Carols For Choir And Orchestra
St. Olaf Orchestra And Choirs Lyrics

All people that on Earth do dwell
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice
Him serve with fear, His praise forth tell
Come ye before Him and rejoice

The Lord, ye know, is God indeed
Without our aid He did us make
We are His folk, He doth us feed
And for His sheep He doth us take

O enter then His gates with praise
Approach with joy His courts unto
Praise, laud, and bless His name always
For it is seemly so to do

For why? The Lord our God is good
His mercy is forever sure
His truth at all times firmly stood
And shall from age to age endure

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
The God whom Heaven and Earth adore
From men and from the angel host
Be praise and glory evermore

Amen

From Psalms 100 and 134

Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS

Written by: Ralph Vaughan Williams

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@ToledoWingNut

9y↑14

I can't hope to adequately express the joy that the choirs of St. Olaf have brought to my life. Dr. Armstrong and his music department members prepare them brilliantly and watching the students as they sing is a delight. Thanks for posting this.

@mcmanpa

8y↑13

A beautiful performance. If these are different choirs coming together for the concert, then the seamless sound produced by their joining together is even more impressive. The slower and quieter last stanza is movingly rendered. The camerawork and video edit are sympathetic and polished and add to the pleasure.

@grambeege

7y↑5

Absolutely beautiful. Gave me chills. This is one of my favorite Christmas tunes.

@kathyk243

9y↑3

How wonderful that Dr Armstrong is again directing the St. Olaf choir! It is a long time to wait to see these wonderful concerts. Thank you for making them available. Your music shines!

@prosingerrenee

8y↑3

I had the wonderful opportunity to sing under Dr. Armstrong for AL All state a long time ago and I'll never forget how passionate he was to share his love of music to us. So impressed with him!

@allenjohnson7278

7y↑1

Have not watched this video for quite sometime. I thought that I could break the 'habit', but I am hooked! Even after the prolonged absence, this performance has become more beautiful. I absolutely love this video. And, the flute player in the beginning is still beautiful too.

@karalyons-hammond2248

9y↑2

While the intro slightly distracts the focus against the actual music, the intro does contain some very interesting reasoning for singing this particular music. Seeing some of the singers 'feel' the music is so powerful. Especially when they move, and use facial expressions. Dr. Armstrong and his music department members have done a wonderful job preparing everyone! And the singers really convey how music can affect everyone, musical or not. Good job to everyone who participated. The orchestra does a good job of not overwhelming the choirs too. The rests that occur right around 5min 30 seconds into the song are truly spectacular. Having that many people all stop and start together is hard, especially without holding the music, but it is executed perfectly!

@sliprockdoc

The essence of Christmas. Thank you for such beauty.

@arlenehensley7305

Beautifully done in praise to Jesus Christ!

@85doc

This song expresses the true meaning of Christmas.

@Rocketjay12

9y↑4

Just beautiful. One of the best renditions of this I have ever heard.

@Dom277

8y↑1

+Rocketjay12

Agree...absolutely beautiful.

@allenjones3130

17w

Magnificent!

@melloyellow5598

Beautifully done. Thank you all.

@vanessaevers435

Best song I ever sang for choir in high school!

@johncomrie9202

7y↑1

This is one of the best if not the best mass youth choirs I have listened to. Simply beautiful.

@williamhenze2098

Do not think I would call college students youths.

@basicaa

8y↑9

From a simple ox's stall came the greatest gift of all. Truth and love and hope abide, this Christmastide.

@timothyrea4757

Lovely indeed!!

@allenjohnson3763

8y↑12

My GOD! How Beautiful is this Music and this Choir? I am am totally swept away by this Video. I cannot stop watching. And, who is the Beauty playing the flute in the intro? I love this music!!!!! Awesome!!!!!

@timothyrea4757

BRAVO!!!

@JustAThought155

How beautiful, simply beautiful! The tender voices truly makes this so refreshing. Beautiful!

@toonybrain

7y↑2

Splendid. Lovely. A foretaste of Heaven.

@allenjones3130

17w

This carol was written for and first performed by the legendary operatic soprano Jessye Norman, who died in 2019.

@allenjones3130

17w

I would love to hear this carol performed by Meav of Celtic Woman fame.

@hdcschot8406

7y↑1

Within a few days we will sing this song with our small men's choir in a small church in Ellecom-Holland. It is a unknown caroll in Holland. I wonder what our audience will say!

@RichardBoyd1

Beautiful.

@emmabuckaloo69

4y↑2

The final Verse sends chills down my spine every time I hear it.

@kmills62

lovely,, just lovely...

@baritonebynight

The only thing missing here is Jessye Norman.

@olegirl2000

7y↑2

Please update your title of the video to be "Christmastide at St. Olaf College". :)

@BelleChapelleYah

😊

@davidleesn

19w

We have to stop this brainwashing with heavenly sounds that remove us further from the cold stable with only straws plus human closeness for warmth like what refugees from war zones have to endure. These sounds make us feel what heaven would feel like. It further anaesthetized us from compassionate empathy…. make us feel good ! Prokofiev's concertos and other war zone music have reported differently. This we hope is the end game, they in those zones are not even in mid-game yet and see only the endless pit and abyss of dying, starvation and unbelievably unbearable cold !