About the Minnesota Valley Chorale

Recent Works

Major works are an important part of the Chorale's repertoire. Among those performed:

  • Cantatas No. 4, 40, 140, and 147
    Mass in b minor
    Magnificat in D Major
    Jesu, meine Freude
    St. Matthew Passion
    (Bach)

  • Vesperae Solennes do Confessore
    Missa Brevis in B flat
    (Mozart)

  • Come Ye Sons of Art
    Fairy Queen
    (Purcell)

  • Magnificat in C Major
    (Graupner)

  • Magnificat Anima Mea
    Heut' Triumpieret Gottes Sohn
    (Buxtehude)

  • Dixit Dominus
    (Handel)

  • Magnificat
    (A. Gabrieli)

  • Harmonimesse
    (Haydn)

  • Warlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch
    Die Augen des Herrn
    (Rosenmueller)
  • Messiah
    (Handel)

  • Missa Festiva
    (Peters)

  • A Ceremony of Carols
    (Britten)

  • Zigeunerlieder
    Nänie
    (Brahms)

  • Lauda per la Navita del Signore
    (Respighi)

  • Chichester Psalms
    (Berstein)

  • Mass in G Major
    Mass No. 6 in E-flat Major
    (Schubert)

  • Petite Messe Solenelle
    (Rossini)

  • The Christmas Story
    (Schütz)

  • Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
    Die Tageszeiten
    (Telemann)

  • Pope Marcellus Mass
    (Palestrina)

The Chorale has also performed works by these Minnesota composers:

  • Three Motets of American Thought
    (Lee Eddie Johnson)

  • E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come
    (Paul O. Manz)

  • Wake, Awake, For Night is Flying
    (arr. F. M. Christiansen)

  • Two Madrigals
    (Paul Goldstaub)

  • Missa Brevis
    (Carl Kittleson)

  • Clair De Lune in Blue
    (Libby Larson)

  • The Works of the Lord
    (Leland Sateren)
  • Children of the Heavenly Father
    (David Engen)

  • Three Early Songs of Minnesota
    Two American Madrigals
    (Stephen Paulus)

  • Three Short Songs
    (Robert Perdaems)

  • Three About Jesus
    (L. L. Fleming)

  • Te Deum Laudamus
    (Alfred Fremder)

  • Go Tell It On the Mountain
    (Carolyn Jennings)