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The Valentine Singers perform a varied repertoire, encompassing
music from opera, operetta and musicals, folk music from around
the world and other non-classical music as well as the standard
choral repertoire.
CHORAL WORKS PERFORMED
| J S BACH
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Christmas Oratorio
(extracts)
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St Matthew Passion*
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BEETHOVEN
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Missa Solemnis*
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| BERNSTEIN
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Chichester Psalms* (full orchestral
version)
Choruses from On the town
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BARBER
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Agnus Dei
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BERGER |
Brazilian Psalm
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| BLACKFORD
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Mirror of Perfection*
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| BRAHMS
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Ein Deutches Requiem*
Liebeslieder Waltzes
Zigeunerlieder
Four songs for women’s voices, horns
and harp
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| BRITTEN
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A Ceremony of Carols (with
harp)
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CHILCOTT |
Songs and cries of London Town
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| DURUFLÉ |
Requiem
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DVORAK
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Mass in D
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| ELGAR |
Ave Verum;
The Spirit of the
Lord from The Apostles
Give Unto the Lord
The Music Makers
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| FAURÉ |
Cantique de Jean Racine
Requiem*
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| FINZI |
My spirit sang all day
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| GABRIELI |
In Ecclesiis*
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GERSHWIN / MAC HUFF |
A Gershwin Portrait
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GOODALL
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The Lord is My Shepherd
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| GORECKI |
Amen
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| GOUNOD |
Messe Sollennelle de Ste Cécile
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| HANDEL |
Messiah*
My heart is inditing
Zadok the Priest
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HAYDN |
Creation
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KODALY |
Laudes Organi
Missa Brevis
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LAMBERT |
Rio Grande
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MENDELSSOHN
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Elijah*
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| MONTEVERDI
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Beatus Vir*
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| MOZART |
Kyrie in D minor*
Requiem*
Coronation Mass
Laudate Dominum
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| PARRY |
Blest Pair of Sirens
I was
glad
My soul there is a country
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| PUCCINI |
Messa di Gloria
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ROSSINI |
Petite Messe
Solennelle
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| RUNSWICK (arr.) |
Five American Folk Songs
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| RUTTER |
Brother Heinrich
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SCHUBERT
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Four Partsongs
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Mass in F
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STANFORD |
Justorum animae
Coelos ascendit hodie
Beati quorum via
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| TAYLOR |
genesis
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| TIPPETT |
Five Negro Spirituals from
A Child of our Time
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
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Fantasia on Christmas Carols
In Windsor Forest
O clap your hands
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VERDI
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Pater Noster
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| VIVALDI |
Gloria*
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WALTON |
Belshazzar's Feast |
STAGE WORKS PERFORMED
Excerpts from
BIZET
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The Pearl
Fishers, Carmen (semi-staged)
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| GILBERT
AND SULLIVAN
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Iolanthe;
HMS Pinafore; Pirates of Penzance (semi-staged)
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KERN
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Show
Boat
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LEHAR
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Merry
Widow
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MASCAGNI |
Cavalleria Rusticana |
MOZART
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Magic
Flute
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PURCELL
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Dido and Anaeas |
PUCCINI
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Suor
Angelica (semi-staged)
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OTHER MUSIC PERFORMED
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Choruses from operas by BIZET*, BORODIN*, BRITTEN,
DONIZETTI*, GERSHWIN, HUMPERDINCK*, LULLY, MONTEVERDI, PURCELL,
ROSSINI*, TCHAIKOVSKY*, VERDI*, WAGNER*
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Choruses from various operettas and
shows, including Yeomen of the Guard; Fiddler on the Roof; West Side
Story; Guys and Dolls
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Christmas carols and other festive
music ¨ Part-songs and motets by PITONI, LOTTI, VECCHI,
MORLEY, BYRD, TALLIS, SAINT-SAËNS, STANFORD, BARBER, BRUCKNER, LAURIDSEN and ELGAR
etc.
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Arrangements of popular songs from
GERSHWIN, PORTER and ROGERS to the BEATLES plus!
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Non-choral music featured includes: MOZART Exsultate Jubilate, Oboe Concerto
*orchestrally accompanied
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