Repertoire
The choir is one of the few choirs in South Africa to sing only sacred music, but nevertheless holds regular public performances. It has become a tradition that, with the start of each year, the choir will practice and perform a mass or similar work with the University Stellenbosch Symphony Orchestra. The following works have been performed:
- 2012 - Handel Messiah
- 2011 - Vivaldi Magnificat, Handel Dettingen Anthem, Schubert Mass in G Major D167, Mozart Te Deum
- 2010 - Mozart Requiem
- 2009 - Handel Messiah
- 2008 - Vivaldi Magnificat & Credo and Handel Dixit Dominus
- 2007 - Vivaldi Gloria and Handel Dettingen Te Deum
- 2006 - Mozart Requiem
- 2005 - Handel Messiah
- 2004 - Handel Coronation Anthems
- 2003 - Mozart Credo Mass in C Major, K.257, and Schubert Credo Mass in F Major, D105
- 2002 - Mozart Requiem
- 2001 - Bach Magnificat, Handel Dettingen Te Deum and Rossini's Stabat Mater
- 2000 - Handel Messiah and Fauré Requiem
- 1999 - Handel Dixit Dominus and Vivaldi Gloria
- 1998 - Mozart Requiem
It has also become custom for the choir, or some members, to get invited to perform as additional members for several performances of other works during the year, which includes the Mozart Requiem (2007), Handel Messiah (2006) and Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (2005). In addition, in 2011 the choir performed the secular Carmina Burana.
The choir then follows an a cappella repertoire for the rest of the year. A wide range of music is considered and the repertoire includes works from composers Monteverdi, Bruckner, Rachmaninoff, Randall Thompson etc. as well as Negro Spirituals. Other favourites include Afrikaans works by composers such as Chris Lambrecht and Pieter van der Westhuizen (ex-conductor of Canticum Novum), to name but a few.
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