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Rarely performed piecesDate: May 29, 2013 by Alan Davis  Views: 530
Hello Friends & Colleagues -
I am seeking to put together a program of Renaissance and Baroque choral music that features rarely performed pieces of high quality music for a vocal ensemble of 10-12 singers. Any pieces in 4, 5, or 6 vocal parts would be great.
If you know of any pieces that would fit the following criteria, please let me know:
4, 5, or 6 parts
Music composed between 1400 and 1750.
English, French, Gaelic, German,Italian, and Latin.
Suggestions of pieces composed by the famouse Renaissance/Baroque composers are welcomed, just not their famous pieces, for example; Palestrina Sicut Cervus or William Byrd Mass for Five Voices or Tallis If Ye Love me or Lamentations of Jeremiah.
Thank you for your suggestions.
All the best,
Alan Davis
atdchoral.com
gradmusic.org
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Allen H Simon on May 30, 2013 9:19am
You didn't mention accompaniment, but presumably at least you're expecting to use basso continuo. I'd be tempted to recommend the grand motets of Michel-Richard de Lalande, but most are with orchestra (at least strings), and unless your singers are very strong you'd probably have balance problems.
"Rarely performed" is a pretty subjective standard, but here are a few ideas:
Allen H Simon on May 30, 2013 9:46am
Also:
Alan Davis on May 30, 2013 11:10am
All the singers for this ensemble are professionals, including two counter-tenors.
Accompaniment choices are wide open at the moment. I greatlly appreciate your recommendations of choral repertoire.
All the best,
Alan Davis
atdchoral.com
gradmusic.org
on May 30, 2013 9:04pm
How about Lassus's Carmina Chromatico? It's the first movement from the Prophetiae Sibyllarum.
on May 31, 2013 5:33am
Hi Alan,
I'd recommend William Byrd's Laudibus in Sanctis (unaccompanied). It's quite tricky but well worth it!
Good luck,
John
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