Major Choral Works

A nine-movement work for strings, solo trumpet, three percussionists, and child soprano, soprano, and mezzo-soprano soloists. The main movements of the Requiem Mass are set in Latin. Two extra movements

One of Bach's most celebrated choral works is presented here with the original German text and a singable English version in an Urtext edition for soloists, choir and orchestra. For the composition of the

Joseph Hartmann Stuntz was born in 1793, not far from Basel, but it was in Munich that he found his musical home. During his lifetime, he was mainly popular as a composer of cheery songs for male voices.

Marianus Konigsperger, who worked as a lay brother in the Benedictine monastery of Prufening, composed this "rural Mass" in F major to be a melodically memorable and easily singable Latin Mass for smaller

The Venetian-born Antonio Caldara (1670-1736) worked under Johann Joseph Fux between 1716 and 1736 as deputy court music director of the Vienna Hofmusikkapelle (Court Music Orchestra). An incredible 3400

The liturgical Mass text of Missa Brasileira is set to typical Brazilian rhythms and styles and builds a bridge between European spiritual choral music and the rhythmic intensity of South America.

Johann Zach (1713-1773) is counted among the most important composers of the pre-Classical era. This multi-movement work unites Zach's idiosyncratic personal style, characterized by surprising harmonic

Johann Gottlieb Naumann came into contact with Johann Sebastian Bach in his younger years and worked at the court in Dresden as a composer and musician from 1786 until his death. His Mass in G is

Johann Joseph Fux (1660–1741) served as the distinguished composer and Vienna court music director to the Habsburg emperors Leopold I, Joseph I and Charles VI from 1698 until his death in 1741. Sacred

For soli, choir and orchestra, choral score.

Johann Sebastian Bach composed his St. John Passion for a performance on April 7, 1724; he produced further, slightly divergent versions of the work in the years 1725, 1732, and 1749.

Based on Bach's original score and the copies he made himself, this Urtext edition of one of his greatest choral masterworks preserves the original German text and score. The continuous flow between

This significant passion work by J.S. Bach stands among the greatest major works ever written. It's multi-movement structure offers chorals that can be sung by choir alone or with audience/congregation.

This Urtext edition takes into account all the sources, including the old and the new complete editions whose relationship is clearly explained. In several passages, renowned Beethoven specialist Barry

This edition of Franz Schubert's Magnificat D 486 is based on the composer's autograph score and is the first to make use of his authorized performance material. It offers alternative readings that make the

In a mixture of cantata and concert piece, Beethoven set a hymn to art in his Choral Fantasia. The work, about 20 minutes in length, is often seen as a precursor to the Ode to Joy in the

This is an uplifting and celebratory setting of the Latin Missa brevis. The choir may be accompanied by organ, chamber ensemble, or any one of the ensemble instruments in combination with organ, opening up

In his Passion oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives, Beethoven succeeded in building on the 18th century oratorio tradition while putting his own personal stamp on the German-language oratorio.

Recently brought to light and to performance for the first time by the South Dakota Chorale, this beautiful Mass setting features SATB choir and organ and can be used in full as a concert work, excerpted,

This five-movement work uses text from Psalm 19, Johannes Kepler's Harmonies of the World, and John Donne's An Anatomy of the World: The First Anniversary and sets them for SSAATTBB choir.

Five short settings of George Herbert poems by Vaughan Williams for baritone solo with TTBB choir and piano accompaniment. Movments include: Easter; I Got Me Flowers; Love Bade Me Welcome; The Call

Based on seven poems by Langston Hughes, this seven movement work is scored for SATB divisi chorus  and chamber ensemble - flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, percussion, and piano. This interesting

This work outlines and explores similar themes as the traditional Latin Requiem - love, faith, mortality, surrender to an eternal will - but in a less ecclesiastical framework, with poems and texts drawn

This seven-movement, 40-minute work for choir, soprano and bass soli, and orchestra delivers a tapestry of melodic richness to powerfully portray the anticipation of the wonder and mystery of the birth of a