KAN INGEN VARA)Swedish Folk Tune / Carolina V. Sandell-Berg, lyricist / Robert Scholz, arranger / Ernst W. Olson, translator (2R)
The St. Olaf Choir: Northfield, MN / Anton Armstrong
(CD) Great Hymns of Faith: Volume I / ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-2294
© 1999 St. Olaf Records, St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN, 55057, USA
www.stolafrecords.com

Faire is the HeavenWilliam H. Harris / Edmund Spenser, lyricist (1R)
Tenebrae / Nigel Short
(CD) Allegri: Miserere / SIGNUM CLASSICS / SIGCD085
© 2006 Signum Classics, Unit 14 21 Wadsworth Road, Perivale, Middlesex, UB6 7JD, United Kingdom
www.signumrecords.com

For All The Saints (SINE NOMINE)Ralph Vaughan Williams / William How, lyricist / Richard R. Webster, arranger (1R)
The Choir of Wells Cathedral / Rupert Gough, organ / Malcolm Archer
(CD) Favourite Hymns from Wells Cathedral / GRIFFIN / GCCD 4010
© 1997 Griffin, 24 Church Lane, East Peckham, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 5JH, England
www.griffinrecords.co.uk