Six favourite 20th Century choral works.

[North Star]

Hmm, I am curious.

As am I.
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[Maestro267]

Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (1910)
Brian: Symphony No. 1 ("The Gothic") (1927)
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast (1931)
Penderecki: St. Luke Passion (1966)
Bernstein: Mass (1971)
Lloyd: A Symphonic Mass (1993)

[Daverz]

Feldman, Rothko Chapel
Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms; Threni
Prokofiev, Alexander Nevsky
Janacek, Glagolithic Mass
Martin: Mass for Double Chorus

[kyjo]

Tough to narrow it down to just 6...

L. Boulanger: Psalm 130 Du fond de l'abîme
Howells: Hymnus Paradisi
Lloyd: A Symphonic Mass
Poulenc: Stabat Mater
Rachmaninoff: The Bells
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast

With sincerest apologies to RVW, Finzi, Holst, Janacek, Martinu, Tippett, Stravinsky, F. Martin, Stenhammar, Schmitt, Schmidt, Zemlinsky, Petrassi etc. etc.

[Karl Henning]

I'll accept the freedom of it simply being "six favorites."

Stravinsky, Cantata
Shostakovich, Symphony № 13, « Babi Yar »
Wuorinen, Mass for the Restoration of St Luke's
Schnittke Symphony № 4
Schoenberg, Die glückliche Hand
Hindemith, Das Unaufhörliche

[San Antone]

Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms
Duruflé - Requiem
Poulenc - Stabat Mater
Krenek - Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae
Stravinsky - Requiem Canticles
Messiaen - La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ

[DavidW]

Penderecki Utrenja
Ligeti Requiem
Mahler Symphony #8
Janacek Glagolithic Mass
Shostakovich Symphony #13
Part Miserere

Honorable Mentions:
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
Szymanowski Stabat Mater

[Wanderer]

Fun, another "favourites" list. Without much rumination, as always not in order of preference and definitely more than six:

Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
Schmidt: Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim's Progress
Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder
Stravinsky: Les Noces
Orff: Trionfi (Carmina Burana, Catulli Carmina, Trionfo di Afrodite)
Britten: Festival Te Deum
Mahler: Symphony No. 8
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Debussy: Le Martyre de saint Sébastien
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky

[DavidW]

Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder

Oh how did I forget these?  I would also add Britten's War Requiem.

[DaveF]

Stravinsky, Cantata

Ah, definitely - probably my favourite Stravinsky, too.  But I'm going to try to name pieces that haven't yet been included, so:

Howells - Gloucester Service
Tippett - The Vision of St Augustine
Rosenberg - Symphony no.4
Delius - A Mass of Life
Hindemith - Mass
Nielsen - 3 Motets

[Karl Henning]

Oh how did I forget these?

I always do this, so I felt happy just to cite the first six to cross my mind....

[Symphonic Addict]

Psaume XLVII, by Florent Schmitt (1906)
The Bells, by Sergei Rachmaninov (1913)
Stabat Mater, by Karol Szymanowski (1925-26)
Glagolitic Mass, by Leoš Janáček (1926)
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher, by Arthur Honegger (1938)
Utrenja, by Krzysztof Penderecki (1970)


Bonus piece (a work I revisited recently):

Te Deum, by Walter Braunfels (1920-21)


Interesting that only one work written post-1950 comes up in this list.

[Cato]

Once again, somehow I missed this topic!

I agree with things like Utrenja by Penderecki, The Bells by Rachmaninov, and Gurrelieder by Schoenberg.

Some works not yet mentioned:

One of the greatest 7 minutes in choral music:

Prokofiev: Seven, They Are Seven

And...

S. Taneyev: At the Reading of a Psalm

Szymanowski: Symphony #3

Scriabin/Nemtin: Universe

Karl Henning: Nuhro and a work I mentioned a few weeks ago...

[Luke]

One possible list...

Janacek - Glagolitic
Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms
Tippett - Child of Our Time
Britten - War Requiem
Poulenc - Litanies a la vierge noire
Adams - Harmonium

Another one...

Rachmaninov - Vespers
Part - Miserere
Schnittke - Choir Concerto or Psalms of Repentance
Silvestrov - Testament
Tormis - a number of things....
Szymanowski - Stabat Mater or Symphony no 3

[Luke]

...writing this has got me listening to Tormis this evening. He's the most amazing choral writer...

[Cato]

...writing this has got me listening to Tormis this evening. He's the most amazing choral writer...

All right, along with Walter Braunfels, it looks like I will be visiting Veljo Tormis tomorrow morning! 

[vandermolen]

Psaume XLVII, by Florent Schmitt (1906)
The Bells, by Sergei Rachmaninov (1913)
Stabat Mater, by Karol Szymanowski (1925-26)
Glagolitic Mass, by Leoš Janáček (1926)
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher, by Arthur Honegger (1938)
Utrenja, by Krzysztof Penderecki (1970)


Bonus piece (a work I revisited recently):

Te Deum, by Walter Braunfels (1920-21)


Interesting that only one work written post-1950 comes up in this list.

Great selection Cesar - I was fortunate enough to hear 'The Bells' live in London last night.

[Lisztianwagner]

Mine could be:

Schönberg - Gurrelieder
Mahler - Symphony No. 8
Rachmaninov - The Bells
Honegger - Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
Holst - The Golden Goose
Dallapiccola - Canti di Prigionia

Bonus work:

Vaughan Williams - Dona Nobis Pacem

[Cato]

All right, along with Walter Braunfels, it looks like I will be visiting Veljo Tormis tomorrow morning! 

Right now a work from 1927: Concerto for Organ, Boys' Choir, and Orchestra by Walter Braunfels

Earlier, The Curse On Iron by Veljo Tormis

Excellent discoveries!

[Karl Henning]

Great selection Cesar - I was fortunate enough to hear 'The Bells' live in London last night.

Excellent!