People from across the nation begin their celebration of the Advent, Christmas and Epiphany season with the annual St. Olaf Christmas Festival, ranked as one of the top ten Christmas events in the country by the New York Times. This CD is a timeless classic that brings the festival right to your home, a must have for holiday music enthusiasts.

Features individual choirs and massed ensembles. Includes Night of Silence with mass ensemble and orchestra, a magical performance (the version broadcast on NPR and MPR annually).

1. O Savior, Throw the Heavens Wide, setting by Robert Scholz
2. Hail, Gladdening Light, Charles Wood
3. Let All Mortal Flesh, Edward C. Bairstow
4. There is No Rose of Such Virtue, Christopher Brown
5. Benedictus, Emile Paladible, arr. Olaf C. Christiansen
6. Carols & Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest, Conrad Susa
7. All this Night, Gerald Finzi
8. In Terra Pax (exceprt), Gerald Finzi
9. Cherubim Song, Dimitri Bortniasky
10. Rejoice, Rejoice This Happy Morn, setting by John Ferguson
11. What Sweeter Music, John Rutter
12. Gloria in excelis Deo, Jackson Berkey
13. Here's a Pretty Little Baby!, arr. Andre Thomas
14. Laudate Dominum (Une Cantate de Noel), Arthur Honegger
15. Angels' Dance, Steven Amundson
16. At the Manger: Carols for Choirs, arr. Carolyn Jennings
17. Night of Silence/Silent Night, Daniel Kantor, arr. John Ferguson
18. O Little Town of Bethelem, Kenneth Jennings
19. O Day Full of Grace, F. Melius Christiansen
20. The Spirit of the Lord (The World of the Spirit), Benjamin Britten
21. Once in Royal David's City, arr. John Ferguson
22. Nunc dimittis, Robert Scholz