In September 2015 The Masterwork Chorus welcomed Christopher Shepard as its new and fourth music director. Until now, the chorus has worked with only three resident conductors since its beginning; founding director, David Randolph (1955 – 1992), David Briskin (1992 – 1999), and Andrew Megill (2000 - 2014). Under the batons of these talented and committed musicians, the group has built a repertoire of musically and emotionally fulfilling compositions.
Performance History
War and Peace
May 19, 2018
The Masterwork Chorus and Chamber Orchestra
Chris Shepard, Conductor
Carol Walker, Piano
May 19, 2018
The Masterwork Chorus and Chamber Orchestra
Chris Shepard, Conductor
Carol Walker, Piano
Requiem, Op. 48 Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Introit and Kyrie
Offertory
Sanctus
Pie Jesu
Agnus Dei and Lux Aeterna
Libera Me
In Paradisum
Dona Nobis Pacem Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
orch. Jonathan Rathbone
Agnus Dei
Beat! Beat! Drums!
Reconciliation
Dirge for Two Veterans
[The Angel of Death]
[O Man, Greatly Beloved]
Introit and Kyrie
Offertory
Sanctus
Pie Jesu
Agnus Dei and Lux Aeterna
Libera Me
In Paradisum
Dona Nobis Pacem Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
orch. Jonathan Rathbone
Agnus Dei
Beat! Beat! Drums!
Reconciliation
Dirge for Two Veterans
[The Angel of Death]
[O Man, Greatly Beloved]
A Bernstein Centenary
March 10, 2018
Chris Shepard, Conductor
Carol Walker, Piano
March 10, 2018
Chris Shepard, Conductor
Carol Walker, Piano
Concert Selections from Mass (1971) Leonard Bernstein (1918-90), ed. Rao
Antiphon: Kyrie Eleison
Hymn and Psalm: “A Simple Song”
Responsory: Alleluia
Prayer for the Congregation (Chorale: “Almighty Father”)
Trope: “I Don’t Know”
Gloria Tibi
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Trope: “Half of the People”
Trope: “I Believe in God”
The Lord’s Prayer, Our Father
Trope: “I Go On”
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
Pax: Communion (“Secret Songs”)
Matthew Anderson, Tenor
John Wallace, Treble
Lisa Hansen, Flute
Deane Prouty, Percussion
Dream with Me, Peter Pan (1950), Bernstein, arr. Moore
Take Care of This House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976), Bernstein, arr. Freed
Selections from West Side Story (1957) , Bernstein, arr. Stickles
Selections from Candide (1956), Bernstein, arr. Page
It Must Be So
This World
Life Is Happiness Indeed
Make Our Garden Grow
Antiphon: Kyrie Eleison
Hymn and Psalm: “A Simple Song”
Responsory: Alleluia
Prayer for the Congregation (Chorale: “Almighty Father”)
Trope: “I Don’t Know”
Gloria Tibi
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Trope: “Half of the People”
Trope: “I Believe in God”
The Lord’s Prayer, Our Father
Trope: “I Go On”
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
Pax: Communion (“Secret Songs”)
Matthew Anderson, Tenor
John Wallace, Treble
Lisa Hansen, Flute
Deane Prouty, Percussion
Dream with Me, Peter Pan (1950), Bernstein, arr. Moore
Take Care of This House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976), Bernstein, arr. Freed
Selections from West Side Story (1957) , Bernstein, arr. Stickles
Selections from Candide (1956), Bernstein, arr. Page
It Must Be So
This World
Life Is Happiness Indeed
Make Our Garden Grow
Traditions!
May 20, 2017
Chris Shepard and Martin Sedek, Conductors
Carol Walker, Piano
May 20, 2017
Chris Shepard and Martin Sedek, Conductors
Carol Walker, Piano
Early American
A Collection of Scots Tunes with Variations, William McGibbons
Alloa Houe
When She Cam Ben, She Bobbed
Adams and Liberty, John Stafford Smith, Leah Nelson, Violin & Kirk Bobkowski, Tenor
A Collection of Scots Tunes with Variations, William McGibbons
Alloa Houe
When She Cam Ben, She Bobbed
Adams and Liberty, John Stafford Smith, Leah Nelson, Violin & Kirk Bobkowski, Tenor
Latin American
Missa Criolla, Ariel Ramirez, Kirk Bobkowski, tenor & Jermaine Woodard, Jr. Baritone
Missa Criolla, Ariel Ramirez, Kirk Bobkowski, tenor & Jermaine Woodard, Jr. Baritone
Hebrew
Five Hebrew Songs, Eric Whitacre, Leah Nelson, Violin
Five Hebrew Songs, Eric Whitacre, Leah Nelson, Violin
Polish
Three Polish Lullabies (world premiere), Martin Sedek
To beloved mothers, Martin Sedek, Conductor
Three Polish Lullabies (world premiere), Martin Sedek
To beloved mothers, Martin Sedek, Conductor
African-American
Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare, George Shearing
Ride on, King Jesus!, arr. Moses Hogan
Give Me Jesus, arr. Moses Hogan, Jermaine Woodard, Jr., Baritone
Roll Down, Justice, Mark MIller
All My Trials, arr. Gwyneth Walker
Ubi Caritas, Paul Halley
Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare, George Shearing
Ride on, King Jesus!, arr. Moses Hogan
Give Me Jesus, arr. Moses Hogan, Jermaine Woodard, Jr., Baritone
Roll Down, Justice, Mark MIller
All My Trials, arr. Gwyneth Walker
Ubi Caritas, Paul Halley
Fit for a King
March 4, 2017
The Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra
Chris Shepard, Conductor
Coronation Anthems, G. F. Handel
Zadok the Priest, HWV 258
Let Thy Hand be Strengthened, HWV 259
The King Shall Rejoice, HWV 260
My Heart is Inditing, HWV 261
Water Music, G. F. Handel
Suite in F, HWV 348
Suite in D, HWV 349
Cantata BWV 207a, J. S. Bach
Chorus: Auf, schmetternde Töne der muntern Trompeten
Chorus: August lebe, lebe, König!
March 4, 2017
The Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra
Chris Shepard, Conductor
Coronation Anthems, G. F. Handel
Zadok the Priest, HWV 258
Let Thy Hand be Strengthened, HWV 259
The King Shall Rejoice, HWV 260
My Heart is Inditing, HWV 261
Water Music, G. F. Handel
Suite in F, HWV 348
Suite in D, HWV 349
Cantata BWV 207a, J. S. Bach
Chorus: Auf, schmetternde Töne der muntern Trompeten
Chorus: August lebe, lebe, König!
Holiday Concert of Carols
December 4, 2016
Chris Shepard, Conductor
Carol Walker, Piano
O come, All Ye Faithful, arr. David Willcocks
Sussex Carol, arr. David Willcocks
Holy Infant's Lullaby, Norman Dello Joio
Masters in ThisHall, arr. David Willcocks
Terly, Terlow, Richard Charlton
Choruses from Messiah, G. F. Handel
Glory to God in the highest
O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion - Mary Pat Finucane, mezzo-soprano
For unto us a child is born
Hallelujah
God Rest Ye,Merry Gentlemen, arr. David Willcocks
Shepherd's Pipe Carol, John Rutter
In the Bleak Midwinter, Harold Darke
Unto Us Is Born a Son, arr. David Willcocks
O Magnum Mysterium, Martin Sedek
See, Amid the Winter's Snow, arr. David Willocks
O Holy Night - Casandra LaMotte, Soprano, Adolphe Adams
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing, arr. David Willcocks
Seven Joys of Christmas, Kirke Mechem
Silent Night
December 4, 2016
Chris Shepard, Conductor
Carol Walker, Piano
O come, All Ye Faithful, arr. David Willcocks
Sussex Carol, arr. David Willcocks
Holy Infant's Lullaby, Norman Dello Joio
Masters in ThisHall, arr. David Willcocks
Terly, Terlow, Richard Charlton
Choruses from Messiah, G. F. Handel
Glory to God in the highest
O Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion - Mary Pat Finucane, mezzo-soprano
For unto us a child is born
Hallelujah
God Rest Ye,Merry Gentlemen, arr. David Willcocks
Shepherd's Pipe Carol, John Rutter
In the Bleak Midwinter, Harold Darke
Unto Us Is Born a Son, arr. David Willcocks
O Magnum Mysterium, Martin Sedek
See, Amid the Winter's Snow, arr. David Willocks
O Holy Night - Casandra LaMotte, Soprano, Adolphe Adams
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing, arr. David Willcocks
Seven Joys of Christmas, Kirke Mechem
Silent Night
The Creation
May 21, 2016
The Masterwork Chorus and Chamber Orchestra
Chris Shepard, Conductor
Franz Joseph Haydn - Die Schopfung (The Creation)
Forest and Vale
February 20, 2016
Chris Shepard, Conductor
Blakesongs: A Cycle of the Infinite in All Things, Richard Charlton
In Windsor Forest, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Frostiana, Randall Thompson
Resounding Joy
May 9, 2015
Chris Shepard, Guest Conductor
Sicut Locutus Est (from Magnificat), Johann Sebastian Bach
Sing Unto God (from Judas Maccabeus), G. F. Handel
Domine á 4, Baldassare Galuppi
Kyrie Eleison (from Litany in Bb, KV125), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Psalm 150, César Franck
Three Quartets, Op. 64, Johannes Brahms
My Love Walks in Velvet, Gwyneth Walker
Circus Band, Charles Ives/arr. Dashnaw
To See a World, Richard Charlton
Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal, Trad./arr. Alice Parker
Come Away
March 7, 2015
Sun Min Lee, Guest Conductor
Evening Hymn,, H. Balfour Gardiner
The Road Home, Stephen Paulus
Geistliches Lied, Op. 30, Johannes Brahms
Come Away, Sweet Love,Thomas Greaves, ed. John Leavitt
My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land, Edward Elgar
Drei Quartette, Op. 31, Johannes Brahms
Magnificat, Steven Sametz
Hear My Prayer, Moses Hogan
Great Day,Traditional Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan -
Cathedral Sounds
December 2014
Samuel Scheidt, ed. David Willcocks - A Child is Born in Bethlehem
Geoffrey Shaw - How Far is it to Bethlehem
Pietro A. Yon - Gesu Bambino
John W. Gelling - The Mother's Carol
Tomas Luis de Victoria, ed. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw - O Magnum Mysterium
Felix Mendelssohn - There Shall a Star Come Out of Jacob
Jan Sandstrom - Sanctus
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Glory to God in the Highest
Traditional English Carol, arr. David Willcocks - Sussex Carol
Traditional French Carol, arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw - Masters in this Hall
Randall Thompson - Alleluia
Rejoice in the Lamb
May 17, 2014
Lukas Foss - Behold! I Build an House
Jonathan Dove - Seek Him That Maketh the Seven Stars
Louis Vierne - Messe Solennelle
Benjamin Britten - Rejoice in the Lamb
John Carter - Ride On, King Jesus
Shaw and Parker (arr.) - Sometimes I Feel
Norman Luboff (arr.) - Wade in the Water
March 2014
Johann Sebastian Bach - St. John Passion
Voices Unite
April 21, 25, 26, 2013
Benjamin Britten - Rejoice in the Lamb
Stephen Paulus - Hymn to the Eternal Flame
Stephen Paulus - Pilgrims’ Hymn
J. Gabriel Rheinberger - Mass in a minor (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo)
J. Gabriel Rheinberger - Abendlied
Leonard Bernstein - Chichester Psalms
Mozart Requiem & Songs of Rest
January 26, 2013
John Tavener - Funeral Ikos
Ralph Vaughn Williams - Rest
C. H. H. Parry - Never Weather-beaten Sail
Frank Ticheli - There Will Be Rest
Ludwig van Beethoven - Elegischer Gesang
Wolfgang A. Mozart - Requiem
Blessed and Beloved; Reflections of Vivaldi
May 5, 2012
Giovanni Battista Martini — Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina
Gerald Dinzi — Magnificat
Vivaldi — Magnificat
Chris DeBlasio — The Best-Beloved
Vivaldi — Beatus Vir
Christmas Concert
December 11, 2011
Ottorino Respighi - Laud to the Nativity
Michael Haydn - Missa Sancti Hieronymi
Home for the Holidays
The Masterwork Chorus with NJSO and Brian Stokes Mitchell
December 9 (NJPAC) & 10 (State Theater), 2011
Elijah
May 1, 2011
Mendelssohn - Elijah
Viva
January 30, 2011
Ernani Aguiar — Salmo 150
Antonio Estevez — Mata Del Anima Sola
O Vos Omnes — Pablo Casals
Alberto Ginastera — Lamentaciones de Jeremias Propheta
Ariel Ramirez — Misa Criolla
Dvorak, Mass in D Major
May 2, 2010
Grieg - Ave Maria Stella
Grieg - In Heaven Above
Dvorak - God is My Shepherd,
Dvorak - Sing Ye a Joyful Song
Zemlinsky - Turmwachterlied; Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren
Brahms - Geistliches Lied, Op. 30; Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren
Mendelssohn - Drei geistliches Lieder
Lass', o Herr, mich Hulfe finden
Deines Kind's Gebet erhore
Herr, wir trau'n auf deine Gute
Mendelssohn
Jerusalem from St. Paul
Hear Ye Israel from Elijah
Dvorak - Mass in D Major
Flights of Fancy; An Evening of Poetry and Song
April 25, 2009
Anonymous - Sumer is icumen in
Juan del Encina - Cucu!
Mendelssohn - Die Nachtigall
Tchaikovsky - The Nightingale
Brahms - Liebe Schwalbe, Nachtigall, sie singt so schon (from Liebslieder Waltzer)
Leoncavallo - Stridono lassu (Nedda’s aria from I Pagliacci)
Ravel - Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis (from Trois Chansons)
Vaughan Williams - Turtle Dove
Arr. Shaw/Parker - Sometimes I feel like a Moanin' Dove
Brahms - Ein Taublein weiss
Mathias - It was a lover and his lass
Mendelssohn - Aus Flueglen des Gesanges
Whitacre - Little Birds
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2009
Berlioz - Villanelle (from Les Niuts D’Ete)
Arcadelt - Il bianco e dolce cigno
Gibbons -The Silver Swan
Strauss - im Abendrot (from Vier letzte Lieder)
Mercer - Skylark
Leontovich - Shchedrik
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Mid-Winter Songs
February 21, 2009
Poetry, songs and modern dance with The Masterwork Touring Choir and Dance Innovations, Inc.
Stanford - The Bluebird
Bartok - Wedding Song from Poniky
Lennon and McCartney - Blackbird
Passereau - Il est bel et bon
Vaughan Williams - Turtle Dove
Arr. Shaw/Parker - Sometimes I feel like a Moanin' Dove
Lauridsen — Mid-Winter Songs
Two Haydns and a Mozart; a celebration of Viennese Classics
April 27, 2008
Joseph Haydn - Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (little Organ Mass)
Mozart - Vesperae solennes de Confessore (Solemn Vespers)
Michael Haydn - Requiem in C Minor
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2008
Schumann — Zigeunerleben, In der Fremde, An die Sterne, op 41/1, Widmung, Spanisches Liederspiel (selections)
Wolf - Verborgenheit
Brahms - Meine Liebe is grun, Ziegeunerlieder (Gypsy Songs), op. 103 – selections
Bruckner - Locus iste
Rheinberger - Kyrie from Cantus Missae
Mendelssohn - Laudate pueri, Domini, Richte mich, Gott
Franz Schubert - La pastorella al prato, Standchen
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2007
November 3 & 21, 2007
Stravinsky - Ovsen; Near Our Savior’s Church in Chigisakh
Bela Bartok — Gyermek – Es Noi Karok
Bruckner — Te Deum
Orff - Carmina Burana
April 22, 2007
Blake R. Henson - Requiem: The Good Fence
Johannes Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem
And I Saw a New Heaven
April 29, 2006
Arthur Bliss — Fanfare for a Festive Occasion
Anonymous, 10th Century Spanish — Judicii signum
Paul Hindemith — Apparebit repentina dies
Edgar Bainton — And I Saw a New Heaven
Paul Manz — E'en So Lord Jesus, Quickly Come
George Allen, arr. Roy Ringwald — Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Blake Hensen — Fanfare for the New Jerusalem
Hildegard von Bingen — Ignis spiritus
Stephen Paulus — Visions from Hildegard (Part III)
Spirtual, arr. Robert Shaw and Alice Parker — John saw duh numbuh
Spiritual, arr. Harry T. Burleigh — My Lord, what a mornin'
Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan — Ride on, King Jesus
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2006
Sergei Rachmaninoff — All Night Vigil, op 37 Vespers
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The Glory and the Dream
November 5, 2005
Britten — Rejoice in the Lamb
Bennett — The Glory and the Dream
Albright — Chichester Mass
Bernstein — Chichester Psalms
June 4 & 5, 2005
Mozart's Requiem with the Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey
50th Anniversary Concert
May 7, 2005
Bach - Mass in B Minor
IKOS; a journey into eastern european sacred mystic music
November 6, 2004
Rachmaninov — Bogoroditse Devo
Gorecki — Totus tuus
Chesnokov — Spasyeniye
Part — Seven Magnificat Antiphons
Kodaly - Ave Maria
Stravinsky — Ave Maria
Kodaly - Veni veni Emmanuel
Tavener — Song for Athene
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2004
Handel — Israel in Egypt
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Cathedral Sounds
May 10, 2003 (a cappella chorus)
Bruckner — Locus Iste
Vaughan Williams — Kyrie, from the Mass in G Minor
Mendelssohn - Richte mich, Gott
Thompson - Say ye to the Righteous, from The Peaceable Kingdom
Faure - Messe basse
Aguiar - Salmo 150
Rachmaninov - Ave Maria
Cathedral Sounds
May 4, 2003
Bruckner — Locus Iste
Rheinberger — Abendlied
Lotti — Crucifixus
Vaughan Williams — Mass in G Minor
Chesnokov — Spaseniye
Rachmaninov — Bogoroditse Devo
Thompson - The Peaceable Kingdom
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2003
Durufle — Requiem
Foss — Behold I Build
Thompson — Last Words of David
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King David & Laud to the Nativity
November 2, 2002
Respighi — Laud to the Nativity
Honegger — King David
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2002
Bach — Christ lag in Todesbanden
Faure — Requiem
Haydn — Lord Nelson Mass
Pergolesi — Stabat Mater
Sampson — Jersey Rain
Vaughan Williams — Dona Nobis Pacem
Wong — Prayer for Peace
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2001
Brahms — Alto Rhapsody
Brahms — Four Songs for Women's Chorus, Horns and Harp
Brahms — Schicksalslied
Harrison — Mass to Saint Anthony
Mozart — Great Mass in C Minor
Schumann — Transfiguration of Faust
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The Creation
March 18, 2000
Haydn — The Creation (Robert Shaw Translation)
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2000
Handel — Coronation Anthems: (Zadok the Priest, Let Thy Hand be Strengthened, The King Shall Rejoice)
Schubert — Mass No. 2 in G Major
Vaughan Williams — Benedicite
J. S. Bach — Cantata 56, Ich will den Kreuztab gerne tragen
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May 15, 1999
Handel — Dettingen Te Deum
Mozart — Requiem (Robert Levin Completion)
1998
Wright & Forrest — Kismet
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1998
Beethoven — 9th Symphony, 4th Movement
Mendelssohn — Elijah
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May 3, 1997
Gilbert and Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance (The Slave of Duty)
March 8, 1997
Brahms — Requiem with the Masterwork Orchestra
Mendelssohn - Scherzo from Midsummer Nit's Dream
Mendelssohn - Concerto for Violin in E Minor
May 11, 1996
Thompson — Alleluia
n Bernstein — Chichester Psalms
Durufle — Requiem
Praise (with Guest Artists)
October 29, 1995
Thompson - Alleluia
Charpentier - Te Deum
Part - Magnificat
Jones - God has smiled on me
Hudson (arr.) - Blessed be the name
Yancy and Metcalfe - Sign Me Up
Traditional - Every Time I Feel the Spirit
May 21, 1995 (40th Anniversary Gala Concert)
Tchaikovsky — Peasant's Chorus
Mascagni — Gli arranci olezzano
Verdi — Brindisi
Verdi — Tre volte miagola
Offenbach — Barcarolle, from Tales of Hoffman
Verdi — Vedi! Le fosche. from Il Trovatore
Verdi - Va, pensiero ; from Nabuccco
Puccini — Nessun dorma
Beethoven — 9th Symphony, 4th Movement
June 11 & 12, 1994
Vivaldi - Gloria
Bach - Wachet Auf (Cantata BWV 140), Excerpts
Handel - Judas Maccabaeus, Excerpts
May 16, 1993
Haydn - Mass in D Minor (Lord Nelson Mass)
Britten - Jubilate Deo
Britten - Rejoice in the Lamb
Britten - Te Deum in C
November 21, 1992
Bloch - Sacred Service
May 31, 1992 (The Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra)
Randolph - Elegy for Strings (In memory of Michael May)
Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Freed - Sacred Service
April 12, 1992 (with the Livingston Symphony Orchestra)
Brahms — Ein deutches Requiem
A November Choral Fest
November 16 & 17, 1991
Faure — Requiem
Bruckner — Christus Factus Est
de Lattre - Mon coeur se recommande a vous
de Lasso — Echo Song
Billings — David's Lamentation
Haydn — Vierstimmige Gesange
Handel - Messiah (Excerpts)
May 18, 1991
Bach — Passion According to St. John
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1991
Weelkes — When David Heard
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November 17, 19990
Bach — Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, from Cantata 147
Bach — Magnificat
May 20, 1990
Handel - Four Coronation Anthems
Mozart — Requiem K. 626
May 18, 1990 (The Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra at Carnegie Hall)
Handel - Four Coronation Anthems
Mozart — Requiem K. 626
The Mature Mozart and Haydn
The Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra
November 18, 1989
Symphony No. 41 K. 551 "Jupiter"
Haydn — Mass in Time of War
April 22, 1989
Giannini — Mass No. 2; World Premier, dedicated to the Masterwork Chorus
Mozart — Great Mass in C Minor
1988
A Michael May Memorial Concert
November 19, 1988
The Masterwork Chorus and the Michael May Festival Chorus
Brahms - Requiem
May 14, 1988
The Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra
Brahms - Requiem
February 27, 1988
The Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra
Cherubini - Requiem
1987
Mozart — Requiem
1986
Beethoven — Mass in C
Verdi — Requiem
1985
Brahms — Requiem
Handel — Israel in Egypt
1984
Dvorak — Requiem
Faure — Requiem
Mozart — Coronation Mass
1983
Bloch — Sacred Service
Handel — Israel in Egypt
Honegger — King David
Orff — Carmina Burana
1982
Handel — Israel in Egypt (Excerpts)
Haydn — Mass in Time of War
Vaughan Williams — Sea Symphony
1981
Bach — Mass in B Minor
Bloch — Sacred Service
Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 12, K 414
Mozart — Requiem
1980
Beethoven — Choral Fantasy
Bloch — Sacred Service
Brahms — Requiem
Vivald — Gloria
1979
Handel — Solomon
Kodaly — Missa Brevis
Schubert — Mass in G Major
1978
Brahms — Schicksalslied
Faure — Pavanne
Monteverdi — Magnificat
Poulenc — Organ Concerto
Puccini — "Gloria" Mass
1977
Berlioz — Te Deum
Faure — Cantique de Jean Racine
Poulenc — Gloria
Thompson — The Peaceable Kingdom
Various — American Choral Works
1976
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Faure Cantique de Jean Racine
Orff Carmina Burana
Poulenc Gloria
1975
Brahms — Requiem
Mendelssohn — Elijah (Excerpts)
NJ Composers — Varied Program
1974
Bach — Cantata No. 140 "Wachet Auf"
Brahms — Requiem
Mendelssohn — Elijah (Excerpts)
Orff — Carmina Burana
1973
Beethoven — Choral Fantasy
Durufle — Requiem
Haazen — Missa Luba
Orff — Carmina Burana
1972
Beethoven — 9th Symphony, 4th Movement
Monteverdi — Lagrime d'amante
Orff — Carmina Burana
Vivaldi — Beatus vir
1971
Bernstein — Chichester Psalms
Faure — Requiem
Verdi — Requiem
Vivaldi — Gloria
1970
Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms — Requiem
1969
Janowsk — Compassion Cantata
Kodaly — Missa Brevis
Mozart — Requiem
Mozart — Symphony No. 39
Orff — Carmina Burana
1968
Bach — Mass in B Minor
Purcell — The Fairy Queen
1967
Orff — Carmina Burana
Vaughan Williams — Mass in G Minor
1966
Bach — Passion According to St. Matthew
1965
Bach — Magnificat
Bach — Suite No. 4 for Orchestra
Handel — Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 No. 5 for Orchestra
Various — A cappella works by Contemporary Israeli Composers
Vivaldi — Gloria
1964
Bach — Mass in B Minor
Various — A cappella works by Contemporary Israeli Composers
1963
Bach — Passion According to St. John
Brahms — Requiem
Mozart — Requiem
Mozart — Symphony No. 39
1962
Beethoven — "Egmont" Overture
Beethoven — Symphony No.3 "Eroica"
Brahms — Requiem
1961
Bach — Mass in B Minor
1960
Bach — Christmas Oratorio
Handel — Solomon
1959
Beethoven — Choral Fantasy
Purcell — The Fairy Queen
1958
Bach — Christmas Oratorio
Bach — Passion According to St. John
1957
Bach — Passion According to St. Matthew
Monteverdi — Lagrime d'amante & 16th Century, works for double chorus
1956
Bach — Mass in B Minor
Monteverdi — Lagrime d'amante & 16th Century, works for double chorus
Mozart — Requiem
Mozart — The Magic Flute (Excerpts)
1955
Beethoven — Symphony No. 9
May 17, 2014
Lukas Foss - Behold! I Build an House
Jonathan Dove - Seek Him That Maketh the Seven Stars
Louis Vierne - Messe Solennelle
Benjamin Britten - Rejoice in the Lamb
John Carter - Ride On, King Jesus
Shaw and Parker (arr.) - Sometimes I Feel
Norman Luboff (arr.) - Wade in the Water
March 2014
Johann Sebastian Bach - St. John Passion
Voices Unite
April 21, 25, 26, 2013
Benjamin Britten - Rejoice in the Lamb
Stephen Paulus - Hymn to the Eternal Flame
Stephen Paulus - Pilgrims’ Hymn
J. Gabriel Rheinberger - Mass in a minor (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo)
J. Gabriel Rheinberger - Abendlied
Leonard Bernstein - Chichester Psalms
Mozart Requiem & Songs of Rest
January 26, 2013
John Tavener - Funeral Ikos
Ralph Vaughn Williams - Rest
C. H. H. Parry - Never Weather-beaten Sail
Frank Ticheli - There Will Be Rest
Ludwig van Beethoven - Elegischer Gesang
Wolfgang A. Mozart - Requiem
Blessed and Beloved; Reflections of Vivaldi
May 5, 2012
Giovanni Battista Martini — Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina
Gerald Dinzi — Magnificat
Vivaldi — Magnificat
Chris DeBlasio — The Best-Beloved
Vivaldi — Beatus Vir
Christmas Concert
December 11, 2011
Ottorino Respighi - Laud to the Nativity
Michael Haydn - Missa Sancti Hieronymi
Home for the Holidays
The Masterwork Chorus with NJSO and Brian Stokes Mitchell
December 9 (NJPAC) & 10 (State Theater), 2011
Elijah
May 1, 2011
Mendelssohn - Elijah
Viva
January 30, 2011
Ernani Aguiar — Salmo 150
Antonio Estevez — Mata Del Anima Sola
O Vos Omnes — Pablo Casals
Alberto Ginastera — Lamentaciones de Jeremias Propheta
Ariel Ramirez — Misa Criolla
Dvorak, Mass in D Major
May 2, 2010
Grieg - Ave Maria Stella
Grieg - In Heaven Above
Dvorak - God is My Shepherd,
Dvorak - Sing Ye a Joyful Song
Zemlinsky - Turmwachterlied; Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren
Brahms - Geistliches Lied, Op. 30; Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren
Mendelssohn - Drei geistliches Lieder
Lass', o Herr, mich Hulfe finden
Deines Kind's Gebet erhore
Herr, wir trau'n auf deine Gute
Mendelssohn
Jerusalem from St. Paul
Hear Ye Israel from Elijah
Dvorak - Mass in D Major
Flights of Fancy; An Evening of Poetry and Song
April 25, 2009
Anonymous - Sumer is icumen in
Juan del Encina - Cucu!
Mendelssohn - Die Nachtigall
Tchaikovsky - The Nightingale
Brahms - Liebe Schwalbe, Nachtigall, sie singt so schon (from Liebslieder Waltzer)
Leoncavallo - Stridono lassu (Nedda’s aria from I Pagliacci)
Ravel - Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis (from Trois Chansons)
Vaughan Williams - Turtle Dove
Arr. Shaw/Parker - Sometimes I feel like a Moanin' Dove
Brahms - Ein Taublein weiss
Mathias - It was a lover and his lass
Mendelssohn - Aus Flueglen des Gesanges
Whitacre - Little Birds
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2009
Berlioz - Villanelle (from Les Niuts D’Ete)
Arcadelt - Il bianco e dolce cigno
Gibbons -The Silver Swan
Strauss - im Abendrot (from Vier letzte Lieder)
Mercer - Skylark
Leontovich - Shchedrik
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Mid-Winter Songs
February 21, 2009
Poetry, songs and modern dance with The Masterwork Touring Choir and Dance Innovations, Inc.
Stanford - The Bluebird
Bartok - Wedding Song from Poniky
Lennon and McCartney - Blackbird
Passereau - Il est bel et bon
Vaughan Williams - Turtle Dove
Arr. Shaw/Parker - Sometimes I feel like a Moanin' Dove
Lauridsen — Mid-Winter Songs
Two Haydns and a Mozart; a celebration of Viennese Classics
April 27, 2008
Joseph Haydn - Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (little Organ Mass)
Mozart - Vesperae solennes de Confessore (Solemn Vespers)
Michael Haydn - Requiem in C Minor
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2008
Schumann — Zigeunerleben, In der Fremde, An die Sterne, op 41/1, Widmung, Spanisches Liederspiel (selections)
Wolf - Verborgenheit
Brahms - Meine Liebe is grun, Ziegeunerlieder (Gypsy Songs), op. 103 – selections
Bruckner - Locus iste
Rheinberger - Kyrie from Cantus Missae
Mendelssohn - Laudate pueri, Domini, Richte mich, Gott
Franz Schubert - La pastorella al prato, Standchen
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2007
November 3 & 21, 2007
Stravinsky - Ovsen; Near Our Savior’s Church in Chigisakh
Bela Bartok — Gyermek – Es Noi Karok
Bruckner — Te Deum
Orff - Carmina Burana
April 22, 2007
Blake R. Henson - Requiem: The Good Fence
Johannes Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem
And I Saw a New Heaven
April 29, 2006
Arthur Bliss — Fanfare for a Festive Occasion
Anonymous, 10th Century Spanish — Judicii signum
Paul Hindemith — Apparebit repentina dies
Edgar Bainton — And I Saw a New Heaven
Paul Manz — E'en So Lord Jesus, Quickly Come
George Allen, arr. Roy Ringwald — Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Blake Hensen — Fanfare for the New Jerusalem
Hildegard von Bingen — Ignis spiritus
Stephen Paulus — Visions from Hildegard (Part III)
Spirtual, arr. Robert Shaw and Alice Parker — John saw duh numbuh
Spiritual, arr. Harry T. Burleigh — My Lord, what a mornin'
Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan — Ride on, King Jesus
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2006
Sergei Rachmaninoff — All Night Vigil, op 37 Vespers
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The Glory and the Dream
November 5, 2005
Britten — Rejoice in the Lamb
Bennett — The Glory and the Dream
Albright — Chichester Mass
Bernstein — Chichester Psalms
June 4 & 5, 2005
Mozart's Requiem with the Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey
50th Anniversary Concert
May 7, 2005
Bach - Mass in B Minor
IKOS; a journey into eastern european sacred mystic music
November 6, 2004
Rachmaninov — Bogoroditse Devo
Gorecki — Totus tuus
Chesnokov — Spasyeniye
Part — Seven Magnificat Antiphons
Kodaly - Ave Maria
Stravinsky — Ave Maria
Kodaly - Veni veni Emmanuel
Tavener — Song for Athene
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2004
Handel — Israel in Egypt
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Cathedral Sounds
May 10, 2003 (a cappella chorus)
Bruckner — Locus Iste
Vaughan Williams — Kyrie, from the Mass in G Minor
Mendelssohn - Richte mich, Gott
Thompson - Say ye to the Righteous, from The Peaceable Kingdom
Faure - Messe basse
Aguiar - Salmo 150
Rachmaninov - Ave Maria
Cathedral Sounds
May 4, 2003
Bruckner — Locus Iste
Rheinberger — Abendlied
Lotti — Crucifixus
Vaughan Williams — Mass in G Minor
Chesnokov — Spaseniye
Rachmaninov — Bogoroditse Devo
Thompson - The Peaceable Kingdom
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2003
Durufle — Requiem
Foss — Behold I Build
Thompson — Last Words of David
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King David & Laud to the Nativity
November 2, 2002
Respighi — Laud to the Nativity
Honegger — King David
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2002
Bach — Christ lag in Todesbanden
Faure — Requiem
Haydn — Lord Nelson Mass
Pergolesi — Stabat Mater
Sampson — Jersey Rain
Vaughan Williams — Dona Nobis Pacem
Wong — Prayer for Peace
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2001
Brahms — Alto Rhapsody
Brahms — Four Songs for Women's Chorus, Horns and Harp
Brahms — Schicksalslied
Harrison — Mass to Saint Anthony
Mozart — Great Mass in C Minor
Schumann — Transfiguration of Faust
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The Creation
March 18, 2000
Haydn — The Creation (Robert Shaw Translation)
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2000
Handel — Coronation Anthems: (Zadok the Priest, Let Thy Hand be Strengthened, The King Shall Rejoice)
Schubert — Mass No. 2 in G Major
Vaughan Williams — Benedicite
J. S. Bach — Cantata 56, Ich will den Kreuztab gerne tragen
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May 15, 1999
Handel — Dettingen Te Deum
Mozart — Requiem (Robert Levin Completion)
1998
Wright & Forrest — Kismet
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1998
Beethoven — 9th Symphony, 4th Movement
Mendelssohn — Elijah
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May 3, 1997
Gilbert and Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance (The Slave of Duty)
March 8, 1997
Brahms — Requiem with the Masterwork Orchestra
Mendelssohn - Scherzo from Midsummer Nit's Dream
Mendelssohn - Concerto for Violin in E Minor
May 11, 1996
Thompson — Alleluia
n Bernstein — Chichester Psalms
Durufle — Requiem
Praise (with Guest Artists)
October 29, 1995
Thompson - Alleluia
Charpentier - Te Deum
Part - Magnificat
Jones - God has smiled on me
Hudson (arr.) - Blessed be the name
Yancy and Metcalfe - Sign Me Up
Traditional - Every Time I Feel the Spirit
May 21, 1995 (40th Anniversary Gala Concert)
Tchaikovsky — Peasant's Chorus
Mascagni — Gli arranci olezzano
Verdi — Brindisi
Verdi — Tre volte miagola
Offenbach — Barcarolle, from Tales of Hoffman
Verdi — Vedi! Le fosche. from Il Trovatore
Verdi - Va, pensiero ; from Nabuccco
Puccini — Nessun dorma
Beethoven — 9th Symphony, 4th Movement
June 11 & 12, 1994
Vivaldi - Gloria
Bach - Wachet Auf (Cantata BWV 140), Excerpts
Handel - Judas Maccabaeus, Excerpts
May 16, 1993
Haydn - Mass in D Minor (Lord Nelson Mass)
Britten - Jubilate Deo
Britten - Rejoice in the Lamb
Britten - Te Deum in C
November 21, 1992
Bloch - Sacred Service
May 31, 1992 (The Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra)
Randolph - Elegy for Strings (In memory of Michael May)
Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Freed - Sacred Service
April 12, 1992 (with the Livingston Symphony Orchestra)
Brahms — Ein deutches Requiem
A November Choral Fest
November 16 & 17, 1991
Faure — Requiem
Bruckner — Christus Factus Est
de Lattre - Mon coeur se recommande a vous
de Lasso — Echo Song
Billings — David's Lamentation
Haydn — Vierstimmige Gesange
Handel - Messiah (Excerpts)
May 18, 1991
Bach — Passion According to St. John
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1991
Weelkes — When David Heard
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November 17, 19990
Bach — Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, from Cantata 147
Bach — Magnificat
May 20, 1990
Handel - Four Coronation Anthems
Mozart — Requiem K. 626
May 18, 1990 (The Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra at Carnegie Hall)
Handel - Four Coronation Anthems
Mozart — Requiem K. 626
The Mature Mozart and Haydn
The Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra
November 18, 1989
Symphony No. 41 K. 551 "Jupiter"
Haydn — Mass in Time of War
April 22, 1989
Giannini — Mass No. 2; World Premier, dedicated to the Masterwork Chorus
Mozart — Great Mass in C Minor
1988
A Michael May Memorial Concert
November 19, 1988
The Masterwork Chorus and the Michael May Festival Chorus
Brahms - Requiem
May 14, 1988
The Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra
Brahms - Requiem
February 27, 1988
The Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra
Cherubini - Requiem
1987
Mozart — Requiem
1986
Beethoven — Mass in C
Verdi — Requiem
1985
Brahms — Requiem
Handel — Israel in Egypt
1984
Dvorak — Requiem
Faure — Requiem
Mozart — Coronation Mass
1983
Bloch — Sacred Service
Handel — Israel in Egypt
Honegger — King David
Orff — Carmina Burana
1982
Handel — Israel in Egypt (Excerpts)
Haydn — Mass in Time of War
Vaughan Williams — Sea Symphony
1981
Bach — Mass in B Minor
Bloch — Sacred Service
Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 12, K 414
Mozart — Requiem
1980
Beethoven — Choral Fantasy
Bloch — Sacred Service
Brahms — Requiem
Vivald — Gloria
1979
Handel — Solomon
Kodaly — Missa Brevis
Schubert — Mass in G Major
1978
Brahms — Schicksalslied
Faure — Pavanne
Monteverdi — Magnificat
Poulenc — Organ Concerto
Puccini — "Gloria" Mass
1977
Berlioz — Te Deum
Faure — Cantique de Jean Racine
Poulenc — Gloria
Thompson — The Peaceable Kingdom
Various — American Choral Works
1976
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Faure Cantique de Jean Racine
Orff Carmina Burana
Poulenc Gloria
1975
Brahms — Requiem
Mendelssohn — Elijah (Excerpts)
NJ Composers — Varied Program
1974
Bach — Cantata No. 140 "Wachet Auf"
Brahms — Requiem
Mendelssohn — Elijah (Excerpts)
Orff — Carmina Burana
1973
Beethoven — Choral Fantasy
Durufle — Requiem
Haazen — Missa Luba
Orff — Carmina Burana
1972
Beethoven — 9th Symphony, 4th Movement
Monteverdi — Lagrime d'amante
Orff — Carmina Burana
Vivaldi — Beatus vir
1971
Bernstein — Chichester Psalms
Faure — Requiem
Verdi — Requiem
Vivaldi — Gloria
1970
Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms — Requiem
1969
Janowsk — Compassion Cantata
Kodaly — Missa Brevis
Mozart — Requiem
Mozart — Symphony No. 39
Orff — Carmina Burana
1968
Bach — Mass in B Minor
Purcell — The Fairy Queen
1967
Orff — Carmina Burana
Vaughan Williams — Mass in G Minor
1966
Bach — Passion According to St. Matthew
1965
Bach — Magnificat
Bach — Suite No. 4 for Orchestra
Handel — Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 No. 5 for Orchestra
Various — A cappella works by Contemporary Israeli Composers
Vivaldi — Gloria
1964
Bach — Mass in B Minor
Various — A cappella works by Contemporary Israeli Composers
1963
Bach — Passion According to St. John
Brahms — Requiem
Mozart — Requiem
Mozart — Symphony No. 39
1962
Beethoven — "Egmont" Overture
Beethoven — Symphony No.3 "Eroica"
Brahms — Requiem
1961
Bach — Mass in B Minor
1960
Bach — Christmas Oratorio
Handel — Solomon
1959
Beethoven — Choral Fantasy
Purcell — The Fairy Queen
1958
Bach — Christmas Oratorio
Bach — Passion According to St. John
1957
Bach — Passion According to St. Matthew
Monteverdi — Lagrime d'amante & 16th Century, works for double chorus
1956
Bach — Mass in B Minor
Monteverdi — Lagrime d'amante & 16th Century, works for double chorus
Mozart — Requiem
Mozart — The Magic Flute (Excerpts)
1955
Beethoven — Symphony No. 9