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The first public concert in December 1944, was Handel's "Messiah" which was so well received that it became a repeated favorite, having been done at least a dozen times over the past 55 years. The most recent performance of the "Messiah" was in May 1998, and was a community chorus celebration to honor all past singers and directors. Many of the concerts were done in collaboration with, or assisted by members of, the Los Alamos Symphony Orchestra. The repertoire has included such major works as: |
"St. John Passion", "St. Matthew Passion", and "B-Minor Mass" by Bach, the "Grand Mass in C-Minor" by Mozart, the "Ninth Symphony" by Beethoven", "Judas Maccabaeus" and "Israel in Egypt" by Handel, "The Creation" and "Lord Nelson Mass" by Haydn, the "Requiem Mass" as written by Dvorak, Mozart, Fauré, Verdi, and Duruflé, "L'Enfance du Christ" by Berlioz, "Sea Symphony" by R. Vaughan Williams, "The Light in the Wilderness" by Brubeck, "Chinchester Psalms" by Bernstein, the "Gloria" by Rutter, "Stabat Mater" by Antonin Dvorak, and "La Sala to Broadway," a collaboration with the Los Alamos Light Opera, "Misa Solemnis", by Beethoven Handel's "Messiah" the "Elijah" by Mendelssohn "Explorers" by M. L. Place Badarak "Three Graduals" by Anton Bruckner "Sacrae Symponiae" by Giovanni Gabrieli "Warum is Licht Gegeben" by Johanness Brahms "O Jesu Christ, Meins Lebens Licht" by J. S. Bach "Magnificat" by J. S. Bach "Nanie" by Johannes Brahms "Chichester Psalms" by Leonard Berstein "Heiligmesse" by Franz Josef Haydn "Misericordias Domini" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Dona Nobis Pacem" by Ralph Vaughan Williams |