Cadenza Repertoire

The choir's repertoire covers a wide range of periods and styles of music, from Renaissance church music, classical choral works, Christmas carols and traditional Scottish songs, to contemporary music of all types, including jazz, folk songs and close harmony arrangements of popular music. The Edinburgh Festival concert usually includes one of the larger religious choral works such as the Faure or Mozart Requiems.

Cadenza are also keen to promote new music: we have already successfully commissioned and performed "Three Chorales of Struggle" by Scottish composer Eddie Maguire; and for the Festival concert in August 2003, the choir gave the first performance of "O Columba" specially commissioned from Ken Johnston and based on mediaeval chants derived from the Inchcolm Antiphoner. Along with other fresh material, this featured on Cadenza's second CD "Voices of Joy", released in August 2004 .

During the last 5 years, since Spring 2001, Cadenza has performed the following pieces. They are listed in the chronological order in which the choir first performed them during this period. In many cases, the pieces have been performed again at later concerts but, for brevity, they are not repeated in the list.

Spring 2001
Viva La Musica	Gabrieli
My Spirit Sang All Day*	Finzi
Eco	Lassus
Ave Maria*	Verdi
Bogoroditsye Dyevo (Ave Maria)*	Rachmaninov
The Gift to be Simple*	Trad. Arr. Bob Chilcott
Ye Banks and Braes	Arr. Joan Bassett
Welsh Lullaby*	Trad. Arr. K. Lee Scott
Shenandoah*	Trad American Arr. James Erb
My Blue Heaven	Donaldson
My Evaline	Arr. Sigmund Spaeth
Isn't it Romantic?*	Richard Rogers
The Teddy Bears' Picnic*	John Bratton Arr. Andrew Carter
Here, There and Everywhere	Lennon & McCartney Arr. Gritton
I Got Rhythm*	Gershwin
Blue Skies	Irving Berlin

Summer 2001
Gloria	Vivaldi
Credo in Unum Deum	Vivaldi
Requiem	John Rutter

Christmas 2001
Gaudete	Piae Cantiones
Singt und Klingt*	Praetorius
Ein Kind Geborn zu Bethlehem*	Gesius/Praetorius
The Lamb*	John Tavener
Noel Nouvelet*	Trad French Arr. Stephen Jackson
Tomorrow shall be My Dancing Day	John Gardner
Ding! Dong! Merrily on High*	Trad. Arr. David Blackwell

Spring 2002
The Silver Swan	Gibbons
All Creatures Now	Bennet
The Hills*	Ireland
Diaphenia	Stanford
The Blue Bird	Stanford
The Wee Cooper o' Fife	Arr. Alfred Moffat
An Eriskay Love Lilt*	Arr. Marjory Kennedy-Fraser and Brian Tait
Westering Home	Arr. Ken Johnston
They Can't Take That Away from Me	Gershwin Arr. Chuck Casey
Let's Do It*	Cole Porter Arr. David Blackwell

Summer 2002
Quatre Motets sur des Themes Gregoriens	Maurice Durufle
Requiem	Maurice Durufle
Zadok the Priest	Handel
Let Thy Hand be Strengthened	Handel

Christmas 2002
Quatre Motets pour le Temps de Noel*	Francis Poulenc
In Dulci Jubilo*	Bach/Walter
Away in a Manger*	Kirkpatrick Arr. Hugo Cole
A Maiden Most Gentle*	Trad. Arr. Andrew Carter
Balulalow	Rodney Bennett
I Sing of a Maiden	Hadley
Ding! Dong! Merrily on High	Arr. Le Fevre Pope
Mid-Winter*	Bob Chilcott
Alleluia*	Douglas Brenchley
Hodie Christus Natus Est	Andrew Carter

Spring 2003
Songs of Springtime*	E J Moeran
O Magnum Mysterium*	Morten Lauridsen
Dirait-on*	Morten Lauridsen
I'm Gonna Sing ‘til the Spirit Moves*	Moses Hogan
Hush! Somebody's Callin' My Name*	Trad. Arr. Brazeal W Dennard
Londonderry Air*	Arr. Percy Grainger
Laugh! Kookaburra	Bob Chilcott
Black Sheep*	Arr. John Rutter
Sourwood Mountain*	Arr. John Rutter
Autumn Leaves*	Joseph Kosma Arr. Andrew Carter

Summer 2003
Song for St Cecilia*	Ken Johnston
Cantique de Jean Racine*	Gabriel Faure
Ave Verum and Tantum Ergo	Gabriel Faure
O Columba*	Ken Johnston
Requiem	Gabriel Faure

Christmas 2003
Nova! Nova!*	Bob Chilcott
O Magnum Mysterium*	Morten Lauridsen
Sir Christemas*	William Mathias
Ave Maria, Hail Blessed Flower*	Peter Maxwell Davies
O Magnum Mysterium*	T L de Victoria
I sing of a Maiden*	Lennox Berkeley
Josef lieber, Josef mein*	Leonhard Schroeter
The Infant King*	Arr. David Willcocks
Coventry Carol*	Arr. John Rose
The Oxen*	Benjamin Britten
A New Year Carol*	Benjamin Britten
The Twelve Days of Christmas*	Arr. Ian Humphris

Spring 2004
Two Love Songs*	Robert Young
How Can I Keep from Singing*	Arr. John Scott
The Lake Isle of Innisfree*	Eleanor Daley

Summer 2004
Magnificat	J S Bach
Harmoniemesse	Joseph Haydn

Christmas 2004
Sweet was the Song*	Benjamin Britten
Wexford Carol*	Arr. John Rutter
Dormi Jesu*	John Rutter
Illuminare Jerusalem*	Judith Weir
Here is the Little Door*	Herbert Howells
Sing Lullaby*	Herbert Howells
The Holy Boy*	John Ireland
Remember O Thou Man*	Bob Chilcott

Spring 2005
Run Children Run*	Stephen Hatfield
Blue Moon*	Richard Rogers Arr. David Blackwell

Summer 2005
The Kestrel Road	Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Petite Messe Solonelle	Gioacchino Rossini

Christmas 2005
A Babe is Born*	William Matthias
A Spotless Rose*	Herbert Howells
The Three Kings*	Peter Cornelius
Quem Pastores Laudavere*	Michael Praetorius
Es ist ein Ros Entsprungen*	M Praetorius Arr. J Sandstrom
Frohlocket, ihr Volker auf Erden*	Felix Mendelssohn
There is no Rose	Thomas Wilson
Taladh Chriosta*	John Hearne
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree*	Elizabeth Poston
The Birds*	Harold Spicer
Rise up, Shepherd, and Follow*	Arr. Bob Chilcott
Away in a Manger*	Arr. Bob Chilcott
Mary had a Baby*	Arr. Roderick Williams
Santa Claus is Coming to Town*	Arr. Peter Gritton

Spring 2006
O gin I were where Gadie rins*	Trad. Arr. Ken Johnston

Summer 2006
Missa Dei Filii	Jan Dismas Zelenka
Requiem	W A Mozart

Christmas 2006
Lasset uns frohlokken*	Felix Mendelssohn
Herr Gott, du bist unsre Zuflucht*	Felix Mendelssohn
Personent Hodie*	Arr. Gustav Holst
Schlaf, mein Kindelein*	Max Reger
O Jesulein süss*	Max Reger
Gold for a manger bed*	Malcolm Archer
Glory to the Christ Child*	Alan Bullard
Joy to the World*	Lowell Mason, Arr. John Rutter
In the bleak mid-winter*	Harold Darke

Spring 2007
Sechs Spruche*	Felix Mendelssohn
Greensleeves*	Arr. R Vaughan Williams
Five Flower Songs	Benjamin Britten
Blue Moon*	Richard Rogers, arr. David Blackwell
Ain’t Misbehavin'*	Waller & Brooks, arr. Peter Gritton

Summer 2007
Gloria	Francis Poulenc
Magnificat	John Rutter

The printed music for many of the pieces listed (marked *) is included within Cadenza's own Music Library. The music may be available for hire by other choirs at reasonable rates, provided it (or the book within which it is contained) is not required in the near future for use by Cadenza. If you are interested in hiring music from Cadenza, please contact the Cadenza Music Librarian, at the address below.