A variety of works sung by the Brighton Orpheus Choir
from the 1990s onwards

 

Harold Arlen
arranged by Guy Turner		 Over the rainbow
J S Bach Christmas Oratorio
St Matthew Passion
traditional English folksong
arr. Edward Bairstow		 The oak and the ash
Michael Barley Nova, nova (an old English carol)
Ludwig van Beethoven Mass in C
William Sterndale Bennett Come live with me
Hector Berlioz Roman Carnival (from
Benvenuto Cellini )
The shepherds' farewell
Leonard Bernstein Chichester Psalms
Excerpts from West Side Story
Georges Bizet Habanera (from Carmen)
March of the Toreadors (from Carmen)
Aleksandr Borodin Polovtsian dances
Johannes Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzer
A German Requiem
Song of Destiny
Benjamin Britten A Ceremony of Carols
Rejoice in the Lamb
St Nicolas
Anton Bruckner Te Deum
Christus factus est
Locus iste
Geoffrey Bush A Christmas Cantata
In Praise of Mary
traditional Tyneside song arr. John Byrt The keel row
arr. Bob Chilcott An Irish blessing
Londonderry air
S Coleridge Taylor Scenes from
"Hiawatha's Wedding Feast"
Peter Cornelius The Three Kings
Antonín Dvořák Te Deum
Edward Elgar The Music Makers
The Kingdom
The Dream of Gerontius
From the Bavarian Highlands
As torrents in summer
My love dwelt in a Northern land
Iván Eröd Viva la Musica!
Gaetano Donizetti Chorus of Wedding Guests
        from Lucia di Lammermoor
John Farmer Fair Phyllis I saw sitting all alone
Gabriel Fauré Requiem
Cantique de Jean Racine
Andrea Gabrieli Angelus ad Pastores Ait
G F Händel Israel in Egypt
Messiah
Samson
The King shall rejoice
Zadok the Priest
Chorus of enchanted islanders (from Alcina)
F Joseph Haydn The Creation
Nelson Mass
St Nicolas Mass
Te Deum
Maria Theresa Mass
Gustav Holst The Hymn of Jesus
I love my love
       (arr. of a Cornish folksong)
Psalm 148
Swansea Town (folksong arr.)
Grayston Ives Name that tune!
West Country folksong
arr. Donald James		 Strawberry Fair
Karl Jenkins Sacred Songs
Te Deum (2nd UK performance)
Zoltán Kodály Fölszállot a páva (The Peacock)
See the gypsies
Morten Lauridsen O magnum mysterium
R Leoncavallo Bell Chorus from Pagliacci
Pietro Mascagni Easter Hymn
      from Cavalleria Rusticana
William Matthias A babe is born
Sir Christemas
George McFarren Orpheus, with his lute
When daisies pied
Felix Mendelssohn Hymn of Praise (Lobgesang)
Saint Paul
Elijah
Sechs Lieder op.59
An old romance
arr. E J Moeran The sailor and young Nancy
Claudio Monteverdi Beatus Vir
Thomas Morley Now is the month of maying
April is in my mistress face
W A Mozart Requiem
Great Mass in C minor
"Coronation" Mass, K317
Voyagers' Chorus from Idomeneo
Ave Verum Corpus
Laudate Dominum from Vesperae Solennes
C Hubert Parry Jerusalem
Blest Pair of Sirens
Music, when soft voices die
There rolls the deep
Robert Pearsall Who shall have my lady fair?
Cole Porter Excerpts from Kiss me Kate
Let's do it (arr. David Blackwell)
Night and Day  (arr. Andrew Carter)
Francis Poulenc Gloria
Giacomo Puccini Messa di Gloria
Humming Chorus
          from Madama Butterfly
Henry Purcell Come ye sons of Art
Choruses from Dido and Aeneas
Roger Quilter  Non Nobis Domine
Rodgers & Hart arr. David Blackwell Blue moon
Gioaccino Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle
Prayer (from Moise)
Villagers' Chorus (from William Tell)
John Rutter Feel the Spirit
Magnificat
Mass of the Children
Psalmfest
Requiem
Banquet Fugue
Let's begin again (from The Reluctant Dragon)
Sourwood Mountain
  (arrangement of a Tennessee fiddle song)
many carol arrangements, including
Angel tidings (from a Moravian carol)
In dulci jubilo (from an old German carol)
Nativity Carol
The Shepherd's Pipe Carol
The twelve days of Christmas
Franz Schubert Magnificat
arr. Mátyás Seiber Three Hungarian Folksongs
C V Stanford
Irish air arr. Stanford		 The blue bird
Quick! we have but a second
Arthur Sullivan Echoes
The Lost Chord
O hush thee, my babie
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Chorus of peasant girls
      from Eugene Onegin
Michael Tippett Five Spirituals
      from A Child of our Time
Guy Turner Tequila Samba
Vaughan Williams
 
 
arrangements:		 Benedicite
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
In Windsor Forest
The turtle dove (trad. English)
Ca' the yowes (trad. Scottish)
Giuseppi Verdi Stabat Mater, Te Deum
     (from the Four Sacred Pieces)
Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves
     (from Nabucco)
Matadors' chorus (from La Traviata)
Gilbert Vinter Christmas Fantasy
Antonio Vivaldi Gloria
Richard Wagner Sailors' Chorus and Spinning Chorus
     from The Flying Dutchman
Bridal Chorus, from Lohengrin
'Fats' Waller and Harry Brooks Ain't misbehavin'
Thomas Walmisley Music, all powerful
Norfolk folksong
arr. Peter Warlock		 Yarmouth Fair
Eric Whitacre The Seal Lullaby
David Willcocks Rocking  (arr. of a Czech carol)
He smiles within his cradle
     (arr. of an Austrian carol)
Afton Water (arr. of a Scottish folksong)
Jonathan Willcocks The drunken sailor (arr. of the traditional sea shanty)

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