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Joy to the World

12/17/18 | 2m 21s | Rating: NR

Isaac Watts’s 1719 paraphrase of Psalm 98, set to music by Lowell Mason, is now one of the most popular Christmas hymns in North America. In this high-spirited arrangement by Mack Wilberg, continuous running passagework in the orchestra and the addition of bells and herald-trumpet fanfares illustrate the excitement of the Christmas season.

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CHRISTMAS WITH THE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR was made possible in part by Ronald C. and Kaye Gunnell, Timothy E. and Teresa J. Wright, Gary and Cathy Crittenden, Tom and Leslie Thomas, Rex and Ruth Maughan, Greg and Monica Drennan, Jim and LeAnn Hansen, Kirk and Rebecca Hansen, Terrel and Janet Bird, Jeff and Cynthia Shaw, Jim and Sandy Cook, Richard and Shellie Silliman, Charles and Janet Stoddard, Chris and Misty Vaterlaus, John and Lu Jean Jenkins, David and Lora McAllister and The Alan and Jeanne Hall Foundation.
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