Harvard University Choir Recent Repertoire
Throughout the year the Sunday Choir performs a vast variety of works from great
composers of the past and present. Below is a sampling of the repertoire performed over the last
couple seasons. When the repertoire for this upcoming year is available, it will be added to this
page.
FALL 2004–SPRING 2005 REPERTOIRE
Sunday Anthems
Britten – Jubilate Deo
Faure – Cantique de Jean Racine
Parry – I Was Glad
Haydn – The Heavens are Telling
Bedford – Psalm 96
Redford – Rejoice in the Lord Always
Mozart – “Coronation” Mass, K 317
Mawby – Ave Verum Corpus
Bach – O Jesu Christ, mein Lebens Licht
Schutz – Selig sind die Toten
Dove – Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars
Rorem – Arise, Shine
Tavener – Magnificat and Nunc dimittis
Bortniansky – Cherubic Hymn
Hurd – I Was Glad
Nestor – How Can I Keep From Singing
Victoria – Requiem de profunctis
Charpentier – Nisi Dominus, H 150
Charpentier – Laudate Pueri, H 149
Billings – An Anthem of Thanksgiving
Hampton – We Plow the Fields
Mendelssohn – How Lovely are the Messengers
Byrd – Emendemus in melius
Ravenscroft – Remember, O Thou Man
Pelz – Splendour is Coming
Manz – E’en so Lord Jesus
Palestrina – Alma Redemptoris Mater
Victoria – Ave Maria
Victoria – O Quam Gloriosum
Mendelssohn – Behold a Star from Jacob Shining
Berlioz – The Shepherd’s Farewell
Parker – Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal
Hogan – Lord, I Want to be a Christian
Conte – Prayer for St. Theresa
Moore – All Wisdom Cometh from the Lord
Ouseley – From the Rising of the Sun
Rutter – A Gaelic Blessing
Gawthrop – Morning Prayer
Hampton – Jacob’s Ladder
Christiansen – Wondrous Love
O’Regan – I Saw Him Standing
Hogan – Give Me Jesus
Mozart – Missa Brevis in D
Mozart – Ave verum corpus
Blow – Salvator mundi
Lotti – Crucifixus
Phillips – Ride on in Majesty
Casals – O vos omnes
Praetorius – Christ lag in Todesbanden
Praetorius – Erstandedn ist der heilge Christ
Brunner – A Divine Voice Sings through All Creation
Hampton – Ascendit in caelum
Finzi – God is Gone Up
Monteverdi – Laudate Dominum
Monteverdi – Cantate Domino
Oldham – Small Flowers
Britten – Festival Te Deum
Tchaikovsky – Hymn to the Trinity
The 95th Annual Christmas Carol Services
December 19th and 20th, 2004
Gyger – Qumi, ‘Ori
Palestrina – Alma Redemptoris Mater
Biebl – Ave Maria
Pinkham – Christmas Cantata
Saylor – O Poor Little Jesus
Pilkington – We Three Kings
Rutter – What Sweeter Music
Dove – Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars
Hurd – A Stable Lamp is Lighted
Billings – Shepherd’s Carol
The Dickinson Concert
April 24th, 2005
Bernstein – Chicester Psalms
Panufnik – Westminster Mass
Larsen – Missa Gaia
Assistant Organist and Choirmaster Harry Huff enjoys the sunset
on the annual Fall Choral Fellows Boston Harbor Cruise.
Fall 2003 - Spring 2004 Repertoire
Sunday Anthems
Magnificat in C – Stanford
Exsultate Justi – Viadana
Thou, O God, art Praised in Sion – Boyle
Swell the Full Chorus – Handel
Draw Us in the Spirit’s Tether – Friedell
Jubilate Deo – Lassus
Let the People Praise Thee – Mathias
Cantate Domino – Monteverdi
Be With Us – Hovland
My Soul, There is a Country – Parry
How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place – Brahms
Glory be to God on High – Rachmaninov
Rejoice in the Lamb – Britten
Ave Maris Stella – Grieg
Totus Tuus – Gorecki
Requiem – Durufle
Introit: For the Fallen – Guest
Lord, Thou Hast Been our Refuge – Vaughan-Williams
Song for Athene – Tavener
Hark, I Hear those Harps Eternal – Parker
Greater Love – Ireland
Thou Visitest the Earth – Maurice Greene
Sing Joyfully – Byrd
Missa Brevis in D – Mozart
Ave verum corpus – Mozart
Civitas sancti tui – Byrd
Ave Maria – Parsons
The Angel Gabriel – Pettman
Lo, How a Rose e’er Blooming – Praetorius
Alma Redemptoris – Palestrina
Locus iste – Bruckner
The Three Kings – Cornelius
There Shall a Star – Mendelssohn
Lord I Want to be a Christian – Hogan
Abide with Me – Hogan
Geistliches Lied – Brahms
Gaelic Blessing – Rutter
Beatus vir – Monteverdi
Beati quorum via – Stanford
Hear My Prayer – Mendelssohn
Hymn to the Trinity – Tchaikovsky
Faire is the Heaven – Harris
And I Aaw a New Heaven – Bainton
Missa "Bella Amfitrit' Altera" – Lassus
Ave verum corpus – Byrd
Jehovah, quam multi sunt hostes mei – Purcell
The Lamentations of Jeremiah I – Tallis
Funeral Ikos – Tavener
Drop Slow Tears – Leighton
Hear My Prayer – Purcell
Like as the Hart – Howells
Solus ad Victimam – Leighton
The Lily of the Valley – Whalum
Magnificat – Cooman
Blessed be the God and Father – Wesley
The Beatitudes – Pärt
The Cherubic Hymn – Bortniansky
Jesu, Meine Freude – Bach
O give thanks unto the Lord – Pelham Humfrey
Lift up Your Heads – Pelham Humfrey
Nunc Dimittis – Cooman
I Saw the Lord – Stainer
Coelos ascendit hodie – Stanford
God is Gone Up – Finzi
Choristers process through the Church at the beginning
of annual Christmas Carol Services.
The 94th Annual Christmas Carol Services
December 14th and 15th, 2003
In Dulci Jubilo – Pearsall
Lo, how a Rose e’er Blooming – Praetorius
For He Shall Give His Angels from Elijah – Mendelssohn
Bethlehem Down – Warlock
Ave Maria – Parsons
The Angel Gabriel – Pettman
New World Carols: An American Christmas Triptych
– Cooman
Gloria from Messe de minuit pour Noël – Charpentier
Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day – Gardner
The Crown of Roses – Tchaivovsky
Evergreen – Pinkham
Glory, Glory, Glory to the Newborn King – Hogan
The Dickinson Concert
March 21, 2004
Solomon – by George Frideric Handel
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