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Messiah: Prince of Peace (Trinity Canticles)
Daniel Kallman
St. Olaf Orchestra (Steven Amundson)

Prologue (The Apostles)
Edward Elgar
Massed Choirs and St. Olaf Orchestra (Christopher Aspaas)

Narration
Pastor Bruce Benson

Processional Hymn: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Tune: HYFRYDOL, Rowland H. Prichard, arr. John Ferguson
Massed Choirs, Congregation and St. Olaf Orchestra (Steven Amundson)

For Unto Us A Child Is Born (Messiah)
George Frideric Handel
Massed Choirs and St. Olaf Orchestra (Christopher Aspaas)

Alpha to Omega
Ian Kellam
Manitou Singers (Sigrid Johnson)

Entrance Scene: Lord Hosanna (Advent Motet)
Gustav Schreck, arr. Olaf C. Christiansen
St. Olaf Choir (Anton Armstrong)

How Lovely are the Messengers (St. Paul)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Massed Choirs and St. Olaf Orchestra (John Ferguson)

Gloria
Jeffrey Rickard
Cantorei (John Ferguson)

Noel!
Steven Sametz
Viking Chorus (Christopher Aspaas)

Gloria
Greg Knauf
Chapel Choir (Christopher Aspaas)

Hymn: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Tune: CAROL, Richard S. Willis, arr. Charles Forsberg
Massed Choirs, Congregation, and St. Olaf Orchestra (Steven Amundson)

Gospel Reading
Luke 2:1–20
Pastor Bruce Benson and Pastor Jennifer Koenig

During the Gospel: In Terra Pax (Excerpt)
Gerald Finzi
Massed Choirs and St. Olaf Orchestra (Sigrid Johnson)

Hymn: Hark! The Herald Angels sing
Tune: MENDELSSOHN, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, arr. John Ferguson
Massed Choirs, Congregation, and St. Olaf Orchestra (John Ferguson)

Before the Marvel of this Night
Carl Schalk
Chapel Choir and St. Olaf Orchestra (Christopher Aspaas)

Gloria
Ola Gjeilo
Manitou Singers and St. Olaf Orchestra (Sigrid Johnson)

Balulalow (Carols Ancient and New)
Robert Kyr
Viking Chorus (Christopher Aspaas)

In Thee is Gladness
Tune: IN DIR IS FREUDE, Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, arr. Daniel Kallman
Cantorei (John Ferguson)

The Song of Peace
Olaf C. Christiansen
St. Olaf Choir (Anton Armstrong)

Ding, Dong! Merrily on High
Traditional, arr. Carolyn Jennings
St. Olaf Choir (Anton Armstrong)

This Christmastide
Donald Fraser
Massed Choirs and St. Olaf Orchestra (Anton Armstrong)

Carol: Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
Tune: IN DULCI JUBILO, German carol, 14th cent., arr. Robert Scholz
Massed Choirs, Congregation and St. Olaf Orchestra (Christopher Aspaas)

Glories Ring
Steven Amundson
St. Olaf Orchestra (Steven Amundson)

Carols for Choirs and Orchestra
arr. John Ferguson
Massed Choir – Individually and as an ensemble and St. Olaf Orchestra (All Conductors)
He Came Down That We May Have Love
Cameroon Traditional
Love Has Come
F. Seguin

On Christmas Night
English Traditional

Toda la tierra
(All Earth is Hopeful)
Alberto Taulé

Jeg er så glad
(I Am So Glad)
Peder Knudsen

Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!
(Silent Night, Holy Night!)
Franz Gruber

Joy to the World
arr. Lowell Mason
arr. Steven Amundson

Lullaby on Christmas Eve
F. Melius Christiansen
Massed Choirs (Sigrid Johnson)

And God Said: One Day Shall Dawn (King David)
Arthur Honegger
Massed Choirs and St. Olaf Orchestra (Anton Armstrong)

Narration
Pastor Bruce Benson

Recessional Hymn: Lord of All Hopefulness
Tune: SLANE, Irish Traditional, arr. John Ferguson
Massed Choirs, Congregation and St. Olaf Orchestra (Anton Armstrong)

Nunc dimittis
René Clausen
Massed Choirs and St. Olaf Orchestra (Sigrid Johnson)

Beautiful Savior (Final Stanza)
Tune: CRUSADER'S HYMN, Silesian Folk Tune, arr. F. Melius Christiansen
Massed Choirs and St. Olaf Orchestra (Anton Armstrong)

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Lo, How a Rose
Michael Praetorius, arr. Jan Sandström, transc. Steven Amundson
St. Olaf Orchestra (Steven Amundson)

God So Loved the World from The Crucifixion
John Stainer
Massed Choirs (Sigrid Johnson)

Climb to the Top of the Highest Mountain
Carolyn Jennings
Massed Choirs and St. Olaf Orchestra (Sigrid Johnson)

Narration
Pastor Bruce Benson

Processional Hymn: Christ is Alive!
Tune: TRURO from Psalmodia Evangelica, arr. John Ferguson
Massed Choirs, Congregation and St. Olaf Orchestra (John Ferguson)

Christus Paradox
Afred Fedak
Massed Choirs and St. Olaf Orchestra (John Ferguson)

Lost in the Night
F. Melius Christiansen, arr. R.M. Larson
Viking Chorus (Christopher Aspaas)

Isaiah's Voice
John Ferguson
Cantorei (John Ferguson)

A Spotless Rose
Herbert Howells
St. Olaf Choir (Anton Armstrong)

Mary’s Story and The Magnificat
John Ferguson
Narrator, Massed Choirs, and St. Olaf Orchestra (Sigrid Johnson)

The Road Ahead
Ian Kellam
Manitou Singers (Sigrid Johnson)

Arise, Shine
Paul Webber
Chapel Choir (Christopher Aspaas)

And the Glory of the Lord from Messiah
George Frideric Handel
Massed Choirs and St. Olaf Orchestra (Christopher Aspaas)

Gospel
Luke 2:1–20
Pastor Bruce Benson and Pastor Jennifer Koenig

Hymn: Joy to the World
Tune: Antioch, English 18th Cent., arr. John Rutter
Massed Choirs, Congregation, and St. Olaf Orchestra (John Ferguson)

The Word Was God
Rosephanye Powell
Viking Chorus (Christopher Aspaas)

Karin Boye's Evening Prayer
Egil Hovland
Chapel Choir (Christopher Aspaas)

Out of Your Sleep Arise
Anthony Milner
Cantorei (John Ferguson)

Gloria
György Orbán
Manitou Singers (Sigrid Johnson)

The Godly Stranger
G. Winston Cassler

Go Where I Send Thee
African American Spiritual, arr. André Thomas
St. Olaf Choir (Anton Armstrong)

Carol: O How Beautiful the Sky
Tune: Dejlig Er Den Himmel Blå, Danish 19th cent., arr. G. Winston Cassler
Massed Choirs, Congregation and St. Olaf Orchestra (Steven Amundson)

Pat-A-Pan
Hershey Kay
St. Olaf Orchestra (Steven Amundson)

Betelehemu
Via Olatunji, arr. Barrington Brooks
Massed Choir (Christopher Aspaas)

Hymn: Go Tell it on the mountain
African American Spiritual, arr. Michael Huff
Massed Choirs, Congregation and St. Olaf Orchestra (Steven Amundson)

Praise to the Lord
Ernewerten Gesanbuch, arr. F. Melius Christiansen
Massed Choirs (Anton Armstrong)

The Spirit of the Lord from The World of the Spirit
Benjamin Britten
Massed Choirs and St. Olaf Orchestra (Anton Armstrong)

Recessional Hymn: All Hail the Power of Jesus Name!
Tune: Miles lane, William Shrubsole, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
Massed Choirs, Congregation and St. Olaf Orchestra (Steven Amundson)

Narration
Pastor Bruce Benson

Beautiful Savior
Tune: Crusader’s Hymn, Silesian Folk Tune, arr. F. Melius Christiansen
Massed Choirs (Anton Armstrong)

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Daniel Kallman: Messiah, Prince of Peace (from Trinity Canticles)
—St. Olaf Orchestra/Steven Amundson

Arr. Paul J. Christiansen: My Song in the Night (Southern folk hymn)
—All choirs/Sigrid Johnson

Arr. John Ferguson: Comfort, Comfort (34 Psalms of David, Geneva, 1551)
—All choirs/John Ferguson

Processional:

Rowland H. Prichard, arr. John Ferguson: Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus
—All choirs/Steven Amundson

Mendelssohn: There Shall a Star (from Christus)
All choirs
—St Olaf Orchestra/Christopher Aspaas

Arr. Olaf C. Christiansen: Lift Up Your Heads (Psalmodia Evangelica, 1789)
—St. Olaf Choir/Anton Armstrong

Joseph W. Clokey: Two Kings
—Cantorei/John Ferguson

Randall Thompson: The Best of Rooms
—Chapel Choir/Christopher Aspaas

Martin Luther, arr. Dede Duson: From Heaven Above
—Viking Chorus (and strings)/Christopher Aspaas

Eugene Butler: Sweet Was the Song
—Manitou Singers/Sigrid Johnson

Arr. John Ferguson: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (French, 15th Century)
All choirs & audience/John Ferguson

Arr. John Francis Wade; arr. John Ferguson; descant David Willcocks: Oh Come, All Ye Faithful
—All choirs & audience, St. Olaf Orchestra/John Ferguson

Steven Sametz: Gaudete (Two Medieval Lyrics)
—Chapel Choir/ Christopher Aspaas

Franz X. Gruber, arr. John Ferguson: Silent Night
—Cantorei, St. Olaf Handbell Choir/John Ferguson

Steven Amundson: Shepherds’ Jubilee (premiere)
—St. Olaf Orchestra/Steven Amundson

Arr. Paul Carey: I Saw Three Ships (English traditional)
—Manitou Singers, St. Olaf Orchestra/Sigrid Johnson

Edvard Grieg, arr. Oscar Overby: God’s Son Has Made Me Free
—Viking Chorus/Christopher Aspaas

Kenneth Jennings: O Little Town of Bethlehem
—St. Olaf Choir/Anton Armstrong

Arr. Carolyn Jennings: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French carol)
—St. Olaf Choir/Anton Armstrong

John Rutter: Gloria
—All choirs, St. Olaf Orchestra/Christopher Aspaas

Arr. Robert Scholz: Angels We Have Heard on High (French carol)
—All choirs & audience, St. Olaf Orchestra/Steven Amundson

Charles Forsberg: A Christmas Carol (premiere)
—All choirs, St. Olaf Orchestra/Sigrid Johnson

Lewis Redner, arr. John Ferguson: O Little Town of Bethlehem
—All choirs & audience, St. Olaf Orchestra/Steven Amundson

F. Melius Christiansen: Glorification (Celestial Spring)
—All choirs/Anton Armstrong

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Ring Out, Ye Crystal Spheres (from Hodie)
—All choirs, St. Olaf Orchestra/Anton Armstrong

Recessional:

Henry Gauntlett, arr. John Ferguson: Once in Royal David’s City
—All choirs & audience, St. Olaf Orchestra/Steven Amundson

Egil Hovland: Stay with Us (from Captive and Free)
—All choirs, St. Olaf Orchestra/Anton Armstrong

Arr. F. Melius Christiansen: Beautiful Savior (Silesian folk tune)
—All choirs/Anton Armstrong