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Johann Sebastian Bach
          Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131
          Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4
          Ich lasse dich nicht, BWV Anh. 159
          Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150
          Nun danket alle Gott, BWV 192

Amy Beach
         Canticle of the Sun, Op. 123

Ludwig van Beethoven
          Choral Fantasy, Op. 80
          Hallelujah from Christ on the Mount of Olives, Op. 85
          Mass in C, Op. 86
          Meeresstille und Glückliche Fahrt, Op. 112

John Bennet
          Weep, O Mine Eyes

Leonard Berstein
           Chichester Psalms

Abbie Betinis
          Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight

Franz Biebl
          Ave Maria

William Billings
          Modern Musick

Hildegard von Bingen
          O ignee Spiritus
          O viridissima virga

Johannes Brahms
          A German Requiem, Op. 45 (London version)
          Der Abend, Op. 64
          Schicksalslied, Op. 54
          Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen

Benjamin Britten
          Choral Dances from Gloriana
          Jubilate Deo in C
          Missa brevis in D, Op. 63
          Rejoice in the Lamb

William Byrd
          Ave verum

Antonio Caldara
          Missa in B, "Sancti Josephi"

Giacomo Carissimi
          Plorate filii Israel

Michael Cavendish
          Come, gentle swains

Aaron Copland
          Help us, oh Lord
          Old American Songs
          Sing Ye Praises to Our King

Eleanor Daley
          Let all the World in ev'ry corner sing

Malcolm Dalglish
          Sail away

Claude Debussy
          Dieu! Qu'il la fait

Gaetano Donizetti
          Choruses from L'elisir d'amore
          Che interminabile from Don Pasquale

Antonin Dvořák
          Mass in D, Op. 86
          Psalm 149, Op. 79b
          Songs of Nature, Op. 63

Michael East
          Hence, stars too dim of light

Edward Elgar
          As torrents in summer
          Fly, Singing Bird
          The Snow


Gabriel Fauré
          Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11
          Requiem, Op. 48

Gerald Finzi
          God is gone up

Charles Gounod
          Soldiers' chorus from Faust

Dale Grotenhuis
          Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

Jester Hairston
          In dat great gettin' up mornin'

George Frideric Handel
          Messiah

Hans Leo Hassler
          Tanzen und Springen

Joseph Haydn
          Salve Regina in g
          The Creation (Part I)
          Te Deum

Michael Haydn
          Laudate pueri Dominum
          Te Deum in C

Johann Herbst
          The Lord our mighty sovereign

Moses Hogan
          Abide with Me
          Wade in the Water

Gustav Holst
          Diverus and Lazarus
          This have I done for my true love

Arthur Honegger
          King David (1921 original orchestration)

Lee Kesselman
          Ad amore

Morten Lauridsen
          Lux Aeterna
          Mid-Winter Songs
          Sure on this Shining Night

Paul Manz
          E'en so Lord Jesus quickly come

Joseph M. Martin
         The Awakening

Kirke Mechem
          Birthdays Round Numbers

Felix Mendelssohn
          Abendlied
          Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein
          Die Nachtigall
          Hear my prayer
          There shall a star from Jacob come forth from Christus

Vytautas Miskinis
          Cantate Domino

Thomas Morley
          Nolo mortem peccatoris
          Sing We and Chant It

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
          Ave verum corpus, K. 618
          Placido è il mar from Idomeneo
          Requiem, K. 626
          Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339

James Mulholland
          Four Robert Burns Ballads

Gyorgy Orban
          Daemon irrepit callidus

Carl Orff
          Carmina Burana

Giovanni Palestrina
          Sicut cervus

Alice Parker & Robert Shaw arr.
          Hark, I hear the harps eternal
          Saint Bound for Heaven
          Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
          Vive l'amour
          What shall we do with a drunken sailor

C. Hubert H. Parry
          I was glad when they said unto me

Donald Patriquin
          Savory, sage, rosemary, and thyme

Rosephayne Powell
           The Cry of Jeremiah

Henry Purcell
          Rejoice in the Lord Alway (Bell Anthem), Z49
          Sound the trumpet
          Thou knowest, Lord


Richard Rogers
          Choral selections from The Sound of Music


John Rutter
          A mighty fortress           
          All things bright and beautiful
          Joy to the World
          Look at the World
          The Lord bless you and keep you
          The Sprig of Thyme


R. Murray Schafer
          Miniwanka or The moments of water

Franz Schubert
          Psalm 23

Georg Schumann
          Und ob ich schon wanderte im finstren thal, Op. 31, No. 1

Heinrich Sch
ütz
          Cantate Domino canticum novum, SWV 81

           O hilf, Christe Gottes Sohn, SWV 295
           Selig sind die Toten, SWV 391

Byron J. Smith
          Shout Glory!
          Worthy to be Praised


Williametta Spencer
          At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners

John Stainer
          The Crucifixion

Arthur Sullivan

            Brightly dawns our wedding day from The Mikado
           Strange adventure! from The Yoemen of the Guard
           Try we life-long from The Gondoliers
           When the buds are blossoming from Ruddigore


Thomas Tallis
          If ye love me


Georg Philipp Telemann
          Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott, TVWV 8:7

Randall Thompson
          Alleluia         
          Frostinana
          The last words of David
          Testament of Freedom

Ernst Toch
          Geographical Fugue

Giuseppe Verdi
          Che faceste? Dite su! from Macbeth

            Patria oppressa from Macbeth

Louis Vierne
          Kyrie from Messe Solennelle, Op. 16

Antonio Vivaldi
          Gloria, RV 589
          Magnificat in G minor, RV 610

Richard Wagner
          Pilgrims' chorus from Tann
äuser

Gwyneth Walker
          The Road to Freedom 
         The Rose, the Briar, and the Bicycle

Thomas Weelkes
         Strike it up Tabor
         Thule, in the period of cosmography

Eric Whitacre
          Five Hebrew Love Songs
          Water night
          With a Lily in Her Hand


Mack Wilberg
          Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
          The Prodigal

David Wilcocks
          Psalm 150

David McK. Williams
          In the Year that King Uzziah Died

Ralph Vaughan Williams
          Five Mystical Songs
          The old hundredth Psalm tune

Jan Dismas Zelenka
​          Miserere in C minor, ZWV 57





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