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1567
Missa Papae Marcelli
Giovanni Palestrina (1525, Palestrina)
Ordinary of the Mass
SATTBB (boy choristers)
Commissioned by Pope Gregory XII/Pope Marcellus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRfF7W4El60
Mass -
Alexander's Feast
Frideric Handel (1685, England)
Vocal soloist, mixed chorus, strings orchestra, bassoon, harp, organ
Newburgh Hamilton
Stewards of the Musical Society of London
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvkCYKj7kpQ
Ode -
B Minor Mass
J. S. Bach (1685, Germany)
2 SATB choruses, orchestra with extended winds, strings, and continuo
Text: Extended setting of the Mass Ordinary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FLbiDrn8IE
Mass -
The Creation
Joseph Haydn (1732, Austria)
STB soloists, SATB chorus, orchestra including winds and strings
Text: Johann Peter Salomon
Commissioned by Van Swieten
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l07oRR4u-rk
Oratorio -
Symphony No. 9
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770, Austria)
SATB soloists, SATB chorus, orchestra including winds, strings, and added percussion
Commissioned by Philharmonic Society of London
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3217H8JppI&t=499s
Choral Symphony -
Rome et Juliette
Hector Berlioz (1803, France)
Vocal soloist, SATB chorus, orchestra including winds, strings, and percussion
Text: Emile Deschamps
Commissioned by Niccolo Paganini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf7kGcB4VSQ
Choral Symphony -
Ein Deutsches Requiem
Johannes Brahms (1833, Austria)
SB soloists, SATB chorus, orchestra including winds, strings, and added percussion
Text: German Lutheran Bible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXU9vqVdudM&t=115s
Requiem -
The Spectres Bride
Antonin Dvorak (1841, Czech Republic/America)
STB soloists, SATB chorus, orchestra including winds, strings, and percussion
Text: Karel Jaromir Erben
Commissioned by England
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXIOPpNZ66s
Cantata -
Dona Nobis Pacem
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872, England)
SB soloist, Mixed Chorus, large orchestra including winds, strings, and percussion
Text: Mass Ordinary, Walt Whitman, Political Speech, Biblical Quotations
Commissioned by Huddersfield Choral Society
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmRSuy3zprs
Cantata -
War Requiem
Benjamin Britten (1913, England)
STB soloist, mixed chorus, boy's choir, full orchestra including winds, strings, percussion, chamber orchestra
Text: Wilfred Owens
Commissioned by Coventry Cathedral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsSMCq7pl_k
Requiem -
Missa Brevis
Leonard Bernstein (1918, America)
A capella mixed chorus, countertenor, incidental percussion
Text: Based on the Latin Choruses and "Spring Song" from "The Lark"
Commissioned by Atlanta Symphony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=566jFBephFY
Mass -
The Bluegrass Mass
Carol Barnett (1949, America)
SATB Chorus & Bluegrass Band
Text: Marisha Chamberlain
Commissioned by Kay and Mike McCarthy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNBmwTs51dY&t=526s
Mass -
Not the Messiah (He's a very Naughty Boy)
John Du Prez (1946, London)
5 Soloists, full orchestration including strings, winds, and pecussion, bagpipes
Original text from Monty Phython's Life of Brian
Commissioned by Luminato Festival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3aUBLMH_II
Comedic Oratorio -
The Cry of Jeremiah
Rosephanye Powell (1962, America)
Mixed chorus, organ, full orchestra, & narrator
Text: The Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 20
Commissioned by American Guild of Organists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEV9a8YL1e4
Sacred Choral Composition -
Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
Joel Thompson (1988, Atlanta, Georgia, America)
Male Chorus, String Quintet & Piano (also available for full orchestra)
Text: Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant, Eric Garner, Kenneth Chamberlain, Amadou Diallo, John Crawford
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15k2MoIAuyc
Choral Composition