Works Performed

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Z

The works, indexed here by composer, vary greatly in size, from songs to oratorios. Only works for which a composer is known are listed. That leaves out quite a number of motets, madrigals, and especially folk songs that have been sung by the Society but whose composer is anonymous.

Not surprisingly, the Great Neck Choral Society has performed more works by Johann Sebastian Bach--20 in all--than by any other composer. Next in order are Johannes Brahms, George Frideric Handel, and Franz Josef Haydn.

The most frequently performed works--six times each--are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus and Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah. Tied for next with four performances each are Mozart's Requiem, Brahms' Requiem, and Handel's Judas Maccabaeus.

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Antes, John
Go, Congregation Go--1976
Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs--1976

Bach, Carl Phillip Emanuel
Israelites in the Desert, The--1989

Bach, Johann Sebastian
Cantata 21 ("Ich Hatte Viel Bekümmeris")--1961
Cantata 40 ("Dazu Ist Erscheinen Der Sohn Gottes")--1985
Cantata 50 ("Nun Ist Das Heil Und Die Kraft")--2008
Cantata 61 ("Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland--1988
Cantata 80 ("Ein' Feste Burg Ist Unserer Gott">--2008
Cantata 106 ("Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit")--2006, 1968
Cantata 137 ("Lobe den Herren")--1966
Cantata 140 ("Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns die Stimme")--1968
Cantata 142 ("Uns Ist Ein Kind Geboren")--
Cantata 147 ("Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben">--1977
Cantata 150 ("Lord, My Soul Doth Thirst for Thee")--1982, 1963
Cantata 172 ("Erschallet, Ihr Lieder, Erklinget, Ihr Saiten">--1985, 2004
Cantata 208 ("Was Mir Behagt, Ist Mir die Muntre Jagd!")--1985
Ich Lasse Dich Nicht, Du Segnest Mich Denn--1989
Jauchzet Gott, in Alle Landen (finale from Cantata 51)--1996
Jesu, Meine Freude--1996
Komm, Sussser Tod--1961
Magnificat in D Major--1977, 1968
Mass in A--1985
Mass in B Minor--2003, 1974
O Ewiges Feuer--1999
What Tongue Can Tell Thy Greatness, Lord--1960

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Beethoven, Ludwig Van
Choral Fantasia, The--1964
Ehres Gottes in der Natur, Die--1961
Hallelujah (from "Mount of Olives")--1963, 1961
Mass in C Major--2006, 1978
Missa Solemnis--2008

Bennett, Roy C. and Virginia Davidson
David and Goliath (The True Story)--2006

Bernstein, Leonard
Chichester Psalms--1991, 1970, 1966

Billings, William
Be Glad Then America--1976
Chester--1976
I Am the Rose of Sharon--1987
When Jesus Wept--1976

Bizet, Georges
Dansez, Dansez (from "Carmen")--1966

Bloch, Ernest
Avodath Kakodesh, Part III--1963
Sacred Service--1999

Borodin, Alexander
Polovetzian Dance and Chorus--1966

Boulanger, Lili
Hymne au Soleil--2000
Renouveau--2000
Sirenes, Les--2000

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Brahms, Johannes
Ah Thou Poor World--1960
At Night--1971
Awake, Awake--1971
Fiddler, The--1971
Gypsy Songs--1997
House Stands 'neath the Willows' Shade, A--1971, 1963
How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place (from "Requiem")--1961
How Sad Flow the Streams at Night--1971, 1963
I'd Enter Your Garden--1971, 1963, 1959
Liebeslieder Walzer (Op. 65)--1980, 1971, 1967, 1964
Make in Me, O Lord, a Pure Heart--1964, 1963
Motet from Psalm 51--1970
Requiem ("Ein Deutsches Requiem," "German Requiem")--2003, 1990, 1977, 1971
Tafellied ("Chorus of Homage")--1997
Who's Knocking--1959

Britten, Benjamin
Ceremony of Carols, A--1996, 1966
Festival Te Deum--1996, 1969
Old Joe Has Gone Fishing--1961
Rejoice in the Lamb--1969
War Requiem--1993

Bruckner, Anton
Ecce Sacerdos--1966
Offertorium--1966

Burkhard, Willy
Te Deum--1991 (New York premiere)

Carissimi, Giacomo
Jephthah--1983, 1969
Judicium Salomonis--2004

Certon, Pierre
Je N'ose Etre Content--1964
Laz, S'il Convient--1991

Chajes, Julius
Hearken to My Prayer--1964
Hora--1969, 1961

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine
Judicum Salomonis--1991
Laudate Dominum--1988
Laudate Dominum Omnes Gentes--2000

Copland, Aaron
In the Beginning--1984

Costeley, Guillaume
Mignonne, Allon Voir Si La Roze--1991

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Daetwyler, Jean
Suite Montagnarde--1991 (American premiere)

Davidson, Virginia
David and Goliath (The True Story) [with Roy C. Bernnett]--2006
December--2002
Psalm 150--1999

Dowland, William
Weep You No More Sad Fountains--1960

Dvorak, Antonin
Mass in D--1995
Stabat Mater--1981


Elgar, Edward
Go, Song of Mine--1997
There Is Sweet Music--1997


Farmer, John
Fair Phyllis--1961

Faure, Gabriel
Cantique de Jean Racine--1987
Requiem--1992, 1963

Fine, Irving
Father William (from "Alice in Wonderland")--1962, 1961, 1960
Lobster Quadrille (from "Alice in Wonderland")--1960
Lullaby of the Duchess (from "Alice in Wonderland")--1960

Foster, Stephen
Camptown Races--1976
Ring de Banjo--1976
Some Folks Do!--1976

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Gershwin, George
Gone, Gone, Gone (from "Porgy and Bess")--1964
Lament for Brother Robbins (from "Porgy and Bess")--1964

Gluck, Christoph Willibald
Orfeo, Act II--1986

Gould, Martin
Solfegging--2000
Tolling--2000

Gounod, Charles
Faust, Final Chorus--1996

Guarnieri, M. Carmargo
Vamos Aloanda--1962, 1961


Handel, George Frideric
Alexander's Feast--1995, 1986
Chandos Anthems--1959
Dixit Dominus--1983
Israel in Egypt--1973
I Will Magnify You--1999
Joshua--2007, 1985
Judas Maccabaeus--2000, 1991, 1978, 1969
Laudate Pueri--1983
Messiah (complete)--1976
Messiah (Part I)--2006, 2001
Music, Spread Thy Voice Around (from "Solomon")--1997
Samson--2004, 1994
Saul--2005
Semele--1987

Hassler, Hans Leo
Cantate Domino--1964
Tanzen und Springen--1963

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Haydn, Franz Josef
Abendlied zu Gott--1961
Beredsamkeit, Die--1961
Creation, The--1998, 1984, 1970
Harmony in Marriage--1961
Mass in B Flat Major--1971
Mass in D ("Lord Nelson Mass")--1993, 1978, 1960
Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo--1999
Missa Sancti Nicolai--1988
Seasons, The--1982
Te Deum--1978

Haydn, Michael
Lauft, Ihr Hirten, Allzugleich--1992
Run, Ye Shepherds, to the Light--1971, 1963

Hindemith, Paul
The Devil a Monk Would Be--1964

Honegger, Arthur
King David--1983, 1972, 1966


Isaac, Heinrich
Innsbruck--1961

Ives, Charles
Celestial Country, The--1998, 1988
Circus Band, The--1976


Jones, Robert
Sweete Kate--1964


Kearns, Ann
Song of the Sky Loom--1990 (world premiere)

Kirk, Theron
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men--2000

Kittredge, Walter
Tenting on the Old Camp Ground--1976

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Kodaly, Zoltan
An Ode: The Music Makers--1997
God's Blacksmith--1964
Missa Brevis--1982

Kurtz, Lynn
Prayers, Psalms and Sorrows--2002


Lasso, Orlando di
Mastona, Lovely Maiden--1961
My Heart Doth Beg You'll Not Forget--1964

Lavry, Marc
Ken Yovdu--1969

Law, Andrew
Bunker Hill--1976

LeJeune, Claude
Bon Dieu, Benis Nous--1991

Lewandowski, Louis
Hallelujah (Psalm 150)--1961, 1960

Lidarti, C.G.
Befi Yesharim--1992
Kol Haneshama--1992

Liszt, Franz
Missa Choralis--1992
Via Crucis--1985

Luening, Otto
Earth Was Not--2000
Psalm 146--2000
When in the Languor of Evening--2000


Martin, Frank
Cantate pour le Premier Aout--2000, 1991 (American premiere)

Mendelssohn, Felix
Elijah--2005, 1997, 1979, 1975, 1966, 1965
Heilig--2004
Holy Is God the Lord--2004
There Shall a Star Come Out of Jacob--2004

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Menotti, Gian Carlo
Shepherds Chorus (from "Amahl and the Night Visitors")--1961

Milhaud, Darius
Sacred Service--1984

Monteverdi, Claudio
Beatus Vir--1994
Confitebor Tibi (Psalm 110)--1994
Lasciatemi Morire--1964

Morley, Thomas
April Is My Mistress' Face--1964
My Bonny Lass--1964

Mouton, Jean
Ave Maria1964

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Ave Verum Corpus--1993, 1981, 1975, 1967, 1963, 1959
Mass in C Major ("Coronation Mass")--1992, 1975
Missa Brevis in D Major--1981, 1964
Requiem--2002, 1991, 1980, 1967
Versperae Solennes de Confessore--1967, 1976


Nicolai, Philippe Wake, Awake--1981


Orff, Carl Carmina Burana--1980, 1970


Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi
Hodie Christus Natus Est--1963

Parker, Alice
An American Kedusha--2006

Pearsall, Forbert Lucas
Allan-a-Dale--1962

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Pehkonen, Elis
Russian Requiem--1992

Pergolesi, G.B.
Agnus Dei--1960

Pilkington, Francis
Rest, Sweet Nymphs--1964, 1961

Pinkham, Daniel
In the Beginning of Creation--1990

Poulenc, Francis
Gloria--1980, 1966, 1964

Praetorius, Michael
Wie Schön Leuchtet der Morgenstern--2004

Puccini, Giacomo
Messa di Gloria--1996
Tosca, Scene from Act I--1996
Turandot, Act III, Scene I--1996

Purcell, Henry
Dido and Aeneas--1986, 1965
Fairy Queen, The--1982
Praise to the Lord--1961


Rameau, Jean-Philippe
Seamen's Chorus (from "Fetes d'Hebe")--1960
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Ravel, Maurice
Trois Beaux Oiseaux du Paradis--1964

Riegger, Wallingford
Who Can Revoke--1961

Robinson, Earl
Ballad for Americans--1962

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Rossi, Salamone
Al Naharot Bavel (Psalm 137)--1994, 2004
Amor Fa Quanto Vuoi--1987
Correte Amanti--1987
Elohim Hashivenu (Psalm 80)--2004
K'Dusha (Keter)--1994, 2004
Mizmor L'Toda (Psalm 100)--1994, 2004
Scherzan Intorno i Pargoletti Amori--1987
Se'l Leoncorno Corr'al Casto Seno--1987
V'attene Pur da Me Cruda--1987
Voi Che Seguite Il Cieco Ardor de Venere--1987

Rossini, Gioacchino
Petite Messe Solennelle--1989

Rovner, Zeidel
E met V'emunah--1998

Rutter, John
When Icicles Hang--2002


Saint-Saens, Camille
Christmas Oratorio ("Oratorio de Noel")--2002, 1991
Requiem--1987

Scandelli, Antonio
One Small White Hen--1964

Scarlatti, Alessandro
Exultate Deo--1971, 1963

Schein
Studentenmauss--1964

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Schubert, Franz
Allmacht, Die ("The Omnipotence")--1998
Mass No.2 in G Major--1992, 1982, 1968
Mirjams Siegegesang ("Miriam's Song of Triumph")--1998, 1989

Psalm 23--1998
Psalm 92--1998
Ruhe, Schoenstes Gluck der Erde--1998
Schoentes Gluck der Erde--1998
Sound the Cymbal--1960

Schütz, Heinrich
Alleluia, Lobet den Herren (Psalm 150)--1988
Cantate Domino--1960
Magnificat--1988

Schuman, William
Holiday Song--1960 (2)

Shemer, Naomi Yerushalayim Shel Zahav--1998

Siegmeister, Elie
In Our Times--1965

Smith, Gregg
Earth Requiem--2001

Somary, Johannes
Prayer of Saint Francis of Assissi--1990 (world premiere)
Ultimate Quest, The--1988 (world premiere)

Stephani, Regula Pauli et
Cuckoo, The--1964

Sternberg, E.W.
Hitrag 'Ut--1969

Stravinsky, Igor
Ave Maria--1990
Pater Noster--1990
Symphony of Psalms--1986, 1973

Sullivan, Arthur
Over the Bright Blue Sea (from "Pinafore")--1966
Sir Joseph's Barge Is Seen (from "Pinafore")--1966
When the Foeman Bares His Steel (from "The Pirates of Penzance")--1966

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Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyitch
Ode to Joy--1995

Tessier, Charles
Au Joli Bois--1991

Thompson, Randall
Alleluia--1963, 1961. 1960
Feast of Praise, A--1966
Frostiana--1990, 1973, 1963
Peaceable Kingdom, The--2001
Ye Shall Have a Song (from "The Peaceable Kingdom")--1997

Toch, Ernst
Fuge aus der Geographie--1960

Tschesnekoff, Pavla
Salvation Is Created--1971


Vaughan Williams, Ralph
An Oxford Elegy--1987
Dona Nobis Pacem--1978, 1969
Epithalamion--1992
Old 100th Psalm Tune, The--1999
O Praise the Lord of Heaven (Psalm 148)--1999, 1988
Prayer to the Father of Heaven--1999
Serenade to Music--1997

Vecchi, Antonis
Fa una Cazone--1963

Verdi, Giuseppe
Coro di Schiavi Ebrei (from "Nabucco")--1996
Libiamo, Ne' Lieti Calici (from "La Traviata")--1996
Requiem--1974
Te Deum--1977

Victoria, Tomas Luis de
O Magnum Mysterium--1963

Vivaldi, Antonio
Beatus Vir (Psalm 112)--1980
Dixit (Psalm 110)--1980
Gloria--1994, 1968, 1964, 1961
Magnificat--1983


Walker, William
Amazing Grace--1976

Weill, Kurt
Kiddush--1987

Welensky, Moshe
Uri Tsiyon--1969

Woodbury, I.B.
Stars of the Summer Night--1976


Zaimont, Judith Lang
Chase, The--1973 (world premiere)
Sacred Service for the Sabbath Evening--1976
Three Ayres--1969

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