Mount Desert Summer Chorale: A History of Performances
Under John Harms:
1968 Rossini, Stabat Mater
1969 Verdi, Requiem
1970 Haydn, The Creation
1971 Handel, Messiah
1972 Haydn, The Creation
1973 Dvořak, Te Deum; Boulanger, Psalm 24; Rossini, Stabat Mater
1974 Purcell, Dido and Aeneas; Mozart, Regina Coeli; Mussorgsky, Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov
1975 Verdi, Requiem; Mozart, Regina Coeli
1976 Works by Haydn, Beach, Brahms, Rubenstein, Thomson
1977 Mendelssohn, Elijah
1978 Rossini, Stabat Mater; works by Brahms and Andriessen
1979 Haydn, The Creation
1980 Mendelssohn, Elijah
Under Wilson Gault:
1981 All Bach program
Under George Emlen:
1982 Fauré, Requiem; Purcell, Come Ye Sons of Art
1983 Schubert, Mass in G Major; Mozart, Regina Coeli; Handel, A Canticle of Praise
1984 Cherubini, Requiem
1985 Schütz, Die mit Tränen säen; Handel, Coronation Anthem No. 2; Bach, Cantata No. 140
1986 Bach, Cantata No. 19; Mendelssohn, Psalm 95; Emlen and Stookey, 23rd Psalm
1987 Haydn, The Creation
1988 Mozart, Requiem, Ave verum corpus, Exsultate, jubilate
1989 Gabrieli, Jubilate Deo; Carissimi, Jepthe; Vivaldi, Gloria
1990 Bach, Cantata No. 80; Haydn, Lord Nelson Mass
1991 Duruflé, Requiem; Le Jeune, Motet; Charpentier, Te Deum
1992 Brahms, Requiem (25th anniversary concert)
1993 Mozart, Solemn Vespers; Handel, Chandos Anthem 4A; Psalm settings by Schütz and Purcell
1994 Bach, Magnificat; Rutter, Magnificat
1995 no performance
1996 Bernstein, Chichester Psalms; Emlen, Mariner’s Anthem; Fauré, Requiem
1997 Handel, Utrecht Te Deum; Schubert, Mass in A-flat Major
1998 Mendelssohn, Elijah (30th anniversary concert)
1999 Mount Desert Summer Chorale retrospective; short works by various composers
Under David Schildkret:
2000 Bach, Cantata No. 4; Vivaldi, Gloria
2001 Handel, Coronation Anthems; Mozart, Coronation Mass
2002 Vaughan Williams, Five Mystical Songs; Orff, Carmina Burana
2003 Emlen, Veni Sancte Spiritus; Dvořák, Mass in D Major; Pinkham, Christmas Cantata; Rutter, Gloria (honoring Mark Woolman Horner)
2004 Schubert, Mass in G Major; Haydn, Lord Nelson Mass
2005 Fauré, Requiem, and music by French composers
2006 All Mozart, featuring the Requiem
2007 Handel, Messiah
2008 Bach/Damrosch, A Mighty Fortress; Beethoven, Hallelujah; Brahms, Requiem (40th anniversary concert)
2009 Haydn, "Little Organ" Mass; Handel, "Cuckoo and Nightingale" Concerto; Duruflé, Requiem
2010 Parry, I Was Glad; Handel, Zadok, the Priest; Emlen and Stookey, 23rd Psalm; Vaughan Williams, Five Mystical Songs; Bernstein, Chichester Psalms
2011 Haydn, The Creation
2012 "Heart-Stopping Choruses": anthems and choruses by various composers
2013 Verdi, Requiem
2014 Durante, Magnificat; Vivaldi, Gloria; Poulenc, Gloria
2015 Mozart, Solemn Vespers for a Confessor, K. 339 and Requiem, K. 626
2016 Acadia Centennial Concert: Short works, including the world premiere of "Promised Land" by Craig Courtney (commissioned by MDSC) and featuring Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb
2017 Bach, Cantata 29 "Wir danken dir, Gott" and Haydn, "Lord Nelson" Mass
2018 Mendelssohn, Elijah
2019 Orff, Carmina Burana
2020 no performance
2021 A selection of short works by Orff, Beethoven, Mozart, Dett, Diemer, Rutter, Mendelssohn, Thomas, Wilhousky, and Handel.
2022 Mozart, Requiem
2023 Beloved music from the stage, including Carmen, The Phantom of the Opera, The Secret Garden, The Pirates of Penzance, and Candide.
2024 Fauré, Requiem, and Vaughan Williams, Five Mystical Songs
