Past Repertoire

All works were performed by Conspirare Company of Voices, except those marked with an asterisk (*) which were performed by Conspirare Symphonic Choir.

This list has been selected from recent seasons. To see additional repertoire performed, please view the program booklets or the CD track lists at our online shop.

2012-2013

  • Kevin Puts (b. 1972): If I Were a Swan (world premiere), To Touch the Sky (world premiere)
  • Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944): “Do Not Reject Me,” “Cherubic Hymn,” “Come, Let Us Worship,” “Praise the Lord from the Heavens”
  • Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935): “Bless the Lord, O My Soul”
  • Alexandre Gretchaninoff (1864-1956): “Glory to the Only Begotten Son,” “The Litany of Fervent Supplication,” “The Creed,” “Our Father (Lord’s Prayer),” “The Cherubic Hymn,” “Now the Powers of Heaven,” “Many Years”
  • Andrei Ilyashenko (1884-1954): “We Should Choose to Love Silence (Concerto for the Nativity of Christ)”
  • Alexander Kastalsky (1856-1926): “The Great Doxology,” “A Mercy of Peace (Znamenny Chant),” “Hymn to the Mother of God,” “Christmas Kontakion,” “We Praise Thee (Znamenny Chant),” “As Many Have Been Baptized (Znamenny Chant)”
  • Nikolai Kedroff, Sr. (1871-1940): “Our Father (Lord’s Prayer)”
  • Vladimir Martynov (b. 1946): “The Beatitudes”
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): All Night Vigil: Praise the Name of the Lord (Znamenny Chant), “Let Our Mouths Be Filled,” “Blessed be the Name”
  • Georgy Sviridov (b. 1915-1998): “Christmas Troparion,” A Wondrous Birth, No. 7: A Wondrous Birth
  • Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): Liturgy, Opus 41, no. 3: Come, Let Us Worship

2011-2012

  • George Frideric Handel (1685-1759): Dixit Dominus HWV 232
  • Andrew Imbrie (1921-2007): On the Beach at Night
  • Arvo Pärt (b. 1935): Berliner Messe (rev. 2002)
  • Eric Whitacre (b. 1970): Alleluia (U.S. premiere), Oculi Omnium (U.S. premiere), Five Hebrew Love Songs, Sleep
  • Joby Talbot (b. 1971): Path of Miracles (southwestern U.S. premiere)
  • Samuel Barber (1910-1981): Agnus Dei, Easter Chorale (Chorale for Ascension Day) (world premiere of new version for chamber orchestra by Robert Kyr, 2011), The Lovers (world premiere of new chamber version by Robert Kyr, 2011), Reincarnations
  • Charles H. H. Parry (1848-1918): *Jerusalem (performed with Conspirare Youth Choirs)
  • C. V. Stanford (1852-1924): *Beati Quorum Via (performed with Conspirare Youth Choirs)
  • Thomas Tallis (1505-1585): *If Ye Love Me (performed with Conspirare Youth Choirs)
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): *Five Mystical Songs, *The Drinking Song (from Sir John in Love)
  • Gustav Holst (1874–1934): *The Planets (performed with Austin Symphony Orchestra)
  • Claude Debussy (1862-1918): *Nocturnes (performed with Austin Symphony Orchestra)

2010-2011

  • Carl Orff (1895-1982): *Carmina Burana (performed with Ballet Austin and the Austin Symphony Orchestra)
  • Spirituals, including world premiere compositions or arrangements by Mark Adamo (b. 1962), Robert Kyr (b. 1951), David Lang (b. 1957), and Tarik O’Regan (b. 1978) and arrangements by William Dawson, Wendell Whalum, Craig Hella Johnson, and others
  • Josquin des Prez (1450-1521): De Profundis, Nymphe des bois-Requiem, others
  • Orlandus Lassus (1532-1594): Musica dei donum optimi, Lamentatio Tertia Primi Diei, others
  • Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611): Magnum mysterium, others
  • Robert Kyr (b. 1952): Songs of the Soul (world premiere)
  • Roberto Sierra (b. 1953): *Missa Latina

2009-2010

  • Robert Kyr (b. 1952): A Time for Life
  • Cary Ratcliff (b. 1961): *Ode to Common Things (performed with Austin Symphony Orchestra)
  • Max Reger (1873-1916): Acht Geistliche Gesänge
  • Richard Strauss (1864-1949): Deutsche Motette
  • Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611): Requiem: Missa Pro Defunctis
  • David Lang (b. 1957): The Little Match Girl Passion
  • James McMillan (b. 1959): *Cantos Sagrados
  • Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986): *Requiem
  • J. S. Bach (1685-1750): Mass in B minor (with period instruments)

2008-2009

  • Eliza Gilkyson (b. 1950): Requiem
  • Morton Lauridsen (b. 1943): Sure on This Shining Night
  • Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943): Vespers (All Night Vigil), Op. 37
  • G. F. Handel (1685-1759): Messiah (with period instruments)
  • Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): *Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” (performed with Austin Symphony Orchestra)
  • American songs and spirituals, including Hannibal Lokumbe (b. 1948): *Furahi (Rejoice), performed with the composer on trumpet

2007-2008

  • Tarik O’Regan (b. 1978): Threshold of Night, Triptych, and other works (including 3 world premieres)
  • Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943): Nocturnes
  • Samuel Barber (1910-1981): Twelfth Night
  • Jeffrey Van (b. 1941): A Procession Winding Around Me (performed with the composer on guitar)
  • David Asplin (b. 1954): For the Healing of the Nations
  • Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): *Requiem

2006-2007

  • Daniel-Lesur (1908-2002): Le Cantique des Cantiques
  • Alexander Gretchaninov (1864-1956): All-Night Vigil, Op. 59
  • Dan Welcher (b. 1948): Leaves of Grass (world premiere of complete cycle)
  • Stephen Paulus (b. 1949): Poemas de Amor (world premiere)
  • John Muehleisen (b. 1955): *Salut au Monde (world premiere), performed by a massed choir of 600 voices including Conspirare and Conspirare Symphonic Choir
  • Paul Crabtree (b. 1960): Tenebrae Responsories on Songs by Bob Dylan (world premiere)
  • Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847): *Elijah

2005-2006

  • Herbert Howells (1892-1983): Requiem
  • Eric Whitacre (b. 1970): Three Songs of Faith
  • John Corigliano (b. 1938): Amen
  • Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Hymn to St. Cecilia
  • W. A. Mozart (1791-1844): *Mass in C minor (Levin completion)

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