Sing For Joy is a radio program, produced by St. Olaf College, with a simple mission: to explore the weekly themes of Christian worship by providing the best in sacred choral music and thoughtful commentary. The musical performances eloquently “do the talking,” while the concise remarks from host Pastor Bruce Benson illuminate the meaning of the texts. You can stream full programs online. Follow Sing For Joy on Facebook!
Many listeners are choral directors and church musicians who use the weekly playlists and programs as inspiration in their own work. Playlists are available online a month before the program airs, and you can look back through our archives as well.
Here is what other choral directors are saying:
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Here’s an example of a playlist:
March 26, 2017
Fourth Sunday in Lent (Year A)
Scriptures for this Program
- (1R) 1 Samuel 16:1-13
- (PS) Psalm 23
- (2R) Ephesians 5:8-14
- (G) John 9:1-41
Walk As Children of Light — Randall Thompson (2R)
The St. Olaf Choir: Northfield, MN / Kenneth Jennings
(CD) Out of Darkness, Let Light Shine / ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-1840
© 1991 St. Olaf Records, St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN, 55057, USA
www.stolafrecords.com
Holy is the True Light — Gerald Near / G.H. Palmer, lyricist (2R)
Cathedral Choir of the Cathedral of St. John: Albuquerque, NM / Maxine Thévenot
(CD) The Immortal Air: Anthems and Canticles / RAVEN / OAR-954
© 2013 Raven, P. O. Box 25111, Richmond, VA, 23261, USA
www.ravencd.com
Psalm 23 — Bill (Grayston) Ives (PS)
The Choir of Magdalen College: Oxford, United Kingdom / Bill (Grayston) Ives
(CD) Listen, Sweet Dove / HARMONIA MUNDI / HMU 907420
© 2006 Harmonia Mundi, 1117 Chestnut Street, Burbank, CA, 91506-1624, USA
www.harmoniamundi.com
Come Open, Lord, the Heart and Ear (EISENACH) — J.H. Schein / Omer Westendorf, lyricist / Johann Sebastian Bach, arranger (G)
The Schola Cantorum of St. Peter the Apostle: Chicago, IL / Douglas S. Williams, accompanist / J. Michael Thompson
(CD) Music for Lent II: Singing the Order of Initiation of Adults / THE LITURGICAL PRESS / 7921-8
© 1997 The Liturgical Press, P.O. Box 7500, Collegeville, MN, 56321, USA
www.litpress.org
Amazing Grace (NEW BRITAIN) — William Walker / John Newton, lyricist / John Rutter, arranger (G)
The Cambridge Singers / Thelma Owen, accompanist / John Rutter
(CD) Sing, Ye Heavens / COLLEGIUM RECORDS / COLCD 126
© 2000 Collegium Records, Naxos of America, Inc., Suite 28, 1810 Columbia Avenue, Franklin, TN, 37064, USA
www.collegium.co.uk
Amazing Grace (Excerpt) (NEW BRITAIN) — Southern Harmony / John Newton, lyricist / Joseph Jennings, arranger (G)
Chanticleer: San Francisco, CA / Joseph Jennings
(CD) How Sweet the Sound / TELDEC / 2-60309
© 2004 Teldec, Teldec Classics International GMBH
www.teldec.com
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