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Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · 12h

< World Premiere >
LENNOX BERKELEY :
The Hill of the Graces, Op. 91, No. 2
(for unaccompanied SSAATTBB choir)
Monday 20 October, 1975
BBC Singers, cond. John Poole
J & W Chester, 1977 (JWC 55062)

Text : Edmund Spenser – 'The Fairie Queene', Book VI, Canto X

Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · 1d

< World Premiere >
PHILIPPE HERSANT :
Le Plasir Originel (Mystère Hystérique)
(for unaccompanied S. Mz. A. Ct. T. Bar. B. soli)
Saturday 19 October, 2002
La Chapelle Largeau, France (Festival Eclats de Voix)
Les Jeunes Solistes, dir. Rachid Safir

Gérard Billaudot Éditeur Paris, 2008 (GB8381)

Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · 2d

<World Premiere >
ALEC ROTH : I Will Move Thee
Sunday 18 October, 2015 – St. Alban Cathedral, England
St. Alban Cathedral Choir, dir. Andrew Lucas
Text : George Herbert (1593–1633)

Edition Peters Ltd. London, 2015 (EP 72743)

Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · 2d

< World Premiere >
PAUL HINDEMITH :
Fünfstimmige Madrigale nach Texten von Josef Weinheber
(for unaccompanied SSATB choir)
Saturday 18 October, 1958 – Vienna, Austria
Wiener Kammerchor, cond. Paul Hindemith

Schott Music GmbH & Co., 1958

Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · 3d

< World Premiere >
GABRIEL JACKSON : A Vision of Aeroplanes
for unaccompanied choir (6S. 4A. 4T. 4B.)
Friday 17 October, 1997
St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, England
The BBC Singers, cond. Simon Joly

Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · 4d

< World Premiere >
TORSTEN RASCH : ... in der Hülse von Schnee
(for unaccompanied SSAATTBB choir)
Thursday 16 October, 2014
Kammermusiksalle, Berlin Philharmonie, Germany
RIAS Kammerchor
Texts: Friedrich Hölderlin

Faber Music Ltd., 2014

Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · 7d

<World Premiere >
KENNETH LEIGHTON : Laudate Pueri (Psalm 112)
(for three unaccompanied SATB choirs)
Saturday 13 October, 1973
Norwich Cathedral, England
Choirs of Ely, Norwich, & Peterborough Cathedrals,
cond. Michael Nicholas

Novello & Company Limited, 1973

Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · 11d

< World Premiere >
ERNST PEPPING : Ein jegliches hat seine Zeit
(for unaccompanied SATB choir)
Saturday 9 October, 1937 – Berlin
Chor der Spandauer Kirchenmusikschule, dir. Gottfried Grote
Text : Ecclesiastes 3, 9 and 12

Schott Music GbmH & Co., 1938 (C35359)

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Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · 15d

ERNST KRENEK : Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae, Op. 93
(for unaccompanied SSAATTBB choir)
Sunday 5 October, 1958 - Martinskirche, Kassel, Germany
N.C.R.V. Vocaal Ensemble, dir. Marinus Voorberg

Bärenreiter Verlag, 1957 (BA 3648)

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Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · 18d

< World Premiere >
CAROL BARNETT : The Last Invocation
Sunday 2 October, 1988
Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis
Choir of Westminster Abbey, dir. Martin Neary
Text: Walt Whitman

Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., 1992 (OCTB6654)

Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · 19d

ERNST PEPPING : Deines Lichtes Glanz
(for unaccompanied SATB divisi choir)
Sunday 1 October, 1967 – Berlin
Staats- und Domchor Berlin, dir. Gottfried Grote

Bärenreiter Verlag, 1967 (Nr. 3520)

Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · Sep 20

< World Premiere >
ELLIOTT CARTER : String Quartet No. 5
Tuesday 19 September, 1995
De Singel, Antwerp, Belgium
The Arditti Quartet

Herndon Music, Inc., Boosey & Hawkes, 1995

Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · Sep 16

<World Premiere>
JAMES MacMILLAN : Cum vidisset Jesus
for unaccompanied SSAATTBB choir
Saturday 15 September, 2012 – University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Notre Dame Festival Chorus, cond. Carmen-Helena Téllez

Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd., 2013 (BH12636)

Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · Sep 15

< World Premiere >
ANTONIO NEGRI : Symbolum Apostolorum
(for unaccompanied SATB-SATB choir)
Friday 14 September, 2012
Basilica Di San Pietro, Perugia, Italy
St. Jacob's Chamber Choir, dir. Gary Graden

Schott Music GbmH & Co., 2014 (ED 21884)

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Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · Sep 3

< World Premiere >
LENNOX BERKELEY : Judica me, Op. 96
(for unaccompanied SSATBB choir)
Saturday 2 September, 1978 - Worcester, England
Festival Chorus, cond. Donald Hunt

J. & W. Chester, 1978 ( CH55166)

Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · Sep 2

< World Premiere >
WOLFGANG STEFFEN : Tagnachtlied, Op. 50
(for unaccompanied SSAATTBB choir)
Saturday 1 September, 1979 – Berlin
RIAS Kammerchor, dir. Uwe Gronostay
Text: Lothar Klünner

B. Scott's Söhne, Mainz, 1980 (ED44818)

Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · Aug 23

< World Premiere >
JAMES MacMILLAN : The Confession of Isobel Gowdie
Wednesday 22 August, 1990 – Royal Albert Hall, London
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, cond. Jerzy Maksymiuk

Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd., 1992

Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · Aug 9

< World Premiere >
ERKKI-SVEN TÜÜR : Canticum Canticorum Caritatis
(for unaccompanied div. SATB choir)
Saturday 8 August, 2020 – Kärdla Church, Kärdla, Estonia
Collegium Musicale, cond. Endrik Üksvärav

Edition Peters, 2020 (EP 14550)

Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · Aug 7

< World Premiere >
JAMES MacMILLAN : Sun Dogs
(for unaccompanied SSAATTBB div. choir)
Sunday 6 August, 2006
Auer Hall, Bloomington, Indiana
Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble,
cond. Carmen Téllez
Text : Michael Symmons Roberts, Roman Missal

Boosey & Hawkes Ltd., 2011 (BH12221)

Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · Aug 6

Montgomery Riverboat Dock – Saturday 5 August, 2023

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Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · Aug 5

< World Premiere >
KALEVI AHO : Symphony No. 8 for Organ & Orchestra
Thursday 4 August, 1994 – Lahti, Finland
(Lahti International Organ Week)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, cond. Osmo Vänskä
Hans-Ola Ericsson, Organ solo

Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · Jul 29

< World Premiere >
THIERRY PÉCOU : Le Visage, le Cœur
(Concerto for Piano & Mixed Choir)
Sunday 28 July, 2013 – La Roque d'Anthéron, France
(Festival de La Roque d'Anthéron)
Chœur de Chambre Les Éléments, cond. Joël Suhubiète
Alexandre Tharaud, Piano solo

Schott Music, 2012

Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · Jul 29

ERNST PEPPING : Bei Tag und Nacht
(for unaccompanied SATB choir)
Sunday 28 July, 1946 (Gesamtwerk) - Leipzig
Leipziger Universitätschor, Dir. Friedrich Rabenschlag

Schott Music, 1942 (Ed3910)

Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · Jul 23

< World Premiere >
ELLIOTT CARTER : Mad Regales
(for unaccompanied SMATBarB soli)
Tuesday 22 July, 2008
Tanglewood Music Center, Lennox, MA
Texts : John Ashbery

Hendon Music - Boosey & Hawkes, 2008

Ron Downs @aloneworldends.bsky.social · Jul 17

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