Major Choral Works

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

Eriks Esenvalds has become increasingly popular in choral circles, particularly with his pieces Stars; Only in Sleep and O Salutaris Hostia. These choral collections group all of his

Beethoven's Meeres Stille und Glückliche Fahrt (Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage), Op. 112 for four-part mixed chorus and symphony orchestra, his setting of a pair of poems by Johann Wolfgang

Grammy-nominated for Best Engineered Classical Album, Tuvayhun has a moving text by Charles Anthony Silvestri. This innovative 80-minute major work is based on the Beatitudes, with a message of inclusion,

Written to be performed by the combined forces of unison children's choir and SATB mixed voices, with piano throughout, this vividly communicative six-movement work is full of musical contrasts - from the

For SATB or SSA, piano, & opt. guitar, bass, & drum kit    Samba Mass is a joyous setting of the Missa brevis. The stylistic piano part can be played as written or serve as a guide, and an

Inspired by the painting The Magdalen Weeping, this work draws strands of chants and songs into a single act of grieving. Broken into four sections, each focusing on the progression of grief:

Passion Music continues the fusion of jazz and choral music so successfully blended in Todd's "Mass in Blue." The structure highlights different points in the Passion story, including a new setting

Chilcott takes on a landmark of the choral repertory, the Christmas oratorio, with this majestic work. Words from St. Luke and St. Matthew are intertwined with 16th-19th-century poetry to create a retelling

This significant seven-movement work from Cecilia McDowall presents an imaginative pairing of extracts from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci with texts from the Latin Missa pro defunctis. Da