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Performance History

The Masterwork Chorus has performed under the baton of many well known conductors 
as well and innumerable performances with our own Music Directors.

NJ Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Samuel Antek
The Philadelphia Symphony, Conductor Eugene Ormandy — Academy of Music in Philadelphia
Philharmonic Symphony of Westchester — Conductor John Barrett 
NJ Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Henry Lewis — Kennedy Center
Virgil Fox — Princeton U.
Gerard Schwarz —- Waterloo Village
Michael May— Paper Mill Playhouse
Lucas Foss — St. John the Devine
Fancesco La Vecchia —T he Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma

2012
Giovanni Battista Martini — Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina
Gerald Dinzi — Magnificat
Vivaldi — Magnificat
Chris DeBlasio — The Best-Beloved
Vivaldi — Beatus Vir

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
Mendelssohn — Elijah
Poulenc — Gloria

2010
Dvorak — Mass in D Major, God is My Shepherd, Sing Ye a Joyful Song
Grieg —  Ave Maria Stella, In Heaven Above
Mendelssohn —  Hear My Prayer, Drei geistliches Lieder, Jerusalem from St. Paul, Hear Ye Israel from Elijah
Brahms — Geistliches Lied, Op. 30
Zeminsky —Turmwachterlied

2009
Bartok — Wedding Song from Poniky
Berlioz — Villanelle (from Les Niuts D’Ete)
Lennon and McCartney — Blackbird
Arcadelt — Il bianco e dolce cigno
Gibbons — The Silver Swan
Strauss — Im Abendrot (from Vier letzte Lieder)
Mercer — Skylark
Leontovich — Shchedrik
Brahms — Liebe Schwalbe, Nachtigall, sie singt so schon (from Liebslieder Waltzer), Ein Taublein weiss
Passereau — Il est bel et bon
Anonymous — Sumer is icumen in
Juan del Encina — Cucu!
Mendelssohn — Die Nachtigall
Tchaikovsky — The Nightingale
Leoncavallo — Stridono lassu  (Nedda’s aria from I Pagliacci0
Ravel — Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis (from Trois Chansons)
Vaughan Williams — Turtle Dove
Arr. Shaw-Parker — Sometimes I feel

Mid-Winter Songs – Feb 2009    
Poetry, songs and modern dance with Dance Innovations, Inc.
Lauridsen — Mid-Winter Songs 
(Masterwork Touring Choir)

2008

Michael Haydn — Requiem                  
Mozart — Vespers
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 Schuber — La pastorella al prato, Standchen
Joseph Haydn — Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (Little Organ Mass)
Mozart — Vesperae solennes de Confessore (Solemn Vespers)
Michael Haydn — Requiem in C Minor

2007
Orff — Carmina Burana                   
Igor Stravinsky — Ovsen, Near Our Savior’s Church in Chigisakh
Bela Bartok — Gyermek – Es Not Karok
Bruckner — Te Deum                          
Blake R. Henson — Requiem: The Good Fence
Johannes Brahms — Ein deutsches Requiem

2006
Sergei Rachmaninoff — All Night Vigil, op 37 Vespers
Arthur Bliss — Fanfare for a Festive occasion
Anonymous, 10th Century Spanish — Judicii signum
Edgar Bainton — And I Saw a New Heaven
Blake Hensen — Fanfare for the New Jerusalem
Hildegard von Bingen — Ignis spiritus
George Allen, arr. Roy Ringwald — Precious Lord, Take My Hand      
Paul Hindemith — Apparebit repentina dies         
Paul Manz — E'en So Lord Jesus, Quickly Come 
Spiritual, arr. Harry T. Burleigh — My Lord, what a mornin'          
Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan — Ride on, King Jesus              
Spirtual, arr. Robert Shaw and Alice Parker — John saw duh numbuh              
Stephen Paulus — Visions from Hildegard (Part III) 
            
2005
Albright — Chichester Mass          
Bach — Mass in B Minor          
Bennett — The Glory and the Dream  
Bernstein — Chichester Psalms        
Britten — Rejoice in the Lamb      
 
2004
Chesnokov — Spasyeniye                                       
Gorecki — Totus tuus                                       
Handel — Israel in Egypt                                  
Kodaly — Missa Brevis, Ave Maria, Veni vent Emmanuel 
Part — Seven Magnificat Antiphons                       
Rachmaninov — Bogoroditse Devo                                 
Stravinsky — Ave Maria                                        
Tavener — Song for Athene                                    

2003
Bruckner — Locus Iste               
Chesnokov — Spaseniye                
Durufle — Requiem                  
Foss — Behold I Build           
Lotti — Crucifixus               
Rachmaninov — Bogoroditse Devo         
Rheinberger — Abendlied                
Thompson — Last Words of David      
Thompson — The Peaceable Kingdom    
Vaughan Williams — Mass in G Minor                      

2002
Bach — Christ lag in Todesbanden    
Faure — Requiem                      
Haydn — Lord Nelson Mass             
Honegger — King David                   
Pergolesi — Stabat Mater                 
Respighi — Laud to the Nativity         
Sampson — Jersey Rain                  
Vaughan Williams — Dona Nobis Pacem             
Wong — Prayer for Peace                       

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                      

2000
Handel — Coronation Anthems: (Zadok the Priest, Let Thy Hand be Stengthened, The King Shall Rejoice)   
Haydn — The Creation (Robert Shaw Translation)
Schubert — Mass No. 2 in G Major                                                                         
Vaughan Williams — Benedicite
J. S. Bach — Cantata 56, Ich will den Kreuztab gerne tragen

1999
Handel — Dettingen Te Deum                  
Mozart — Requiem (Robert Levin Completion)  

1998
Beethoven — 9th Symphony, 4th Movement        
Mendelssohn — Elijah                            
Wright & Forrest — Kismet                            

1997
Brahms — Requiem                      
Gilbert & Sullivan — Pirates of Penzance          

1996
Bernstein — Chichester Psalms            
Durufle — Requiem                      
Thompson — Alleluia                     

1995
Beethoven — 9th Symphony, 4th Movement   
Charpentier — Te Deum                      
J. Strauss — Overture to Die Fledermaus   
Mascagni — Gli arranci olezzano         
Offenbach — Barcarolle                   
Puccini — Nessun dorma                 
Part — Magnificat                   
Tchaikovsky — Peasant's Chorus             
Thompson — Alleluia                     
Verdi — Brindisi                     
Verdi — Tre volte miagola            
Verdi — Vedi! Le fosche              

1994
Bach — Wachet Auf                   

1993
Britten — Jubilate Deo                          
Britten — Rejoice in the Lamb                   
Britten — Te Deum in C                          
Haydn — Mass in D Minor (Lord Nelson Mass)    

1992
Bloch — Sacred Service               
Brahms — Requiem                      
Freed — Sacred Service               

1991
Bach — Passion According to St. John 
Billings — David's Lamentation          
Bruckner — Christus Factus Est          
Faure — Requiem                      
Haydn — Vierstimmige Gesange         
Lasso — Echo Song                    
Weelkes — When David Heard             

1990
Bach — Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring   
Bach — Magnificat                   
Handel — Coronation Anthems           
Mozart — Requiem                      

1989
Giannini — Mass No. 2                   
Haydn — Mass in Time of War          
Mozart — Great Mass in C Minor        

1988
Brahms — Requiem                      
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               


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