Our Repertoire
Canticum expands its repertoire every year. This list includes examples of Canticum's repertoire (major and minor works), sung at concerts, services or functions.
Ahlen, Waldemar; Sommarpsalm
Alfven, Hugo: Aftonen
Allegri, Gregorio: Miserere
Ampt, Robert: A babe is born in Bethlehem; Beside thy manger here I stand; Manyfold Amen; Mary the Virgin
Anon, Spanish: Dadme albricias hijos d'Eva
Arnesen, Kim Andre: Falling into Mercy; Ubi Caritas
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata No. 78 (Jesu, der du meine Seele); Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf; Komm Jesu komm; Lobet den Herrn; Magnificat (BWV 243); Singet dem Herrn; St John Passion; Christmas Oratorio; O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden; Mass in B Minor
Barber, Samuel: Agnus Dei; Sure on this shining night
Bardos, Gyorgy: Eli Eli
Barrett, Michael (arr): Indodana
Bernstein, Leonard: Chichester Psalms
Biebl, Franz: Ave Maria
Brahms, Johannes: Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren; Liebeslieder Walzer; Warum ist das Licht gegeben; Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen; Nachtwache II
Britten, Benjamin: A Boy Was Born; A Ceremony of Carols; Hymn to the Virgin; Rejoice in the Lamb; Hymn to St Cecilia; St Nicholas
Brophy, Gerard: Capricornia
Bruch, Max: Gebet
Bruckner, Anton: Christus factus est; Locus Iste; Vexilla Regis
Buxtehude, Diederich: Afferte Domino
Casals, Pablo: O Vos Omnes
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario: Romancero Gitano
Debussy, Claude: Dieu! Qu'il la fait bon regarder!; Quant j'ai ouy le tabourin; Yver, vous n'estes qu'un villain; Nocturnes
Doumany, Mary: The Butterfly and the Phoenix
Durufle, Maurice: Four motets on a Gregorian Theme; Requiem; Tu es Petrus; Ubi Caritas
Elgar, Edward: My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land; There is Sweet Music; Lux Aeterna
Ešenvalds, Ēriks: Stars, There will come soft rains
Estévez, Antonio: Mata del anima sola
Faure, Gabriel: Cantique de Jean Racine
Flecha, Matei: Riu riu chiu
Folk song (Norwegian): Dalakopen
Gabrieli, Giovanni: Canzon Septimi Toni, no. 2; Canzona per sonare, no 3; In ecclesiis; Jubilate Deo; O Magnum Mysterium
Gearing, Phillip: Pro Patria Mori; Only the Light
Gershwin, George: I Got Rhythm
Gesualdo, Carlo: Tristis est anima mea; O Vos Omnes
Gibbons, Orlando: Lift up your heads; O clap your hands
Ginastera, Alberto: Lamentations of Jeremiah
Gjeilo, Ola: Tota Pulchra Es; Ubi caritas
Gorecki, Henryk: Miserere
Grandage, Iain: Hush: on the Death of a Bush Church; Three Australian Bush Songs
Grieg, Edvard: Hvad est du dog skjon; I Himmelen
Hadley, Patrick: My Beloved Spake
Handel, G.F.: Messiah; Ode to St Cecilia; Israel in Egypt
Handl, Jacob: Duo Seraphim; O Magnum Mysterium
Harris, William: Faire is the Heaven
Harvey, Jonathan: I love the Lord; Remember, O Lord
Hassler, Hans Leo: Tanzen und Springen; Verbum caro factum est
Haydn, Franz Josef: Te Deum
Hensel, Fanny: Schöne Fremde
Hindemith, Paul: Six Chansons
Holst, Gustav: This have I done for my true love
Howells, Herbert: A Spotless Rose; Here is the Little Door; Psalm-Prelude, op 32/1; Sarabande (For the morning of Easter); Take Him, Earth, For Cherishing
Ingegneri, Marc Antonio: O bone Jesu
Kreek, Cyrillus: Õnnis on inimene
Kuula, Toivo: Auringon Noustessa
Kverno, Trond: Ave Maris Stella
Lack, Graham: Sanctus
Larsen, Tore Bjorn: A Piece of Pain
Lassus, Orlande de: Resonet in laudibus; Vide homo; Lagrime di San Pietro
Lauridsen, Morten: Sure on this Shining Night; Lux Aeterna
Liszt, Franz: Via Crucis
Lobo, Alfonso: Lamentations Ieremiae Prophetae
Lotti, Antonio: Crucifixus
Maclean, Clare: Christ the King; We Welcome Summer
MacMillan, James: Seven Last Words from the Cross; O Radiant Dawn
Mantyjarvi, Jaakko: Canticum Calamitatis Maritimae
Martin, Frank: Mass for Double Choir
McKinley, Ian: A Triptych of Austral Time; As the Bridegroom to His Chosen; Before the Morning Star; Botany Bay; Four old student songs; Now Choose Life; Pastourelle; Teach us, O gracious Lord; The Lord is My Shepherd (Ps 23); Your Word is a Lamp (Ps 119)
Mealor, Paul: Ubi caritas
Mendelssohn, Felix: Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt; Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen?
Milliken, Sandra: In paradisum
Monteverdi, Claudio: Cantate Domino; Ecco mormorar l'onde; Sestina; Beatus Vir
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Ave Verum
Nelhybel, Vaclav: Estampie Natalis
Nicolai, Otto: Herr, auf dich traue ich
Nielsen, Carl (arr): Mit Hjerte altid vanker
Norman, Ludvig: Jordans oro vikker
Nystedt, Knut: Immortal Bach; O Crux
O'Regan, Tarik: Threshhold of Night
Orff, Carl: Vivamus (Cartulli Carmina); Odi et Amo (Cartulli Carmina)
Palestrina, Giovanni di: Hodie Christus Natus Est; Kyrie (Missa Papae Marchelli); Ricercar del Primo Tuono; Tu es Petrus
Parry, C. Hubert H.: I Was Glad
Pärt, Arvo: Berlin Mass; I am the True Vine; Magnificat; Nunc Dimittis; Sieben Magnificat Antiphonen; Te Deum; The Beatitudes; The Woman with the Alabaster Box; De Profundis; Drei Hirtenkinder Aus Fatima
Paulus, Stephen: The Road Home
Pizzetti, Ildebrando: Il Giardino Di Afrodite; Piena Sorgeva La Luna; Requiem
Poulenc, Francis: Exultate Deo; Figure Humaine; Four Motets for a Time of Penitence; Hodie Christus Natus Est; O Magnum Mysterium
Rautavaara, Einojuhani: Avuksihuutopsalmi (Psalm of Invocation); Die erste Elegie; Ehtoohymni (Evening Hymn); Halavan Himmean Alla (In the Shade of the Willow); Lorca Suite
Reger, Max: Der Mensch lebt und bestehet nur eine kleine Zeit; O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden
Respighi, Ottorino: Lauda per la nativita del Signore
Rheinberger, Josef: Abendlied; Stabat Mater
Rutter, John: Angel's Carol; I wonder as I wander; King Jesus Hath a Garden
Saint-Saens, Camille: Les fleurs et les arbres
Sandstrom, Jan: Across the Bridge of Hope
Sandstrom, Sven-David: A New Heaven and a New Earth
Scarlatti, Alessandro: O Magnum Mysterium
Scarlatti, Domenico: Stabat Mater a 10
Schönberg, Arnold: Friede auf Erden
Schumann, Robert: Zigeunerleben
Sibelius, Jean: Rakastava
Sisask, Urmas: Benedictio
Sixten, Fredrik: The Fleeing Child
Stenhammer, Wilhelm: I seraillets have; September; Havde jeg en datterson
Suttner, Kurt (arr): Il est ne le divin enfant
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon: Hodie Christus Natus Est
Szymko, Joan: Ubi Caritas
Tallis, Thomas: Lamentations of Jeremiah; Spem in Alium
Tavener, John: Angels; Funeral Ikos; Ikon of Light; The Lamb; The Lament of the Mother of God; Today the Virgin
Terpstra, Keren: Light; Veni Veni
Thompson, Randall: Choose something like a star; Peaceable Kingdom; Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening; The Road Not Taken
Tormis, Veljo: Autumn Landscapes
Tveit, Sigvald: Blessed are the Peacemakers
Twist, Joseph: Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep; Vor Singet; Ubi Caritas
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Three Shakespeare Songs; Mass in G Minor, Silence and Music
Verdi, Giuseppe: Laudi alla Vergine Maria;Pater Noster
Victoria, Tomas Luis de: Caligaverunt oculi mei; O Magnum Mysterium; Recessit pastor noster; Requiem; Vere languores nostros; Officium Defunctorum
Villiers Stanford, Charles: And I Saw Another Angel
Vivaldi, Antonio: Gloria in D major (RV589); Gloria in Excelsis & Et in Terra Pax (Gloria RV588); Arma Caedes & Mundi Rector (Juditha Triumphans RV 644); Magnificat, Et Misericordia, Fecit Potentiam & Deposuit Potentes (Magnificat RV610A)
Vivanco, Sebastian de: Magnificat
Uusberg, Pärt: Muusika
Weelkes, Thomas: Hark, all ye lovely saints
Willan, Healy: I beheld her, beautiful as a dove; An Apostrophe to the Heavenly Host
Willcock, Christopher: Etiquette with Angels; Let my prayer rise; Songs of Parting and Remaining
Whitacre, Eric: When David Heard, Sainte-Chapelle
White, Robert: Lamentations
Zelenka, Jan Dismas: Nine Responsories for Good Friday