
Repertoire
Cascadian Chorale performs music from throughout the classical tradition. Here is a small sample of recent repertoire.
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Johann Sebastian Bach – Der Geist hilft (1729), Jesu, meine Freude (1735?), Singet dem Herrn (1727?)
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Carol Barnett – The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass (2007)
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Eric William Barnum – The Human Heart (2013)
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Sally Beamish – In the stillness (2007)
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John Bennet – Weep, O mine eyes (1599)
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Franz Biebl – Ave Maria (1964)
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William Billings – David’s Lamentation (1778), Euroclydon (1781)
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Johannes Brahms – Ein deutsches Requiem (1868), Liebeslieder Walzer (1869), Schaffe in mir, Gott (1857?)
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Benjamin Britten – Five Flower Songs (1950), Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942)
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Anton Bruckner – Ave Maria (1861), Virga Jesse (1885)
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Harry T. Burleigh – My Lord, what a mornin’ (1918)
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William Byrd – Laudibus in sanctis (1591), Mass for four voices (c.1593)
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William L. Dawson – Soon ah will be done (1934)
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Josquin Des Prez – Ave Maria … virgo serena (c.1484?)
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Hugo Distler – Die Weihnachtsgeschichte (1933), Singet dem Herrn (1934)
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Guillaume Du Fay (1397–1474) – Ave regina cælorum
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Maurice Duruflé – Quatre motets sur des themes grégoriens (1960)
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Reena Esmail – The Unexpected Early Hour (2021)
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Gerald Finzi – Clear and gentle stream (1934?), My spirit sang all day (1937)
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Jessica French – The Oxen (2012)
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Nicolas Gombert – Lugebat David Absalon (1564)
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Moses Hogan – The Battle of Jericho (1996)
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William Horsley – Slow, fresh fount (1822)
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Abraham Kaplan – Eight Days of Chanukah (2010)
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Morten Lauridsen – Madrigali (1987)
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Naomi LaViolette – Night of Silence (2021)
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Jaakko Mäntyjärvi – Canticum calamitatis maritimæ (1997)
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Cecilia McDowall – A Winter’s Night (2014)
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Felix Mendelssohn – Weihnachten (1843)
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Claudio Monteverdi – Se per havervi, oime (1587)
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Jean de Ockeghem (c.1410–1497) – Ave Maria
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Hodie Christus natus est (1575)
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Hubert Parry – Never weather-beaten sail (1914), There is an old belief (1915)
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Arvo Pärt – Magnificat (1989), Tribute to Caesar (1997)
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Robert Lucas Pearsall – Lay a garland (1840)
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Ástor Piazzolla – Las cuatro estaciones porteñas (1969)
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Francis Poulenc – Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël (1952), Un soir de neige (1944)
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Hieronymous Praetorius – Magnificat quinti toni (1602)
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Sergei Rachmaninov – All-Night Vigil (1915)
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Heinrich Schütz – Ein Kind ist uns geboren (1648)
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Wilhelm Stenhammar – September (1890)
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Jan Pieteszoon Sweelinck – Hodie Christus natus est (1619)
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Pärt Uusberg – Muusika (2008)
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Ralph Vaughan Williams – Five English Folksongs (1913), Three Shakespeare Songs (1951)
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William Walton – Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (1974), The Twelve (1965)
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Eric Whitacre – Cloudburst (1991)
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Giselle Wyers – And All Shall Be Well (2017)
Cascadian Chorale has long championed new works, especially of Seattle-area composers. Here is a complete list of world premieres by the Cascadian Chorale, with the year of first performance.
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Jeremy Kings – Noël Huron (2024)
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Sheila Bristow – Winter Solstice (version for piano) (2024) [commission]
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Tara O’Brien Pride – Free toes (2024)
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Bronwyn Edwards – Terra Australis (2023)
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Joy DeCoursey-Porter – I shall not live in vain (2019)
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Joy DeCoursey-Porter – Though no fruit be on the vines (2019)
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Jeremy Kings – Stormy weather (2018)
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Joy DeCoursey-Porter – Dum spiro spero (2017)
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Charles Lovekin – A Christmas Carol (2017)
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Christopher Lee Fraley – Reminiscence (2017)
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Jeremy Kings – There is no rose (2017)
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Joy DeCoursey-Porter – There was the One (2017)
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Bern Herbolsheimer – Three Choruses from ‘Mark Me Twain’ (2017)
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Christopher Lee Fraley – He was born in spring (2017)
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William Averitt – In the bleak midwinter (2016)
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Reginald Unterseher – Oberon (2016) [commission]
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Karen P. Thomas – Take, O take those lips away (2016)
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Giselle Wyers – A Lantern Voice (2014) [commission]
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Christopher Lee Fraley – Let us be merry (2014)
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Christopher Lee Fraley – Let all mortal flesh keep silence (2014)
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Edward MacDowell (arr. Gary D. Cannon) – To a Wild Rose (2014)
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Jeremy Kings – A Red, Red Rose (2013)
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Joy DeCoursey-Porter – Mondnacht (2013)
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Greg Bartholomew – Moon Man (2012)
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Christopher Lee Fraley – I shall not care (2012)
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Christopher Lee Fraley – Missa brevis (2011)
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Christopher Lee Fraley – The Plains (2011)
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William Hawley – Spring Light (2011)
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Gary D. Cannon – Set me as a seal upon thine heart (2011)
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Giselle Wyers – Two Rumi Songs (2007)
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Bern Herbolsheimer – Love Letters (2005)
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Bern Herbolsheimer – Euphrates (2004) [commission]
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Bern Herbolsheimer – Thanksgiving Day, 1861: One Vacant Chair (2003)
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Bern Herbolsheimer – Mirror of Love (2002)
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David White – Four Choral Songs of e.e. cummings (2002)
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Troy Peters – Devouring Time (2000)
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Troy Peters – Summers’ Day (2000)
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Bern Herbolsheimer – Seven Last Words, #2, 3, 4, 6 (2000) [commission]
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Bern Herbolsheimer – Aye! Sing we now (1999)
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Bern Herbolsheimer – Silly shepherds, stop your sleeping (1999)
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Bern Herbolsheimer – O come, O come, Emmanuel (1999)
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Troy Peters – Comrades and Lovers (1996)