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Performed Choral Repertoire

In parenthesis by each title is the known composition or publication date.

Medieval / Renaissance

Anonymous
  • O Magnum Mysterium - Gregorian chant
St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
  • Pange Lingua
Josquin des Prez (c. 1440-1521)
  • Ave Maria
  • MISSA PANGE LINGUA
Juan del Encina (1468-c.1530)
  • Mas Vale Trocar
Clément Janequin (c. 1485-1521)
  • Le Chant Des Oyseaux
Ludwig Senfl (c.1486-c.1543)
  • Ach Elslein, liebes Elselein
Pierre Passereau (1503-1553)
  • Il Est Bel Et Bon
Jacques Arcadelt (ca. 1504-1568)
  • Il bianco e dolce cigno
Thomas Tallis (1505 - 1585)
  • If Ye Love Me
Pierre Certon (c.1510-1572)
  • La la la, je ne l'ose dire
Cipriano de Rore (c.1515-1565)
  • Ancor che col partire
Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)
  • Matona, mia cara
  • Mon coeur se recommande a vous
William Byrd (1543 - 1623)
  • Ne Irascaris
  • Ave Verum Corpus
  • Sing Joyfully
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
  • O Magnum Mysterium
John Dowland (1562-1626)
  • Come Again
Hans [Johann] Leo Hassler (1564-1612)
  • Cantate Domino, Canticum Novum
  • Verbum Caro Factum Est
  • Come All Musicians, Come
John Farmer (c.1570-c.1601)
  • Fair Phyllis
Francisco Correra de Arauxo (1576–1654)
  • Lauda Sion
Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
  • Tu Es Petrus
  • Sicut Cirvus

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Baroque

Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
  • Sing dem Herrn - arr. Wallace DePue (b.1932)
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
  • Die Psalmen David
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
  • DEUS IN ADJUTORIUM
    • 1. Sonata
    • 2. Deus in Adjutorium
    • 3. Gloria
    • 4. Sicut Erat
Antonio Lotti (1666-1740)
  • Crucifixus
Antonio Vivaldi (1669-1741)
  • GLORIA (RV 589)
    • I. Gloria in excelsis Deo
    • II. Et in terra pax hominibus
    • III. Laudamus te
    • IV. Gratias agimus tibi
    • V. Propter magnam gloriam
    • VI. Domine Deus
    • VII. Domine Fili Unigenite
    • VIII. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei
    • IX. Qui tollis peccata mundi
    • X. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris
    • XI. Quoniam tu solus sanctus
    • XII. Cum Sancto Spiritu
  • BEATUS VIR (RV 597)
    • Beatus vir qui timet Dominum
    • In Memoria Aeterna
    • Paratum Cor Eius
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
  • GOTT, DER HERR, IST SONN' UND SHILD (BWV79)
    • Chorus: Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild
    • Alto Aria: Gott ist unsre Sonn und Schild!
    • Chorale: Nun danket alle Gott
    • Bass Recitative: Gottlob, wir wissen
    • Soprano-Bass Duet: Gott, ach Gott, verlass die Deinen
    • Chorale: Erhalt uns in der Wahrheit
  • MASS IN B-MINOR (BWV232)
    • Gloria
      • Chorus: Gloria in excelsis Deo
      • Chorus: Et in terra pax
      • Soprano: Laudamus te
      • Chorus: Gratias agimus tibi
      • Soprano-Tenor Duet: Domine Deus, Rex coelestis
      • Chorus: Qui tollis peccata mundi
      • Alto: Qui sedes ad dextram Patris
      • Bass: Quoniam tu solus sanctus
      • Chorus: Cum Sancto Spiritu
  • SINGET DEM HERRN (BWV 225)
    • Choral Fugue: Alles, was Odem hat, lobe den Herrn
  • MAGNIFICAT (BWV 243)
    • Chorus: Magnificat
    • Soprano Aria: Et exsultavit spiritus meus
    • Chorale: Vom Himmel hoch
    • Soprano Aria: Quia respexit humilitatem
    • Chorus: Omnes generationes
    • Bass Aria: Quia fecit mihi magna
    • Alto-Tenor Duet: Et misericordia
    • Chorus: Fecit potentiam
    • Chorus: Gloria in excelsis Deo
    • Tenor Aria: Deposuit potentes
    • Alto Aria: Esurientes implevit bonis
    • Soprano-Bass Duet: Virga Jesse floruit
    • Chorus: Suscepit Israe
    • Chorus: Sicut locutus est
    • Chorus: Gloria Patri
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
  • Hosanna To The Son Of David (pub. 1641)

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Classical

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
  • Die Harmonie in der Ehe
  • Die Beredsamkeit
  • Abendlied zu Gott!
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
  • Sancta Maria, Mater Dei (K.273)
  • REGINA COELI (K.276)
  • REQUIEM (K.626)

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Romantic

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
  • CHORAL FANTASY
  • NINTH SYMPHONY
Robert Lucas Pearsall (1795-1856)
  • Lay A Garland
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
  • Schicksalslenker (D. 763)
  • Ständchen (D. 920)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
  • Laudate Pueri Dominum (Op. 39, No. 2)
  • Beati Mortui (Op. 115, No. 1)
  • Heilig (Op. post.)
Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856)
  • Zigeunerleben (Op. 29, No. 3)
Giuseppi Verdi (1813–1901)
  • LA TRAVIATA
    • Libiamo ne’ lieti calici (Act One, Scene 3)
  • QUATTRO PEZZI SACRI
    • Laudi Alla Virgine Maria
    • Ave Maria
  • NABUCCO
    • Va Pensiero (Act Three)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
  • Ave Maria (Op. 12)
  • Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz (Op. 29, No. 2)
  • EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM (Op. 45)
  • Rhapsodie (Op. 53)
  • NEUE LIEBESLIEDER WALTZES (Op. 65)
  • O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf (Op. 74, No. 2)
  • O Schöne Nacht (Op. 92, No. 1)
Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)
  • Abendlied
Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
  • THE GONDOLIERS
    • Dance A Cachuca, Fandango, Bolero (Finale)
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
  • Cantique de Jean Racine (Op. 11)
  • MESSE BASS
    • Kyrie
    • Sanctus
    • Benedictus
    • Agnus Dei
  • REQUIEM (Op. 48)
    • 1. Introit and Kyrie
    • 2. Offertorium
    • 3. Sanctus
    • 4. Pie Jesu
    • 5. Agnus Dei
    • 6. Libera Me
    • 7. In Paradisum
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
  • Blue Bird
Michail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)
  • Blagloslovi, dushe moya, Ghospoda

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Modern

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
  • TROIS CHANSONS DE CHARLES D'ORLEANS (pub.1908)
    1. Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder!
    2. Quand j'ai ouy le tambourin sonner
    3. Yver, vous n'estes qu'un villain
Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945)
  • CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (1890)
    • Chorus and Drinking Song
Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949)
  • My Lord, What A Morning
Pedro Gutiérrez (1870-1954)
  • Alma Llanera (1914)
F. Melius Christiansen (1871-1955)
  • Praise To The Lord
J. Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954)
  • Lift Every Voice and Sing (1900) - arr. Roland Carter (b.1942)
Sergei Vassilievich Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
  • VSENOSHCHNOE BDENIE (Op. 37)
    • 1. Priidite, Poklonimsia
    • 6. Bogorodiste Devo
  • The Angel (Op. 15, No. 6)
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
  • Circus Band
  • Psalm 90
Pau Casals (1876-1973)
  • Nigra Sum
Ernst Bloch (1880-1959)
  • AVODATH HA-KODESH (SACRED SERVICE)
Deems Taylor (born Joseph Taylor) (1885-1966)
  • Tece voda, tece (Waters Ripple and Flow)
Hall Johnson (1888-1970)
  • Ain't Got Time To Die
Carl Orff (1895-1982)
  • CARMINA BURANA
Sven Lekberg (1899-1984)
  • Let All The World In Every Corner Sing
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
  • CHANSONS FRANCAISES
    • 4. Clic, clac, dansez sabots
    • 6. La belle si nous étions
  • DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES
    • Ave Maria
William L. Dawson (1899-1990)
  • Ain-a That Good News
  • Every Time I Feel The Spirit
  • King Jesus Is A-Listening
  • Ezekiel Saw De Wheel
  • Soon-Ah Will Be Done
  • Balm In Gilead
Randall Thompson (1899-1984)
  • FROSTIANA
    • 1. The Road Not Taken
    • 2. The Pasture
    • 3. Come In
    • 4. The Telephone
    • 5. A Girl's Garden
    • 6. Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
    • 7. Choose Something Like A Star
  • The Last Words Of David
  • Alleluia
Bardos Lajos (1899–1986)
  • Cantemus
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
  • At The River
  • The Camptown Races
  • THE TENDER LAND
    • Stomp Your Foot
    • The Promise Of Living
Olaf Christiansen (1901-1984)
  • Light Everlasting
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
  • My Spirit Sang All Day (1937)
Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989)
  • Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord
  • I Just Come From The Fountain
  • We Shall Walk Through The Valley In Peace
  • A Christmas Alleluia (Mary, What You Going To Name That Pretty Little Baby?)
Franz Biebl (1906-2001)
  • Ave Maria
Halsey Stevens (1908-1989)
  • Magnificat
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
  • A CEREMONY OF CAROLS (Op. 28)
  • FIVE FLOWER SONGS
    • 5. Ballad of the Green Broom
Norman Dello Joio (b. 1913)
  • Of Crows And Clusters
  • A Jubilant Song
Cecil Stanley Effinger (1914-1990)
  • Prairie Sunset
Edwin Fissinger (1920-1990)
  • Clap Your Hands
Ariel Ramírez (b.1921)
  • MISA CRIOLLA
    • Kyrie (vidala-baguala, Northern Argentina)
    • Gloria (carnivalito, Northern Argentina)
    • Credo (chacerera trunca, Central Argentina)
    • Sanctus (carnaval cochabambino, Bolivia)
    • Agnus Dei (estilo pampeano, Northern Argentina)
Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006)
  • WEDDING CANTATA
    • 1. Rise Up, My Love
    • 2. Many Waters Cannot Quench Love
    • 3. Awake, O North Wind
    • 4. Set me As A Seal
Alice Parker (b.1925)
  • AND SING ETERNALLY
    • I. Creation – Zion's Hill – A Musical Concert
  • SONGSTREAM
    • I. To Kathleen
    • IV. The Spring and the Fall
    • VIII. Passer Mortuus Est
  • Shenandoah
  • Durme, Durme
  • Sorrow and Gladness
  • God Loves All His Many People
  • You Can Tell the World
James Erb (b.1926)
  • Shenandoah
Noel Goemanne (b. 1926)
  • CANTATE Sing To The Lord
Barne Slögedal (b.1927)
  • Antiphona de Morte
Emma Lou Diemer (b.1927)
  • THREE MADRIGALS
    • 1. O Mistress mine, where are you roaming?
    • 2. Take, O take those lips away
    • 3. Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more!
  • Alleluia
  • FRAGMENTS FROM THE MASS
    • Kyrie
    • Gloria
    • Credo
    • Sanctus
    • Agnus Dei
Howard A. Roberts (1929-1992)
  • Sinner Man
Wendell Whalum (1931-1987)
  • Sweet Home
  • Done Made My Vow
Owen Goldsmith (b.1932)
  • Benediction (1978)
Willametta Spencer (b.1932)
  • At The Round Earth's Imagined Corners (1986)
William Mathias (1934-1992)
  • The Echoing Green
Peter Schickele (b.1935) a.k.a. P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742?)
  • THE ART OF THE GROUND ROUND (S.1.19/lb.)
    • 1. Loving Is As Easy
    • 2. Please, Kind Sir
    • 3. Jane, My Jane
    • 4. Who, Oh Who
    • 5. Golly, Golly, Oh
    • 6. Nellie Is A Nice Girl
  • My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth (1971)
Robert A. Harris (b.1938)
  • Go Down Moses
Donald Patriquin (1938)
  • SONGS OF EARLY CANADA
    • Innoria (Huron Dance Song)
    • Savory, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (British Canadian Folksong)
    • Ah! si mon moine voulait danser (French Canadian Folksong)
Phillip Rhodes (b.1940)
  • WIND SONGS
    • O Wind
    • Wind Wolves
    • Lullaby of the Winds
    • The Wind
  • THREE FRENCH SONGS
    • I. Seul (Alone)
    • II. Le sourire (The smile)
    • III. Le silence (Silence)
  • THREE APPALACHIAN SETTINGS
    • 1. Cluck Ol' Hen
    • 2. Pretty Saro
    • 3. Birdie Went A-Courtin'
Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)
  • I Will Sing of Life
Keith Hampton (b. 1941)
  • True Light
Robert L. Morris (b.1941)
  • I Thank You, Jesus
  • Fix Me, Jesus
  • Hallelujah, I'm Goin' To Praise His Name
Roland Carter (b.1942)
  • You Must Have That True Religion
Imant Raminsh (b. 1943)
  • Song of the Stars
Josephine Poelinitz (1942?)
  • City Called Heaven
Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)
  • O Magnum Mysterium
  • LUX AETERNA
  • LES CHANSONS DES ROSE
    • Dirait-on
Alberto Favero (b.1944)
  • Te Quiero
Robert Ray (b.1946)
  • He Never Failed Me Yet
John Rutter (b.1946)
  • Open Thou Mine Eyes
  • Lord, Make Me An Instrument Of Thy Peace
György Orbán (b.1947)
  • Daemon Irrepit Callidus
Javier Busto (b.1949)
  • Ave Maria
Daniel E. Gawthrop (b.1949)
  • Sing Me To Heaven (1991)
Ernani Aguiar (b.1950)
  • Salmo 150
Carol Barnett (b.1950)
  • Cindy
Libby Larsen (b. 1950)
  • Primrose (Yellow, Yellow)
André Thomas (b.1952)
  • Go Where I Send Thee
  • Rockin' Jerusalem
  • Keep Your Lamps
V. Michael McKay (b.1952)
  • Anticipation (1997)
Z. Randall Stroope (b.1953)
  • Amor De Mi Alma
Rene Clausen (b. 1953)
  • Oh My Luve's Like a Red, Red Rose
Joseph Jennings (b.1954)
  • Steal Away
Shui Jiang Tian (b. 1954)
  • Usuli Boat Song
Byron J. Smith (b.1957)
  • Worthy To Be Praised (1993)
David Dickau (b. 1957)
  • If Music Be The Food Of Love
Moses Hogan (1957-2003)
  • Hear My Prayer
  • I’m Gonna Sing ’Til The Spirit Moves In My Heart
  • My God Is So High
  • Walk Together Children
  • Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel?
  • Elijah Rock
Sarah Hopkins (b.1958)
  • Past Life Melodies
Kurt Bestor (b.1958)
  • Prayer of the Children
David Morrow (b.1959)
  • Got A Mind To Do Right
Brent Michael Davids (b.1959)
  • NATIVE AMERICAN SUITE
    • I. Lenape Song
    • II. I Still Love You Yet
    • III. Zuni Sunrise Song
Stephen Leek (b. 1959)
  • Ngana
Rosephanye Powell (b.1962)
  • Non Nobis, Domine
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi (b.1963)
  • El Hambo
Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)
  • Water Night
Rollo A. Dilworth (b.1970)
  • Take Me To The Water (2006)
Alexander Freeman (b.1972)
  • O Magnum Mysterium (2002)
Damon H. Dandridge (b.1977)
  • I Know I've Been Changed

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