Past Concerts
In its long history, the Queens College Choral Society has performed many of the great pieces of choral literature. The following is a partial repertoire list:
Bach | Magnificat B Minor Mass Cantata #140 Christmas Oratorio |
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Beethoven | Missa Solemnis Symphony #9 Choral Fantasy Mass in C |
Bernstein | Chichester Psalms |
Bonds | Ballad of the Brown King |
Borodin | Polovetsian Dances |
Boulanger | Psalm 24 |
Brahms | Ein deutsches Requiem Nänie Schicksalslied |
Britten | War Requiem |
Dett | The Ordering of Moses |
Dvořák | Te Deum |
Ellington | Best of the Sacred Concerts |
Fauré | Requiem |
Handel | Coronation Anthems Messiah Israel in Egypt Utrecht Te Deum Foundling Hospital Anthem Judas Maccabaeus |
Haydn | The Creation Lord Nelson Mass Mass in Time of War |
Mahler | Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection” |
Mendelssohn | Elijah |
Mozart | Requiem Mass in C-minor Vespers, K. 339 |
Orff | Carmina Burana |
Poulenc | Gloria |
Saint-Saëns | Christmas Oratorio |
Schubert | Mass in G |
Vaughan Williams | Dona Nobis Pacem Five Mystical Songs |
Verdi | Requiem Nabucco (concert version) |
Vivaldi | Gloria |
The Society has also performed multiple premieres of new works, including pieces composed by Queens College Music Department faculty members Allen Brings, John Castellini, Joel Mandelbaum, Karol Rathaus, Bruce Saylor, and Hugo Weisgall.