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Christmas at Luther

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.

Introit: Themes for “Morning has Broken” and “Arise, Your Light has Come”

Commissioned for Christmas at Luther 2021 Composed by Terre Johnson

Words and Music by David Danner, Orchestration by Joshua Shank

Performed by the Combined Choirs, Symphony Orchestra and Luther Ringers (Organ)

Arranged by Shawn Kichner, Text by Reginald Heber

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: IV. Zion hortdie Wachter singen

Performed by Combined Tenors/Basses and Symphony Orchestra

Arranged by Cathy Mokelbust / James C. Smith

Arranged by Rosephanye Powell, ed. William Powell

Arranged by Christian Grases, Poetic Translation by Alondra Pinto and Mark Potvin

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

Margaret Bonds, Text attributed to St Francis of Assisi

Tim Brent and Amanda Quist, Text by Laura Foley

Arranged by Elaine Hagenberg, Orchestration by Jeremy Bankson for Christmas at Luther 2021

Performed by Combined Choirs, Symphony Orchestra and Organ

Dan Forrest, Text from Psalm 100, Latin Vulgate

Longtime music host and performer Andrea Blain presents classical music programming including national specials, opera and other live broadcasts and holiday programs. She also is part of a team that works on content and scripting for ‘Rhapsody in Black’ and has voiced several episodes of YourClassical Storytime.


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Andrea Blain

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.




Christmas at Luther: Awake! and Greet the New Morn

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