Magnum Chorum
Recognized for expressive singing and inspired programs, Magnum Chorum brings transforming artistry and spirit to a cappella choral music. Under the direction of Artistic Director Dr. Dwight Jilek, the 55 voice choir presents colorful concerts, commissions and premieres new sacred works, and provides music for worship. Founded in the choral tradition of St. Olaf College in 1991, the choir also reaches out to under-served populations to offer a message of hope and faith and build community through fellowship and choral music.
Magnum Chorum serves as Choir in Residence at Westwood Lutheran Church in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. The name, Magnum Chorum, is intended to convey the importance of the choir in expressing the divine and the infinite through voice, music, and text.
"Gifts of the Magi" by Ralph Johnson, composer, and Laurie Richardson Johnson, poet
The Work of Christmas by Dan Forrest
O Magnum Mysterium by Andrej Makor
Magnum Chorum illuminates "Gifts of the Magi" by Ralph Johnson and Laurie Richardson Johnson
Poet and Lyricist, Charles Anthony Silvestri and "The Sacred Veil"
Ned i vester soli glader (Norwegian Evening Hymn from Eid in Nordfjord), arranged by Grete Pedersen
Without You by Dale Trumbore
Salutation by Ēriks Ešenvalds
Still by Ola Gjeilo, arr. Geoff Lawson
The Ground by Ola Gjeilo
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree by Elizabeth Poston
Ubi Caritas by Paul Mealor
Jul, Jul, Strålande, Jul by Gustav Nordqvist, arr. Dan Davidson
The Music of Stillness by Elaine Hagenberg
Ave Maris Stella by Otto Olsson
Only In Sleep by Ēriks Ešenvalds
Bogoroditse Devo, Raduysia (Rejoice, O Virgin) by Sergey Khvoshchinsky
Be Thou a Smooth Way by Ralph Johnson
Ancient Prairie by Ēriks Ešenvalds
Lullaby from Three Nocturnes by Daniel Elder