Repertoire
The University Singers and Chamber Singers perform a wide variety of repertoire, covering centuries and continents of music, and ranging from short a cappella pieces to major choral-orchestral works. In addition, the group has been involved in multiple commissioning projects and premieres with composers including Stephen Paulus, Forrest Pierce, Judith Shatin, and Eric Whitacre.
Major works and milestones in the ensemble’s repertoire include: _____________________________________________________________________________
2023 Craig Hella Johnson's Considering Matthew Shepard
2022 Rachmaninoff: All Night Vigil (Vespers) with the Oratorio Society
2021 Concert celebrating women at UVA and 50 years of full co-education, featuring
works by Abbie Betinis, Alice Parker, Judith Shatin, KaeRenae Mitchell, and others
2020 Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (canceled due to the pandemic)
Virtual Family Holiday Concert (with the Charlottesville Symphony) on YouTube
2019 Anton Bruckner: Te Deum
Felix Mendelssohn: Psalm 42
2018 Leonard Bernstein: Mass (regional premiere)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem (North American premiere of
Jonathan Rathbone orchestration)
2017 J. Todd Frazier: We Hold These Truths (world premiere of UVA version)
Randall Thompson: Testament of Freedom
Concert of African-American choral music, featuring works by Harry Burleigh,
Nathaniel Dett, William Dawson, Moses Hogan, Keith McCutchen, and others
2016 J.S. Bach: St. John Passion
Recording of UVA Songs for UVA’s 2016 Holiday greeting
(surpassed 400,000 views on social media)
2015 Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #9
Francis Poulenc: Gloria
Samuel Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard
2014 G.F. Handel: Messiah
Schönberg/Boublil: Excerpts from Les Misérables (performed for creators)
2013 Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem
Sergei Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
Forrest Pierce: Il Cantico del Sole (world premiere)
2012 Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah
Judith Shatin: Birkat HaKohanim (world premiere)
2011 Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Gustav Holst: The Planets (Neptune)
2010 J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor
Michael Slon: I am the Way (world premiere)
Eric Whitacre: little man in a hurry (regional premiere)
2009 Maurice Duruflé: Requiem
2008 Ludwig van Beethoven: Choral Fantasy
Franz Haydn: Theresienmesse
Stephen Paulus: Psalm 46 (world premiere)
2007 Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
Francis Poulenc: Gloria
2006 W.A. Mozart: Mass in C minor (K. 427)
Excerpts from The Magic Flute
2005 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem
Benjamin Britten: Festival Te Deum
James MacMillan: Cantos Sagrados
2004 Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
2003 Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Aaron Copland: The Promise of Living (arr. with orchestra)
Old American Songs (excerpts, arr. with orchestra)
W.A. Mozart: Coronation Mass (K. 317)
Vesperae Solennes de Confessore (K. 339)
2002 Gabriel Fauré: Requiem
2001 G.F. Handel: Messiah
Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria (RV 589)
Additional repertoire performed prior to 2000 includes: _____________________________________________________________________________
J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion (with Otto-Werner Mueller, conductor)
Motets: Der Geist hilft; Jesu, meine Freude; Komm, Jesu komm; Lobet den
Herrn; Singet dem Herrn
Johannes Brahms: Nänie Schicksalslied
Ludwig van Beethoven: Mass in C
Anton Bruckner: Mass in E minor
Paul Hindemith: Six Chansons
Arthur Honegger: King David
G.C. Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore
Francis Poulenc: Mass in G
Motets for Christmas and for Lent
Un soir de neige
Ottorino Respighi: Lauda per la Natività del Signore
C.V. Stanford: Three Latin Motets (op. 38)