Sursum Corda has established a diverse repertoire from which it performs and is constantly adding works to its library. Below is a list of our current repertoire as of April, 2012. Be sure to visit our Media page for some samples of Sursum Corda in performance.
SACRED
Alleluia, Randall Thompson
Alleluia, Urmas Sisask
At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners, Williametta Spencer
Ave Maria, Josquin Desprez
Ave verum corpus, Javier Busto
Credo, Stefano Bernardi
*Give thank unto the Lord, Robert Starer
Mass, Johannes Brahms
Missa Brevis, Leonard Berstein
Missa Brevis, Ruth Watson Henderson
Musikalische Exequiem, Henrich Schütz
Nun danket alle Gott, J. S. Bach
Praeter rerum seriem, Josquin Desprez
Quatre petites prières de Saint François d’Assise, Francis Poulenc
Regina Coeli, Giovanni Palestrina
Requiem, Giacomo Puccini
Warum ist das Licht gegeben?, Johannes Brahms
We gather together, Stephen Paulus
CHRISTMAS
A la nanita nana, Norman Luboff
A Spotless Rose, Herbert Howells
Ding Dong merrily on high: a death knell for a popular carol, David Blackwell
Jesus, Jesus rest your head, Lester Seigel
Jingle Bells
Messe de minuit pour Noel, Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Noe c’est l’amour, Traditional
O magnum mysterium, Malcolm Archer
O magnum mysterium, Pierre Villette
Patapan, Martin Shaw
Silent Night, Andrew Lumsden
The Golden Vase Carol, Jon Washburn
There is no rose, Williametta Spencer
Twelfth Night, Samuel Barber
We wish you a merry Christmas, Arthur Warrell
Welcome Yule, Williametta Spencer
JEWISH/ISRAELI
*Al naharot bavel, Salomone Rossi
*Avinu Malkeinu,Trad., arr. Lester Seigel
Bayom hahu, Michael Isaacson
*Cause us, O Lord our God, Ron Nelson
*Cuando el rey Nimrod, Lester Seigel
Hallalujah, Louis Lewandowski
*Hayo, haya, Stephen Prussing
Ma tovu, Shulamit Ran
Mi chamocha, David Nowakowsky
*Mi yitneini, Heinrich Shalit
Mi zeh hidlik, Bob Chilcott
*Mizmorei tehillim (3 psalms), Tzvi Avni
*O kum shoyn shtiler ovnt, Mark Zuckerman
S’vivon, Max Helfman
Shiru L’Adonai, Aharon Harlap
Uri Tziyon, Moshe Wilensky
*Vilne, Mark Zuckerman
Yerushalayim shel zahav, Naomi Shemer, arr. Eric Dinowitz
AFRICAN-AMERICAN/SPIRTUAL/FOLK
Abide with me, Moses Hogan
*Creep along Moses, Gail Kubik
Deep River, Roy Ringwald
Hard Times, Stephen Foster
He’s gone away, Alice Parker/Robert Shaw
Nelly Bly, Stephen Foster, arr. Jack Halloran
Oh dear, what can the matter be?, Gail Kubik
Soon one mornin’, Gail Kubik
Stick to the Craythur, trad. Irish
Two Sacred Harp works, Martin Bresnick
Wondrous love, Alice Parker/Robert Shaw
SECULAR
Ce jour de l’an voudray, Guillaume Dufay
Earth Song, Frank Ticheli
Ecco mormorar l’onde, Claudio Monteverdi
Fields of Gold, Sting, arr. Deke Sharon
Five Hebrew Love Songs, Eric Whitacre
Flower of Beauty, John Clements
hope, faith, life, love, Eric Whitacre
I’ll be seeing you, Kahal and Fain, arr. Phil Mattson
Il bianco e dolce cigno, Jacques Arcadelt
Reincarnations: Mary Hynes, Samuel Barber
Sure on this Shining Night, Morten Lauridsen
Sursum Corda, Dorothy Hindman
The Road Home, Stephen Paulus
*There will be rest, Frank Ticheli
Witticisms and Lamentations from the Graveyard, Phillip Rhodes
*denotes track on album, Illumine Our Hearts (available on Amazon and iTunes)