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December 5, 2012
St. Olaf Christmas Festival
Every December, an unusual pilgrimage takes place. Thousands of people flock to the small prairie town of Northfield, Minnesota. They're going to hear the annual St. Olaf College Christmas Festival. It's not so much a concert as it is a worship service in music. Even though the school is small, the program has a following across the country, including national broadcasts on public radio and TV. We'll hear highlights from the 2012 St. Olaf Christmas Festival, which took place just last weekend in Northfield.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Gopak from Mazeppa
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Masur, conductor
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George Gershwin
Finale from Porgy and Bess Orchestral Suite
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Masur, conductor
Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany
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Leonard Bernstein
Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano
The Morgenstern Trio
Kunstraum Klosterkirche, Traunstein, Germany
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Claudio Buchwald from Bloomington, Indiana
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George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess Orchestral Suite
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Masur, conductor
Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany
hour 2
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Traditional (arranged by Andre Thomas)
Keep Your Lamps
Combined Choirs of St. Olaf College, Anton Armstrong, director
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, Northfield, Minnesota
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Benjamin Britten
This Little Babe, from Ceremony of Carols
The Manitou Singers, Joy Gunderson, harp, Sigrid Johnson, director
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, Northfield, Minnesota
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Alexander Scriabin
Prelude No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 13
Yuja Wang, piano
Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, Texas
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Ottorino Respighi
Vetrate di Chiesa (Church Windows), P. 150
The Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
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Kenneth Jennings
O Little Town of Bethlehem
The St. Olaf Choir, Anton Armstrong, director
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, Northfield, Minnesota
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Steven Amundson
Angel's Dance
The St. Olaf Orchestra, Steven Amundson, conductor
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, Northfield, Minnesota
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Daniel Kantor
Night of Silence
The Combined Choirs of St. Olaf College, St. Olaf Orchestra, James Bobb, conductor
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, Northfield, Minnesota
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Modest Mussorgsky
Prelude to Khovanshchina
The Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
Philharmonie, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
