Repertoire
Our repertoire includes challenging choral favourites, contemporary compositions, plus spirituals and folk music from our lighter programme. Below is a flavour of recent works. This is by no means exhaustive; further details can be found on our concert pages.
The choir is strongly committed to the development and popularisation of choral music. To this end we
- Regularly perform contemporary works
- Work with emerging composers and arrangers, including choir members
- Commission and premiere new compositions
- Present Irish choral music workshops for conductors and singers
Alcaraz
Ecce quomodo moritur justus
Bach
Actus Tragicus (Cantata no. 106, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbesten Zeit)
Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Jesu meine Freude, BWV 227
Ich lasse dich Nicht, BWV Anh. 159
Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Jesu meine Freude, BWV 227
Ich lasse dich Nicht, BWV Anh. 159
Berio
E si fussi pisci
Bernstein
Chichester Psalms
Bruckner
Ave Maria
Christus factus est
Os Justi
Locus iste
Mass in E minor
Christus factus est
Os Justi
Locus iste
Mass in E minor
Brahms
Drei Gesange, op. 42:
Liebeslieder Walzer, op. 52
Motet: O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf, op. 74 no. 1
Psalm 13, for three-part female chorus and organ, op 27
- No. 1: Abendständchen
- No. 2: Vineta
- No. 3: Darthulas Grabesgesang
Liebeslieder Walzer, op. 52
Motet: O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf, op. 74 no. 1
Psalm 13, for three-part female chorus and organ, op 27
Britten
A ceremony of carols, op. 28
Hymn to the Virgin
Hymn of St. Columba
Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30
Hymn to the Virgin
Hymn of St. Columba
Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30
Busto
Sagastipean
O magnum mysterium
O magnum mysterium
Byrd
Justorum animae
Mass for four voices
Mass for four voices
Dallapiccola
Due cori: Il coro delle malmaritate, Il coro dei malammogliati
Debussy
Trois chants de Charles d'Orléans
Duruflé
Quatre motets sur des thèmes grégoriens
Elgar
My love dwelt in a northern land
Fauré
Requiem
Gershwin
I got rhythm
Handel
Zadok the Priest
Hewson
Crossing the bar
Moses Hogan
Joshua fit the battle
Janáček
Otcenás (Our Father)
Jansson / Eriksson
Salve Regina / To the Mothers in Brazil
Hall Johnson
Ain't got time to die
Kern / Harbach
Smoke gets in your eyes
Kocsár
6 choruses to poems by Sandburg
Kodaly
Esti dal
Kosma / Prévert
Autumn leaves
Morten Lauridsen
O magnum mysterium
Kenneth Leighton
A Hymn to the Trinity
Ligeti
Éjsszaka; Reggel
Mäntyjärvi
Double, double, toil and trouble
Pseudo-Yoik
Pseudo-Yoik
Frank Martin
Mass for double chorus
Mawby
Ave Verum Corpus
Mendelssohn
Drei Volkslieder (from op. 41)
Herbstlied (from op. 48)
Hör mein Bitten
From Sechs Sprüche, op. 79:
Herbstlied (from op. 48)
Hör mein Bitten
From Sechs Sprüche, op. 79:
- No. 1: Weihnacht
- No. 4: In der Passionzeit
- No. 6: Am Charfreitage
Monteverdi
Ecco mormorar l'onde
From Quarto libro dei madrigali:
From Quarto libro dei madrigali:
- A un giro sol dei begl'occhi
- Io mi son giovinetta
- Luci serene e chiare
- Si ch'io vorrei morire
- Voi pur da me partite
Caintic Mhuire (Magnificat)
Orbán
Come away death
O mistress mine
O mistress mine
Palestrina
Sicut cervus
Exsultate Deo
Exsultate Deo
Parry
I was glad
There is an old belief
Never weather beaten sail
There is an old belief
Never weather beaten sail
Arvo Pärt
Magnificat
Nunc dimittis
Which was the son of...
Nunc dimittis
Which was the son of...
Cole Porter
Night and day
Poulenc
Chansons françaises
Salve Regina
Salve Regina
Purcell
Music for a while
Rachmaninoff
Bogoroditsye Dyevo (Ave Maria)
Vespers (All Night Vigil, op. 37)
Vespers (All Night Vigil, op. 37)
Ravel
Trois chansons
Reger
Unser lieben Frauen Traum
Rheinberger
Abendlied
Mass in E flat for double choir
Mass in E flat for double choir
Rodgers / Hart
Blue Moon
Rutter
Gloria
Saint-Saëns
Calme des nuits
Les fleurs et les arbres
Les fleurs et les arbres
Schütz
Deutsches Magnificat
Kirby Shaw
Plenty good room
Stanford
Three motets, op. 38:
- Justorum animae
- Coelos ascendit hodie
- Beati quorum via
Stravinsky
Ave Maria
Pater Noster
Pater Noster
Tavener
Hymn to the Mother of God
The Lamb
Song for Athene
The Lamb
Song for Athene
Tchaikovsky
The crown of roses
From Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom:
From Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom:
- Cherubic Hymn
- Khvalite Gospoda s nebyes
Randall Thomson
Alleluia
Tomkins
Too much I once lamented
Viadana
Exsultate justi
James Wilson
Frost at evening, from Almanac
Youmans / Caesar
Tea for two
Compositions for the choir
The following pieces were written for or premiered by the Mornington Singers.
The Song of Ruth (2007)
An raibh tú ar an gCarraig? (2004)
Is Naofa Thú (Sanctus; 2007)
Is Naofa Thú (Sanctus; 2007)
Louise Harte
Bom Apego (2008)
Letum Tenebrae (2008)
The Train to Morrow (arr. Mäntyjärvi 2006)
Ernie Marrs
Plastic Jesus (arr. Dillane)
John White
Is ye a screecher? (2007)
Love is Patient, Love is Kind (2005)
Rocky Road to Dublin (trad. arr. White 2007)
Love is Patient, Love is Kind (2005)
Rocky Road to Dublin (trad. arr. White 2007)