Music Department - AUGSBURG CHOIR LEGACY RECORDINGS
As part of the Augsburg Choir’s 75th anniversary celebration, CD versions of re-mastered historical recordings of the Augsburg Choir from 1949-1979 will be released as the Augsburg Choir Legacy Recordings. A monograph about Leland B. Sateren’s life and career written by Dr. Bill Halverson ‘51 will be included with the recordings.
Three boxed sets, each containing five CDs, will be available:
BOX 1: From Opseth to Sateren
1949-50: Augsburg Choir, with Henry P. Opseth conducting. Includes Jeg er saa glad, Praise to the Lord, and Song of Mary
1951-52: includes Sateren’s Cycle for Christmas and his arrangement of The Sun Has Gone Down
1954-55: includes Sateren’s Christmas Canticle
1956-57: includes Knut Nystedt’s Cry Out and Shout
1961-62: includes Sateren’s His Compassions Fail Not
BOX 2: Sateren Intermezzo
1964-65: includes music from the European tour, spanning 400 years of music from Corsi and Bach to Jean Berger
1967-68: Praise to God; includes Sateren’s Seek Not Afar for Beauty
1969-70: Thy Truth Within; includes Sateren’s composition by the same name
1970-71: Make a Joyful Noise; includes Sateren’s The Poor and Needy
1971-72: The Redeemer; includes Sateren’s A Choral Cycle The Redeemer
BOX 3: Sateren Finale
1972-73: An Ascription of Praise; includes Sateren’s composition by the same name
1974-75: Day of Pentecost; includes Sateren’s composition by the same name
1975-76: And Death Shall Have No Dominion; visiting director Idar Karevold
1977-78: Here Comes Our King; includes Sateren’s composition by the same name
1978-79: Gloria; includes the title piece by Lars Edlund
The Augsburg Choir Legacy Recordings will add to the richness of the choral tradition of the past, present, and future. These recordings will also confirm the historical and continued significance of Augsburg College as a place of preparation for service in the community and church.
Cost: $49 per boxed set; $135 for all three boxed sets, plus shipping and handling.
If you would like to make a gift toward the production of these recordings, choose one of the following options:
- For online giving, go to www.augsburg.edu/giving. In the drop-down menu for Designations, select The Augsburg Choir Legacy Recordings.
- Send a check to Augsburg College, 2211 Riverside Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55454. In the memo area, write Choir Legacy Recordings.
The Augsburg Choir Legacy Recordings are available at the Augsburg College Bookstore or download this order form.
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