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Choral Repertoire

Masterworks

conducted with full or chamber orchestra

  • J. S. Bach - Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben (BWV 77), Gloria in excelsis Deo (BWV 191), Jesu, meine Freude (BWV 227), St. John Passion (BWV 245)

  • Randol A. Bass - Christmas Flourish, Gloria

  • Leonard Bernstein - Chichester Psalms

  • Ola Gjeilo - Sunrise Mass, The Tyger & The Lamb (World premiere)

  • George F. Handel - Messiah

  • F. J. Haydn - Lord Nelson Mass, Te Deum

  • Felix Mendelssohn - Elijah

  • W. A. Mozart - Coronation Mass, Regina Coeli, Requiem, Solemn Vespers

  • Francis Poulenc - Gloria

  • John Rutter - Requiem

  • Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria

Masterworks

conducted with organ, piano or small ensemble

  • Johannes Brahms - Four Songs for women, horns & harp (Op. 17), Three Quartets (Op. 31), Zigeunerlieder (Op. 103 and Op. 112)

  • Benjamin Britten - Ceremony of Carols, Festival Te Deum, Rejoice in the Lamb

  • John Corigliano - Fern Hill

  • Maurice Duruflé - Requiem (Op. 9)

  • Gabriel Fauré - Pavane, Requiem

  • Howard Hanson - Song of Democracy

  • Herbert Howells - Te Deum

  • Claudio Monteverdi - Beatus vir

  • Daniel Pinkham - Christmas Cantata, Wedding Cantata

  • Robert Ray - Gospel Mass

  • Giacomo Rossini - Petite Messe Solennelle

  • Franz Schubert - Mass in G

  • Conrad Susa - Carols & Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest

  • Michael John Trotta - Gloria (World premiere), Requiem

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs, Serenade to Music

Masterworks

a cappella (unaccompanied)

  • Claude Debussy - Trois Chansons

  • Herbert Howells - Requiem

  • Felix Mendelssohn - Psalm 43: Richte mich, Gott

  • Einojuhani Rautavaara - “Suite” de Lorca (Op. 72)

  • Maurice Ravel - Trois Chansons

  • Michael John Trotta - Seven Latin Proverbs (World premiere)

Masterworks

prepared for other conductors

  • Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9

  • Hector Berlioz - Requiem

  • Johannes Brahms - Alto Rhapsody

  • F. J. Haydn - Creation

  • Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”

  • Gian Carlo Menotti - Jacob’s Prayer (World premiere)

  • Carl Orff - Carmina Burana

  • Zbignew Preisner - Requiem for My Friend (American premiere)

  • Augusta Read Thomas - Floating Temples (World premiere)

  • "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything."

    Plato

  • "Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable."

    Leonard Bernstein

  • "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

    Maya Angelou