Herbjørn Gausta Memorial Celebration Concert

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Herbjørn Gausta Memorial Celebration April 30, 2017 at Greenfield Lutheran Church in Harmony, Minnesota, featuring the Luren Singers from Decorah, Iowa directed by Dr. David Judisch. Also featuring Brad Schultz, Luther College, on piano and organ.

Welcome – Cliff Johannesen, Harmony Area Historical Society
Prayer – Pastor Rolf Svanoe, Greenfield Lutheran
Hymn – God of Our Fathers
The Luren Singers
Rise Up O Men Of God …… Kenneth Jennings
Fanevagt ……………….. Ole Olsen
The Gift of Love ………… arr. Hal Hopson
Siste Reis (The Sailor's Last Voyage) Eyvind Alnaes
Come to the Music …… Joseph Martin
Jesus Loves Me ………… Bradbury, arr. Bernhard Gluth
Wana Baraka……………. arr. by Shawn Kirchner
This Little Light of Mine/Do Lord arr. by Val Hicks
Kjærringa mæ Staven …….Norwegian Folk Melody, arr. Paulsen
Set Down Servant ……………..arr. by Robert Shaw
Don’t Fence Me In …………. Cole Porter
Offering Music – Den Store Hvide Flokk…arr. John Ferguson
Song – Ved Herbjørn Gausta’s Bauta (At Herbjørn Gausta’s Monument) Dr. David Judisch, Baritone
1. In Telemark are many mountains,
Some are high and others long.
But largest is Gausta in Tinn district,
With Rjukan waterfall at its foot.
2. Here the boys grow big and strong;
They create legends and leave their marks.
About one among many, people spoke,
And Herbjørn Gausta he was named.
3. As a little boy he was clever with his hands.
He drew the homes around the lake shore.
And as he grew and became bigger,
He drew Gausta, his named brother.
4. Like sprouts and growth come with Spring,
So he grew in his given art-skills.
With a poet’s mind, he saw visions.
Soon form and color lay on his brush.
5. Then he went out in the wide world!
Italy, Germany, he included in his travels.
He learned much, he gathered in,
But never did he forget his home.
6. The greatest work which have won prizes
He had found motives for at home.
I mention only one with children and mother
In prayer gathered around a covered table.
7. Like many others he stretched his wings
And left his home, the good boy.
Across the western ocean, in Vesterheim,
Is room and work for one such as he.
8. On work orders he never had to wait,
For more than enough came from all directions.
His work must be written in big numbers.
They are found in churches, in homes, in halls.
9. His day and labor so well he used,
But time takes its toll on the earthly frame.
And then came the evening and he was set free.
Now he sleeps safely here in Harmony.
10. And this monument shall carry the memory
That Herbjørn Gausta is resting here.
But greatest of all that carries lasting value,
Remembered for his honest journey through life.
(by H. G. Odden, 1927, at the dedication of the Gausta monument.)

Benediction
Postlude – Toccata on “Now Thank We All Our God” by Egil Hovland