Mass for Choir & Chamber Orchestra

~ mezzo-soprano & tenor soloists, SATB choir, orchestra ~

  • Orchestra is flute, oboe, clarinet, french horn, bassoon & strings.
  • Click here for preview score.
  • Click links below to hear audio demo, mostly with wordless, synthesized voices.
    — Or choose this link to play the whole work continuously, all with wordless voices.
  • Pater Noster is the Lord’s Prayer.
    — It may be performed separately with choir, flute and a string quartet (or organ in lieu of strings).
    — The choir sings a new melody in unison while flute plays the traditional Gregorian chant.
  • Total performance time is about 58 minutes plus pauses between movements.
  • For detailed history behind this composition, click here.

Kyrie

Kyrie Eleison 1 — choir & orchestra

Christe Eleison — mezzo, tenor, oboe, horn, 2 solo violins, solo viola, 2 solo cellos

Kyrie Eleison 2 — choir & orchestra

Gloria

Gloria in Excelsis Deo — choir, winds, double bass

Domine Fili Unigenite — tenor, flute, alto clarinet, bassoon

Quoniam To Solu Sanctus — choir, winds, double bass

Credo

Meditatio 1 — oboe, basson, violas, cellos, double bass

Credo — choir & orchestra

Sanctus & Benedictus

one continuous movement — choir, strings

Pater Noster

Meditatio 2 — flute, violins I & II, violas, cellos

Pater Noster — unison choir, flute, all strings

Agnus Dei

Meditatio 3 — clarinet, horn, violas, cellos, double bass

Agnus Dei — mezzo, choir, orchestra

Dona Nobis Pacem — all (soloists, choir, orchestra)