» A DuBose Heyward Triptych (Text: DuBose Heyward) (2000-2001) 15’30”
1. Silences
2. Landbound
3. Dusk
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» All My Heart This Night Rejoices (Text: Paul Gerhardt) (1972) 2’00”
Alleluia Dialogues (Text: Alleluia) (1990) 4’00”
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– appears on the CD – Holy Canticles, Sacred and Secular Choral Music
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Angel Song (Text: Moncure Daniel Conway) (2014) 4’30”
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– appears on the CD – Dan Locklair GLORIA
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» Arise in Beauty (Text: Angier Brock) (2010) 7’00”
Ave Maria (Text: Traditional Latin) (2004) 4’30”
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– appears on the CD – The World’s Desire
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» Ave Verum Corpus (Hail, True Body) (Text: Traditional) (2010) 4’00″
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» Ave Verum (1998) 5’00”
Bond and Free (Text: Robert Frost) (2012) 4’00″
Break Away! (Text: Alicia Carpenter) (1983) 5’00”
♦TP
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– appears on the CD – Holy Canticles, Sacred and Secular Choral Music
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» Brief Mass (Text: The Ordinary of the Mass) (1993) 15’00”
I .Kyrie
II.Gloria
III. Credo
IV. Sanctus
V. Agnus Dei
♦RHL
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– appears on the CD – American Music from St. Thomas
– appears on the CD – Dan Locklair: Choral Music
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» Calm on the Listening Ear of Night (Text: Edmund H. Sears) (2017) 6’00’
» A Celtic Invocation (Text: Traditional) (1978) 2’00”
» “changing perceptions” & EPITAPH (1987) 14’00”
I. what do we know about life (Carol Adler)
II. A.M.H. (Christine Teale Howes)
III. Grief Poem (Joy Kogawa)
IV. High Flight (John Gillespie Magee, Jr.)
V. like the river that passes away (Carol Adler)
EPITAPH
NOTE: EPITAPH (Grave inscription) may be performed after “changing perceptions” if desired, but this is optional.
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– appears on the CD – Dan Locklair: Choral Music
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» The Chapel Hill Service: Morning (Text: Rite I) (2019)
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» The Chapel Hill Service: Evening (Text: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis) (2019) 9’00”
A Christmas Carol (Text: G.K. Chesterton) (1981) 2’00”
♦RHL
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– appears on the CD – Holy Canticles, Sacred and Secular Choral Music
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» A Christmas Pair (Text: Christine Teale Howes) (1989) 7’00”
I. Down to the Roots of the World
II. Lumen de Lumine
Each movement published separately
♦WL
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» The Cloths of Heaven (Text: William Butler Yeats) (2013) 3’00’
» The Columbus Madrigals (Text: Alicia Carpenter) (1991) 29’00”
I. They Say; II. The Voyage; III. Into Your Hands (Last Words)
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» Comfort Ye My People (Text: Johann Olearius (1611-1684), based on Isaiah 40:1-8, trs. by Catherine Winkworth) (2020) 4’00’
» Cradle Song (Text: Traditional German) (1979) 3’00”
Create in Me a Clean Heart (Text: Psalm 51) (1980) 4’00”
♦P
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– appears on the CD – My Spirit Sang All Day…
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Creator of the Stars of Night (Text: Ninth century. Translation by John Mason Neale) (2011) 6’00″
» DESCANTS to Traditional Hymns (2007-2008)
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» Desires (Text: Traditional Celtic) (1978) 3’00”
Dona Nobis Pacem (Text: The Mass) (1985) 5’00”
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– appears on the CD – Holy Canticles, Sacred and Secular Choral Music
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En Natus Est Emanuel (1999) 3’30”
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» Festival Setting of Wake Forest University Alma Mater (1983)
For Amber Waves (Text: Katherine Lee Bates) (1993) 4’30”
♦BH
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– appears on the CD – Dan Locklair: Choral Music
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» For This Is Love (Text: Robert Frost) (2016) 4’00”
» The Force of Habit (1978) 8’00”
Program Notes
I. The Elephant or The Force of Habit (A.E. Housman); II. Animals (Walt Whitman); III. I Dunno (Anonymous); IV. How Doth the Little Crocodile (Lewis Carroll); V. The Reason for the Pelican (John Ciardi)
♦RHL
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Freedom (Text: Maya Angelou) (2000) 4’00”
From East to West (Text: Coelius Sedulius, tr. Ellerton/Ulery) (2003) 5’00”
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– appears on the CD – From East to West
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From East to West (Text: Coelius Sedulius, tr. Ellerton/Ulery) (2003/2005) 5’00”
The Gates of Morning (Text: C. Earl Leininger) (2006) 5′ 00″
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The Gift of Music (Text: Fred Chappell) (2004) 5′ 00″
Gloria (Text: Traditional Latin) (1998) 12’00”
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– appears on the CD – Dan Locklair GLORIA
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» Grace (Text: Traditional Celtic) (1978) 2’30”
NEW! » The Harvard/Ashmont Evening Service (2022) (Text: Traditional Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis texts), (2022), ca. 10’00”
» Holy Canticles (Text: Traditional) (1996) 20’00”
1. Magnificat
2. Nunc dimittis
3. Te Deum laudamus
♦RHL
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– appears on the CD – Holy Canticles, Sacred and Secular Choral Music
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» Hosanna to the Son of David (Traditional text: The Bible) (2021) 2′ 30″
» Hymn to Christ (Text: John of Damascus) (1987) 2’00”
» In Praise of Easter (Text: The Book of Common Prayer) (1973) 15’00”
In the Cross of Christ (Text: John Bowring), (2006) 2’00”
In the Sight of God (Text: The First Letter of Peter: Ch. 2, vs. 2-5) (2009) 3′30″
Instant Culture (Text: Alicia Carpenter) (1985) 13’30”
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– appears on the CD – Holy Canticles, Sacred and Secular Choral Music
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» The Isaiah Canticles (2005) 9’00”
Program Notes
1. Surely it is God
2. Seek the Lord
3. Arise, Shine
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– appears on the CD – Dan Locklair GLORIA
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» Jubilate Deo (Text: Psalm 100) (1979/1996 revised) 6’00”
» King of Glory, King of Peace (Text: George Herbert) (2016) 2’30”
» The Lilacs Bloomed (Text: Walt Whitman) (2009) 8’00”
based on Walt Whitman’s “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”
Program Notes
1. “…I mourned”
2. “…fallen star”
3. “…a miracle”
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The Lone, Wild Bird (Text: Henry R. McFadyen) (1979) 3’00”
» The Lord Ascendeth Up on High (Text: Arthur Russell) (2011) 2’00″
The Lord Bless You and Keep You (Text: Numbers 6:24-26) (2008) 1’16”
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Also included in the 2014 collection The New Novello Book of Short & Easy Anthems
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– appears on the CD – Dan Locklair GLORIA
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» The Lord Is My Light (Anthem for SATB Chorus & Organ) (Text: Psalm 27:1, 4-5; Isaiah 26: 3-4.) (2017) 5′ 30″
Lord Jesus, Think on Me (Text: Synesius of Cyrene) (2006) 3’00”
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– appears on the CD – Dan Locklair GLORIA
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Love Came Down at Christmas (Text: Christina Rossetti) (2009) 3′00″
» Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Montréal) (1999) 8′30″
» Mass Setting (1981)
» Missa Brevis (“The Brass Mass”) (1985/87) 33’00”
Program Notes
I. Prelude-Kyrie-Fanfare/Processional; II. Gloria; III. Credo; IV. Sanctus; V. Agnus Dei and Dona Nobis Pacem
2tpt, hn, tmb, tba
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» The Mystery of God (Text: Frederick Lucian Hosmer) (2016) 2’30”
» O God of Earth and Altar (Text: G.K. Chesterton) (1975) 5′ 00″
» O Light of Light (2021) 2’00”
(for Rupert Gough and the Choir of Royal Holloway, London)
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O Sacrum Convivium [O Sacred Banquet] (Text: Traditional Latin) (1999) 2’30”
(Contains an English singing text)
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O Sing to the Lord a New Song (Psalm 96) (2003) 5’00”
» O Trinity of Blessed Light (Text: St. Ambrose of Milan) (2021) 2’00”
» O Vos Omnes (1998) 4’30”
» On Cats (1978) 10’00”
I. The Lion (Vachel Lindsay)
II. Cat (J.R.R. Tolkien) (S/B soli)
III.The Mysterious Cat (Vachel Lindsay)
IV. December Cats (Mark Van Doren) (a cappella)
V. How to Tell a Tiger (John Ciardi)
♦RHL
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– appears on the CD – Holy Canticles, Sacred and Secular Choral Music
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Pater Noster [Our Father] (Text: Traditional Latin) (2000) 3’00”
(Contains an English singing text)
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– appears on the CD – American Music from St. Thomas
– appears on the CD – Pater Noster, The Choir of The Abbey School, Tewkesbury, UK
– appears on the CD – My Spirit Sang All Day…, The Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham
– appears on the CD – Music for a Grand Space, Cathedral Choral Society
– appears on the CD – Dan Locklair GLORIA – Subito Music or Amazon
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» The Playful Rainbow (Text: based on poetry by Fred Chappell) (2013) 11’00”
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» Poems ‘N Pairs (1994)
Cycle I 6’00”
1A. Awaken
1B. (Untitled)
2A. An Enchanted Garden
2B. Dancing
Cycle II 6’15”
1A. Breeze
1B. Witches
2A. Slave of the Moon
2B. Sleep and Dreams
♦BH
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» Prayer of Supplication and Thanksgiving (Text: A Short Book of Common Prayer) (1972) 5’00”
» Preces and Responses (2009)
Proclaim the Lord (Text: Bible) (1985) 3’00”
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– appears on the CD – Holy Canticles, Sacred and Secular Choral Music
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NEW! » The Reed Collection (18 Anglican Chants) (2022)
Remembrance (Text: Matthew 5: 3-12), (2006) 5’00”
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– appears on the CD – Music for All Saints Day: Into the House and Gate of Heaven
– appears on the CD – Dan Locklair GLORIA – Subito Music or Amazon
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» Requiem (Text: English) (2015) 40’00”
1. Introit & Kyrie
2. Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled
3. Sanctus
4. Pie Jesu
5. Agnus Dei
6. I am the Resurrection
7. LUX AETERNA
8. I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes
9. In Paradisum-Requiescant in pace
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– appears on the CD – Dan Locklair : Requiem
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NEW! » Salve Regina [from The Harvard/Ashmont Evening Service (2022)] (Text: Anonymous Medieval Latin) (2022) ca. 3’00”
NEW! » Seek Him [from The Harvard/Ashmont Evening Service (2022)] (Text: Amos 5:8) (2022) ca. 1’00”
» Shepherds Rejoice (Text: The Sacred Harp [1860]) (1999) 5’00”
Two Christmas Anthems based on texts and tunes from The Sacred Harp (1860)
1. Shepherds, Rejoice! Lift Up Your Eyes
2. Christ was Born in Bethlehem
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» Since Dawn (Text: Maya Angelou) (1996) 20’00”
NEW Two piano accompaniment edition
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» Sing to the World (Texts: Whitman, Longfellow, Wheatley, Van Dyke, Iriarte) (2019) 18′ 00″
Commissioned by CARITAS A Cappella Ensemble (Cathy Youngblood, director)
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(N.B. SING TO THE WORLD may be purchased complete or as individual movements.)
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» The Spacious Firmament (Text: Joseph Addison) (2009) 3’00”
» Spirit of Mercy, Truth, and Love (Text: Anonymous Latin; English translation from Psalms, Hymns and Anthems, 1774) (2011) 3’30″
St. Peter’s Rock (1999) 7’00”
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– appears on the CD – Dan Locklair GLORIA
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Stirring the Silence (Text: Fred Chappell) (2006) 7’00”
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Tapestries (Text: Rabinranath Tagore) (1982) 4’00”
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– appears on the CD – Dan Locklair: Choral Music
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Te Deum Laudamus: You are God (1997) 7’30”
The Texture of Creation (Text: Martha W. Lentz) (1983) 5’00”
» Thanksgiving (Text: Psalm 65 vs. 6-13) (2008) 4’00”
» Three Christmas Motets (Text: Liber usualis) (1993) 6’15”
Program Notes
I. Quem Vidistis Pastores Dicite
II. O Magnum Mysterium
III. Hodie Christus Natus Est
♦RHL
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II. and III. also included in the 2012 collection NOËL 3, published by Novello
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– appears on the CD – Holy Canticles, Sacred and Secular Choral Music
– appears on the CD – Chantez Noel, Atlanta Singers
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» Three Short Anthems (1972/80) 6’00”
I. Introitus (Bible); II. God be in My Head (Sarum Primen, 1558); III. At the Name of Jesus (Caroline Noel)
» Thy Goodness, Lord, a Joyful Theme (Text: Samuel Willard (1640-1707)) (2019) 4’30”
Commissioned by First Presbyterian Church, Tuscaloosa, AL
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» Treble Woes (Text: Edmond Kapp) (1978) 1’15”
» (the trees) (Text: A.R. Ammons) (1992) 6’30”
II. Recovery
IV. Still Frame
VI. Wiring
VIII. Shading Flight In
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Ubi Caritas [Where Affection and Love Abide] (Text: Traditional Latin) (2003) 4’00”
(Contains an English singing text)
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– appears on the CD – Dan Locklair GLORIA
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Venite (O Come, Let Us Sing) (Text: The Book of Common Prayer)
(1997) 5’30”
» Verses of Peace (Text: Traditional Latin verses) (2002)
» Wake! Now A Time Has Come (Text: Fred Chappell (b.1936)) (2020) 3’00”
(for Christopher Gilliam and the Wake Forest University Choral Program)
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Welcome, Happy Morning! (Text: Venantius Fortunatus; English translation by John Ellerton) (2011) 4’30″
When In Our Music God is Glorified (Text: Fred Pratt Green) (1989) 3’30”
» Windswept (the trees) (Text: A.R. Ammons) (1992) 25’00”
I. Windy Morning with a Little Sleet
II. Recovery
III. March Song
IV. Still Frame
V. Interference
VI. Wiring
VII. Bay Bank
VIII. Shading Flight In
IX. In the Wind My Rescue Is
1.1.1.1/1.0.0.0/pno
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– appears on the CD – Dan Locklair: Choral Music
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» WINTER (from the forgottens) (Text: Clinton Scollard, Arlo Bates, Mary Mapes Dodge, John Shaw) (2011) 15’00″
1. A Bell (SATB)
2. A Winter Twilight (SSAA)
3. The Stars (TTBB)
4. Sleighing Song (SATB)
(N.B. Movements may also be purchased separately.)
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