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Home > Music > Chapel Choir > Musical History
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Musical History
The Chapel Choir is best known for its well-attended and critically
praised annual performances of Handel’s Messiah. But the
choir has performed many other major choral works with professional
orchestra; in recent seasons, its diverse repertoire has included
Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Duruflé’s Requiem,
Lauridsen’s Lux Æterna, Fanshawe’s African Sanctus,
Mozart’s Requiem, Tchaikovsky’s Liturgy of St. John
Chrysostom, Poulenc’s Gloria, and Vaughan Williams’s
Dona nobis pacem.
The Chapel Choir has toured domestically, performing at such
prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, the Cathedral of St. John
the Divine, and Washington National Cathedral. International tours
have taken the choir to Poland and the Czech Republic, England,
and China. The trip to England culminated in a performance of
Handel’s Messiah at London’s St. Martin-in-the-Fields,
with members of the English Festival Orchestra. An illustrated
account of the Chapel Choir’s 1996 tour of China with the
Duke University Chorale preserves some memories of the choir’s
most adventurous tour.
Spring Oratorio
Follow these links for a summary of our recent spring oratorio performances:
2004 Four Great Works in One Afternoon
2003 Bach’s St. Matthew Passion
2002 Duruflé’s Requiem and Lauridsen’s Lux Æterna
China Tour
Follow this link
for a photo-essay on the Chapel Choir’s
1996 tour of China with the Duke University Chorale.
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