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. Enjoy the 2022 program, The Gifts They Gave Emmanuel.
Playlist
Prologue to Isaiah’s Dream
Based on hymn tune: Lasst uns erfreuen
Terre Johnson
Text by St. Francis of Assisi, paraphrased by William H. Draper
Combined choirs, Symphony Orchestra
The Dream Isaiah Saw
Glenn L. Rudolph
Text by Thomas H. Troeger
Combined choirs, Symphony Orchestra
While by My Sheep
Traditional German carol
arr. Mark Potvin
Text by Friedrich Spee and Mark Potvin
Norskkor
Christmas Carol
Adrianna Tam
Text by Sara Teasdale
Collegiate Chorale, piano
Where Riches Is Everlastingly
Bob Chilcott
Text adapted from 16th century
Nordic Choir, percussion
Christus Natus Est
Rosephanye Powell
Text by Countee Cullen
Sung in English and Latin
Combined choirs, Symphony Orchestra
Donkey Carol
John Rutter
Cathedral Choir, Symphony Orchestra
Troika (from Lieutenant Kijé Suite)
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony Orchestra
How Far Is It to Bethlehem?
English carol
arr. Mark Hayes
Text by Frances Chesterton
Aurora, piano
O Magnum Mysterium
Kevin A. Memley
Sung in Latin
Nordic Choir
What I Can I Give Him
Andrea Ramsey
Orchestration by Luke Benton
Text by Christina Rossetti
Commissioned for Christmas at Luther 2022
Combined choirs, Symphony Orchestra
Jesus Nasciera / Ríu Ríu Chíu
16th-century Spanish villancico
arr. Brett Stewart
Text by Thomas H. Troeger
Sung in Spanish
Combined choirs, Symphony Orchestra, guitar
In Dulci Jubilo (from Carol Trilogy)
German traditional
arr. Laura Hawley
Sung in German and Latin
Aurora, piano
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