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COMMISSIONS AND REPERTOIRE
Commissions and Premieres
• Voices in the Mist – Richard Wargo – Central Pennsylvania premiere (1988)
• little tree – Steve Heitzeg – East coast premiere (1991)
• Madrigals of Spring – Richard Wargo – Commission and world premiere (1991)
• Jesu Carols – Stephen Paulus – Central Pennsylvania premiere (1993)
• The Prayer of St. Francis – C. Thomas Schwalm – Central Pennsylvania premiere (1994)
• Mozart Compendium Mass – John Jascoll – World premiere (1995)
• Theta’s Musings – Robert Page – Commission and world premiere for 15th anniversary (1996)
• Look to This Day – C. Thomas Schwalm – Commission and world premiere (1997)
• Mirabile Mysterium – Fred Thayer – Commission and world premiere (1997)
• When in Our Music God Is Glorified – C. Thomas Schwalm – Commission and world premiere (2000)
• The Glory and the Dream – Sir Richard Rodney Bennett – Commission and east coast premiere for 20th anniversary (2001)
• A Litany of Reconciliation – C. Thomas Schwalm – Commission and world premiere (2002)
• How Lovely Shines the Morning Star – Fred Thayer – Commission and world premiere 2004)
• Eleanor Roosevelt – Libby Larsen – Central Pennsylvania premiere (2004)
• So Say the Snowdrops – Fred Thayer – Commission and world premiere in memory of Clifford Kaylor, Susquehanna Chorale singer (2006)
• When Christ Was Born of Mary Free – Donald McCullough – Commission and world premiere for 25th anniversary (2006)
• Star in the East – Richard Roberson – Commission and world premiere for 30th anniversary (2011)
• Shine the Heavenly Light – Rollo Dilworth – Commission and world premiere (2014)
• Chautauqua Requiem – Bob Chilcott – Commission and world premiere (2016)
• Worry Not My Love – Douglas Beach – Commission and world premiere (2019)
• Let the Stable Still Astonish – Dan Forrest – Commission and world premiere for 40th anniversary (2021)
“Let the Stable Still Astonish, by Leslie Leyland Fields, is one of the most beautiful Christmas texts I’ve had the privilege to set. What a gorgeous text, filled with meaning and drama. I am so thankful to Linda Tedford for sending it to me, and for the Chorale’s commitment to new music.”
- Dan Forrest, composer
Enriching Lives Through Song
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