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
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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