19706 Sing for Joy Nov 9/28/06 2:07 PM Page 2 Celebrating 50 Years of broadcasting the finest sacred music NOVEMBER 2006 / YEAR B Sing For Joy is a production of the Office of Church Relations of St.Olaf College. t’s time again for what has become our annual becoming a more and more important and helpful sharing of listeners’ comments. Although these part of my personal life and that of my church!” Iexcerpts are from listeners expressing their Denver, Colorado appreciation of Sing For Joy, those of us on the Sing For Joy staff want to thank all of you for “Caught the tail end of Sing For Joy Sunday your support during the year — your prayers, morning on my way to Starbucks. What a Surprise your calls, your letters and your gifts. They are all Joy!!! I was listening to WVTF 89.1 FM, over 75 very much appreciated. Thank you. We couldn’t miles away! Having prayed (and sung) the Psalms do it without you! with a group of friends, knowing Sing For Joy exists was a gift.” E-mail “I deeply appreciate Sing For Joy. It really adds to my life. Sometimes heath has prevented my “Please be assured the Sing For Joy as immense Sunday Church worship, but either way Sing For value in feeding me and my fellow listeners here in Joy is a blessing in my life. May God bless you Rochester, MN. The commentary you provide and and your good works.” Edmond, Oklahoma the hymns you program have often given me added insight into my own quite meaningful local “We have moved to a different part of the country worship services. Thank you!” Rochester, but thanks to your website, I have been able to Minnesota elations still listen to Sing For Joy, and I appreciate the message every week. I appreciate the separate sec- “It was about three Sundays ago that your pro- tion on streaming stations, and I have learned gram blessed the morning as I drove to church much about the church year through this program. with a deeply moving spiritual that resonated with I also appreciate the high quality of music num- the biblical reading for that day. How I love spiri- bers which you share with us every week. Thank tuals, especially when so well performed, but the you for your ministry.” E-mail blessing did not stop here. The program ended with the marvelous gospel, “Worthy to be “My mother was a very faithful listener and pro- Praised;” again you chose the performing artists moter of Sing For Joy. It was not unusual for her well. It was like being in church. Please know that to listen to your program 3 different times over what you are doing is a blessing and it will be the weekend — 6:00 am on Saturday to 5:00 pm blessed.” Raleigh, North Carolina on Sunday on KFUO AM and FM. Even during her more than 60 days in the hospital, she listened “Thank you for your inspiring music. I listen to it to Sing For Joy when the reception worked in the early on Sunday morning and, since our small hospital. Thank you for your ministry of music.” church does not have a choir, it really helps to set St. Louis, Missouri the stage and mood for worship for the day. Keep it up!” Denver, Colorado “I have been listening to your program on 94.7 KRKS in Denver, Colorado for over a year. Your “Bruce Benson does a great program, as did his program is such a joy and a blessing for many rea- predecessor. I serve primarily a lot of small, rural sons. Over the years I have developed a love for Episcopal churches in Virginia and help out occa- more traditional worship… Your program is great sionally in a large one. What I miss mostly in and I thank you all, including the major sponsors, those small congregations is good, liturgical music, who work so hard and lovingly to edify Christ’s and Sing For Joy helps greatly to fill in that gap. Church… Thank you again so much, you are continued on back page 19706 Sing for Joy Nov 10/3/06 1:10 PM Page 3 Lord of the Dance (SHAKER SONG) – American Shaker Hymn, November 5, 2006 arr. John Ferguson (2R, G) Scriptures for Sunday 31, Time after Pentecost (Proper 26): St. Olaf Choir / Anton Armstrong (1R) Deuteronomy 6:1–9 (CD) Worthy to be Praised / ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-2164 (PS) Psalm 119: 1–8 © 1997 St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, (2R) Hebrews9:11–14 Northfield, MN 55057 (G) Mark 12:28–34 www.stolafrecords.com (AS) All Saints Sunday Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (NETTLETON) – J. Wyeth, For All The Saints (SINE NOMINE) – Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. John Carter (G) arr. Richard Webster (AS) Chancel Choir of Grace Presbyterian Church: Houston, Tex. / Advent Press Choir: Evanston, Ill. / Richard Webster Chadwick J. Edwards (CD) Fanfare! The Music of Richard Webster / ADVENT PRESS (CD) Hymns of Praise, Faith and Joy / GRACE PRESBYTERIAN / © 2001 Advent Press, Inc., 1519 West Glenlake Avenue, GP 006 Chicago, IL 60660 © 1996 Grace Presbyterian Church, 10221 Ella Lee Lane, www.advent-press.com Houston, TX 77042 www.gpch.org “Beati Quorum Via” from Three Motets, Op. 38 – Charles Villiers Stanford (PS) “Now Cherith’s Brook Is Dried Up” from Elijah, Op. 70 – Cambridge Singers / John Rutter Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1R) (CD) Faire is the Heaven / COLLEGIUM RECORDS / Linda Finne, contralto; London Symphony Orchestra: COLCD 107 London, England / Richard Hickox © 1988 Collegium Records, PO Box 31366, Omaha, NE 68131 (CD) Mendelssohn: Elijah / CHANDOS / CHAN 8774/5 www.collegiumusa.com © 1989 Chandos Records Ltd., 1 Commerce Park, Commerce Way, Colchester, Essex, England CO2 8HX Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love (CHEREPONI) – www.chandos.net Ghanaian Folk Tune, arr. Cindy Johnston (2R) Calvin College Alumni Choir: Grand Rapids, Mich. / God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending (RUSTINGTON) – Pearl Shangkaun C. Hubert H. Parry, arr. John Ferguson (1R, G) (CD) Hymnale / CALVIN COLLEGE / CD 22 Sing For Joy Hymn Festival Congregation © 2002 Calvin College Alumni Association, (CD) Home, Harvest and Healing: A Sing For Joy Hymn Festival / 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4388 ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-2648 www.calvin.edu © 2003 St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN 55057 Give Me the Wings of Faith (SONG 67) – Orlando Gibbons, www.stolafrecords.com arr. Richard Marlow (AS) Choir of Trinity College: Cambridge, England / Richard Marlow Praise the Lord, O My Soul – Ned Rorem (PS) (CD) Descants From Trinity / CONIFER CLASSICS / Choirs of St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral: Denver, Colo. / 756O5 51281 2 Donald Pearson © 1996 Conifer Records Limited, BMG Entertainment, (CD) Sing We Hallelujah / DELOS / DE 3125 New York, N.Y. © 1991 Delos International, Inc., 1645 North Vine Street, www.bmgclassics.com Suite 340, Hollywood, CA 90028 www.delosmus.com Happy Land – The Social Harp (AS) Boston Camerata: Boston, Mass. / Joel Cohen Agnus Dei – Gregorian Chant (2R) (CD) The American Vocalist / ERATO 2292-45818-2 Choralschola Der Wiener Hofburgkapelle / Fr. Hubert Dopf, S.J. © 1992 Erato Disques SA Paris (CD) Gregorian Chant / PHILIPS / 411 140-2 www.warnerclassics.com © Philips Classics Productions, Polygram Records and Jazz, New York, N.Y. Jerusalem, My Happy Home (LAND OF REST) – American Folk www.deccaclassics.com Hymn, arr. Annabel Buchanan and Peter Richard Conte (AS) Saint Clement’s Choir: Philadelphia, Penn. / Peter Richard Conte “Agnus Dei” from Requiem, Op. 48 – Gabriel Fauré (2R) (CD) Hymns of Heaven and Earth / DORIAN RECORDINGS / Academy and Chorus of St. Martin’s in the Fields: DOR-90259 London, England / Sir Neville Marriner © 1998 Dorian Recordings, c/o Sono Luminus, (CD) Fauré: Requiem / PHILIPS / 446 084-2 328 Independence Drive, Winchester, VA 22602 © 1995 Philips Classics Productions, Polygram Records and Jazz, www.dorian.com New York, N.Y. www.deccaclassics.com Hark, I Hear The Harps Eternal (INVITATION) – American Traditional, arr. Robert Shaw and Alice Parker (AS) West Coast Mennonite Chamber Choir: Vancouver, B.C. / November 19, 2006 Tony Funk Scriptures for Sunday 33, Time after Pentecost (Proper 28): (CD) As Evening Shadows Fall / MCC SCS / IKR 010 CD (1R) Daniel 12:1–3 © 2000 MCCSCS, 103-2776 Bourquin Crescent West, (PS) Psalm 16 Abbotsford, BC V2S 6A4, Canada (2R) Hebrews 10:11–14 www.mccscs.com (G) Mark 13:1–8 Come, Let Us Eat (A VA DE) – Billema Kwillia (2R) November 12, 2006 Schola Cantorum of St. Peter the Apostle: Chicago, Ill. / Scriptures for Sunday 32, Time after Pentecost (Proper 27): J. Michael Thompson (1R) 1 Kings 17:8–16 (CD) O Bread of Life / LITURGICAL PRESS / 7897-1 (PS) Psalm 146 © 1995 Liturgical Press, Order of St Benedict, (2R) Hebrews 9:24–28 Collegeville, MN 56321 (G) Mark 12:38–44 www.litpress.org 19706 Sing for Joy Nov 10/3/06 1:10 PM Page 4 Pange Lingua (Sing, My Tongue) – Gregorian Chant (2R) Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise (ST. DENIO) – Capella Antiqua Munich: Germany / Konrad Ruhland Welsh Folk Tune (1R) (CD) Gregorian Chant / PRO ARTE / CDD 287 Choir of Saint Paul’s Cathedral: London, England / John Scott © 1986 Intersound, Inc. (CD) Praise to the Lord: Favourite Hymns from St. Paul’s Cathedral / HELIOS / CDH88036 Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness (WALTON) – W. Gardiner, © 1989 Hyperion Records Limited, PO Box 25, arr. Larry Nickel (2R) London, England SE9 1AX West Coast Mennonite Chamber Choir: Vancouver, B.C. / www.hyperion-records.co.uk Tony Funk (CD) When I Was a Child: Songs My Father Taught Me, Part II / Ride On, King Jesus – African American Spiritual, MCCSCS / IKRCD005CD arr.