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16160 SFJ March 1/31/05 8:15 AM Page 1 Non-profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID St. Olaf College SPONSORS The Sauder Companies 502 Middle Street Archbold, OH 43502 419-446-2711 sauder.com Sukup Manufacturing Company Box 677 Sheffield, IA 50475 641-892-4222 sukup.com St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Avenue Northfield, MN 55057 507-646-2222 stolaf.edu MARCH 2005 / YEAR A Contact us at: Sing For Joy staff: singforjoy.org Pastor W. Bruce Benson, host Jeffrey O’Donnell, associate producer [email protected] Dr. John Ferguson, music advisor Lynne Reeck, studio producer 612-798-9225 John Gaddo, general manager Jennifer Rowe, communications coordinator Contribution Amount: ■ $1000 Composer ■ $100 Friend ■ Check enclosed ■ $500 Music Director ■ $50 Contributor ■ Please charge my credit card ■ $250 Patron ■ Other $________ ■ Visa ■ MasterCard ■ Discover ■ American Express Please make check payable to Sing For Joy. Mail to: Sing For Joy, St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN 55057-1098 Name (Please print clearly) Address Phone Thank you for supporting City/State/Zip Credit Card Number Exp. Date Signature I (We) hear Sing For Joy on radio station in (City/State) ■ Please add me to the mailing list. My gift is given: ■ I have remembered SFJ in my estate planning. In memory of In honor of Occasion 16160 SFJ March 1/31/05 8:15 AM Page 2 Celebrating 50 Years of broadcasting the finest sacred music MARCH 2005 / YEAR A Sing For Joy is a production of WCAL National Programming, from St.Olaf College. hrough the Church, As I reflect on the theme for our hymn festival, the Song Goes On — Through the Church, the Song Goes On, I think about for 50 years the song our songs and our rich liturgical church year. Every has gone on with Sing year I make new discoveries about the season we are Pastor TFor Joy, and the scripture read- celebrating. Sometimes those insights are shaped by W. Bruce Benson ings as well. Last month, Dr. life events — the birth of a child or grandchild may John Ferguson talked about evoke and change the mental images of a baby being some of the ways we are celebrating this significant born in a rude and humble (and dirty!) stable. Songs anniversary in the history of Sing For Joy, including about the slaughter of the innocents had an entirely our February 20 hymn festival in Minneapolis. different impact when I was the mother of a 2-year- old son. We could also say “Through Sing For Joy, the Song Goes On.” Over this 50-year legacy, we’ve heard The Lenten season is a time for soul-searching, prepa- growth, changes and rebirths. New music appears, ration and deep reflection. One year during a Lenten and old favorites visit again. Right now we are mark- service, my congregation sang “O Lord, Throughout ing a slight change, as Sing For Joy now becomes part These Forty Days.” The final phrase of the first verse, of the Church Relations department at St. Olaf “..and free us from our past,” leapt off the page at College. This makes sense to me — in my role, I pro- me. Why had I never noticed that before? It’s so obvi- mote Sing For Joy among congregations, synods and ous and clear! I’d had some difficult events in my life, listeners. I’ve listened to and admired Sing For Joy and the gift in this music, in this hymn, was to remind over the years, and I feel especially blessed to have the me that God graciously forgives us, and that we can opportunity to work with this talented and dedicated and must put the past away as we move forward. staff: Pastor Bruce Benson, Dr. John Ferguson, Jeff Each Sunday, I hope that Sing For Joy provokes new O’Donnell and Jennifer Rowe. thoughts and images in your mind. I hope in each pro- gram you find newness in old words and familiarity in I am interested in hearing feedback from you, both new music. about the content of the program, as well as sugges- tions for other places and ways we can make our pro- May Sing For Joy continue to be a gift in your life! gram known and heard. If you are aware of specific radio stations in your area that would make good broadcasters, please tell us. And tell friends, family and church members about the program, too, so the Janet Kringen Thompson song will continue to go on. Director of Church Relations 16160 SFJ March 1/31/05 8:15 AM Page 3 Dry Bones – African American Spiritual, arr. Red Hall (1R) March 6, 2005 Full Table: Harrisonburg, Va. Scriptures for 4 Lent: (CD) All You Can Eat / FULL TABLE / FT2001 (1R) 1 Samuel 16:1-13 © 2001 Full Table, Harrisonburg, VA 22801 (PS) Psalm 23 www.fulltable.org (2R) Ephesians 5:8-14 Breathe On Me, Breath of God (PEN PARK) – Welsh Traditional, (G) John 9:1-41 arr. Haydn Morgan (1R) Little David, Play on Your Harp – African American Spiritual, Bowling Green State University Collegiate Chorale: arr. Harry T. Burleigh (1R) Bowling Green, Ohio / Richard D. Mathey Derek Lee Ragin, male alto; Moses Hogan, piano (CD) Summer Tour ’93 / (CD) Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit / CHANNEL CLASSICS / BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY CCS 2991 © Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403 © 1991 Channel Classics Records B.V., PO Box 5642, www.bgsu.edu/colleges/music Englewood, NJ 07631 Out of the Depths, Op. 142, No. 3 – Alan Hovhaness (PS) www.channelclassics.com Choirs and Orchestra of St. John’s Cathedral: Denver, Colo. / Walk As Children of Light – Randall Thompson (2R) Donald Pearson St. Olaf Choir / Kenneth Jennings (CD) Magnificat / DELOS / DE 3176 (CD) Out of Darkness, Let Light Shine / ST. OLAF RECORDS / © 1995 Delos International, Inc., 1645 N. Vine Street, Suite 340, E-1840 Hollywood, CA 90028 © 1991 St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, www.delosmus.com Northfield, MN 55057 The Little Family (LAZARUS) – American Folk Song, www.stolafrecords.com arr. Ronn McFarlane (G) Come Open, Lord, the Heart and Ear (EISENACH) – J. H. Schein, Custer LaRue, soprano; Ronn McFarlane, lute arr. J.S. Bach (G) (CD) Amazing Grace: Spiritual Folk Songs of Early America / Schola Cantorum of St. Peter the Apostle: Chicago, Ill. / DORIAN RECORDINGS / xCD-90296 J. Michael Thompson © 2001 Dorian Recordings, 8 Brunswick Road, (CD) Music for Lent II / THE LITURGICAL PRESS / 7921-8 Troy, NY 12180-3795 © 1997 The Order of St. Benedict, Inc., Collegeville, MN 56321 www.dorian.com www.litpress.org When Jesus Wept (EMMAUS) – William Billings (G) Amazing Grace (NEW BRITAIN) – William Walker, Bella Voce (Founded as His Majestie’s Clerkes): Chicago, Ill. / The Southern Harmony, arr. John Rutter (G) Paul Hillier Cambridge Singers / John Rutter (CD) A Land of Pure Delight / HARMONIA MUNDI / (CD) Sing, Ye Heavens: Hymns for All Time / COLLEGIUM / HMU 907048 COLCD 126 © 1992 Harmonia Mundi USA, 2037 Granville Avenue, © 2000 Collegium Records, PO Box 311366, Omaha, NE 68131 Los Angeles, CA 90025 www.collegiumusa.com www.harmoniamundi.com My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (RESIGNATION) – “So nun der Geist des” (As the spirit of him) from Jesu, meine American Folk Tune, arr. Virgil Thomson (PS) Freude, BWV 227 – J. S. Bach (2R) Calvin College Alumni Choir / Pearl Shangkaun Vancouver Chamber Choir: Vancouver, B.C. / Jon Washburn (CD) Many Colors Paint the Rainbow / CALVIN COLLEGE / (CD) Johann Sebastian Bach: The Six Motets / GROUSE / 103 CD 4 © Grouse Records, 1254 West 7th Avenue, © 2001 Calvin College Alumni Association, Vancouver BC V6H 1B6 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49546-4388 www.vancouverchamberchoir.com www.calvin.edu I am the Resurrection and the True Life – Heinrich Schütz (G) Amazing Grace (Excerpt) (NEW BRITAIN) – William Walker, Concordia Choir: Moorhead, Minn. / René Clausen The Southern Harmony (G) (CD) The Concordia Choir / CONCORDIA RECORDINGS / Rev. Yvette Flunder, alto; Chanticleer: San Francisco, Calif. / E-1584 Joseph Jennings © 1988 Concordia University, 901 8th Street South, (CD) How Sweet the Sound / TELDEC / 2-60309 Moorhead, MN 56562 © 2004 Teldec, Distributed by Warner Classics www.concordiarecordings.com www.teldec.com Abide with Me (EVENTIDE) – William Henry Monk (G) St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys: New York, N.Y. / March 13, 2005 Gerre Hancock (CD) Evensong / KOCH INTERNATIONAL CLASSICS / Scriptures for 5 Lent: 3-7285-2H1 (1R) Ezekiel 37:1-14 © 1995 Koch International USA, 2 Tri-Harbor Ct., (PS) Psalm 130 Port Washington, NY 11050 (2R) Romans 8:6-11 www.kochentertainment.com (G) John 11:1-45 16160 SFJ March 1/31/05 8:15 AM Page 4 March 20, 2005 March 27, 2005 Scriptures for Palm Sunday / Sunday of the Passion: Scriptures for Resurrection of Our Lord / Easter Day: (G1) Matthew 21:1-11 (1R) Acts 10:34-43 or Jeremiah 31:1-6 (PS1) Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 (PS) Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 (1R) Isaiah 50:4-9a (2R) Colossians 3:1-4 or Acts 10:34-43 (PS2) Psalm 31:9-16 (G) John 20:1-18 or Matthew 28:1-10 (2R) Philippians 2:5-11 (G2) Matthew 26:14-27:66 Jesus Christ Is Risen Today (EASTER HYMN) – Lyra Davidica, arr. John Ferguson (1R,2R,G) All Glory, Laud and Honor! (ST. THEODULPH) – Combined Lutheran Choirs / Anton Armstrong Melchior Teschner (G1) (CD) When In Our Music: A Hymn Festival / ALCM / CS-1 Choir of All Saints, Margaret Street: London / Harry Bramma © 1994 Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, (CD) The Complete New English Hymnal, Vol. 7 / PRIORY / PRCD PO Box 16575, Worcester, MA 01601 707 www.alcm.org © 2001 Priory Records Ltd, 3 Eden Court, Eden Way, Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire, UK LU7 4FY The Angels Rolled the Stone Away – African American Spiritual, www.priory.org.uk arr.