Since the nineteenth century, households and congregations have marked the days before Christmastide with many types of Advent calendars. The season of waiting and longing for the “already-but-not-yet” incarnation of Jesus unfolds amidst waning daylight in the Northern Hemisphere, a time of yearning for hope, joy, and peace.
Each day from November 27th to December 24th, join us for a moment of music and reflection. Selections will be posted to the LSM social media accounts and archived below!
Day 1: “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling,” excerpted from the 2022 LSM Hymn Festival—featuring students and faculty and conducted by 2022 organ fellow Ezechiel Daos.
Day 2: “The Road Home” by Stephen Paulus. Performed by the 2022 voice faculty and fellows on the annual Sine Nomine Recital.
Day 3: Olivier Messiaen’s “Noël” (movement 13) from Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus (Twenty Contemplations of the Infant Jesus). Performed by LSM Faculty and alumnus Cole Burger, piano, with animation by artist Josh C. Simmons.
Day 4: “Pilgrim’s Hymn” by Stephen Paulus. Performed by the LSM Alumni Choir, conducted by Zeb Highben, on the 2022 Festival Eucharist.
Day 5: Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4, movement IV, Das himmlische Leben (The Heavenly Life). Performed by the LSM 2022 Festival Concert Band, featuring soprano Carla Wesby, conducted by Dr. Jeffrey Doebler.
Day 6: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's String Sextet in D Minor, “Souvenir de Florence," movement I. Allegro con spirito. Performed by the LSM 2022 string faculty and fellows on the annual Omega String Faculty Recital.
Day 7: “Thou that hast giv’n so much to me” by Carl F. Schalk. Sung during evening prayer after the LSM 2022 Festival Orchestra Concert.
Day 8: The Berceuse and Finale from Igor Stravinsky's 1919 Firebird Suite. Performed by the LSM 2022 Festival Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Kevin Sütterlin.
Day 9: The Lily and the Bird by LSM composition teacher Benjamin Krause. Performed by the LSM 2022 Festival Choir, conducted by Dr. Nancy Menk. Commissioned by David, Cynthia, Jeanine, and Paul Krause in celebration of LSM’s fortieth anniversary.
Day 10: Gesù Bambino by Pietro Yon. Performed by Elisa A. Knoepfel, oboe (LSM staff), Justin C. Knoepfel, viola (LSM Faculty '12, '13; Counselor '04), and Brian A. Falk, piano.
Day 11: Reflections on a Southern Hymn for Horn Alone, movement IV. "Wondrous Love" by Stephen Gryc Performed by Nicoletta Pignatello, horn (LSM '11, '13).
Day 13: Bayou Home by William Grant Still, arranged by Alexa Still. Benjamin Yates, trombone (LSM Faculty); Nola Strand, piano.
Day 12: Le fille aux cheveux de lin by Claude Debussy from the first book of preludes. Performed by Bryan Tucker, oboe (LSM '22 Fellow), Avery Karrow-Lewis, piano (LSM '22 Fellow).
Day 14: Selections from 7 Arie con Tromba Solo by Alessandro Scarlatti (IV. Rompe Sprezza; VI. Mio tesoro per te moro). Performed on an LSM faculty recital by Catherine McCord Larsen, Voice (LSM Faculty); Paul Morton, Trumpet (LSM Faculty); Michael Beert, Cello (LSM Faculty); Katherine Chung, Piano.
Day 15: J.S. Bach's Chorale No. 2 "Nun komm der heiden Heiland" from Cantata BWV 36 "Schwingt freudig euch empor". Performed by The Sprightly Companions with Jeanine Krause (LSM '89-'90), Jennifer Harris and Antonello Cola.
Day 16: A medley of tradition Christmas carols: Deck the Halls, Greensleeves, and Joy to the World . Performed by Aria Beert, violin (LSM '17 '18, '19, '21 and Fellow '22); Rachel Handlin, violin and piano (LSM '86 and Faculty '22); Michael Beert, cello (Faculty '22).
Day 17: Partita on Creator of the Stars of Night by David Cherwien. Performed by Michael Schaner, organ (LSM '05, '06).
Day 18: Steal Away arranged by Brazeal Dennard. Performed on the 2022 Sine Nomine Recital by faculty member Daniel Greco and fellows Benjamin South, Ezechiel Daos, Austin Meyer, and Zac Flasch.
Day 19: The first movement from Francis Poulenc's Sextet for Piano and Winds. Performed on the 2022 Movere Woodwinds Recital by faculty members Elise Blatchford, Flute; Rachel Becker, Oboe; Jorge Montilla, Clarinet; Bruce Atwell, Horn; Jacqueline Wilson, Bassoon; Cole Burger, Piano.
Day 20: As a mother comforts her child (Reprinted from All Creation Sings, Hymn 1015) by Brian Wentzel. Performed on the 2022 Festival of Hymns.
Day 21: Romance by William Grant Still. Performed by Sophia Flores, Alto Saxophone (Fellow '21, '22); Nicole Lee, Piano (LSM Faculty) on a 2022 Faculty and Fellow Recital.
Day 22: Resounding Joy by John F. Wilson. Performed by the LSM Handbell Choir on the 2022 Festival of Hymns, conducted by Dr. Jeffrey Scott Doebler.
Day 23: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel arranged by Dallas Blair. Performed by Thomas Baker-Trinity, Trumpet (LSM '21, '22) and Jennifer Baker-Trinity, Organ (LSM '92-'94).
Day 24: Two movements from Florence Price's Dances in the Canebrakes, I. “Nimble Feet” (Allegro) and II. “Tropical Noon” (Andantino). Performed by the LSM 2022 Festival Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Kevin Sütterlin.
Day 25: The Book of Revelation by William Repperger. Performed by the LSM 2022 Festival Concert Band, conducted by Dr. Jeffrey Doebler.
Day 26: Alleluia by Elaine Hagenberg. Performed by the LSM 2022 Festival Concert Choir, conducted by Dr. Nancy Menk.
Day 27: Erschallet, ihr Lieder, BWV 172 by J.S. Bach. Performed by the LSM 2022 Bach Cantata Choir and Orchestra for Eucharist Service on July 19, 2022. Conducted by Dr. Nancy Menk and featuring Catherine McCord Larsen, Natalie Carlisle, Benjamin South, and Daniel Greco as soloists.
Day 28: Luther's Morning Prayer arranged by Carl Schalk, sung and performed by the LSM 2022 Community.
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