| PERFORMANCE HISTORY | First compiled for the 40th anniversary celebration | |||||
| of the Chorus,1989 |
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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 | ||||