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Cantare Chorale

 
Cantare Chorale
The Cantare Chorale, our symphonic choir of over 100 auditioned voices, remains committed to bringing the highest musical standards to its performances, associating with the finest instrumentalists from Bay Area orchestras, and featuring nationally acclaimed vocal soloists. Debuting in April 1999 with stunning performances of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, the Chorale is now the premiere choral ensemble of its size in the East Bay.

These past eleven seasons have included performances of J. S. Bach's Motets 1, 2, Handel’s Messiah, Haydn's The Creation, Requiem settings by Brahms, Durufle and Verdi, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil, Brahms’ Nänie, Poulenc's Gloria, Barber's The Prayers of Kierkegaard, Vaughan Williams’ Hodie, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, Verdi’s Quattro Pezzi Sacri, Bloch’s Sacred Service, Kodály’s Psalmus Hungaricus, Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, Zemlinsky’s Psalm 13, Respighi’s Laud to the Nativity, Robert Ray's Gospel Mass and Randall Thompson’s Frostiana. In addition, they have performed several hundred shorter compositions, both a cappella and with accompaniment. (See repertoire below.) In addition, the Chorale continues to commission and premiere new works from prominent composers, the latest being little man in a hurry , by Eric Whitacre.

In June 2005, the Chorale embarked on its first international tour to Russia, Finland, Estonia and Sweden, and in June 2008 traveled to Prague, Bratislava, Budapest and Vienna, performing to standing-room-only crowds. In addition, they gave the premiere performance of Bloch’s Sacred Service in Eastern Europe, collaborating with the Martinú Orchestra from the Czech Republic while performing in Slovakia. In June 2012, they will head for sunny Spain, performing music in Madrid, Toledo, Granada, Barcelona and other cities along the way. Yes, this group loves a challenge!

“Morales bathed the singers in warm sonorities, and the chorus raised a breathtaking sound, singing with power and precision…The chorus was awesome throughout.”
        Georgia Rowe, Contra Costa Times
        Verdi Requiem review, March 20, 2002

“…Cantare Con Vivo, with Morales on the podium, delivered a graceful and satisfying performance of this transcendent masterwork.”

        Jaime Robles, San Francisco Classical Voice
        Mendellson’s Elijah review, March 21, 2009

“The performance of Brahms’ Requiem confirmed that the Cantare Chorale can raise virtually any roof when required.”

        Jerry Kuderna, San Francisco Classical Voice
        Brahms Requiem review, March 20, 2010

“…A performance to remember… astonishing… electrifying. Cantare Chorale met the massive challenges Beethoven posed in his shattering Missa Solemnis, with the chorus and soloists ranging from inspired to sublime.”

        Jerry Kuderna, San Francisco Classical Voice
        Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis review, March 22, 2010
Please consult our Season Schedule for events featuring the Cantare Chorale, and audition procedures should you be interested in joining us.

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Repertoire
 
 

Adams, Adolphe/Gary Fry

  • O Holy Night​

Anderson, Leroy; arr. Hawley Ades

  • Sleigh Ride

Alfven, Hugo

  • Aftonen

Averitt, William

  • Master in this Hall

Bach, J. S.

  • Cantata #50, Nun ist das Heil
  • Motet #1
  • Motet #2

Barber, Samuel

  • Agnus Dei
  • The Coolin
  • The Prayers of Kierkegaard

Bart, Lionel

  • Consider Yourself Where is Love?

Bass, Randol Alan

  • Gloria
  • Seasonal Sounds

Beethoven, Ludwig van

  • Hallelujah, from Mt. of Olives
  • Missa Solemnis

Belafonte, Harry, arr. Ron Staheli

  • Turn Around

Bennett, Robert Russell & Shaw, Robert

  • Many Moods of Christmas, Suites 1, 2, 3, 4

Berlin, Irving

  • White Christmas (arr. Robert Russell Bennett)
  • Medley: Blue Skies, Cheek to Cheek, Anything You Can Do, This is the Army, What'll I Do? (arr. Huff)
  • Medley: Give Me Your Tired Your Poor. God Bless America (arr. Huff)

Berlioz, Hector

  • The Shepherds' Farewell

Bernstein, Leonard

  • Chichester Psalms
  • Make Our Garden Grow; from "Candide"
  • Somewhere; from "West Side Story"
  • West Side Story Medley

Biebl, Franz

  • Ave Maria, men's voices
  • Ave Maria, mixed voices

Billingsley, Alan, arranger

  • Back to the Fifties (Medley): Jailhouse Rock, Who Put the Bop, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?, The Peppermint Twist, Da Doo Ron Ron, Rock Around the Clock

Boito, Arrigo

  • Final Psalmody from "Mefistofele"

Bold, Thomas

  • A Lullaby

Boren, Murray

  • A Pure River of Water of Life

Brahms, Johannes

  • A German Requiem
  • Nänie

Brymer, Mark, arranger

  • Jersey Boys Medley

Britten, Benjamin

  • A Ceremony of Carols
  • Festival Te Deum

Bruckner, Anton

  • Ave Maria
  • Kyrie from E Minor Mass
  • Os Justi
  • Virga Jesse floruit

Burleigh, Harry T.

  • My Lord, What a Mornin'

Busto, Javier

  • Ave Maria

Caldwell, Paul

  • Hope for Resolution

Carey, Mariah; arr. Huff

  • All I Want For Christmas is You

Clausen, Ren

  • Deep River

Chatman, Stephen

  • Angels We Have Heard on High

Chesnokov, Pavel

  • Salvation Is Created
  • Duh Tvoy Blagiy (Let Thy Good Spirit)

Christiansen, F. Melius

  • O Day Full of Grace
  • Praise to the Lord

Cleveland, James

  • God Is

Copland, Aaron

  • The Promise of Living; from "The Tender Land"
  • Zion's Walls (arr. Koponen)
  • Long Time Ago (arr. Fine)

Courtney, Craig

  • Mary had a Baby (arr)
  • Musicological Journey Through the Twelve Days of Christmas

Dawson, William

  • Ain'-a That Good News
  • Every Time I Feel the Spirit
  • Ezekiel Saw de Wheel
  • Soon-ah Will Be Done
  • There Is a Balm in Gilead

Dello Joio, Norman

  • A Jubilant Song

Dett, R. Nathaniel

  • Let Us Cheer the Weary Traveler
  • Listen to the Lambs

Diestro, Agripino

  • Alleluja

Dilworth, Rollo

  • Freedom Train

John Du Prez, arr. Mac Huff

  • The Song That Goes Like This

Duruflé, Maurice

  • Sanctus
  • Requiem
  • Ubi Caritas

Eglleton, Clarence

  • There's Deliverence In the Praise

Ellington, Duke

  • It Don’t Mean a Thing, Ellington medley arr. Kirby Shaw

Erb, James

  • Shenandoah

Estacio, John

  • Ella Sunlight; from "Eulogies"

Evans, Rev. Clay

  • I've Got a Testimony

Fekaris, Dino and Perren, Freddie

  • I Will Survive (arr. Huff)

Fleming, L. L.

  • Every Time I Think About Jesus
  • Give Me Jesus

Forrest, Dan

  • There is Faint Music

Foster, Stephen/Shaw/Parker

  • Beautiful Dreamer
  • Hard Times (arr. Keller)

Franck, Cesar

  • Psalm 150
 

Gabrieli, Giovanni

  • Jubilate Deo

Gershwin, George, arr. Mark Hayes

  • Summertime

Gershwin, George, arr. Higgins

  • Gershwin–A Concert Panorama

Gibbs, Stacey

  • See Dat Babe
  • Somebody Talkin' 'Bout Jesus

Glick, Srul Irving

  • The Hour Has Come

Gorecki, Henryk Mikolaj

  • Totus Tuus

Gounod, Charles

  • Sanctus from St. Cecilia Mass

Gretchaninoff, Alexander

  • Holy Radiant Light

Grieg, Edvard

  • Ave Maris Stella

Gruber, Franz

  • Silent Night (arr. Jalkeus)

Guastavino, Carlos

  • Se Equivocó La Paloma

Hairston, Jester

  • I Want Jesus

Halloran, Jack

  • Witness

Handel, George F.

  • Sing Unto God, from Judas Maccabeus

Harline, Leigh, arr. Morales

  • When You Wish Upon a Star

Hawley, William

  • Beautiful River
  • Not One Sparrow Is Forgotten

Haydn, Franz J.

  • The Creation

Hayes, Mark arr.

  • Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
  • It's a Wonderful Christmas

Hogan, Moses

  • Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel
  • Music Down in My Soul
  • My Soul's Been Anchored

Holst, Gustav

  • Psalm 148
  • Nunc Dimittis

Honegger, Arthur

  • The Day Shall Dawn

arr. Huff, Mac

  • 100 Years of Broadway

Hunter, Robert

  • I'm Gonna Sing

Ireland, John

  • Greater Love Hath No Man

Jackson, Michael

  • Heal the World, arr. Andy Beck
  • The Way You Make Me Feel, arr. Alan Billingsley

Jagoda, Flory; arr. Joshua Jacobson

  • Ocho Kandelikas

Jennings, Carolyn

  • Climb to the Top of the Highest Mountain

Joel, Billy

  • And So It Goes
  • Just the Way You Are​, arr. Alan Billingsley

arr. Johnson, Craig Hella/David Morales

  • Lo, How a Rose/The Rose

Johnson, Hall

  • I've Been 'Buked

Kalinnikov, Victor

  • Elegy

Kelley, R.

  • I Believe I Can Fly

Kemner, Gerald

  • Now, Shout

Kent, Walter

  • I’ll Be Home For Christmas, arr. Mark Hayes

Kern, Jerome, arr. David Morales

  • Ol’ Man River

Kirchner, Shawn

  • Angel Band
  • Unclouded Day

Klepper, Jeff, arr. Joshua Jacobson

  • Oseh Shalom

Kodaly, Zoltan

  • Psalmus Hungaricus

Lansio, Tapani (arr.)

  • Vanha Virsi Taalainmaan karjamajoilta

Lara, Agustin, arr. David Morales

  • Granada

Larson, Jonathan and Emerson, Roger

  • Seasons of Love

Lauridsen, Morten

  • O Magnum Mysterium
  • Sure On This Shining Night

Leigh, Mitch

  • The Impossible Dream​, arr. Roy Ringwald

Lennon, John &McCartney, Paul

  • Let It Be

Loesser, Frank

  • Sit Down! You’re Rockin' the Boat

Lojeski, Ed, arr.

  • Les Miserables Medley

Loewe. Frederic; arr. Mac Huff

  • Lerner & Lowe Medley

Maddux, David, McCall, Marty

  • O Sifuni Mungu

Mahler, Gustav, arr. Clytus Gottwald

  • Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

Marlow, Richard

  • Advent Responsory

Martin, Frank

  • Sanctus, from Double Choir Mass

Martin, Gilbert

  • O Be Joyful

Matamoros, Miguel

  • Juramento

Mead, George

  • Down in the Valley

Meister, Erki

  • Ave verum corpus

Membly, Kevin

  • Ave Maria

Mendelssohn, Felix

  • Elijah (complete)
  • He, Watching Over Israel
  • Lift Thine Eyes
  • There Shall a Star From Jacob Come Forth

McClurkin, Donnie

  • Stand

Moore, Charlene

  • Spread the Word

Moore, Undine Smith

  • I Believe This Is Jesus

Mozart, W. A.

  • Ave Verum
  • Laudate Dominum

Mulholland, James

  • A Red, Red Rose
  • Heart, We Will Forget Him
  • What Lips My Lips Have Kissed

Nelson, Ron

  • Glory to God

Orbán, György

  • Ave Maria

Parker, Alice

  • Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye

Page, Nick (arr)

  • N’kosi Sikelel’ I Afrika

Patriquin, Donald (arr)

  • Savory, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
 

Paulus, Stephen

  • Pilgrims' Hymn
  • The Road Home

Peterson, Oscar

  • Hymn to Freedom

Pinkham, Daniel

  • Christmas Cantata

Poulenc, Francis

  • Gloria

Rachmaninoff, Sergei

  • Vespers

Ramirez, Ariel

  • Misa Criolla

Raminsh, Imant

  • I Will Sing Unto the Lord

Rathbone,Jonathan

  • Silent Night

Ray, Robert

  • Gospel Mass

Respighi, Ottorino

  • Laud to the Nativity

Roberts, Howard

  • Sinner Man

Robson, Steve; arr. Ed Lojeski

  • My Wish

Rodgers, Richard

  • You’ll Never Walk Alone; from "Carousel"
  • Medley: Sound of Music, Oh What a Beautiful Morning, Edelweiss, Surrey With the Fringe on Top, I'm Gonna Wash That Man Out of My Hair, June is Bustin' Out All Over, Oklahoma!, I Whistle a Happy Tune, Do-Re-Mi, It Might as Well be Spring, There's Nothin' Like a Dame, Shall We Dance?, You'll Never Walk Alone (arr. Huff)
  • My Romance; from "Jumbo", arr. Mark Brymer
  • Oklahoma!
  • South Pacific Medley, arr. Warnick

Rossi, Salamone

  • Mizmor Shir L'yom Hashabat

Russell, Bobby/Mark Hayes

  • He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

Rutter, John

  • Candlelight Carol
  • Gloria (complete)
  • Here We Come A Wassailing
  • Jesus Child
  • O Holy Night
  • Nativity Carol
  • The Shepherd's Pipe Carol
  • The Twelve Days of Christmas

Sandstrom, Jan

  • Lo, How a Rose Is Blooming
  • Gloria

Schonberg, Claude-Michael

  • Sun and Moon

Schwartz, Stephen

  • Wicked (Medley, arr. Brymer): No One Mourns the Wicked, The Wizard and I, One Short Day, For Good, Defying Gravity, Finale

Sheik, Duncan, arr. Brymer

  • The Song of Purple Summer

Shaiman, Mark, arr. Lojeski

  • You Can’t Stop the Beat

Shaw, Robert, arr

  • Amazing Grace

Shaw, Robert & Parker, Alice

  • My God Is a Rock
  • Set Down, Servant

Simeone, Harry

  • Do You Hear What I Hear?
  • The Little Drummer Boy

Simon, Paul

  • Bridge Over Troubled Water​, arr. Kirby Shaw

Simpson, Eugene T.

  • Sinnuh, Please Don't Let Dis Harves' Pass

Sjolund, Paul

  • Go Tell It

Smallwood, Richard

  • Total Praise

Smith, William Henry

  • Ride the Chariot

Springsteen, Bruce, arr. Mike Taylor

  • The Rising

Staheli, Ronald (arr)

  • How Can I Keep From Singing

Stevens, Ronald L.

  • What ‘Cha Gonna Call

Stroope, Randall

  • Amor de Mi Alma
  • I Am Not Yours

Sullivan, Arthur

  • Modern Major General

Taylor, Deems

  • Waters Ripple and Flow

Thompson, Randall

  • The Last Words of David
  • A Girl’s Garden
  • Choose Something Like a Star
  • Come In
  • Stopping By Woods
  • The Pasture
  • The Road Not Taken
  • The Telephone

Ticheli, Frank

  • There Will Be Rest

U2, arr. Mark Brymer

  • Pride (In the Name of Love)

Vaughan Williams, Ralph

  • The Blessed Son of God
  • Hodie
  • Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge

Verdi, Giusseppi

  • Requiem
  • Stabat Mater
  • Laudi Alla Vergine Maria
  • Te Deum

de Victoria, Tomás Luís

  • Vere Languores Nostros

Wagner, Roger

  • Western Cowboy Songs (arr. Morales)

Waller, Thomas, arr. Chuck Cassey

  • Ain’t Misbehavin’

Warren, Mervyn and Emerson, Roger (arrs.)

  • Joyful, Joyful

Warrell, Arthur (arr.)

  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Whitacre, Eric

  • Little Man in a Hurry
  • Water Night
  • When David Heard

Wilberg, Mack

  • Cindy
  • Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
  • Dances to Life, Parts 1-3
  • I Saw Three Ships
  • How Far Is It to Bethlehem?
  • Shenandoah

Wilhousky, Peter

  • Battle Hymn of the Republic

Willan, Healey

  • Hodie Christus natus est

Wills, Alley, Brenda Russell, Stephen Bray, arr. Dilworth

  • The Color Purple

Willson, Meredith

  • It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas
  • Trouble (from Music Man)

Work, John

  • This Little Light O’ Mine

Zemlinsky, Alexander

  • Psalm 13
 

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