ALUMNI NEWS
The Augsburg Choir Legacy Recordings
Continuing the Augsburg Choir’s
75th anniversary celebration, Augsburg is proud to announce that
CD versions of the Augsburg Choir recordings from 1949-1979 will
soon be available. These re-mastered historical treasures will be
released as The Augsburg Choir Legacy Recordings.
Three boxed sets, each containing five CDs, will be produced:
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. Dr. Bill Halverson ’51 has written a monograph about Leland B. Sateren’s life and career that will be included with the recordings. These recordings will also confirm the historical and continued significance of Augsburg College as a place of preparation for service in community and church.
The Augsburg Choir Legacy Recordings will be available early next year through the Augsburg College Bookstore. For information on ordering the CDs, go to the Music Department website, www.augsburg.edu/music.
Cost: $49 per boxed set; $135 for all three boxed sets, plus shipping and handling.
