Choir Repertoire

Anthems, Offertories and Communion Motets

The Marsh Chapel Choir provides an exceptional quality of musical leadership to the 11:00 a.m. Sunday Interdenominational worship service and other occasional services throughout the year. The upcoming repertoire schedule is provided here for your ease of reference.

For a complete list of Marsh Chapel Choir anthems sung since September 2007, click here.The list includes all anthems, cantatas, and other special music sung by the Chapel Choir during the 11:00 a.m. Sunday service. Also included are works sung during annual weekday services, such as Christmas Eve, Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, and the Great Vigil of Easter. The list excludes choral service music (Introits, Glorias, Doxologies, etc.), the large-scale works sung by the choir on Good Friday, and those works sung during special non-recurring services, such as weddings, funerals, and memorials. This list was last updated on January 29, 2017.

Fall 2022 Repertoire

September 4 – Matriculation Sunday
Exsultate justi – Viadana
Jubilate in C – Britten
O sacrum convivium – Croce

September 11
Sanctificavit Moyses ­– Palestrina
Cantique de Jean Racine – Fauré

September 18
Hear My Prayer – Moses Hogan
Ave Maria – Bruckner

September 25 – The Bach Experience
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 – J.S. Bach

October 2
Prayer to Jesus – Oldroyd
O God, thou art my God – Purcell
Draw us in the Spirit’s tether ­­– Friedell

October 9 
Psalm 100 – Mendelssohn
Da pacem – Arvo Pärt

October 16
When David heard – Tomkins
Give me Jesus – Fleming

October 23
Sing joyfully – Byrd
If ye love me – Wilby

October 30
Almighty and everlasting God – Gibbons
Geistliches Lied – Brahms

November 6
Kyrie (from Mass in Eb) – Rheinberger
O how glorious – Harwood
Never weather-beaten sail – Sheppard

November 13
Te Deum in C – Britten

November 20 – The Bach Experience
Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!,BWV 70 – J.S. Bach

November 27
Es wird das Scepter von Juda – Schütz
My Lord, what a mornin’ – Burleigh

December 4 
A spotless rose – Howells
O thou, the central orb – Wood
There is no rose – Young

December 11 – The Forty-Ninth University Service of Lessons and Carols
Music includes a selection of Christmas carols, motets, and anthems with brass, organ, and timpani.