Outstanding Concerts Since 1961

Bach Christmas Oratorio 1985; Magnificat 1967, 1974, 1993, 1999, 2019; Mass in B Minor 1982, 1995, 2022; St. John Passion 2003, Mass in G Major 2009

Barber Agnus Dei 2006

Beethoven Ninth Symphony 1966, 1971, 1986, 1994, 2012; Missa Solemnis 1998, 2011; Mass in C Major 2003

Berlioz Requiem 2001

Bernstein Chichester Psalms 1975, 1992, 2006, 2010, 2016

Bizet Carmen 2007

Bloch Sacred Service 1974, 2016

Borodin Polovetsian Dances 1979, 1990

Brahms A German Requiem 1961, 1979, 1987, 1997, 2010, 2021; Liebeslieder Walzer 1964, 1980, 2023; Nänie 2000, 2008, 2014

Britten A Ceremony of Carols 1977, 1995, 2005, 2019; War Requiem 1994; St. Nicolas 1999, 2011; Rejoice in the Lamb 2000, 2020

Bruch Moses 1997

Bruckner E Minor Mass 1983

Clausen A New Creation 1995, 2002

Duruflé Requiem 1993, 2008

Fauré Requiem 1970, 1975, 1987, 1999

Forrest Requiem for the Living 2014, 2017; American Folksongs 2017; St.Patrick’s Hymn (commissioned by Greenville Chorale) 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021; LUX: the Dawn from On High (commissioned by Greenville Chorale) 2017

Gabrieli Motet 1994

Gawthrop In Quiet Resting Places 2002; Behold This Mystery 2006

Handel Israel in Egypt 1976; Judas Maccabaeus 1985; Dettingen Te Deum 2004; Messiah 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2018, 2021

Haydn The Creation 1965, 1983, 2001; Lord Nelson Mass 1980, 1989, 2000, 2007; Te Deum 1998

Holst The Planets 1998,

Honegger King David 1986

Kilstofte Endless Streams 2002; Of Rivers Within (commissioned by Greenville Chorale) 2005

Lauridsen Lux Aeterna 2002

Mahler Resurrection Symphony (No. 2) 1988, 1998, 2008, 2014; Symphony of a Thousand (No. 8) 1996; Symphony No. 3 2016; Mauricio Requiem Mass, 1996

Mendelssohn The Conversion of St. Paul 1970, 1977; Elijah 1963, 1972, 1986, 2005

Menotti The Unicorn, Gorgon, & The Manticore 1971

Mozart Requiem 1970, 1981, 1991, 2006, 2019; C Minor Mass 1991; Coronation Mass 2006

Nunes-Garcia Requiem Mass 1996

Orff Carmina Burana 1983, 1993, 2000, 2015, 2022

Porter Cole Porter selections 2013

Poulenc Gloria 1973, 1993, 2014

Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky 1993, 1994

Puccini Messa di Gloria 1988

Rachmaninoff The Bells 2004; All Night Vigil (Vespers) 2009

Ray Gospel Mass 1996

Respighi Laud To The Nativity 1977

Rodgers Rodgers and Hammerstein selections 2012, 2013

Rutter Gloria 1983, 1994, 1999; Magnificat 1991; Requiem 1990, 2011; Mass of the Children 2004

Schubert Mass in G 1969, 1980

Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms 1982, 1987

Thompson Peaceable Kingdom 1983, 1999; Testament of Freedom 1992, 2008; Alleluia 1999; American Mercury 1999

Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem 1990, 2005, 2014; Mass in G Minor 2011; Serenade to Music 2015

Verdi Requiem 1966, 1984, 1989, 1995, 2002, 2009; Te Deum 1978, 1988, 2014

Vivaldi Gloria 1968

Wilberg Tres Cantus Laudendi 2006; Come Thou Fount 2006; Bound for the Promised Land 2013

Herring Chamber Ensemble

Concert Features 1998 – 2022

The 24-voice Herring Chamber Ensemble is sponsored by Gordon and Sarah Herring

1998 – Brahms “Liebeslieder Walzer,” Opus 52
R.Vaughan Williams “Serenade to Music”

1999 – J.S.Bach “Jesu, meine Freude” BWV 227
Benjamin Britten “Hymn to St. Cecilia” Opus 27

2000 – Franz J. Haydn “Te Deum for Empress Marie Therese’
Johannes Brahms “Rhapsodie” Opus 53
Benjamin Britten “Rejoice in the Lamb” Opus 30

2001 – J.S.Bach “Coffee Cantata” BWV 211
Ludwig van Beethoven “Elegisher Gesang” Opus 118

2002 – Johannes Brahms “Nänie” Opus 82 (Aiken, SC)
Aaron Copland “In the Beginning”

2003 – J.S.Bach “Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden” BWV 230
R.Vaughan Williams “Serenade to Music”

2004 – Johannes Brahms “Five Songs” Opus 104
Franz J. Haydn “Part Songs”
P.D.Q. Bach “The Seasonings”

2005 - Herbert Howells “Requiem”
Aaron Copland “Old American Songs”

2006 – W.A.Mozart “Missa Brevis in F” K.192
Johannes Brahms “Liebeslieder Walzer” Opus 52
P.D.Q. Bach “Liebeslieder Polkas” S. 2/4

2007 – Franz Schubert “Mass in G minor” D.167
George F. Handel “Coronation Anthems” #1, #4

2008 – F.J. Haydn “Mass in D minor” (Lord Nelson Mass) (Greenwood SC)
P.D.Q.Bach “Oedipus Tex”

2009 - Gabriel Fauré “Messe Basse”
John Tavener “Svyati”

2010 - J.S.Bach “Mass in G major” BWV 236
Benjamin Britten “Rejoice in the Lamb” Opus 30

2011 - John Rutter “Requiem”

2012 - “Sacred Music for a Sacred Place”
Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral

2013 – Gabriel Fauré “Requiem

2014 – J.S.Bach “Jesu, meine Freude” BWV 227
Johannes Brahms “Alto Rhapsodie”
Shakespeare in music (Rutter, Gawthrop, Berger, Shearing)

2015 – Celebrating 20th anniversary of St.George Greek Orthodox Cathedral
Bruckner, Tallis, Hassler, Stanford, Miskinis, Mealor, Tavener, Kyros, Hogan

2016 – Benjamin Brittin “Hymn to St. Ceceila,” Herbert Howells Requiem,
Brahms Liebeslieder Walzer, Op 52, Mulholland, Debussy, & Sametz,

2017 – Carol Barnett “The World Beloved – “A Bluegrass Mass”
Will Todd, Bradley Ellingboe, Eriks Esenvalds, & Craig Johnson

2018 – Eleanor Daley “Requiem”
Bowker, Arnesen, McCullough, Ticheli, King Singers

2019 – Runestad “Come to the woods” and Kiawah Island Concert Series

2020 - Handel MESSIAH Part 3

2021 – cancelled covid pandemic

2022 – J.S.Bach Mass in B-minor