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VIOLET ARCHER The Cat and the Moon (1983) Text by W. B. Yeats SATB and piano Duration: 5 minutes, 5 seconds JOHN GORDON ARMSTRONG O God (2000) SATB and organ Duration: 6 minutes, 27 seconds MICHAEL CONWAY BAKER Street Scenes (1985) 1. Daybreak 2. Cafe 3. Neon Text by A.C. Bourne Men’s Choir and piano Duration: 12 minutes, 43 seconds MILTON BARNES Shir Hashirim (1975) Text from‘Song of Songs’, King Solomon, in English Women’s Choir, tenor, mezzo soprano, oboe, horn, violin, viola, violoncello, vibraphone, and harp Duration: 24 minutes, 6 seconds JOHN BECKWITH A Little Organ Concert (1982) Text consists of phonemes SATB, solo organ, 2 B-flat trumpets, horn in F, trombone, tuba Duration: 13 minutes, 53 seconds JOHN BECKWITH Ten Choral Pieces (1968 through 2007) I.Round (from Three Blessings), 1968, SAATBB, optional keyboard; II.The Gowans are Gay (arr.), 1986, SATB, drum; III.St Valentine (from Mating Time), 1982, double choir (SATB, SSATB), bells, harpsichord or piano; IV.Winter Song (from beep), 1990, S solo, SAT;

V.Green Lady Grocer .. Song (from beep), 1990, Bar solo, STBB, drum; VI.Why (from beep), 1990, SSATBB; VII.All at Once, 1996, SATB; VIII.Lady Wisdom, 2000, SATB; IX.Halifax (arr.), 2007, SSA, solo flute; X.Loyalists’ Song (from Taptoo), 1994, PETER BERRING Five Poems (2002) 1. Last Lyrics: She Pulled My Skin 2. Late Goddess 3. There’s Something Wrong 4. Thea’s Poem 5. e.k. Text by George Bowering A Cappella SATB Duration: 14 minutes, 4 seconds PETER BERRING When You are Old (1999) Text by William Butler Yeats SSA Women’s Choir and piano Duration: 6 minutes, 43 seconds ALLAN BEVAN Singers to Come (2005) Text byAlice Meynell from ‘A Poet’s Fancies IX’ SSATB and piano WALTER BUCZYNSKI The Bug, Some Ice and a Boatman (1995) I. Tarantella II. Ice Symphony III. Venetian Gondola, No. 2 3 songs for children’s voices aged (10-18) A Cappella Text by Donia Blumenfeld Clenman

WALTER BUCZYNSKI Magic, Flute and Melodie (1995) 1. Of Magic and Legends 2. My Gift is a Flute 3. Melodie 3 more songs for older children’s voices and piano Text by Donia Blumenfeld Clenman Duration: 13 minutes, 45 seconds WALTER BUCZYNSKI Songs for Very Young People (1995) I. One, Two, Three II. Butterfly, Butterfly III. You and I 3 songs for Children’s Chorus and piano Text by Donia Clenman WALTER BUCZYNSKI Words My Mother Taught Me (1994) I. No! II. Dziadzi III. Caitlin IV. Lullaby for Caitlin V. Dance of Exclamations VI. Loving, Caring, Listening 6 songs for Children’s Chorus and piano Duration: 10 minutes JOHN BUTLER Ave Maria (1999) JOHN BUTLER How far is it to Bethlehem? (1987) Text by Frances Chesterton SSA choir and piano JOHN BUTLER O Magnum Mysterium (2004) SSSAAA ARIS CARASTATHIS In Peace and Paradise (2008) Poetry by Elizabeth Kirschner A Cappella SATB Duration: 3 minutes, 30 seconds

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KA NIN CHAN To God of All Nations (1976) Text from Psalms 95 and 96; the Koran, Ch. 42:1; Buddhist writings for admission and ordination ceremonies SATB, piano, and percussion Duration: 12 minutes, 25 seconds STEPHEN CHATMAN Squirrel (1980) Text by Marion Chatman SATB (divisi) with 2 round stones, kazoo, bird call, 3 pitchpipes, and police whistle Duration: 7 minutes, 27 seconds CHERYL L. COONEY For Everything There is a Season (2008) A Cappella SATB CHERYL L. COONEY Up to the Roof! (2010) A Cappella SATB JEAN COULTHARD Auguries of Innocence (1965) Text by William Blake A Cappella SATB Duration: 2 minutes, 20 seconds PAUL CRAWFORD Grateful Praise (2010) 1. For the Beauty of the Earth 2. God is Love! The Heavens are Telling 3. Come Down O Love Divine 4. All Creatures of our God and King SATB and piano Duration: 15 minutes TOMAS DUSATKO Agnus Dei (2009) Text in Latin A Capella SATB ALEX EDDINGTON Ode on the Mammoth Cheese Weighing Over 7,000 Pounds (2009) Text by James McIntyre SATB and piano

LEONARD ENNS Nocturne (2004) SATB (20 part divisi) Text by William Shakespeare Duration: 11 minutes, 8 seconds LEONARD ENNS Ten Thousand Rivers of Oil (2010) I. With what shall I come? II. The Price of Oil III. Evolution IV. O People Text from Micah (Old Testament), and poetry by George Whipple SATB, organ, flute, oboe, cello, timpani, percussion, harp Duration: 25 minutes LEONARD ENNS Wie sind die Tage schwer (2009) Text by Hermann Hesse A Cappella SATB Duration: 3 minutes, 45 seconds JOHN ESTACIO Eulogies (2000) 1. Raymond’s Disappearance 2. Mrs. Deegan 3. Not an Eye on the Island 4. Ella Sunlight Text by Val Brandt A Cappella SATB Duration: 20 minutes ROBERT EVANS Five Song Lyrics (1981) I. Romance II. Haiku I : Moonsong III. Haiku II : Windsong IV. Sudden Light V. Issuing Text includes R.L. Stevenson, R. Evans, and D.G. Rosetti SATB and piano Duration: 10 minutes, 57 seconds

ROBERT EVANS For the Children (1997) Text from poems by the Children of Terezin Treble Choir, 2 narrators, clarinet, percussion, and string orchestra Duration: 32 minutes, 57 seconds GRANT FORD Spheros (2008) Text in Ancient Greek For spatialized choir S1, S2, A1, A2, T1, T2, B1, B2, and ambient soundtrack Duration: 10 minutes HARRY FREEDMAN Rhymes from the Nursery (1985) 1. Cock-a-Doodle-Doo 2. Ride a Cock Horse 3. Simple Simon 4. Lavender’s Blue 5. Betty Botter Text from nursery rhymes Treble Choir and flute Duration: 8 minutes, 57 seconds HARRY FREEDMAN Valleys (2002) Invented language A Cappella SATB Duration: 15 minutes, 30 seconds GRAHAM ELIAS GEORGE A Hymn for Christmas Day (1954) Text by Jeremy Taylor SATB /2(picc)121/3231/timp, perc/strings Duration: 12 minutes, 44 seconds WILLIAM GEORGE Moon Chants (2009) Text in English SATB, vibraphone, tom-tom, ALLAN GILLILAND O Music (1998) Text in English SAB and wind ensemble Duration: 9 minutes, 14 seconds

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SRUL IRVING GLICK Canticle of Peace (1987) A Cappella SATB Duration: 23 minutes, 11 seconds SRUL IRVING GLICK Songs of Creation (1989) I. In Praise: Genesis 1, 2 II. The Weaving III. From the Beginning IV. Psalm 46 V. Psalm 104 Principally in English compiled by the composer from poetry by Ruth F. Brin, Roberta Chester, Leonard Cohen, and the Psalms SATB, brass quintet, 4 percussion and organ Duration: 30 minutes, 44 seconds NIC GOTHAM Asleep in a Field (2009) Text by Alec Finlay A Cappella SSAATTBB vocal ensemble Duration: 12 minutes NIC GOTHAM The Life of Things (2009) Text by William Wordsworth from 'Tintern Abbey' (1798) A Cappella SATB chamber choir NIC GOTHAM Truth in Darkness (2010) Text from Psalm 51 (New English Bible) A Cappella SSAATTBB vocal ensemble RONALD HANNAH Gone Home (2010) Song of Myself, No. 5 Text by Lowell Hannah A Cappella SATB; also available in versions for Voice/Piano; SATB with orchestra; and SATB with piano RONALD HANNAH Songs from the Sanskrit A Cappella SATB

BRIAN HARMAN Three Rooms and a Lobby (2009) Text by the composer SATB choir or Chamber Choir RUTH WATSON HENDERSON The Bat From Barnyard Carols Part II (2009) Text by Margaret and Geoffrey Tomkinson SSAA, with piano and cello Duration: 2 minutes, 47 seconds

RUTH WATSON HENDERSON Five Tongue Twisters (1978) Text in English I. Peter Piper II. Wee Willie Winkie III. Betty Botter IV. She Sells Sea Shells V. A Tutor Who Tootled the Flute) SATB and piano Duration: 9 minutes, 30 seconds

RUTH WATSON HENDERSON Laughter is a Simple Thing (2000) Text by Isabella Valancy SATB, flute, and piano Duration: 3 minutes RUTH WATSON HENDERSON The Mouse From Barnyard Carols Part II (2009) Text by Margaret and Geoffrey Tomkinson SSAA Children’s Choir, flute, clarinet, violoncello, and piano Duration: 2 minutes, 40 seconds RUTH WATSON HENDERSON Nunc Dimittis (2009) SATB with organ RUTH WATSON HENDERSON O How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings From Songs of Celebration (1989) SATB, organ, flute (optional), French horn (optional)

RUTH WATSON HENDERSON Paths of a Luminous Earth (2009) I.Fragrance of Life II.Freely Given III.The Truth, the Light and the Way Text by Carole H. Leckner A Cappella SATB RUTH WATSON HENDERSON The Rabbit From Barnyard Carols Part II (2009) Text by Margaret and Geoffrey Tomkinson SSA, with piano and viola Duration: 2 minutes, 31 seconds RUTH WATSON HENDERSON The Rooster From Barnyard Carols Part II (2009) Text by Margaret and Geoffrey Tomkinson SSAA, with flute, viola, cello, piano Duration: 1 minutes, 47 seconds RUTH WATSON HENDERSON A Sequence of Dreams (1983) I. Night Thoughts II. The Solo III. Wistful Mistress IV. Lord of the River SATB with piano accompaniment in some movements Duration: 16 minutes RUTH WATSON HENDERSON A Song of the Seasons (2009) I. Spring II. Summer III. Fall IV. Winter Text by E.D. Blodgett SATB, for large choir and chamber choir, with piano

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RUTH WATSON HENDERSON The Squirrel From Barnyard Carols Part II (2009) Text by Margaret and Geoffrey Tomkinson SSAA, with piano and flute Duration: 2 minutes, 36 seconds RUTH WATSON HENDERSON A Summer Day (2008) Text by L.M. Montgomery SSA choir with piano RUTH WATSON HENDERSON The Travelling Musicians (1994) Text based on the Brothers Grimm folktale ‘The Musicians of Bremen’ SSAA Children’s Choir, flute, clarinet, violoncello, and piano Duration: 22 minutes, 51 seconds RUTH WATSON HENDERSON Le vaisseau d’or (1999) Text by Emile Nelligan A Cappella TTBB Duration: 2 minutes, 45 seconds ALICE PING YEE HO City Night (2011) I. Night in the City II. You Seek Forever III. My Moonlit Darling IV. Reach for Sanity Text in English by Bo Wen Chan SSA and piano Duration: 10 minutes ALICE PING YEE HO VIVA Songs (2008) 1. Beautiful Earth 2. Water 3. Katie’s Apple Text based on collected poetry written by young children from the VIVA; lyrics re-adapted by Bo Wen Chan Children’s Choir, soprano saxophone, and piano Duration: 10 minutes, 16 seconds

DANIEL JANKE Two Pieces for Male Chorus (2002) I. O curas hominum II. Para leer en forma interrogativa Text in Latin and Spanish TTBarB and piano Duration: 8 minutes, 20 seconds JACOBUS KLOPPERS Canticle of the Sun (2003) Text includes ‘All Creatures of Our God and King’ (‘Lasst Uns Erfreuen’) SATB, brass and organ Duration: 6 minutes, 54 seconds JACOBUS KLOPPERS Fear Not, for I Have Redeemed You (2009) Anthem ‘Fear Not’, followed directly by Chorale ‘My Hope is Built on Nothing Less’ Anthem Text from Isaiah 43:1-2; Chorale Text from Edward Mote SATB and organ Duration: 4 minutes JACOBUS KLOPPERS Koraalconcertato op gesang 15 (AGB) (1998) I. Intro II. Vers 1 III. Vers 2 IV. Vers 3 V. Interlude VI. Vers 4 SATB and organ Text in Afrikaans Duration: 10 minutes JACOBUS KLOPPERS Sussex Carol (2007) SATB, piano 4-hands, with optional handbells Duration: 2 minutes, 14 seconds ANNE LAUBER Cantate III (1996) Four SATB Choirs, full orchestra Duration: 13 minutes, 25 seconds

CALIXA LAVALLÉE arr. Sir Ernest MacMillan O Canada (1880) Text in English and French by Adolphe Routier, translated by John Garvin SATB (optional)/3(picc)3(Eng horn)3(bass cl)3(cbsn)/4231/timp, perc, harp/string Duration: 8 minutes, 43 seconds ALEXINA LOUIE Love Songs for a Small Planet (1989) Text from poems from Hawaii, Africa, and the Sioux SATB, harp, and percussion Duration: 19 minutes, 13 seconds RAMONA LUENGEN In tiefen Naechten (2002) Text by Rainer Maria Rilke A Cappella SATB Duration: 5 minutes RAMONA LUENGEN Orpheus (2006) Text by William Shakespeare, from Henry VIII ‘Orpheus with his lute’ SATB and piano RAMONA LUENGEN Surge illuminare Jerusalem (2010) Text in Latin: Nunc dimittis, and Surge illuminare A Cappella Women’s Choir Duration: 7 minutes RAMONA LUENGEN To Every Thing There is a Season (2006) Text from Ecclesiastes and Stabat Mater Women’s Choir and piano LEILA S. LUSTIG Night’s Carols (2008) Text by Walt Whitman A Cappella SATB (at times divisi a 2), piano reduction for rehearsal only

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LEILA S. LUSTIG Santa Spirita (2008) Text by Walt Whitman A Cappella SATB (at times divisi a 3), piano reduction for rehearsal only LEILA S. LUSTIG Two Ways of Hearing a Daffodil (2005) 1. Herrick’s 2. Wordsworth’s SSA and piano DAVID K. MACINTYRE Hammer (2008) Text by Tom Wayman Vocal sextet or mixed choir (soprano, mezzo soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass) Duration: 3 minutes, 46 seconds SIR ERNEST MACMILLAN Te Deum Laudamus (1936) SATB (divisi)/2222/4231/timp, perc, harp/strings SATB and organ Duration: 8 minutes, 31 seconds PAUL MCINTYRE Lead, Kindly Light (1991) Text by John Henry Newman SATB and organ MICHAEL R. MILLER Acadian Fantasy (1977) I. Quand j’étais tout petit II. La belle s’y promène III. Par un matin je me lève. Text from traditional Acadian folk-songs and by the composer SATB and piano Duration: 9 minutes, 25 seconds MICHAEL R. MILLER Societies (2008) Three scherzos for chamber choir Texts by Edith H. Miller I. Societies II. Pigeons III. Hard Hats SATB and organ Duration: 9 minutes, 25 seconds

MARK MITCHELL Five Songs of the Heart (1989) Arrangements of Chinese folksongs. Texts in Chinese. A Cappella SATB Duration: 5 minutes, 30 seconds OSKAR MORAWETZ Two Contrasting Moods (1967) 1. The Railway Station 2. April in the Hills Text from poems by Archibald Lampman A Cappella SATB Duration: 11 minutes, 17 seconds JOCELYN MORLOCK Absalon fili mi (2009) Text from 2 Samuel 18:33 A Cappella TTBB Duration: 5 minutes JOCELYN MORLOCK Exaudi (2004) Text from Latin Requiem Mass: ‘Hear my prayer’ and ‘In paradisum’ SSATBB and solo violoncello Duration: 9 minutes JOCELYN MORLOCK One Black Spike (2008) Text by the composer A Cappella SATB Duration: 3 minutes MARJAN MOZETICH Ode to Tallis (2005) Text by the composer, except for the Sanctus from the ordinary of the mass. A Cappella SATB Duration: 15 minutes, 19 seconds JORDAN NOBLES Lorem ipsum (2010) Text by the composer For spatialized choir Duration: 5 minutes, 30 seconds

JORDAN NOBLES Lux antiqua (2011) Text in English A Cappella SMATRB; Also SSAATB; For spatialized choir Duration: 6 minutes JOHN OLIVER Alba (1980, rev. 2003) Text in Spanish and English A Cappella SATB, 12 voices Duration: 5 minutes, 30 seconds JOHN OLIVER Creations (1988) Text in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian. A Cappella SATB, 16 voices Duration: 5 minutes, 30 seconds JOHN OLIVER Fanfare for the Future (2000) Text in English by John Oswald SATB and pipe organ JOHN OLIVER Joyous Noise Text in English Duration: 2 minutes TAWNIE OLSON Child’s Play (2009) A Cappella SATB TAWNIE OLSON Chantez à l’éternel (2000) Text from Psaume 98:1-3, NVSR A Cappella SATB TAWNIE OLSON Circuire possum (2003) Text in Latin by Cardinal Drogo A Cappella SATB Duration: 3 minutes, 30 seconds

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NORBERT PALEJ Neath the Northern Skies (2010) I. Lullaby of the Iroquois II. Penseroso III. Dawendine IV. A Prodigal V. The Camper Text by E. Pauline Johnson A Cappella SSAATTBB Duration: 14 minutes NORBERT PALEJ Whispers of Heavenly Death (2008) I. Darest Thou Now O Soul II. The Voice of the Rain III. Out of the Rolling Ocean the Crowd IV. Whispers of Heavenly Death Text by Walt Whitman A Cappella SATB ALAIN PAYETTE Douces Mémoires (1990) Text from French poems by Lorraine Décarie Pour choeur, solistes (SABar) et piano; Il existe aussi une version pour choeur, solistes et orchestre Duration: 38 minutes, 16 seconds ALAIN PERRON Soir d’hiver (2006) Pour chœur mixte Texte: poème d’Émile Nelligan SID ROBINOVICH Cantus borealis: Song of the Forest (2011) Text by Katherine Bitney SATB, string orchestra (violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass), percussion (1) and audio soundscape Duration: 20 minutes

SID ROBINOVICH Psalms of Experience (1998) 1. Hymn of Confidence 2. Hymn of Longing 3. Hymn of Glory Text in Hebrew, from Psalms SATB, Children’s Choir (optional), piano, and percussion; or SATB, Children’s Choir, 2 pianos, 3 percussion Duration: 16 minutes, 32 seconds SID ROBINOVICH Sonora borealis (2011) Text in Inuktitut SATB, piano, percussion: hand drum, glockenspiel (optional) Duration: 11 minutes JAMES ROLFE Under the Sun (2002) Text from Chapter 1 of Ecclesiastes For eight SATB choirs Duration: 8 minutes MICHAEL J. RUDMAN Two Sacred Songs (2009) I. Hymn to God the Father Melody and bass: Pelham Humfrey Text: John Donne II. An Evening Hymn Melody and bass by Henry Purcell Text by William Fuller Three-part SAB choir and organ Duration: 5 minutes MANUS SASONKIN The Lord’s Prayer; Psalm XXIII (2011) Text in English A Cappella SATB, piano part for rehearsal only FREDERICK SCHIPIZKY Quiet Eve (1987) Text based on Franz Gruber’s ‘Silent Night’ SATB 3222/4321/timp, perc(4), synthesizer/strings Duration: 7 minutes, 3 seconds

DAVID RAPHAEL SCOTT Tranquility and Order (2005) 1. Bill of Lading, Aceh, 1840 2. Inheritances 3. The Curvature of Earth Text by Ariel Gordon SATB, viola, percussion Duration: 12 minutes RODNEY SHARMAN Letters for the Future (1999) Text in Italian by Galileo Galilei Men’s Choir, 2 harps, percussion and strings (min. 12-12-9-9-6) Duration: 14 minutes, 15 seconds RODNEY SHARMAN Love (2002) Text by George Sandys A Cappella SATB Duration: 3 minutes, 20 seconds EVGENY SHCHERBAKOV Stepenna (2010) Songs of Ascents I. When I Am Sorrowful II. I raise the eyes of my heart to Thee III. Thou, O Word, didst deliver the captivity of Zion from Babylon IV. From My Youth Text from the Russian Orthodox All-Night Vigil, Antiphon I, glas [tone] 1-4 SATB and piano Duration: 15 minutes ADAM SHERKIN Place of Disaffection (2005) Text by T.S. Eliot, from Burnt Norton (III) A Cappella SATB, with soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone soloists ADAM SHERKIN Sì lungiamente m’ha tenuto Amore (2007) Text in Italian, from XXVII of La Vita Nuova, by Dante Alighieri A Cappella SSAATTBB

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JANA SKARECKY God is our Refuge (1987) Text from Psalm 46 A Cappella SATB Duration: 4 minutes, 42 seconds NICHOLAS HENRI SLATER Missa Brevis I. Kyrie II. Sanctus III. Benedictus IV. Agnus Dei A Cappella SATB EVELYN STROOBACH In Flanders Fields (2006) Text by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae SATB and string quartet Duration: 3 minutes, 30 seconds EVELYN STROOBACH Sweetest Love, I Do Not Go (2006) Text by John Donne SATB and string quartet Duration: 10 minutes DAVID TANNER For the Fallen (2008) Texts in Latin from the Requiem Mass; English texts: excerpts from Tennyson’s ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’, Walt Whitman’s ‘Look Down Fair Moon’, and John McCrae’s ‘In Flanders Fields’ SATB choir and concert band Duration: 9 minutes, 36 seconds RAY TWOMEY Peace A Motet for SATB and Organ (1987) Text from the Bible—The Peace SATB and organ Duration: 2 minutes, 31 seconds

OWEN UNDERHILL In ecclesiis (2009) Text in Latin SATB (dividing into four parts), two soprano soli, and five trombones Duration: 8 minutes OWEN UNDERHILL Love Songs (1984) I. With how sad steps, O moone II. Ah, dear heart, why do you rise III. Lyke as a ship that through Texts from John Donne, Edmund Spencer, and Sir Philip Sidney A Cappella SATB Duration: 13 minutes, 46 seconds ARTHUR WARD From Strength to Strength (1991) Text from Psalm 84 Women’s Voices in unison with organ or piano accompaniment; optional alto and 2nd soprano parts ARTHUR WARD Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace (1999) Text from the Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi SATB and piano, with soprano descant CAROL ANN WEAVER Creator Spirit (1986) Text inspired by Psalm 104 A Cappella SATB Duration: 4 minutes, 18 seconds CAROL ANN WEAVER Our Prayer (1993) Text adapted from a poem by Judith Miller, based on the Lord’s Prayer SATB and piano 8 minutes CAROL ANN WEAVER Shall We (1997) A Cappella SATB Duration: 7 minutes, 44 seconds

JOHN WEINZWEIG Prisoner of Conscience (1986) Text by the composer A Cappella SSSAATTTBB Duration: 7 minutes, 20 seconds JOHN WEINZWEIG Shoppin’ Blues (1986) Text by the composer A Cappella SATB Duration: 3 minutes, 18 seconds ELLIOT WEISGARBER Minyo-shu: A Gathering of Folk Song (1992) Five Japanese folk song arrangements I. Kuroda Bushi II. Ina Bushi III. Komori Uta IV. Sado Okesa V. Soran Bushi SATB and piano Text in Japanese Duration: 13 minutes ELLIOT WEISGARBER Songs of a Thousand Autumns (1984) Text from Japanese court poems selected from the Man’ yo-shu and anthologies of the Imperial Court at Hei-an-kyo SATB and piano Duration: 14 minutes HEALEY WILLAN Benedictus (1930) Text from the Mass A Cappella SATB Duration: 5 minutes, 33 seconds HEALEY WILLAN Dirge for Two Veterans For Chorus and Orchestra (1984) Orchestration by Frederick R. Charles Clarke Text by Walt Whitman SATB, 2(picc)222/4231/3 timp, 2 perc, harp/strings Duration: 11 minutes, 27 seconds

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GORDON WILLIAMSON Two Inuit Folksongs (2006) I. Summer Song II. Utitiaq’s Song Text is Inuit in English translation A Capella SATB WES R. D. WRAGGETT Darkness Cannot Drive Out Darkness (2010) A Cappella SATB

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