Each December, the Center for Faith and Life at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, rings out with the sacred and the exuberant: the sounds of the Christmas season.
Playlist
Introit: Themes for “Morning has Broken” and “Arise, Your Light has Come”
Commissioned for Christmas at Luther 2021 Composed by Terre Johnson
Performed by the Symphony Orchestra
Arise, Your Light has Come
Words and Music by David Danner, Orchestration by Joshua Shank
Performed by the Combined Choirs, Symphony Orchestra and Luther Ringers (Organ)
Brightest and Best
Arranged by Shawn Kichner, Text by Reginald Heber
Performed by Norskkor
What Sweeter Music
Eleanor Daley, Text by Robert Herrick
Performed by Aurora
Lost in the Night
Arranged by F. Melius Christiansen
Performed by Nordic Choir
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: IV. Zion hortdie Wachter singen
J.S. Bach, Text by Phillip Nicolai
Performed by Combined Tenors/Basses and Symphony Orchestra
I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light
Arranged by Cathy Mokelbust / James C. Smith
Performed by the Luther Ringers
Glory Hallelujah to Duh Newbo’n King!
Arranged by Rosephanye Powell, ed. William Powell
Performed by Norskkor
Abreme la Puerta
Arranged by Christian Grases, Poetic Translation by Alondra Pinto and Mark Potvin
Performed by Cathedral Choir
Fantasia in C Minor, Op. 80, “Choral Fantasy”: Allegretto, ma non troppo (Quasi andante con moto)
Ludwig Van Beethoven, Text by Christoph Johann Anton Kuffner
Performed by Cathedral Choir, Collegiate Chorale, Nordic Choir and the Symphony Orchestra
St. Francis’ Prayer
Margaret Bonds, Text attributed to St Francis of Assisi
Performed by Collegiate Chorale
Threads of Joy
Tim Brent and Amanda Quist, Text by Laura Foley
Performed by the Cathedral Choir
Wexford Carol
Arranged by Elaine Hagenberg, Orchestration by Jeremy Bankson for Christmas at Luther 2021
Performed by Combined Choirs, Symphony Orchestra and Organ
Jubilate Deo: I. Jubilate Deo
Dan Forrest, Text from Psalm 100, Latin Vulgate
Performed by Combined Choirs, Symphony Orchestra and Organ
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