PAST REPERTOIRE
This list has been selected from recent seasons, and does not include every work performed.
2025/2026
2024/2025
Like other choral organizations around the world, the Virginia Chorale was not able to offer live performances during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, we offered a monthly online presentation, Virtual VC, which can still be found on YouTube. While much of this was music recorded during previous seasons, we were able to record a few pieces together and offer them during Virtual VC.
2017/2018
- David Lang (b. 1957): poor hymnal (Virginia premiere)
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594): Magnificat primi toni
- Arvo Pärt (b. 1954): Morning Star & Bogoróditse Djévo
- Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951): Now May We Singen
- Caroline Shaw (b. 1982): and the swallow
- George Gershwin (1898-1937): I Got Rhythm
- Arr. Nigel Short/Mack Wilberg: The Dying Soldier
- Arr. J. David Moore: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
- Leonard Bernstein (b. 1918-1990): Somewhere
2024/2025
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Ballade of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
- Darius Milhaud (1892-1974): Psaume 121
- Matthew Martin (b. 1976): Adam Lay Ybounden
- Reena Esmail (b. 1983): A Winter Breviary
- June Collin: The Quiet Heart
- arr. by Stacey V. Gibbs: Go, Tell It on the Mountain
- Ricky Ian Gordon (b. 1956): Three by Langston
- Kyle Pederson (b. 1971): I Dream a World
- Murray Grand (1919-2007): Comment allez-vous?
- Francis Poulenc (1889-1963): Quatre Motets pour un temps de pénitence
- Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968): Love Endureth
- James MacMillan (b. 1959): Miserere
- Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986): Requiem
- Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987): Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
- Êriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977): Northern Lights
- Gregory Spears (b. 1977): The Neighboring Village (world premiere, commissioned by the Virginia Chorale to honor our 40th season)
- Randall Thompson (1899-1984): Ode to the Virginian Voyage
- William Byrd (1543-1623): Sing Joyfully Unto God
- Roderick Williams (b. 1965): Ave Verum Corpus Re-imagined
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): A Ceremony of Carols
- Steve Heitzeg (b. 1959): little tree
- arr. Stacey V. Gibbs (b. 1962): The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
- Rosephanye Powell (b. 1962: Non nobis, Domine
- Ysaÿe Maria Barnwell (b. 1979-2013): Wanting Memories
- Margaret Bonds (b.1913-1972): Credo
- Gioachino Antonio Rossini ( 1792-1868): Petite Messe Solennelle
- Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901): Mass in E-Flat, Op. 109 (Cantus Missae)
- Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941): Seven Songs of the Rubaiyat
- Abbie Betinis (b. 1980): From Behind the Caravan: Songs of Hāfez
- arr. Samuel Adler: Maoz Tzur (Rock of Ages)
- J. P. Sweelinck (1562 – 1621): Hodie, Christus natus est
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594): Sicut cervus
- Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652): Miserere mei, Deus
- Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943): Madrigali: Six "Fire Songs" on Italian Renaissance Poems
Like other choral organizations around the world, the Virginia Chorale was not able to offer live performances during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, we offered a monthly online presentation, Virtual VC, which can still be found on YouTube. While much of this was music recorded during previous seasons, we were able to record a few pieces together and offer them during Virtual VC.
- Leroy Anderson (1908-1975): Sleigh Ride
- Gruber, arr. Shawn Kirchner: Silent Night
- Louis Lewandowski (1824-1894): Zacharti Lach
- Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625): O Clap Your Hands
- Judith Weir (b. 1954): Vertue
- Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1583): If ye love me
- Jonathan Dove (b. 1959): Seek Him That Maketh The Seven Stars
- Herbert Howells (1892-1983): A Spotless Rose
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Rejoice in the Lamb
- Jonathan Rathbone (b.1957): The Oxen
- Cyrillus Kreek (1889-1962): Õnnis on inimene
- Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Trois Chansons de Charles d’Orléans
- Arvo Pärt (b. 1935): Magnificat
- Vytautas Miškinis (b. 1954): O sacrum convivium
- C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918): Songs of Farewell
- Timothy C. Takach (b. 1978): Joseph
- Will Todd (b. 1970): Among Angels
- Joby Talbot (b. 1971) : Path of Miracles
- Abbie Betinis (b. 1980): To the Evening Star
- Laurel Christensen (b. 1986): I Saw a Star (World Premiere, commissioned by the Virginia Chorale)
- Alice Parker (b. 1925): Songstream
2017/2018
- Bates, Mason (b. 1977): Observer in the Magellanic Cloud
- Mechem, Kirke (b. 1925): Island in Space (Dona nobis pacem), Op. 54
- Chilcott, Bob (b. 1955): High Flight
- Puts, Kevin (b. 1972): To Touch the Sky
- Badings, Henk (1907-1987): Soir d'Été
- Dixon, John (b. 1957): Night Songs
- Lauridson, Morten (b. 1943): Nocturnes
- Elder, Daniel (b. 1986): Lullaby
- DiOrio, Dominick (b. 1986): We Dance!
- Muhly, Nico (b. 1981): I Cannot Attain Unto It
- Shaw, Caroline (b. 1982): Passacaglia
- Berko, Alex (b. 1995): Lincoln
- Whitacre, Eric (b. 1970): The City and the Sea
- Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990): Make our Garden Grow
2016/2017
- Copland, Aaron (1900-1990): In the Beginning
- Dove, Jonathan (b. 1959): The Passing of the Year
- Kern, Jerome (1885-1945), arr. Alexander L'Estrange: I won't dance
- Porter, Cole (1891-1964), arr. Alexander L'Estrange: Begin the beguine & I've got you under my skin
- Mills, Irving (1894-1985) & Duke Ellington (1899-1974), arr. Anders Edenroth: It don't mean a thing
- Rachmaninoff, Sergei (1873-1943): All-Night Vigil
2015/2016
- Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario (1895-1968): Romancero Gitano
- Ešenvalds, Ēriks (b. 1977): Amazing Grace, Northern Lights, Stars
- Guillaume, Sydney (b. 1982): Twa Tanbou
- Handel, G.F. (1685-1759): Messiah
- MacMillan, James (b. 1959): Laudi alla vergine Maria
- Martin, Frank (1890-1974): Messe pour double choœur
- Miškinis, Vytautas (b. 1954): Lucis Creator optime
- Pärt, Arvo (b. 1935): Nunc dimittis
- Sandström, Sven-David (b. 1942): Four Songs of Love
- Turges, Edmund (c. 1450-1500): Magnificat
2014/2015
- Averitt, William (b. 1948): The Dream Keeper
- Bach, J.S. (1685-1750): Motets - Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV 230; Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227
- Hackman, Steve (b. 1980): 'Wait' Fantasy
- Howells, Herbert (1892-1983): Requiem
- Lang, David (b. 1957): The Little Match Girl Passion (version for small chorus)
- MacMillan, James (b. 1959): Seinte Mari moder milde
- Parker, Alice (b. 1925): Songstream
- Paulus, Stephen (1949-2014): Pilgrim Jesus
- Runestad, Jake (b. 1986): Alleluia
- Swayne, Giles (b. 1946): Magnificat I
- Tavener, John (1944-2013): Village Wedding
- Van, Jeffrey (b. 1941): A Procession Winding Around Me
2013/2014
- Chilcott, Bob (b. 1955): The Making of the Drum
- Dove, Jonathan (b. 1959): Seek him that maketh the seven stars
- Duruflé, Maurice (1902-1986): Requiem
- Elder, Daniel (b. 1986): Three Themes of Life & Love
- Ešenvalds, Ēriks (b. 1977): Northern Lights
- Ferko, Frank (b. 1950): A Festival of Carols
- Heitzeg, Steve (b. 1959): little tree
- Howells, Herbert (1892-1983): Take him, earth, for cherishing
- Peacock, Adrian (b. 1962): Venite, gaudete
- Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963): Gloria
- Talbot, Joby (b. 1971): Path of Miracles (Hampton Roads premiere)
- Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): Serenade To Music (edition for strings & piano by Denis Williams)
- Whitacre, Eric (b. 1970): The City and the Sea
2012/2013
- Barber, Samuel (1910-1981): Reincarnations
- Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): Hymn to Saint Cecilia
- Chilcott, Bob (b. 1955): Weather Report
- Copland, Aaron (1900-1990): In the Beginning
- Kernis, Aaron Jay (b. 1960): I cannot dance, O Lord (III from Ecstatic Meditations)
- Lauridsen, Morten (b. 1943): Mid-Winter Songs
- Rutter, John (b. 1945): Five Traditional Songs
2011/2012
- Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990): Chichester Psalms (version for organ, harp, & percussion)
- Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Liebeslieder Walzer Op. 52
- Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Trois chansons de Charles d'Orléans L 92
- Dove, Jonathan (b. 1959): The Three Kings
- Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924): Cantique de Jean Racine Op. 11
- Lauridsen, Morten (b. 1943): Les Chansons des Roses
- O'Regan, Tarik (b. 1978): Threshold of Night
- Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963): Chanson à boire
- arr. Thomson, Virgil (1896-1989): Four Hymns of the Old South
- Whitacre, Eric (b. 1970): Five Hebrew Love Songs (version for piano & solo violin)
2010/2011
- Bach, J.S. (1685-1750): Motet - Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV 230
- Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): Festival Te Deum; Te Deum in C
- Corigliano, John (b. 1938): L'invitation au voyage
- Howells, Herbert (1892-1983): Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis for St. Paul's Cathedral
- MacMillan, James (b. 1959): In splendoribus sanctorum and Factus est repente (from The Strathclyde Motets); Padre Pio's Prayer
- Mäntyjärvi, Jaakko (b. 1963): Canticum Calamitatis Maritimae
- McDowall, Cecilia (b. 1951): Now may we singen
- Miskinis, Vytautas (b. 1954): Ave Maria
- Pärt, Arvo (b. 1935): Bogoróditse Djévo and Magnificat
- Smith, Kile (b. 1956): Herr Chris, der eineg Gotts Sohn (from Vespers)
- Todd, Will (b. 1970): Angel Song II
- Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): Three Shakespeare Songs
2009/2010
- Daley, Eleanor (b. 1955): Requiem
- Jackson, Gabriel (b. 1962): To Morning
- MacMillan, James (b. 1959): Christus Vincit; A Child's Prayer
- Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911): Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (arr. Clytus Gottwald for 16 voices)
- Mason, Deborah: Whitman Interlude (world premiere)
- Pizzetti, Ildebrando (1880-1968): Requiem
- Victoria, Tomás Luis de (1548-1611): Officium Defunctorum
- Wyers, Giselle (b. 1969): Goodbye (world premiere)
