Collegiate Repertoire

In this innovative arrangement, Stanley M. Hoffman takes Henry Purcell's most popular solo aria, Dido's Lament, from his opera Dido and Aeneas, and reimagines it as an a cappella work

From Handel's first English masterwork, "Acis and Galatea," this lively chorus offers singers valuable experience in working with and performing Baroque melismas. The music is cheerful and colorful,

Composed around 1760, Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu is one of Telemann's last large-scale vocal works. The libretto, by Karl Wilhelm Ramler, recounts the Biblical events from the

This opening chorus from Smetana's most beloved folk opera is filled with the popular spirit, sounds and rhythms of Czech folk music. The effervescence of the music and the camaraderie of the villagers -

Beethoven’s sacred works include two settings of the Mass. The Mass in C Major, completed and premiered in 1807, has been unjustly described as a preliminary step towards the completion of his great

The Messiah is regarded as the epitome of sacred music and in German-speaking countries it is also one of the most often performed works in the genre. The version of the Messiah which is most often

Composed as a musical memorial for the Italian national poet Allessandro Manzoni, deeply admired by Verdi, and was first performed on the first anniversary of his death on May 22, 1874 in Milan Cathedral.

Mozart's Missa in C K. 317, erroneously dubbed the "Coronation Mass," is among the most popular and most often performed works in this genre.

One of Bach's earliest chorale cantata's, this was probably intended for a performance at Easter in 1707.  Scored for SATB soloists, choir, cornetto, trombone, violin, viola & ... view details

This chorale cantata was composed in Leipzig for Reformation Day and is based on Martin Luther's hymn Ein feste Burg

Between 1996 and 2000, Barenreiter published scholarly critical editions of Beethoven's nine symphonies edited by the first-class musicologist Jonathan Del Mar. The editorial process was a huge undertaking

A stirring chorale prelude in Smith's grandiose style that even offers optional audience participation. Great fanfares help to make this a real crowd pleaser!

Beethoven several times described his Missa solemnis as his greatest work, explaining that it came "from the heart." The surviving sources show us how intensively and how long he worked on the

With its tonal language, the first of Beethoven's two Masses opens up new worlds of expression for the liturgical texts of the Mass which are expressively modern and forward thinking. Not to be considered a

This urtext edition for SATB chorus and piano is based on the volume of the Complete Works of Gabriel Faure published in 2010.  The vocal score is compatible with the first small-scale version