Since its founding in 2006, Chora Nova has performed a great range of Western music from Baroque to modern. Our Artistic Director, Dr. Paul Flight, often surprises audiences and singers alike with his choice of fine choral works that are rarely performed or recorded. The list below includes those unusual works among all the others that we have performed over the years. The list is organized by season, beginning with the most recent.
| season | composer | work |
| 2023-2024 | Pavel Chesnokov | Duh tvoy blagi |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams | Antiphon from Five Mystical Songs | |
| Louis Vierne | Mass in C-sharp minor | |
| Johannes Brahms | Geistliches Lied | |
| Morten Lauridsen | Lux Aeterna | |
| Gilbert & Sullivan | Dance a Cachucha from The Gondoliers | |
| Maurice Duruflé | Ubi Caritas Tu es Pertus |
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| Gioachino Rossini | O salutaris hostia | |
| Olivier Messiaen | O sacrum convivium! | |
| Gabriel Fauré | Cantique de Jean Racine | |
| César Franck |
Psaume 150 | |
| Maurice Duruflé | Requiem | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach |
Magnificat in D Major, BWV243 | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Credo from Mass in B Minor, BWV232 |
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| 2022-2023 | Johannes Brahms |
Begräbnisgesang |
| Johannes Brahms | Ein deutsches Requiem |
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| Randall Thompson |
Frostiana | |
| Gustav Holst |
The Cloud Messenger |
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| Michael Haydn | Timete Dominum | |
| Mozart | Coronation Mass | |
| Joseph Haydn | Salve Regina in G Minor | |
| Joseph Haydn | Te Deum for the Empress Marie Therese | |
| 2021-2022 | Schubert | Mass in A-flat |
| Brahms | Nänie | |
| Rheinberger | “Erwartung” from Der Stern von Bethlehem | |
| Gustav Holst | Short Festival Te Deum | |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams | Serenade to Music | |
| William Mathias | Magnificat | |
| Gwyneth Walker | My Love Walks in Velvet | |
| Daniel Pinkham | Wedding Cantata | |
| Tom Schmutzler | Vernal Alleluias | |
| Sir William Sterndale Bennett | Come Live With Me | |
| Vivaldi | Gloria RV 589 Dixit Dominus RV 807 |
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| 2020-2021 | The entire 2020-21 season was canceled due to COVID-19. | |
| 2019-2020 | The remainder of the 2019-20 season was canceled due to COVID-19 | |
| Handel | Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened (Coronation Anthem No. 2) Dettingen Anthem Te Deum for the Victory at Dettingen |
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| 2018-2019 | Poulenc | Gloria |
| Saint-Saëns | Requiem | |
| Gilbert and Sullivan | Dance a Cachucha from The Gondoliers Echoes (Sullivan) Fair Daffodils (Sullivan) Madrigal from The Mikado Excerpts from HMS Pinafore Excerpts from Iolanthe Excerpts from The Pirates of Penzance |
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| Handel | Messiah | |
| 2017-2018 | Hasse | Requiem in E Flat |
| Zelenka | Miserere in C Minor | |
| Kuhnau/J.S. Bach | Der Gerechte kommt um | |
| A Night at the opera: Arias and choruses from 250 years of opera |
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| Gabrieli | Canzon Septimi Toni a 8 (arr. Paul Flight): Jubilate Deo Sonata XIII a 8 |
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| Bruckner | Ecce Sacerdos Magnus | |
| Vaughan Williams | O Clap Your Hands, All Ye People | |
| Pinkham | Christmas Cantata | |
| Rutter | Gloria | |
| 2016-2017 | Jean-Baptiste Lully | Te Deum |
| Jean-Philippe Rameau | Quam dilecta tabernacula | |
| Michel Richard Delalande | Confitebor tibi Domine | |
| Dvořák | Mass in D Major | |
| Rheinberger | Stabat Mater in C Minor, Op. 16 | |
| Haydn | Missa in Tempore Belli (“Paukenmesse”) | |
| Mozart | Litaniae de Venerabili Altaris Sacramento | |
| 2015-2016 | Orff | Carmina Burana |
| Mendelsohn | Die erste Walpurgisnacht | |
| Rheinberger | Mass in E flat (Cantus Missae) | |
| Haydn | Lord Nelson Mass Autumn from The Seasons |
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| 2014-2015 | Handel | Acis and Galatea |
| Purcell | Beati Omnes Qui Timent Dominum Jehova Quam Multi Sunt Hostes Mei |
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| Coleridge–Taylor | Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast | |
| Holst | The Cloud Messenger | |
| Bruckner | Mass No. 2 in E Minor Ecce Sacerdos Magnus Ave Maria Os Justi Æquale No. 2 in C Minor |
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| Brahms | Gesang der Parzen | |
| Richard Strauss | Præludium from Suite in B Flat | |
| 2013-2014 | Zelenka | Litaniæ de Venerabili Sacramento, ZWV 147 Regina Cœli, ZWV 134 De Profundis in D minor Gloria from Missa Dei Filii, ZWV 20 |
| Vaughan Williams | Toward the Unknown Region | |
| Elgar | Praise to the Holiest from The Dream of Gerontius | |
| Britten | The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard | |
| Foulds | A World Requiem: Requiem Elysium |
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| Holst | Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda: To Varuna Battle Hymn Hymn o Soma |
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| Parry | My Soul, there is a Country | |
| Bairstow | Let all Mortal Flesh Keep Silence | |
| Wesley | Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace | |
| Dvořák | Stabat Mater Three Moravian Songs |
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| 2012-2013 | Du Mont | Exultat Animus Magnificat Anima Mea |
| Charpentier | Motet pour les trépassés Agnus Dei from Messe pour les trépassés Te Deum, H146 |
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| Duruflé | Requiem | |
| Bernstein | Chichester Psalms | |
| Holst | Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (Third Group): Hymn to the Waters Hymn of the Travellers Hymn to Agni Hymn to Soma (Duruflé, Bernstein and Holst works above with guest conductor Bruce Koliha) |
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| Handel | Choruses from Solomon: Your Harps and Cymbals Sound May no Rash Intruder Disturb their Soft Hours From the Censer Curling Rise Te Deum for Queen Caroline Zadok the Priest |
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| Hummel | Mass in D Minor | |
| 2011-2012 | Choruses and scenes from selected operas (with guest conductor Robert Ashens) | |
| Schubert | Mass in G Major, D. 167 Gott ist mein Hirt, D. 706 (Psalm 23) Ständchen, D. 920 Die nacht Widerspruch Geheimes Nacht und Träume Auf dem Wasser zu singen |
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| Schumann | Requiem für Mignon, Op.98b Drei Gedichte, Op. 29 Beim Abschied zu singen, Op. 84 Bei Schenkung eines Flügels, WoO 26, 4 |
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| (Schubert and Schumann works above with guest conductor Bruce Koliha) | ||
| Mozart | Requiem in D minor, K.626 Mass in C Major (Coronation Mass) in C Major, K. 317 |
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| 2010-2011 | Vivaldi | Dixit Dominus, RV 807 |
| Galuppi | Nisi Dominus | |
| Pergolesi | Confitebor tibi Domine | |
| Rheinberger | Stabat Mater in D Minor Die Nacht, Op. 56 Four Motets, Op. 133: Anima Nostra Meditabor Laudate Dominum Angelus Domini |
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| Mendelssohn | Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser (Psalm 42) Jauchzet dem Herrn (Psalm 100: 1-5) Heilig (Sanctus – Deutscher Messe) Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen (Psalm 91: 11-12) Richte mich, Gott, Op. 78, No. 2 (Psalm 43) Hear My Prayer (Psalm 55) |
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| Haydn | Mass in B-flat Major (“Harmoniemesse”) Der Sturm Te Deum for Empress Marie Therese |
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| 2009-2010 | Rossini | Petite Messe Solennelle |
| Fauré | Requiem Cantique de Jean Racine Madrigal Lydia |
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| Saint-Saëns | Calmes des nuits | |
| Sévérác | Tantum ergo | |
| Gounod | Le premier jour de mai | |
| Hahn | A Chloris | |
| Massenet | Elégie | |
| Chausson | Hébé | |
| Chaminade | Sombrero | |
| Beethoven | Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Mass in C Elegaic Song |
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| 2008-2009 | Orff | Catulli Carmina |
| Brahms | Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 52 | |
| Kodály | Missa Brevis Kálló Folk Dances Esti Dal Kösöntö |
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| Zelenka | Requiem | |
| Kuhnau | Magnificat | |
| 2007-2008 | Brahms | Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 Begrabnißgesang, Op. 13 Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 |
| Fanny Mendelssohn | Gärtenlieder, Op. 3 Nachtreigen |
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| Clara Schumann | Drei gemischte Chöre | |
| Lili Boulanger | Three French Songs | |
| Grace Williams | Mari Lwyd O my Luve’s Like a Red, Red Rose |
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| Dilys Elwyn-Edwards | Ar Gyfer Heddiw’r Bore | |
| Emma Lou Diemer | Three Madrigals | |
| Haydn | Missa Sancti Nicolai | |
| Britten | Saint Nicolas | |
| 2006-2007 | Handel | Utrecht Te Deum Utrecht Jubilate |
| Mozart | Vesperæ Solennes de Confessore | |
| Brahms | Neue Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 65 Waldesnacht |
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| Vaughan Williams | Serenade to Music | |
| Elgar | As Torrents in Summer My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land Owls |
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| Rheinberger | Die Nacht | |
| Badings | Trois chansons bretonnes | |
| Jenner | Ich will ein Haus mir bauen | |
| Schubert | La Pastorella | |
| Michael Haydn | Missa Sancti Hieronymi Timete Dominum Ave Regina Cælorum |
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