Awaken Our Souls, O God of Hope

Track Listings
1. Silent Night    
2. The Hills are Bare at Bethlehem    
3. Narration    
4. Rejoice, Rejoice Believers    
5. Wake, Awake    
6. Narration    
7. Zion Hears the Watchmen    
8. Who is this?    
9. O Magnum Mysterium    
10. There is no Rose    
11. Justice, O God    
12. He, Watching over Israel    
13. Gospel (Luke 2:1-13)    
14. Gloria in Excelsis    
15. Gospel (Luke 2:15-20)    
16. Oh Come, All Ye Faithful    
17. What Sweeter Music    
18. O Holy Child    
19. Arise, Shine!    
20. Sanctus    
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Editorial Reviews
Album Description
The first St. Olaf Christmas Festival was a Christmas program for the college community planned and directed by F. Melius Christiansen, founder of the St. Olaf music department and the St. Olaf Choir, in 1912. Involving both choral singing and worship, the first festival reflected the same outgrowth of Christian conviction that the festival continues to celebrate today.

Now under the artistic direction of Anton Armstrong, the St. Olaf Christmas Festival involves the five conductors and nearly 500 musicians from the magnificent St. Olaf Orchestra and five of the college's choirs - the St. Olaf Choir, Chapel Choir, Manitou Singers, St. Olaf Cantorei, and Viking Chorus. Over 16,000 students, alumni/ae, and friends of the college attend the four performances given on campus in early December, and thousands of others tune in to public television and radio broadcasts across the country.

Awaken Our Souls, O God of Hope, Music, Various, St Olaf Christmas Festival, The 2004 Recordings of the renowned St. Olaf Christmas Festival.
Awaken Our Souls, O God of Hope
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A Wonderful Year for Christmas Festival
 Awaken Our Souls, O God of Hope

Manufacturer: St Olaf Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00021XPI6
Release Date: 2004-01-10

Tracks:

  1. Silent Night
  2. The Hills are Bare at Bethlehem
  3. Narration
  4. Rejoice, Rejoice Believers
  5. Wake, Awake
  6. Narration
  7. Zion Hears the Watchmen
  8. Who is this?
  9. O Magnum Mysterium
  10. There is no Rose
  11. Justice, O God
  12. He, Watching over Israel
  13. Gospel (Luke 2:1-13)
  14. Gloria in Excelsis
  15. Gospel (Luke 2:15-20)
  16. Oh Come, All Ye Faithful
  17. What Sweeter Music
  18. O Holy Child
  19. Arise, Shine!
  20. Sanctus
  21. Kling, Glockchen, Kling
  22. In Slumber, Peaceful Slumber
  23. African Noel
  24. Bergamasca
  25. Away in a Manger
  26. Carols at the Manger
  27. Night of Silence/Silent Night
  28. E'en So Lord Jesus, Quickly come
  29. And God Said: One Day Shall Dawn
  30. Hidden Christ, Alive Forever
  31. Narration
  32. Stay with us
  33. Beautiful Savior
  34. St. Olaf: A Holiday Tradition of Note

Product Description

Christmas at St Olaf--the 2003 St Olaf College Christmas Festival.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Year for Christmas Festival.......2005-12-06

Of the Christmas Festivals I've heard, this is my personal favorite. The songs are more varied in atmosphere than some of the previous and following years. Argenti's Sanctus is especially beautiful, with a lilting melody that certainly sounds like angels' singing. The orchestral pieces are joyful and festive, and except for the narration, which is rather dry in character, this CD is a wonderful addition for any Christmas collection.

Music Review:

  1. Babbitt and Feldman
  2. Baroque and Romantic Vocal Music
  3. Beethoven - The Revolutionary: Symphony IX / Shaw, Atlanta Symphony [ECD] [Enhanced]
  4. Brass Links
  5. Brass Super Hits
  6. Cello Alchemy-Music from Russia & Eastern Europe
  7. Chamber Music for English Horn and Strings
  8. Chamber Symphony 1 Op 9b / Variations Orch Op 31
  9. Child of the Moon
  10. Choral Highlights of the Sixth World Symposium on Choral Music

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