| PERFORMANCE HISTORY | First compiled for the 40th anniversary celebration | |||||
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| HOUSTON CHORALE |
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| HOUSTON SYMPHONY CHORALE | Revised and updated by Bill Goddard, 2003, dates added by Ian Fetterley 2003 |
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| HOUSTON SYMPHONY CHORUS | Please send additions/corrections to iwf @ slb.com | |||||
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| Composer | Work | Conductor | DayMonth | Year | Soloists | Comments |
| Beethoven | Symphony #9 | Kurtz |
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1949 |
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| Humperdinck | Evening Prayer & Dream Pantomime | Urbach |
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1949 |
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(Hansel and Gretel) |
| Tchaikowsky | Nutcracker Suite | Urbach |
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1949 |
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| Borodin | Polovetsian Dances (Prince Igor) | Kurtz |
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1950 |
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| Brahms | Alto Rhapsody | Kurtz |
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1950 |
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| Franck | 150th Psalm | Urbach |
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1950 |
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| Verdi | Requiem | Kurtz |
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1951 |
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| Brahms | Nanie | Kurtz |
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1952 |
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| Brahms | Shicksalslied | Kurtz |
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1952 |
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| Monteverdi | Magnificat | Kurtz |
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1953 |
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| Schubert | The Omnipotence | Urbach |
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1954 |
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| Sibelius | Hymn to the Earth | Stokowski |
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1955 |
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| Verdi | Requiem | Beecham |
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1955 |
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| Berlioz | L'Enfance du Christ | Stokowski |
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1956 |
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| Orff | Carmina Burana | Stokowski |
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1956 |
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| Orff | Il Trionfo di Afrodite | Stokowski |
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1956 |
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| Beethoven | Symphony #9 | Stokowski |
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1957 |
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| Hovhaness | Ad Lyram | Stokowski |
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1957 |
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| Orff | Naenie and Dithyrambe | Stokowski |
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1957 |
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| Bach/Stravinsky | Von Himmel Hoch | Stravinsky |
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1958 |
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| Debussy | Trois Chansons | Stokowski |
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1958 |
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| Orff | Carmina Burana | Stokowski |
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1958 |
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| Wagner | Venusberg Music | Stokowski |
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1958 |
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| Bach | B minor Mass | Stokowski |
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1959 |
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| Debussy | La Damoiselle Elue | Rachlin |
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1959 |
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| Brahms | Alto Rhapsody | Stokowski |
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1960 |
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| Brahms | German Requiem | Stokowski |
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1960 |
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| Holst | The Planets | Sargent |
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1960 |
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| Gershwin | Porgy and Bess (excerpts) | Kostelanetz |
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1961 |
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| Wagner | Meistersinger: Procession & Final Choruses | Leinsdorf |
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1961 |
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| Wagner | Venusberg Music | Leinsdorf |
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1961 |
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| Walton | Belshazzar's Feast | Golschmann |
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1961 |
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| Debussy | Nocturnes (Sirenes) | Barbirolli |
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1962 |
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| Mahler | Symphony #2 (Resurrection) | Barbirolli |
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1962 |
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| Ravel | Daphnis & Chloe Suite #2 | Barbirolli |
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1962 |
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| Borodin | Polovetsian Dances (Prince Igor) | Lane |
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1963 |
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| Humperdinck | Evening Prayer & Dream Pantomime | Lane |
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1963 |
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(Hansel and Gretel) |
| Ravel | Daphnis & Chloe Suite #2 | Barbirolli |
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1963 |
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| Verdi | Requiem | Barbirolli |
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1963 |
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| Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | Barbirolli |
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1964 |
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| Beethoven | Symphony #9 | Barbirolli |
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1965 |
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| Handel | Messiah | Barbirolli |
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1966 |
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| Ravel | Daphnis & Chloe Suite #2 | Barbirolli |
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1966 |
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| Saint-Saens | Christmas Oratorio | Roller |
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1966 |
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| Verdi | Te Deum | Roller |
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1966 |
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| Brahms | German Requiem | Roller |
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1967 |
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| Mahler | Symphony #3 | Barbirolli |
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1967 |
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| Britten | Ceremony of Carols | Bedford |
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1968 |
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| Stravinski | Symphony of Psalms | Previn |
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1968 |
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| Vaughan Williams | Sinfonia Antarctica | Previn |
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1968 |
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| Verdi | Requiem | Barbirolli |
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1968 |
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| Honegger | Une Cantate de Noel | Roller |
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1969 |
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| Mahler | Symphony #2 (Resurrection) | Barbirolli |
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1969 |
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| Wagner | Selected Choruses | Roller |
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1969 |
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| Beethoven | Symphony #9 | Roller |
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1970 |
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| Holst | The Planets | Ehrling |
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1970 |
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| Humperdinck | Evening Prayer & Dream Pantomime | Roller |
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1970 |
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(Hansel and Gretel) |
| Mascagni | Anthem (Cavalleria Rusticana) | Roller |
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1970 |
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| Mozart | Solemn Vespers | Roller |
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1970 |
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| Schutz | Magnificat | Roller |
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1970 |
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| Beethoven | C-Major Mass | Foster |
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1971 |
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| Beethoven | Missa Solemnis | Shaw |
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1971 |
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| Mahler | Symphony #3 | Roller |
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1971 |
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| Mozart | Requiem | Roller |
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1971 |
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| Verdi | Stabat Mater/Te Deum | Foster |
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1971 |
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| Walton | Belshazzar's Feast | Handford |
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1971 |
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| Bach | Magnificat | Roller |
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1972 |
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| Brahms | Alto Rhapsody | Covelli |
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1972 |
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| Feldman | The Rothko Chapel (World Premiere) | Peress |
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1972 |
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| Haydn | The Creation | Foster |
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1972 |
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| Prokofiev | Alexander Nevsky | Foster |
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1972 |
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| Bach/Stravinsky | Von Himmel Hoch | Foster |
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1973 |
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| Beethoven | Symphony #9 | Foster |
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1973 |
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| Orff | Carmina Burana | Foster |
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1973 |
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| Ravel | Daphnis & Chloe Suite #2 | Foster |
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1973 |
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| Stravinski | Persephone | Foster |
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1973 |
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| Wagner | The Flying Dutchman (Concert version) | Foster |
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1973 |
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| Brahms | German Requiem | Foster |
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1974 |
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| Falla | La Vida Breve | Fruhbeck |
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1974 |
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| Mozart | Coronation Mass | Foster |
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1974 |
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| Britten | War Requiem | Shaw |
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1975 |
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| Mahler | Symphony #2 (Resurrection) | Foster |
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1975 |
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| Mahler | Symphony #3 | Foster |
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1975 |
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| Mozart | Solemn Vespers | Strong |
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1975 |
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| Vivaldi | Gloria | Foss |
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1975 |
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| Bach | St. Matthew Passion | Foster |
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1976 |
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| Berlioz | Damnation of Faust | Foster | 16/17-Feb | 1976 | Evelyn Lear (s), Kenneth Riegel (t), Michael Devlin (b), Jon Enloe (b) |
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| Mendelssohn | Midsummer Night's Dream | Foster |
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1976 |
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| Brahms | Shicksalslied | Babikian |
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1977 |
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| Debussy | La Damoiselle Elue | Babikian |
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1977 |
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| Holst | The Planets | Foster |
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1977 |
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| Purcell | Come Ye Sons of Art | Babikian |
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1977 |
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| Stravinski | Oedipus Rex | Foster | 6/7/8-Feb | 1977 | George Shirley (t), Joy Davidson (ms), Jon Enloe (b), Richard T. Gill (b), Dale Smith (t), Werner Klemperer (narr) |
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| Tippett | A Child of Our Time | Groves | 28/29-Nov | 1977 | Lorna Hawood (s), Sheila Nadler (ms), Seth McCoy (t), Ara Berberian (b) |
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| Verdi | Requiem | Foster |
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1977 |
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| Beethoven | Symphony #9 | Foster | 14/15/16-Mar | 1978 | Earlene Ballard (s), Barbara Conrad (ms), Seth McCoy (t), Ezio Flagello (b) |
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| Bruckner | Te Deum | Foster |
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1978 | Earlene Ballard (s), Barbara Conrad (ms), Seth McCoy (t), Ezio Flagello (b) |
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| Elgar | Dream of Gerontius | Gibson |
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1978 |
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| Moussorgsky | Boris Godunov (concert version) | Foster | 6/7-Mar | 1978 | Richard C. Dehmel, Nathaniel Lee, Mary Nepveux, Nancy McClain, Paul Downs, James Wilhite, Cary Cobb, Sandra Coffman | Soloists were Chorus members - Jerom Hines (b) |
| Brahms | German Requiem | Bergel, Erich | 13/14-Oct | 1979 | Tom Krause (b), Ruth Falcon (s) |
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| Ravel | Daphnis & Chloe Suites & Ballet | Inbal |
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1979 |
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| Wagner | Selected Choruses | Gibson | 5/6/7-May | 1979 |
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| Beethoven | Missa Solemnis | Bergel | 17/18/19-May | 1980 | Marilyn Azchau (s), Florence Quivar (m), John Alexander (t), Ezio Flagello (b) |
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| Berlioz | Requiem | Comissiona, Sergiu | 29/30-Nov | 1980 | Robert White (t) |
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| Mozart | Requiem | Weller,Walter | 22/23/24-Mar | 1980 | Heather Harper (s), Delia Wallis (m), Alexander Oliver (t), John Shirley-Quirk (b) |
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| Beethoven | Choral Fantasy | Gibson |
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1981 |
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| Brahms | Alto Rhapsody | Bergel, Erich | 3/4/5-Oct | 1981 | Barbara McAlister (m) |
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| Brahms | Nanie | Bergel |
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1981 |
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| Brahms | Shicksalslied | Bergel |
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1981 |
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| Various | The Many Moods of Christmas:Shaw,Selections from Messiah:Handel,White Christmas:Irving Berlin,Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer:Marks, Sleigh Ride:Anderson,Sing-along | Lanchbery, John | 15/16-Dec | 1981 |
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| Handel | Messiah | Harwood, C. William | Dec 22 | 1981 | Elezabeth Pruett (s), Constance Beavon (m), Steven Cole (t), Kevin Langan (b) | Westury Baptist Church |
| Mozart | Idomeneo (excerpts) | Harwood, C. William | Dec 05 | 1981 |
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St. Luke's Methodist Church |
| Orff | Carmina Burana | Harwood, C. William | 16/17/18-May | 1981 | Carmen Balthrop (s), John Aler (t), Carlos Serrano (b) |
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| Paulus | Letters for the Times | Harwood, C. William |
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1981 |
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| Penderecki | Psalms of David | Penderecki |
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1981 |
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| Tchaikowsky | Eight Songs | Babikian |
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1981 |
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| Bach/Stravinsky | Von Himmel Hoch | Comissiona, Sergiu | 11/12/13-Sep | 1982 | Lucy Shelton (s), Katherine Ciesinski (m), Jon West (t), John Cheek (b) |
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| Beethoven | Symphony #9 | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1982 |
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| Bizet | Carmen (excerpts) | Harwood |
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1982 |
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| Debussy | Nocturnes (Sirenes) | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1982 |
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Recorded |
| Handel | Messiah | Harwood |
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1982 |
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| Haydn | Harmoniemesse | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1982 |
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| Holst | The Planets | Gibson, Alexander | 1/2/3-May | 1982 |
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| Ravel | Daphnis & Chloe Suites & Ballet | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1982 |
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| Shoenberg | Gurrelieder | Comissiona, Sergiu | 8/9-May | 1982 | Heather Harper (s), Edith Thallaug (m), Richard Cassilly (t), Kim Scown (t), David Arnold (b), Werner Klemperer (narr) |
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| Stravinski | Symphony of Psalms | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1982 |
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| Beethoven | Choral Fantasy | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1983 |
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| Berlioz | Romeo & Juliet | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1983 |
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| Bernstein | Chichester Psalms | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1983 |
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| Handel | Messiah | Negri |
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1983 |
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| Liszt | Dante Symphony | Atzmon |
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1983 |
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| Mendelssohn | Symphony #2 (Lobgesang) | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1983 | Linda Zoghby (s), Jennifer Jones (m), James Atherton (t) | Chorus left out of program |
| Ravel | Daphnis & Chloe Suites & Ballet | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1983 |
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| Walton | Belshazzar's Feast | Gibson |
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1983 |
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| Berlioz | Damnation of Faust | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1984 |
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| Bizet | Carmen (excerpts) | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1984 |
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| Debussy | La Damoiselle Elue | Bertini |
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1984 |
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| Gershwin | Porgy and Bess (excerpts) | Buckley |
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1984 |
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| Handel | Messiah | Westenburg |
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1984 |
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| Mahler | Symphony #3 | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1984 |
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| Ravel | Daphnis & Chloe Suites #1 & #2 | Dutoit |
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1984 |
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| Verdi | Four Sacred Pieces | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1984 |
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| Beethoven | Symphony #9 | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1985 |
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| Brahms | German Requiem (selections) | Babikian |
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1985 |
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| Grieg | Incidental Music from Peer Gynt | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1985 |
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| Handel | Messiah | Gomez-Martinez |
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1985 |
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| Mendelssohn | Midsummer Night's Dream | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1985 |
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| Mozart | Requiem | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1985 |
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| Rodgers & Hammerstein | Selections | Kunzel |
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1985 |
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| Salieri | Coronation Te Deum | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1985 |
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| Tchaikowsky | 1812 Overture; Nutcracker: Waltz of the Snowflakes | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1985 |
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Waltz of the Snowflakes recorded |
| Tippett | A Child of Our Time | Comissiona, Sergiu | 4/5-Jan | 1985 | Teresa Cahill (s), Jan de Gaetani (m), John Aler (t), John Shirley-Quirk(b) | Tippett's 80th birthday celebration |
| Verdi | Choruses: Nabucco, Il Trovatore, Aida | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1985 |
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| Berlioz | Lelio | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1986 |
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| Joplin | Suite from Treemonisha | Schenck, Andrew | Jul 16 | 1986 |
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Summer Festival performance - Virginia Babikian |
| Mozart | Abduction from the Seraglio; Requiem | de Waart |
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1986 |
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| Mozart | Requiem | De Waart | 11/21 Oct | 1986 | Benita Valente (s), Sehava Gal (ms), Kurt Streit (t), Michael Devlin (b) |
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| Orff | Carmina Burana | Krager |
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1986 |
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With Brazos Valley Symphony |
| Orff | Carmina Burana | Comissiona, Sergiu | 17/18/19-May | 1986 | Erie Mills (s), Carroll Freeman (t), Hakan Hagegard (b) | with Singing Boys of Houston (Gary Patterson) |
| Handel | Messiah | Hickox, Richard | 18/19/20-Dec | 1986 | Patrizia Kwella (s), Charles Brett (ct), Martyn Hill (t), Stephen Roberts (b) |
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| Various | A Christmas Festival: Anderson, Hallelujah Corus: Handel,Good King King/Thow the Yulelog On Uncle John: PDQ Bach | Polochick, Edward /Hausmann, Charles | 12/13/14-Dec | 1986 |
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| Purcell | Come Ye Sons of Art | Wuorinen |
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1986 |
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| Wagner | Venusberg Music | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1986 |
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| Wagner | Venusberg Music, Tannhauser | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1986 |
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| Beethoven | Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage | Weller |
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1987 |
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| Berlioz | Royal Hunt & Storm from Les Troyens | Comissiona, Sergiu | 21-Jan 1/2-Feb | 1987 |
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| Bloch | Sacred Service | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1987 |
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| Boito | Prologue to Mefistofele | Comissiona, Sergiu |
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1987 |
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| Borodin/Rimsky-Korsakov | Polovetsian Dances (Prince Igor) | Weller, Walter |
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1987 |
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plus Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 112:Beethoven |
| Handel | Messiah | Wyss, Niklaus |
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1987 |
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| Mozart | Requiem (exerpts) | Fletcher, Richard / Dodd, Nicholas | Jul 25 | 1987 |
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Summer Festival performance |
| Prokofiev | Alexander Nevsky | Comissiona, Sergiu | 16/17/18-May | 1987 | Taylor (s) |
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| Rodgers & Hammerstein | Selections | Wayland, Newton |
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1987 |
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| Carl Orff | Carmina Burana (Ballet version) | Glenn Langdon | 26/27/29-May 2/3/4/5-Jun | 1998 | Joseph Frank (t), Amy Burton (s), David Rice (b) | Performed in the Dark onstage |
| Various | Music of Cole Porter: Can-Can, See America First, Paris, The Gay Divorcee, Anything Goes, Rosalie, High Society, Kiss Me Kate | Wayland, Newton | 7/8-Oct | 1988 | Pamela Brooks (s), Bryan Landrine (t), Jubilant Sykes (b) |
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| Handel | Messiah | Wyss, Niklaus | 19/20-Dec | 1988 | Janice Grissom (s), Jane Bunnell (m), Joseph Frank (t), Arthur Woodley (b) |
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| Mozart | Te Deum | Wyss, Niklaus | Jul 15 | 1988 |
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plus Miserere: Allegri in first half |
| Haydn | The Creation | Wyss, Niklaus | 11/12/13/14-Nov | 1988 | Andrea Matthews (s), Douglas Ahlstedt (t), John Ostendore (b) |
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| Requiem | Bernardi |
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1988 |
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| Schuller | The Power Within Us | Schuller | 13/14-Feb | 1988 | David Evits (b)Ara Carapetyan (nar.) |
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| Verdi | Requiem | Comissiona, Sergiu | 9/10/11-Apr | 1988 | Teresa Cahill (s), Leslie Richards (m), Gary Lakes (t), Paul Plishka (b) |
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| Beethoven | Mass in C Major (Op.86) | Eschenbach | Jul 15 | 1989 | Renee Fleming (s), Marietta Simpson (m), Glenn Siebert (t), John Ostendore (b) | Summer Festival performance |
| Beethoven | Missa Solemnis | Page, Robert | 8/9/10-Apr | 1989 | Kaaren Erickson (s), Ketherine Ciesinski (mp), Ernesto Palacio (t), George-Emil Crasnaru (b) | Lawrence Foster withdrew due to illness |
| Beethoven | Symphony #9 | Eschenbach | 23/24/25-Sep | 1989 | Benita Valente(s), Katherine Ciesinski(ms), Michael Pabst(t), Jubilant Sykes(b) |
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| Handel | Messiah | Wagner, Roger | 18/19-Dec | 1989 | Carolyn James(s), Denyce Graves(ms), Ben Heppner(t), George Hogan(b) |
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| Mahler | Symphony #2 | Eschenbach | 18/19-Feb | 1989 | Pamela Coburn (s), Birgit Finnilae (m) |
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| Various | Selections from Broadway | Wayland, Newton | 12/13-Jan | 1990 | Katherine Terrell (s), Robert Tate (t), Lewis Dale von Schlanbusch (b) | Clizzie Lunine (Choreographer) |
| Brahms | German Requiem | Eschenbach | 21/22/23-Apr | 1990 | Renee Fleming (s), La Verne Williams (ms), Thomas Allen (b) | |
| Debussy | Nocturnes | Tang, Muhai | 27/28/29-Mar | 1990 | Women only | |
| Handel | Messiah | Seaman, Christopher |
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1990 | Heidi Grant (s), Nancy Maultsby (ms), David Britton (t), Jan Opalach (b), David Britton (t) |
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| Mahler | Symphony #3 | Eschenbach | 15/16/17-Sep | 1990 | Jard Van Nes (ms), | HSC Women with Singing Boys of Houston and Gary W. Patterson (Conductor) |
| Various | The Stories of Christmas | Ben-Dor, Gisele | 15/16/17-Dec | 1989 | Debra Hays (s), Darla Barrow (s) | with UH Chamber Singers; Copeland:Variations on a Shaker Melody;Shaker Hymn:I Will Bow and Be Simple;Appalachian Carol:I Wonder as I Wander;Richard Strauss:Music from Le Gourgeois gentilhomme;Offenbach:Chorus and Olympia's Area from The Tales of Hoffman;Delibes:Machine Music and Waltz from Coppelia |
| Mozart | Mass in C Minor, K. 417a, "The Great" | Eschenbach | Jul 19 | 1990 | Heidi Grant (s), Lorraine Hunt (s), Stanford Olsen (t), Herbert Perry, (b) | |
| Stravinsky | Requiem Canticles | Eschenbach | 1990 | La Verne Williams (ms), Thomas Allen (b) | ||
| Villa-Lobos | Choro No. 10 | Tang | 1990 | |||
| Various | The Spirit of Christmas | Ben-Dor, Gisele | 14/15/16-Dec | 1990 | O Come O Come Emmanuel:Trad, Exultate Deo:Scarlatti, Harke all ye lovely saints above:Weelkes, Sing wee and Chaunt it :Morley, Fantasia on Greensleeves:Vaughan Williams, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring:J.S.Bach, Magnificat:J.S.Bach, Jallelujah Chorus from Messiah:Handel, Folksongs from Somerset: Vaughan Williams, Festival of Carols-Here We Come a Wassailing,The Twelve Days of Christmas:Rutter, The First Nowell:Trad, Fum,Fum,Fum:Trad, I'll be Home for Christmas:Kent, Jingle Bells:Trad, The Christmas Song:Torme with University of Houston Chamber Singers | |
| Handel | Messiah | Seaman, Christopher | 21/22/23-Dec | 1990 | Heidi Grans (s), Nancy Maultsby (ms), David Britton (t), Jan Opalach (bb) | |
| Handel | Coronation Anthems | McGegan, Nicholas |
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1991 |
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| Mozart | Requiem | Eschenbach, Christoph |
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1991 |
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| Ravel | Daphnis & Chloe | Eschenbach, Christoph | 1991 |
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| Handel | Coronation Anthems - Zadok the Priest, Let Thy hand Be Stengthened | McGegan, Nicholas | 5/6/7-Oct | 1991 |
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| Stravinsky | Symphony of Psalms | McGegan, Nicholas | 5/6/7-Oct | 1991 |
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| Richard Rodgers | Selections from Oklahoma!, The Sound of Music, Jumbo, Garrick Gaieties, Me and Juliet, The Boys from Syracuse, The King and I, State Fair, On Your Toes, Carousel, Flower Drum Song, South Pacific | Wayland, Newton | 11/12/13-Jan | 1991 | Katherine Terrell (s), Robert Tate (t), Lewis Dale von Schlanbusch (b), Julia Krohn (the little girl), Lizzie Lunine (choreographer) |
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| Beethoven | Symphony #9 | Eschenbach, Christoph | 25/26-Jul | 1992 | Marquita Lister (s), Sandra Walker (ms), John Keyes (t), Richard Paul Fink (b) | Summer Festival performance |
| Brahams | Alto Rhapsody; Shicksalslied | Eschenbach, Christoph | 21/22/23-Mar | 1992 | Dunja Vejzovic | Recorded |
| Mendelssohn | Elijah | Shaw, Robert | 29-Feb,1/2-Mar | 1992 | Christine Brewer (s), Nancy Maultsby, (ms), Karl Dent (t), William Stone (b) |
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| Vaughan Williams | A Sea Symphony (Symphony #1) | Seaman, Christopher | 10/11/12-Oct | 1992 | Marvis Martin (s), William Stone (b), |
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| Verdi | Requiem | Eschenbach, Christoph |
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1992 | Shinobu Satoh (s), Florence Quivar (ms), Kaludi Kaludow (t), Paul Plishka (b) |
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| Beethoven | Missa Solemnis | Eschenbach, Christoph | 23/25/26-Apr | 1993 | Renee Fleming (s), La Verne Williams (ms), Thomas Allen (b) |
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| Berlioz | Requiem | Shaw, Robert | 13/14/15-Feb | 1993 | Karl Dent (t) |
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| Britten | War Requiem | Shaw, Robert | 13/14/15-Nov | 1993 | Lorna Haywood (s), Stanford Olsen (t), David Wilson-Johnson (b) |
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| Bach | St. John Passion | Schreier, Peter | 29/30/31-Oct | 1994 | Peter Schreier (t,Evang.) Robert Holl (bb) Ellen Van Lier (s) Monica Groop (m-s) Jorma Silvasti (t) Andreas Scheibner (b) Beth Casey*(s) Grant Bue* (t) James Wilhite* (bar) | *Members of Houston Symphony Chorus |
| Various | Deck the Halls:Kay, Jallelujah Chorus from Messiah:Handel, Fantasia on Greensleeves:Vaughan Williams, March of the Little Lead Soldiers:Pierne, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring:J.S.Bach, The Wizard of Oz Selections:Arlen-Harburg, Sleigh Ride:Anderson, Fum, fum, fum - Carol fo the Drums, Carol of the Bells:Various, Jingle Bells:Anderson | Miller, Mitch | 9/10/11-Dec | 1994 |
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| Handel | Messiah | Bernardi, Mario | 16/17/18-Dec | 1994 | Dominique Labelle (s), Nancy Maultsby (ms), Douglas Johnson (t), Lawrence Craig (b) |
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| Haydn | The Seasons | McGegan, Nicholas | 5/6/7-Feb | 1994 | Dominique Labelle (s), Jeffrey Thomas (t), Nathaniel Watson (b) |
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| Mahler | Symphony #8 | Eschenbach | 21/22/23-May | 1994 | Shinobu Satoh (s), Marvis Martin (s), Heidi Grant Murphy (s), Janis Taylor (ms), Lucille Beer (ms), Vinson Cole (t), Hector Jorge Guedes (b), Eric Halfvarson (b) | With the Dallas Symphony Chorus:David R Davidson, and the Fort Bend Boys Choir:William R. Adams, and the Houston Boychoir:Wdavid Czervinske |
| Beethoven | Symphony #9 | Eschenbach | 1995 | |||
| Various | Christmas Day:Holst, Fantasia on Greensleeves:Vaughan Williams,The Holly and the Ivy:Rutter, Jallelujah from Messiah:Handel, The Twelve Days of Christmas:Rutter, Sleigh Ride:Anderson, Silent Night:Gruber, Joy To The World:Handel, Carol of the Bell:Morden, Christmas Memories:Chase, We Wish You a Merry Christmas:Harris | Stein, Stephen | 8/9/10-Dec | 1995 | ||
| Handel | Messiah | Paul, James | 16/17/18-Dec | 1995 | Ollie Watts Davis (s), Claudine Carlson (ms), David Gordon (t), Mark S. Doss (b) | |
| Hindemuth | When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd | Stein, Stephen | 25/26/27-Mar | 1995 | Marietta Simpson (ms), Victor Ledbetter (b) | Robert Shaw withdrew due to illness |
| Orff | Carmina Burana | Macal | 18/19/20-Nov | 1995 | Beverly Hoch (s), John Daniecki (t), Kevin McMillan (b), | with Ft. Bend Boy's Choir |
| Poulenc | Gloria | Eschenbach, Christoph | 1995 | |||
| Berlioz | Damnation of Faust | Eschenbach, Christoph | 17/19/20-May | 1996 | Denyce Graves (ms), Vinson Cole (t), Richard Paul Fink (b), Kelly Anderson (b), | with Ft. Bend Boys Choir:William R. Adams, and Houston Boychoir:David Czervinske |
| Various | The Many Moods of Christmas:Shaw,Hallelujah from Messiah:Handel,Sleigh Ride:Anderson, God Rest Ye Merry Gentelement:Bartsch,O Tannenbaum:Bartsch, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer:Bartsch, Here Comes Santa Claus:Autry/Haldeman, The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire):Torme/Wells,Silent Night:Gruber,We Wish You a Merry Christmas:Harris | Stein, Stephen | 12/14/15-Dec | 1996 | with Houston Festival Ringers: Andrew Bowen | |
| Handel | Messiah | Bolton, Ivor | 20/21/22-Dec | 1996 | Ann Monoyios (s), Linda Maguire (ms), Glenn Siebert (t), Thomas Barrett (b) | |
| Mozart | Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618 | Honeck, Manfred | 9/10/11-Nov | 1996 | ||
| Mozart | Requiem | Honeck, Manfred | 9/10/11-Nov | 1996 | Heidi Grant Murphy (s), Marietta Simpson (ms), Richard Clement (t), John Cheek (b) | |
| Orff | Carmina Burana | Velazco | Aug 31 | 1996 | Jane Becker (s), Eduardo Lopez de Casas (c-t), Chris Owens (b), | with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria in Mexico City |
| Prokofiev | Alexander Nevsky | Paul, James | 17/18/19-Feb | 1996 | Florence Quivar (ms) | |
| Ravel | Daphnis and Chloe | Eschenbach, Christoph | 28/29/30-Sep | 1996 | ||
| Beethoven | Symphony #9 | Eschenbach, Christoph | Feb 14 | 1997 | Marvis Martin (s), Marietta Simpson (ms), Gordon Gietz (t), Andreas Scheibner (bb) | Gala Concert |
| Brahms | German Requiem | Eschenbach, Christoph | 24/25/26-May | 1997 | Shinobu Satoh (s), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (b) | In Memory of Virginia Babikian, HSC Director 1979-86 |
| Various | Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme:Bach,Ave Marie:Bach/Gounod, Allelluia from Exsultate jubilate:Mozart,O Holy Night:Adam, A Hyw Werke Has Come on Hone:Nelson,The Joy of Children+:Mecham,Magnificat anima mea from Magnificat:Rutter,Hallelujah from Messiah:Handel,Sleigh Ride:Anderson,The Night Before Christmas:Bass, The Twelve Days of Christmas:Rutter | Stein, Stephen | 11/13/14-Dec | 1997 | Amy Burton (s)(Narr) | |
| Handel | Messiah | Seaman, Christopher | 19/20/21-Dec | 1997 | Beverly Hoch (s), Nancy Maultsby (ms), Karl Dent (t), Jan Opalach (b) | |
| Mahler | Symphony No 2, "Ressurrection" | Eschenbach, Christoph | 13/14/15-Sep | 1997 | Ying Huang (s), Florence Quivar (ms), | |
| Mendelssohn | Die erste Walpurgisnacht | Rilling, Helmuth | 8/9/10-Nov | 1997 | Milagro Vargas (s), James Taylor (t), Robert Overman (b) | |
| Schubert | Mass No. 5, D. 678 | Delfts, Andreas | 22/23/24-Mar | 1997 | Dominique Labelle (s), Janis Taylor (ms), Stanford Olsen (t), Kevin McMillan (b) | |
| Verdi | Requiem | Shaw | Sept 27 | 1997 | Stella Zambalis (s), Diane Elias (ms), Karl Dent (t), Richard Paul Fink (b) | Opening Concerts, Moores Opera House |
| Verdi | Requiem | Velazco, Jorge | 30/31-Aug | 1997 | Leona Mitchell (s), Francisco Araiza (t), Giorgio Surjan (b) | with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria in Mexico City |
| Bach | Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her | Eschenbach, Christoph | 10/11/12-Oct | 1998 | Chorale- Variations | |
| Stravinski | Symphony of Psalms | Eschenbach, Christoph | 10/11/12-Oct | 1998 | Dominique Labelle (s), Francois Le Roux (b) | |
| Beethoven | Symphony #9 | Eschenbach, Christoph | 22/23/24/25-May | 1998 | Sheri Greenawald (s), Annamaria Popescu (ms), Vinson Cole (t), Peter Rose (b) | |
| Bach-Stravinsky | Chorale - Variations on Vom Himmel Hoch da Komm'ich her | Eschenbach, Christoph | 10/11/12-Oct | 1998 | ||
| Faure | Requiem | Eschenbach, Christoph | 10/11/12-Oct | 1998 | Dominique Labelle (s), Francois Le Roux (b) | |
| Various | The Joy of Bells:Mechem, Christmas Cantata:Pinkham, Hallelujah Chorus:Handel, Variations on an Advent Hymn:Tull, Sleigh Ride:Anderson, We Wish you a Merry Christmas:Harris | Sidlin, Murry | 10/13/13-Dec | 1998 | ||
| Handel | Messiah | Bicket, Harry | 18/19/20-Dec | 1998 | Kendra Colton (s), Jennifer Dudley (m-s), John McVeigh(t), Eduardo Chama (b) | |
| Mozart | Mass in C Minor, KV 427 "The Great" | Hausmann | 1998 | Mary Carmen Hines (s), Dawn Uebelhart (s), Kirby Traylor (t), Richard Haselip (b) | At Moores Opera House, U of H -- In Memory of Margaret Hillis | |
| Shoenberg | Gurrelieder | Eschenbach | 16/18-May | 1998 | Marina Shaguch (s), Michelle DeYoung (ms), Chris Merritt (t), Jon Kolbet (t), Alan Held (b), Ernst Haefliger(Narr) | With Gay Men's Chorus of Houston |
| Stravinski | Symphony of Psalms | Eschenbach | 1998 | |||
| Adams | Harmonium | Wolff, Hugh | 27/28/29-Mar | 1999 | ||
| Bach | Mass in B minor | Schreier | 6/7/8-Nov | 1999 | Ann Monoyios (s), Susan Platts (ms), Marcus Ullmann (t), Jorg Hempel (b) | |
| Beethoven | Symphony #9 | Eschenbach, Christoph | May 31 | 1999 | Patricia Racette (s), Jill Grove (ms), Gordon Gietz (t), John Relyea (b) | |
| Berlioz | Requiem | Lankester | 1999 | Randolph Lacy (t) | At Moores Opera House, U of H -- In Memory of Robert Shaw | |
| Britten | War Requiem | Velazco, Jorge | 1999 | with Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria, Mexico City | ||
| Handel | Messiah | Wikman | 1999 | |||
| Mahler | Symphony #3 | Eschenbach, Christoph | 1999 | Jill Grove (ms) | With the Ft. Bend Boys Choir | |
| Beethoven | Symphony #9 | Velazco | 2000 | Amelia Sierra (s), Encarnacion Vasquez (ms), Joseph Evans (t), Richard Paul Fink (b) | with Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria, Mexico City | |
| Brahms | Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 | Rutter, John | Mar 04 | 2000 | Jan Grissom (s0, Frank Hernandez (b) | At Moores with Moores School Symphony Orchestra, Concert Chorale, Concet Women's Chorus, University Men's Chorus |
| Handel | Messiah | King, Robert | 15/16/17-Dec | 2000 | Lorna Anderson (s), Joyce DiDonato (ms), Darren Abrahams (t), Nathan Gunn (b) | |
| Mendelssohn | St. Paul | Hickox | Jul 16 | 2000 | Susan Gritton (s), Jean rigby (mx), John Mark Ainsley (t), James Gower (b), Peter Coleman-Wright (b), James Robinson (b) | in Royal Albert Hall, London, England and BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC national Chorus of Wales, London Symphony Chorus |
| Orff | Carmina Burana | Graf, Hans | 17/18/19/20-Mar | 2000 | Christine Brandes (s), Noel Espiritu Velasco (t), Stephen Powell (b), | with Fort Bend Boys Choir:William R. Adams |
| Verdi | Requiem | Abbado, Roberto | 20/21/22-May | 2000 | Andrea Gruber (s), Florence Quivar (ms), Vinson Cole (t), Julian Konstantinov (b) | |
| Various | The Very Best Time of Year:Butter, A Feast of Carols:Bass, Winter Wonderland: Bernard/Hermann, Feliz Navidad, Go Tell It On the Mountain: Jennings, Sleigh Ride:Anderson, | Krajewski, Michael | 7/9/10/10-Dec | 2000 | ||
| Beethoven | Fantasia in C minor for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, Opus 80 (Choral Fantasy) | Delfs, Andreas | 31-Mar/1/2-Apr | 2001 | Norma Blake (s), John MacDonald (t), Scott Holshouser (piano) | Chorus sings for portions of this piano piece with soloists from the chorus |
| Beethoven | Mass in C major, Opus 86 | Delfs, Andreas | 31-Mar/1/2-Apr | 2001 | Jane Jennings (s), Paula Rasmussen (m), Benjamin Butterfield (t), Dean Ely (b) | |
| Prokofiev | Alexander Nevsky, Opus 78 | Robertson, David | 4/6/7-May | 2001 | Mary Phillips (m) | |
| Barber | Prayers of Kierkegaard | Spano, Robert | 6/7/8-Oct | 2001 | Carmen Pelton (s) | |
| Holst | The Planets | Spano, Robert | 6/7/8-Oct | 2001 | HSC Women only | |
| Borodin | Polovtsian Dances | Graf, Hans | Sept 15 | 2001 | ||
| Various | Bell Carol,The First Noel, What Child is This, Go Tell it On the Mountain, The Twelve Days of Christmas, Do You Hear What I Hear?, I'll Be Home for Christmas, White Christmas, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, The Night Before Christmas, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | Krajewski, Michael | 13/15/16-Dec | 2001 | Michael Andrew (vocalist), Steve Smith (narrator) | |
| Handel | Messiah | Llewellyn, Grant | 21/22/23-Dec | 2001 | Ann Monoyios (s), Margaret Lattimore (m), Carl Halvorson (t), Stephen Powell (b) | |
| Beethoven | Missa Solemnis | Graf, Hans | 11/12/13-May | 2002 | Camella Johnson (s), Jill Grove (ms), Anthony Dean Griffey (t), David Pittsinger (b) | |
| Berlioz | Requiem | Velazco, Jorge | 25?-Aug | 2002 | with Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria, Mexico City | |
| Brahms | Triumphlied | Graf, Hans | 16/17/18-Mar | 2002 | Jessica Jones (s), Gigi Mitchell-Velasco, (ms), Karl Dent (t), William Stone (b) | |
| Bruckner | Te Deum | Graf, Hans | 2002 | |||
| Various | Deck the Halls:Prechel,Home Alone:Williams, Wassail Song:Vaughan Williams,It's Christmastime:Jessel/R. Nelson | Krajewski, Michael | 13/14/15-Dec | 2002 | with Houston Children's Chorus: Stephen Roddy | |
| Handel | Messiah | McGegan, Nicholas | 20/21/22-Dec | 2002 | Jennifer Dudley (m), William Burden (t), Stephen Salters (b) | |
| Kodaly | Te Deum | Graf, Hans | 16/17/18-Mar | 2002 | Jessica Jones (s), Gigi Mitchell-Velasco, (ms), Karl Dent (t), William Stone (b) | |
| Beethoven | Symphony #9 | Graf, Hans | 9/19/11-May | 2003 | Alexanra Deshorties (s), Gogo Mitchell-Velasco (ms), Anthony Dean Griffey (t), Richard Bernstein (bb) | Presented with 2 overhead screens (a first for Jones Hall) |
| Mendelssohn | Midsummer Night's Dream | Graf, Hans | Feb | 2003 | Semi-staged with 50% of women entering to sing, rest from offstage | |
| Rachmaninoff | The Bells | Volkov | 2003 | Skipped due to Orchestra Musician's Strike | ||
| Schubert | Die Gesang | Graf, Hans | 9/19/11-May | 2003 | 8-part men only | |