Past Repertoire


Since 1982 Symphony Chorus of New Orleans has performed the following major works (some of them many times):

  • Bach:
    • Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248
    • Cantata No. 4 "Christ lag in Todesbanden" BWV 4
    • Cantata No. 214 "Tönet, Ihr Pauken" (Page Translation) BWV 214
    • Magnificat BWV 243
    • St. Matthew Passion BWV 244
    • St. John Passion BWV 245
  • Barnett: The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass

  • Beethoven:
    • Missa Solemnis in D Major, Op. 123
    • Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125
    • Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Op. 112
    • Elegischer Gesang, Op. 118
    • Choral Fantasy, Op. 80
    • "Hallelujah" from Christ on the Mount of Olives, Op. 85
  • Berlinski: The Beadle of Prague

  • Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette

  • Bernstein:
    • Chichester Psalms
    • Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish"
    • Selections from Candide, West Side Story, Wonderful Town
  • Bloch: Sacred Service

  • Brahms:
    • Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
    • Liebeslieder Wälzer, Op. 52
    • Schicksalslied, Op. 54
  • Britten:
    • "Choral Dances" from Gloriana
    • Saint Nicolas
  • Bruckner: Te Deum

  • Charpentier: Te Deum

  • Copland:
    • Old American Songs (Sets One and Two)
    • Suite from The Tender Land (Stomp Your Foot, The Promise of Living)
  • Courtenay: A Musicological Journey through the Twelve Days of Christmas

  • Dankner: Symphony No. 5 "Odyssey of Faith" (premiere)

  • Debussy: "Sirènes" from Trois Nocturnes

  • Drattell: The Tell-Tale Heart

  • Dvorák: Te Deum, Op. 103

  • Falla: El Amor Brujo

  • Fauré: Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48

  • Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (concert)

  • Gilbert & Sullivan: 
    • HMS Pinafore (concert)
    • Selected Choruses
  • Handel:
    • Israel in Egypt
    • Judas Maccabaeus
    • Messiah
  • Haydn:
    • The Creation
    • Mass No. 7 Missa Brevis Sancti Joanni de Deo "Little Organ Mass"
    • Mass No. 11 Missa in Angustiis "Lord Nelson"
    • Partsongs
  • Holst: The Planets

  • Jenkins: The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace

  • Kapilow: '03 This New, Immense, Unbounded World (premiere)

  • Kodály:
    • Budavari Te Deum
    • Missa Brevis
  • Lambert: The Rio Grande

  • Landes: Images for Chorus and Jazz Trio

  • Lerner & Loewe: (concert)

  • Mahler:
    • Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
    • Symphony No. 3
  • McCullough: Holocaust Cantata

  • Mendelssohn:
    • Elijah
    • Die erste Walpurgisnacht
    • A Midsummer Night"s Dream
    • Symphony No. 2 "Lobgesang"
  • Mozart:
    • Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618
    • "Great" Mass in C Minor, K. 427
    • Mass in C Major, K. 317 ("Coronation")
    • Requiem, K. 626
    • Vesperae solennes de Confessore, K. 339
  • Orff:
    • Carmina Burana
    • Catulli Carmina
  • Page: Symphony Chorus Sings the Blues (concert)

  • Paray: Mass for Joan of Arc

  • Poulenc: Gloria

  • Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky

  • Purcell:
    • O Sing unto the Lord
    • Te Deum & Jubilate Deo
  • Quezergue: A Creole Mass (premiere and CD/DVD recording)

  • Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (Suites 1 & 2 and complete)

  • Rodgers & Hammerstein: (concert)

  • Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle

  • Rutter:
    • The Reluctant Dragon
    • Requiem
  • Shearing: Songs and Sonnets

  • Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw

  • Schuman: Casey at the Bat

  • Shaw/Bennett: The Many Moods of Christmas

  • Shostakovich:
    • The Execution of Stepan Razin
    • Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar"
  • Sondheim: (concert)

  • Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms

  • Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Ballet

  • Thompson: The Testament of Freedom

  • Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage - Four Ritual Dances

  • Van: A Procession Winding Around Me

  • Vaughan Williams:
    • Dona Nobis Pacem
    • Fantasia on Christmas Carols
    • Hundredth Psalm
    • Song of Thanksgiving
    • Symphony No. 1 "Sea Symphony"
    • Towards the Unknown Region
  • Various: Sing for the Cure: A Proclamation of Hope

  • Verdi:
    • La Forza del Destino (concert)
    • Requiem
    • Te Deum
  • Walton: Belshazzar's Feast

2011-2012 Season