maianess Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Okay, there are definitely some choir nerds on here. And I invite thee to come, and discuss, and suggest some really nice choral pieces on here! Pieces you've sung, pieces you will sing, pieces you want to sing... this thread is for giving suggestions to others for pieces to listen to and possibly sing (so if you could include, say, voicing, it would be helpful). Here are some to start: (Franz Beibl) [sSATTBB, men's, or women's] (Rachmaninoff) [sATB w/ divisi] (Palestrina) [sATB]Weep O Mine Eyes (Bennet) [sATB] (Eric Whitacre) [sATB]O Magnum Mysterium (Morten Lauridson) [sATB w/ divisi] Shenandoah (arr. James Erb) [sATB w/ divisi] Jesu Meine Freude (J.S. Bach) [sSATB] (arr. Moses Hogan) [don't remember. Probably something epic.]Soar Away (shapenote) [sATB I think] Yes, I got a tad carried away. Yes, I like choral music. Yes, I want people to post here and give me ideas of what to being to my choral directors for next semester's rep. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawoodruff Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 These are some of my favorite pieces of mine we used to sing in HS choir: Battle of Jericho - arr. Moses Hogan Rachmaninoff Vespers (I think the one you posted is it though) Chichester Psalms - L. Bernstein (my favorite mvmt is the 2nd) Battle Hymn of the Republic (can't think of the arranger, we did this piece each year) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvk Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I really like Laurisen's "Chansons des Roses" cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvk Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Also "E'en so, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come" by Paul Manz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvk Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Also, anything by Herbert Howells. And the Faure Requiem, especially the Sanctus. And the Durufle Requiem, especially the Sanctus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawoodruff Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I love the Requiem of Mozart.. and also his C minor Mass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Lee Graham Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 All pretty darn good choices, guys. In addition to many of the foregoing, a few faves of my own, both to sing and hear: Samuel Barber: (Yes, this is also a marvelous solo song)Samuel Barber: (one of the sexiest choral songs ever - the seduction plays itself out in the music as much as the text)J. S. Bach: Motet - "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225 (in a performance Bach himself would have soiled himself over - one voice on each of the 8 parts, in perfect period style) Part 1 Part 2 Joseph Rheinberger: "Abendlied" (a supreme masterpiece of Romantic counterpoint - I cannot recommend this work enough) Johannes Brahms: (another masterpiece of late-19th-Century counterpoint - a triple canon [including the organ part] at the 7th degree of the scale no less...yet more importantly, a gorgeous piece of music)Gyorgy Ligeti: "Lux Aeterna" (not my usual cup of tea, but singing it was a wonderful challenge, and it's spellbinding to hear) I may add a few more as I think of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawoodruff Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Brahm's German Requiem Another great masterwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetSinger Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Invocation and Dance (David Conte) (SATB or TTBB) I just sang this piece in the Ohio All-State choir and it was the most amazing piece I have ever sang... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Opperman Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Aside from most of the pieces listed above, I really enjoy Frank Ticheli's . Just absolutely gorgeous.~Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qmwne235 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 My choral repertoire consists mostly of drinking songs. Heck, isn't that what the choral rep basically is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maianess Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 You just have a thing against singers, don't you? I promise you, I'm an alto, me n' violists are in the same boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzic Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Moses Hogan's: Elijiah Rock Bengiam Britten's: The Evening Prim Rose Brahms: Requiem, and Nachtens. Schumann: Death Chorals (Not sure If I have correct composer) Eric Whitacre: Sleep, and When David Heard Bruckner: Almost all his Motets, and his masses are amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morivou Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 ANY Whitacre song!!! hahah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Lee Graham Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Aside from most of the pieces listed above, I really enjoy Frank Ticheli's . Just absolutely gorgeous.~Christian You know, it's been a while since I heard a new (for me) choral piece that made me feel like I was a better person for having heard it. Thanks for sharing that. Hard to believe I've never had the opportunity to perform it, nor had I ever heard of it...and Ticheli is on staff at USC with Lauridsen! Wonders abound. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
composerorganist Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 This may not be strict choral style but i love some of the things Meredith Monk does with her vocal ensemble. Stuff I heard from Book of Days is especially good - neo-middle age meets 20th century Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Lee Graham Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 This may not be strict choral style but i love some of the things Meredith Monk does with her vocal ensemble. Stuff I heard from Book of Days is especially good - neo-middle age meets 20th century Oh my...that's one of her calmer ones. A couple of years ago, I performed Monk's Panda Chant II with the John Alexander Singers. It is certainly an effective piece, though not my cup of tea. The damned polyrhythmic choreography of foot-stamping and hand-clapping - integral to the piece - was more trouble than it was worth; not only was it deceptively difficult, but it meant we had to memorise the piece, and I certainly had better things to do with my time. Still, pretty interesting stuff, I must admit, and it blows the audience away: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siwi Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Gorecki's Totus Tuus Stockhausen's Stimmung - don't be put off by the composer, the effects he gets are amazing Jonathan Dove - The Passing of the Year Mozart masses and motets Almost anything by Kodaly - mostly Hungarian folk songs in gorgeous arrangements Gesualdo - he wrote incredibly advanced music for his time Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Christmas Carols, Into the Unknown Region and A Sea Symphony Walton - Belshazzar's Feast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qmwne235 Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Nobody here's sung Berio's Sequenza III? It's a great song! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
composerorganist Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 qmw - berios Sequenze is not mentioned because it is favorite CHORAL literature. Graham - you always surprise me with your musical experiences --- you MUST sing with great choirs just to do Monk. Now I really blush at your compliments about my very modest Kyrie (which still remains the head of an incomplete Mass ... just have not been 'moved' to complete it after a few sketches of the Agnus Dei) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qmwne235 Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Oh, fine. Technicalities. Some should've arranged Sequenza III for choir by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
composerorganist Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Qm - LOL. Hey why don't you do the arrangement? At worst if it flops you will learn alot from an excellent composer. Hey wait that may be another project for myself (CO mentally adds this project to his "future projects pile" now numbering 3,450,007) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Lee Graham Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 qmw - berios Sequenze is not mentioned because it is favorite CHORAL literature. Graham - you always surprise me with your musical experiences --- you MUST sing with great choirs just to do Monk. Now I really blush at your compliments about my very modest Kyrie (which still remains the head of an incomplete Mass ... just have not been 'moved' to complete it after a few sketches of the Agnus Dei) I'm a lot older, and I've had more time to collect experiences. :) I've also worked very hard to get where I am, and I've been very blessed indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrina C. Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Amor de mi alma by Z. Randall Stroope is one of my favorites. The part writing is brilliant, and as a whole the setting is very moving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rajaton Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Man, anything by Whitacre is golden, I love Os justi by Bruckner too! Also anything by Veljo Tormis, is great to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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