National Lutheran Choir

The National Lutheran Choir, founded by Dr. Larry Fleming in 1986, is comprised of professional choral musicians who perform literature from the entire spectrum of sacred choral works, with and without instrumental accompaniment. This is reflected in the choir's rich and diverse repertoire: from early chant to contemporary "chance" music; from small verse anthems to large works with orchestra; and from complex masterworks to simple folk settings. Selected by auditions held each May, the singers are drawn from a 200-mile radius of Minneapolis/St. Paul for weekly rehearsals. They represent the various Lutheran Church bodies whose many colleges and universities have provided their undergraduate education. All have received advanced training and most are professionally active in various areas of music. Dr. Fleming retired from active conducting in 1999 and served as Senior Advisor to the choir until his death in 2003. An extensive international search was conducted to select a new Music Director.

Dr. David Cherwien has been named the permanent music director beginning in the 2002-2003 seasons. During the interim, the choir has been under the direction of many distinguished guest conductors including Ren? Clausen of Concordia College in Moorhead, MN; Karle Erickson, founder and director of World Voices; Paul Brandvik, formerly of Bemidji State University in Bemidji, MN; Sigrid Johnson, of St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN; Martin Neary, formerly of Westminster Abbey in London; and Kenneth Hodgson of the University of Minnesota Morris. By traveling thousands of miles to present a wide range of choral works in concert and worship settings, by conducting workshops in choral techniques, hymnody and liturgy, by commissioning new compositions and through radio, television and recordings, the National Lutheran Choir gives unprecedented expression and new impetus to the fine tradition of sacred choral music.

Discography

Praise Parisienne

Kyrie - Louis Vierne Gloria - Louis Vierne Sanctus - Louis Vierne Benedictus - Louis Vierne Agnus Dei - Louis Vierne Ubi Caritas - Maurice Durufle Seigneur, je vous en prie - Francis Poulenc O sacrum convivium! - Olivier Messiaen O salutaris hostia - Marcel Dupre Ave Maria - Marcel Dupre Tantum ergo sacramentum - Marcel Dupre Laudate Dominum omnes gentes - Marcel Dupre O Magnum Mysterium - Pierre Villette Tu es Petrus - Charles-Marie Widor Hymne a la Vierge - Villette Toccata from Symphony No. 5 - Widor

David Cherwien directs the NLC, 2007 winner of the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence, through a program of popular French choral music, joined by organist Martin Jean of Yale.

A New Song

I Will Sing To The Lord - Feliciano My Friend Had A Vineyard - Feliciano Jerusalem - Hovland Signpost I - Hemberg Sixty-Seventh Psalm - Ives Psalm 150 Milhaud Thee Will I love - Jennings Priere - Poulenc Lamb Of God - Barber Prayer To Jesus - Oldroyd Ubi Caritas - Durufle Whither Shall I Go - Campbell O Vos Omnes - Casals The Dove Descending - Stravinsky Sprirt Of God - Jennings Set Me As A Seal - Gresham Hymn To God - Rubra Inscription From The Catacombs - Lockwood Our Father - Gretchaninof

The professional choral musicians of the National Lutheran Choir, selected by auditions held each May, are drawn from a 200-mile radius of Minneapolis/St. Paul for weekly rehearsals, and they represent the various Lutheran Church colleges and universities who have provided their undergraduate musical education. They perform literature from the entire spectrum of sacred choral works, all a cappella. A New Song, conducted by Larry L. Fleming, "A New Song" is an eclectic, varied collection of sacred music not often heard or performed. Richard Feliciano's dramatic and brooding "I Will Sing to the Lord" and "My Friend Had a Vineyard" set the tone for the collection, as does Eskil Hemberg's dissonant, eclectic "Signpost I." Darius Milhard's "Psalm 150" soars and surprises, Samuel Berber's "Lamb of God," George Oldroyd's "Prayer to Jesus," Durufle's "Ubi Caritas," Mark Gresham's "Set Me a Seal" and Kenneth Jennings' "Spirit of God" are sweet and lovely; Igor Stravinski's "The Dove Descending," Edmund Rubra's "Hymne to God" and Normand Lockwood's "Inscription from the Catacombs" have hauntingly dissonant harmonies. Each of these is a difficult-to-perform, rarely-heard gem, beautifully done by one of the world's most respected Christian choirs.

This Night

O, Bethlehem (Conrad Susa) On December's Frozen Ground (Conrad Sea) Ave Maria (Franz Biebl) What Child (Paul Lohman) Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head (arr. Paul J. Christiansen) Twelfth Night (Samuel Barber) Manger Carol (Mark Sedio) T'was in the Moon of Wintertime (Paul Lobman) Over the Hills (Johannes Eccard) Coventry Carol (arr. Paul Lohman) Lux Aurumque (Eric Whitacre) Lo, How a Rose (arr. David Cherwien) Little Lamb (David Cherwien) A Savior from on High ( Stephen Paulus) Angeles We Have Heard on High (arr. David Cherview) Quempas Carol (arr. David Cherwiew) Children of Peace (Anne Kilstofte) Thou Wilt Keep Him Perfect Peace (Samuel Sebastian Wesley)

Minneapolis/St. Paul-based, world-renowned NLC brings us a bright, beautifully-wrapped Christmas gift, "This Night," their 10th excellent recording in the PAC library. This lovely collection of 18 songs, some lightly accompanied, of course includes standards like "Lo, How a Rose," "Angels We Have Heard on High," "Coventry Carol" and "Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head," but it's the lesser-known pieces that are a happy surprise. A wonderful pair by Conrad Susa, "O Bethlehem" and "On December's Frozen Ground," Mark Sedio's "Manger Carol," Johannes Eccard's "Over the Hills," David Cherwien's "Little Lamb," and Anne Kilstofte's "Children of Peace" are just a few of the songs that make "This Night" a very special recording, and a holiday favorite for years to come!

Soul

My God (Eli) - Larry L. Fleming Go And Tell John - Larry L. Fleming There Is A Balm Three About Jesus - Larry L. Fleming Every Time I Think About Jesus - Larry L. Fleming Give Me Jesus Ride On, King Jesus My Song In The Night - Paul J. Christiansen Saints Bound - Parker-Shaw My Soul - Jusus Loves Me - Larry L. Fleming I Will Arise - Larry L. Fleming Gettin' Up Mornin' - H.W. Zimmermann My Lord, What A Mornin' River Suite

"Soul" is a wonderful collection of Folk and Gospel Hymns and Spiritual Songs performed by Minneapolis/St. Paul's great professional choir. Conductor Larry L. Fleming arranges many of these tunes, and contributes one of his own compositions, the lovely, upbeat "Go and Tell John." "Three About Jesus:" "Every Time I Think About Jesus," "Give Me Jesus" and "Ride On, King Jesus" are particularly fine, as is the Paul Christiansen-arranged "My Song in the Night." The rousing spirituals "Saints Bound for Heaven" and "In That Great Getting' Up Mornin'" are marvelous. The final piece, the 9-part medley "River Suite," (piano accompanied and featuring outstanding vocalist Tom Tipton) is incredible enough by itself to gain our recommendation for "Soul." Another inspiring, finely-crafted winner from one of America's finest choirs!

Ain't Got Time To Die (Hall Johnson) Creation Suite (arr. Larry L. Fleming) A Rose Touched by the Sun's Warm Rays (Jean Berger) Timor et Tremor (Francis Poulenc) Sanctus (Ralph Vaughan William) O Lord, Increase My Faith (Orlando Gibbons) The King of Love (arr. Paul J. Christiansen) I Will Not Leave You Comfortless (William Byrd) God Will Pour Out (Arnold Mendelssohn) The Innocents (arr. Larry L. Fleming): "Can you hear the voice of the children?" "Let all the nations be gathered together" "I love you, my sweet children, who are gone" In memoriam - The children of Dunblane, Scotland "Sorrow and sighing shall flee away" A Song (Edmund Rubbra) Song for Athene (John Tavener) Sinner, Please Don't Let This Harvest Pass (arr. William Grant Still) O Mary, Don't You Weep (arr. Albert McNeil) Eternitie (Edmund Rubbra) Come Away to the Skies (arr. David Mennicke) I Got Shoes (arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw)

Prolific, talented, Minneapolis-based, mixed-voice NLC, conducted by founder Dr. Larry L. Fleming (with guest conductors Paul Brandvik and Rene Clausen), brings us a joyful collection of Christian spiritual songs on "Pacem." Included in the 22 songs are the spirituals "Ain't Got Time to Die," "O Mary, Don't You Weep," "Come Away to the Skies" and "I Got Shoes." There's a special collection of 5 narrated Biblical songs, arranged by Fleming, called "The Innocents," that include"Can you hear the voice of the children" and "I love you, my sweet children, who are gone;" lovely and moving music.

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Father: Praise God (arr. Larry L. Fleming) Donde Hay (Paul F. Page) What Shall I Render (P. Tiefenbach) My Gracious Master (arr. Larry L. Fleming) Son: He Is the Lonely Greatness (Arthur Benjamin) Alabado (Juan Bautista Comes) If We Believe (John Goss) All My Trials (arr. Norman Luboff) Lord Jesus (arr. Larry L. Fleming) Give Me Jesus (arr. Larry L. Fleming) Ride On, King Jesus (arr. Larry L. Fleming) Holy Spirit: Hymn of Justinian (Alexander Gretchaninoff) If You Love Me (Thomas Tallis) Creator Spirit (Kenneth L. Jennings) The Dove Descending (Igor Stravinsky) Ye are Not of the Flesh (J.S. Bach) Holy Spirit (Gottschalk-Fleming) Grant Unto Me

Founded in 1986 by music director Dr. Larry L. Fleming, The National Lutheran Choir is one of the best, and most prolific, mixed-voice choirs in the world. Fleming has arranged many of the 18 songs on "Trinity," which is divided into three sections, "Father," ("Praise God," "My Gracious Master"); "Son," ("He Is the Lonely Greatness," "All My Trials," "Lord Jesus," "Ride On, King Jesus"); and "Holy Spirit," ("Hymn of Justinian," "If You Love Me," "The Dove Descending" and "Grant Unto Me"). Timeless spiritual music, sung with grace and feeling by the talented NLC.

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Ain't That Good News (arr. William Dawson) I Sing of Thy Mercies (arr. Leland B. Sateren) Send Out Thy Light (M.A. Balakireff) Tell 'em I'm Gone (arr. Alice Parker) Lord God, You Have Called You Servants (J. Aaron McDermid) Oremus (XXII from Gloria Patri, 24 Hymns for Mixed Choir, Urmas Cherwien) Prayer for Peace (David Cherwien) Lamb of God (Adagiio for String, Opus 11, transcribed for chorus, Samuel Barber) Song for Athene (John Tavener)

Founded in 1986 by Dr. Larry L. Fleming, and now directed by Dr. David Cherwien, the Minneapolis-based, mixed-voice NLC is comprised of professional choral musicians. "I Sing" is a limited edition CD, celebrating the Choir's 2003 West Coast Tour. Included are 9 songs, the spirituals "Ain'a That Good News" and "Tell 'em I'm Gone," the title tune, M.A. Blakireff's "Send Out Thy Light," Urmas Sisask's "Oremus," "Prayer for Peace" (by director Cherwein), Barber's "Lamb of God" and Tavener's "Song for Athene." Beautiful and inspirational.

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Restoration Morning Star, In Darkest Night Come, Awake I Beheld Her Magnificat Tota Pulchra Es A Spotless Rose Now, O Come, My Soul's True Light Et Incarnatus Est A Christmas Carol O Magnum Mysterium Shining Stable In The Night Maria Sat In Cattle Stall While Angels Sing Gloria Born Today Come, Return, And On That Day Hush, My Dear In Dulci Jubilo Now All Poor This Is The Christ O Light Everlasting

A professional choir from Minnesota, the Choir perform selections from a divergent literature. This is a seasonal recording, emphasizing classical compositions, not carols, and is subtitled "The Light Is Come"; loosely defined, the theme is the birth cycle of Christ. Works by Kodaly, Clausen, Poulenc, Bach, Christiansen and others are performed, with the exception of Dave Brubeck's "Gloria," a flamenco arrangement, and the recording's wild card. Several of the tracks are accompanied, such as "This Is The Christ," but with pristine and restrained orchestrations, lovely indeed. In keeping with the CD's seraphic motif, the choir's tone color is one of brilliance and purity.

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Praise To The Lord If You But Trust In God To Guide You Our Father's Love Begotten Jesus Loves Me Love Divine All Loves Excelling Children Of The Heavenly Father Now The Green Blade Rises A Mighty Fortress Amazing Grace Blessed Assurance Precious Lord Beautiful Built On A Rock Abide With Me

Hymn CDs are among our best sellers, and this one represents a Lutheran flavor of hymn singing and arrangements that is beautifully done. With varied arrangements by conductor and organis, David Cherwien, this large choir from Minnesota has produced a CD that is guaranteed to have you singing along with hymns like "Beautiful Savior," "A Mighty Fortress," and "Abide with me."

Who Is This That Appeareth - Healey Willan Vinea Mea Electa - Poulenc His Eyes Are Dim - arr. Larry Leming Tree Of Glory - Paul Christiansen Crucifixus - Antonio Lotti Stabat Mater Frantisek Turna Christe - Krzysztof Penderecki Ah, Holy Jesus - Fleming Surely, He Has Borne Our Greifs - Karl Heinreich Graun LAmb Of God - Jon Washburn Create In Me A Clen Heart O God - Paul Christiansen Dona Nobis Pacem - Rheinberger Rise Up My Love My Fair One - Willan Peace I Love With You - Clausen See What Love - Mendelssohn I See Blood Upon The Rose - Arthur Benjamin Song Of Passion - George Oldroyd

Minneapolis, MN-based National Lutheran Choir is comprised of professional choral musicians drawn from a 200-mile radius of Minneapolis-St. Paul, selected by auditions. Larry Fleming conducts this fine choir on “Tree” in beautiful sacred classical works like Francis Poulenc’s “Vinea Mea Electa,” Antonio Lotti’s “Crucifixus,” Frantisck Tuma’s “Stabat Mater,” Karl Graun’s “Surely, He Has Bourne Our Griefs,” Josef Rheinberger’s “Dona Nobis Pacem” and the title tune by Paul J. Christiansen, who also did the arrangements for “Create In Me A Clean Heart, O God.” Rene Clausen’s “Peace I Leave With You” and Felix Mendelssohn’s “See What Love” are also lovely. A wonderful collection by one of America’s best choirs!

Lord Of The Dance This Little Light Of Mine Softly And Tenderly, Jesus Is Calling Water Night The Battle Of Jericho The Souls Of The Righteous In Paradisum God So Loved The World Whispers Also Hat Gott Die Welt Geliebt Ave Maria Thy Truth Within Lamb Of God Go And Tell John Prayer O Lord God My Heart Is Longing His Compassions Fail Not God Be In My Head

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Folk Hymn Suite - Arr. Larry Fleming Sing And Ponder - Arr. Larry Fleming I Am The Rose Of Sharon - William Bilings Humble Service - Arr. Larry Fleming The Morning Trumpet - B.F. White Jerusalem, My Happy Home - Arr. Leland Satern His Voice - Arr. Larry Fleming Lord Of The Dance - Arr. Larry Fleming

Minnesota’s renowned, mixed-voice National Lutheran Choir, ably led by composer/arranger Fleming, begins this powerful 8-song collection with a 16-minute “Folk Hymn Suite” that features works from Spanish, Russian, Norwegian, Jewish, Irish, German, Black Spiritual, French and Swedish musical traditions, lightly accompanied. Following are several favorites, including the 14^th century plainsong “Sing and Ponder,” Wm. Billings’ lilting “I am the Rose of Sharon,” B.F. White’s “The Morning Trumpet,” “His Voice” and the joyous “Lord of the Dance.” Beautiful and inspirational throughout!

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