P A T R I C I A V A N N E S S
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CHORAL MUSIC: a cappella
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| Amen (from Five Meditations) (1993) 2:32 min.
SSAATBB or SSAATB and Organ | Score |
| Anglican Chant in A Major/Paired with Joy Flows Down (2021) Written for Dr. Susan Jane Matthews and the Choirs of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame, CA, with thanks. This double chant is based on Van Ness’s anthem Joy Flows Down Like Radiant Moon, and may be paired with it in service or concert. SATB | Score |
| Anglican Chant in B Major/Paired with Psalm 70, Be Pleased to Deliver Me (2021) Written for Dr. Susan Jane Matthews and the Choirs of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame, CA, with thanks. This double chant is based on Van Ness’s anthem Psalm 70, Be Pleased to Deliver Me, and may be paired with it in service or concert. SATB | Score |
| Anglican Chant in Bb Major/Paired with Psalm 103, I Will Bless You (2021) Written for Dr. Susan Jane Matthews and the Choirs of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame, CA, with thanks. This double chant is based on Van Ness’s anthem Psalm 103, I Will Bless You, and may be paired with it in service or concert. SATB | Score |
| Anglican Chant in C Major/Paired with Psalm 51, Have Mercy Upon Me (2021) Written for Dr. Susan Jane Matthews and the Choirs of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame, CA, with thanks. This double chant is based on Van Ness’s anthem Psalm 51, Have Mercy Upon Me and may be paired with it in service or concert. SATB | Score |
| Anglican Chant in C# Major/Paired with Psalm 5, Hearken to My Child’s Cry (2021) Written for Dr. Susan Jane Matthews and the Choirs of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame, CA, with thanks. This double chant is based on Van Ness’s anthem Psalm 5, Hearken to my Child’s Cry, and may be paired with it in service or concert. SATB | Score |
| Anglican Chant in D Minor/Paired with Psalm 18, Waves of Death Washed Over My Child (2021) Written for Dr. Susan Jane Matthews and the Choirs of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame, CA, with thanks. This double chant is based on Van Ness’s anthem Psalm 18, Waves of Death Washed Over My Child, and may be paired with it in service or concert. SATB | Score |
| Anglican Chant in E Minor/Paired with Psalm 108, Wake Up, My Spirit (2021) Written for Dr. Susan Jane Matthews and the Choirs of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame, CA, with thanks. This double chant is based on Van Ness’s anthem Psalm 108, Wake Up, My Spirit, and may be paired with it in service or concert. SATB | Score |
| Anglican Double Chant in G minor (2024) SATB | Score |
| Arcanae / Mysterious Ones (1995) 11 min. Commissioned and Premiered (24 February 1996) by Ensemble Project Ars Nova, at First Church in Cambridge
Mixed Voices | |
| Awakening (2013) 2 min. Commissioned by Cristi Catt in memory of her grandmothers, Emily Faye Catt and Ethelyn Jean Falwell. SSAA | Score |
| Beauty Flew to Me (Set to Psalm 91) (2016) 3.15 min. Part of Birds of the Psalms SSAATTBB | Score |
| Benediction, Choral Response (2002) 1 min.
Commissioned and Premiered (Fall 2002) by First Church in Cambridge, Congregational SSAATB | Score |
| Caritas (2005) 6.5 min.
Commissioned and Premiered (30 September 2006) by Mannerquartett Schnittpunktvokal (Austria) CtTTB | Score |
| Come, Emmanuel (2005) 3.25 min. MP3 (for Christmas/Advent) | Score |
| Cor mei cordis / Heart of my Heart (1994) 15 min. MP3 Premiered (5 October 1996) by Schola Cantorum of Boston; Fred Jodry, Director
SSATBB (Movement III TBB only) | Score |
| Cor meum est templum sacrum / My Heart is a Holy Place (2001) 4 min (2001) 4 min min.
Commissioned and Premiered (20 January 2001) by First Church in Cambridge, Congregational SSATB | Score |
| Divine Love (Set to Psalm 31) (2015) Dedicated to Carson Cooman SSATB | Score |
| Ego sum Custos Angela (1995) 3 min. MP3 Commissioned and Premiered (21 October 1995) by Laurie Monahan, St. Martins Episcopal, Providence, RI Text: Ego sum custos Angela / I am your Guardian Angel Omnis volvens lapis / Every turning stone Omnis vivens moriendus; / Everything that lives must die;
Solo Soprano | Score |
| Epiphany (1996) 3.30 min. (for Epiphany) Commissioned and Premiered (6 January 1997) by First Church in Cambridge, Congregational SSAA | Score |
| Et factum est (2001) 4 min. Commissioned and Premiered (7 January 2001) by First Church in Cambridge, Congregational Solo Soprano (optional) and SSAB | Score |
| Grace (1999) 5 min. MP3
Commissioned and Premiered (4 April 1999) by First Church in Cambridge, Congregational SSSATBB & Optional Organ, Trumpet or Cello | Score |
| Iba die Stapflan (Prayer, Over the Steps) (2009) 5.30 min.
Auftragswerk der Valentin & Anni Leitgeb Stiftung für das Festival Carinthischer Sommer 2009. Commissioned by Valentin & Anni Leitgeb Stiftung, performeManner-quartett Schnittpunktvokal for the Festival Carinthischer Sommer 2009 The text is from a traditional Carinthian (Austria) folk song. TTTB | Score |
| In oculis Dei (1996) 4 min. MP3
Commissioned and Premiered (6 October 1996) by First Church in Cambridge, Congregational SSAATB | Score |
| In principio / In the Beginning (2002) 6 min.
Commissioned and Premiered (30 March 2003) by Youth pro Musica, St. Cecilia’s Church, Boston, MA SSA | Score |
| In the Very Air I Breathe (2006) 3 min.
Commissioned and Premiered (10 December 2006) by First Church in Cambridge, Congregational SSAATB | Score |
| Into Winter’s Glimm’ring Night (2012) 4 min.
Commissioned by The Memorial Church at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts SSAATTB | Score |
| Jesus, Redeemer of the World (2014-5) 7 min. | Score |
| Jimmy’s Sea Shanty, see Sea Shanty below (2005) | |
| Joy Flows Down Like Radiant Moon (2006) 2.5 min.
Commissioned and Premiered (18 October 2006) by First Church in Cambridge, Congregational SSATB | Score |
| Mandatum novum / A New Commandment I Give to You (2009) 4 min. | Score |
| My Heart is a Holy Place (2001) 5 min.
AATTBB | |
| Mysterious Ones /Arcanae see Arcanae above | |
| Nada te turbe (Let Nothing Disturb You) (2006) 7 min. Commisioned and Premiered by Tapestry (Laurie Monahan, Cristi Catt, Daniela Tosic) SSSA | Score |
| Nine Orders of the Angels (The) (1996) 44 min. Commissioned and Premiered (22 March 1996) by Tapestry, Cambridge, MA; Laurie Monahan, Director
SSAA | Score |
| Nocturnes (2000, 2008, 2016) 40 min. Commissioned and Premiered (20 November 2000) by the Newton Choral Society; David Carrier, Director SSATB, 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets, Trombone & Tuba (Movements III and VI may be performed a cappella) | ScorePartsChorus |
| O Pulcher (1997) 4 min. <iframe width=”100%” height=”166″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”no” allow=”autoplay” src=”https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1465281547&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true”></iframe><div style=”font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;”></div> Commissioned and Premiered (27 March 1997) by First Church in Cambridge, Congregational SSATBB | Score |
| Pentecost (1996) 5 min (1996) 5 min. Commissioned and Premiered (26 May 1996) by First Church in Cambridge, Congregational SATB | Score |
| Populus qui ambulabat in tenebris / The People Who Walked in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light (2000) 3 min. <iframe width=”100%” height=”166″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”no” allow=”autoplay” src=”https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1465281475&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true”></iframe><div style=”font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;”></div> Commissioned and Premiered (Easter Sunday 2000) by First Church in Cambridge, Congregational SATB | Score |
| Prayer for Peace (2005, 2018) 4 min. Commissioned and Premiered (25 May 2005) by Tapestry (Cristi Catt, Laurie Monahan, Daniela Tosic), First Church in Cambridge SSAA | Score |
| Psalm 1, Happy Are They, Music for the Psalms (2023-2024) 3.30 min. Rev November 2024 DSSATB | Score |
| Psalm 3, O quid multiplicate sunt qui tribulant me/ O why are they multiplied that afflict me? (2015) Commissioned and Premiered by Renaissance Men | Score |
| Psalm 4, Answer When I Cry (2013) Premiered (13 January 2013) at Night Song (Daryl Bichel, Artistic Director) by Beneficia lucis (Jay Lane, Director) SATB | Score |
| Psalm 12, O, Help, For There are No Faithful Left (2017-2018) Part of “Psalms of Luminous Rescue” Solo Soprano & SSAAT/B | ScoreParts |
| Psalm 16, You Are My Portion and My Cup (2013) Dedicated to Carson Cooman SSATB | Score |
| Psalm 17, Keep Me As the Apple of Your Eye (2016) MP3 Part of “Birds of the Psalms” SATBB | Score |
| Psalm 22, Mary’s Lament (2014)
Dedicated to Tapestry SSMzA | Score |
| Psalm 23 You are My Shepherd (2014) Dedicated to Vermillion SATB | Score |
| Psalm 25, To You I Lift Up My Soul (2012) | Score |
| Psalm 27, You Are My Light and My Salvation (2013) MP3 | Score |
| Psalm 31, In You Have I Taken Refuge (2013)
Premiered (27 January 2013) at Night Song (Daryl Bichel, Artistic Director) by Angeli te Custodiant SSATB | Score |
| Psalm 33 and Duo Seraphim (2017) 4.00 min. Commissioned by Amuse, Inc. (NYC); Premiered at St. John the Divine, NYC, October 2017
SSAA | |
| Psalm 36, How Priceless is Your Love (2016)
Part of Birds of the Psalms SATTBB | Score |
| Psalm 40 and Birdsong by Rumi (2016)
Premiered by Viriditas, Cristi Catt, Director, at Night Song, First Church in Cambridge, Congregational Text: Rumi (Birdsong) and The Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer (English) Text Birdsong brings relief to my longing SSSA | Score |
| Psalm 51, Have Mercy Upon Me (2020) 3:00 min. Commissioned and Premiered by Susan Jane Matthews DMA, ARSCM and the Choirs of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame, CA SSAATB | Score |
| Psalm 55, Wings Like a Dove (2016)
Part of “Birds of the Psalms” SSSA/SSAA | Score |
| Psalm 57, In te confidit anima mea / I Have Taken Refuge in You, MUSIC FOR THE PSALMS (2016)
Part of “Birds of the Psalms” TBB | Score |
| Psalm 61, I Will Dwell in Your House Forever (2016)
Part of “Birds of the Psalms” SSA | Score |
| Psalm 63, I Seek You (2016)
Part of “Birds of the Psalms” SSATB | Score |
| Psalm 70, Be Pleased to Deliver Me (2018)
Part of “Child of the Borderlands” SSATB | Score |
| Psalm 80, Hear, Hear O Shepherd of Israel (2020) 3.15 min. For Susan Jane Matthews DMA, ARSCM and the Choirs of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame, CA SSAA | Score |
| Psalm 91, You Are My Refuge and My Stronghold (2016) MP3 Part of “Birds of the Psalms” SSAATTBB | Score |
| Psalm 102-103, Hear My Prayer to You (2003) 5 min. SSAATB and organ pedals | Score |
| Psalm 103, I Bless You, With All That Is Within Me (2020) 3.18 min. Dedicated to Peter Marks (1946-2020). Premiered by Susan Jane Matthews DMA, ARSCM and the Choirs of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame, CA SSATB | Score |
| Psalm 104, Birds of the Air (2016) 2:48 min. MP3
Part of Birds of the Psalms SSAATTBB | Score |
| Psalm 107, We Give Thanks to You (2013)
Premiered (24 November 2013) at Night Song (Daryl Bichel, Artistic Director) by Viriditas, Cristi Catt, Director SSSA | Score |
| Psalm 108, Wake Up, My Spirit (2013)
Premiered (21 May 2013) by First Church in Cambridge, Congregational SATB, or SATB & Organ | Score |
| Psalm 114, When Israel came out of Egypt (2014) Dedicated to Carson Cooman SSAATB | Score |
| Psalm 116, Alleluia (2017)
Commissioned by and Premiered (May 2017) by Coro Allegro, David Hodgkins, Artistic Director, in celebration of Coro Allegro’s 30th anniversary and in honor of Coro Allegro’s past, present and future Presidents for their SSATB | Score |
| Psalm 118, The Evil Surround Me (2018) Part of “Psalms of Luminous Rescue” SSAT/B | ScoreParts |
| Psalm 121, I Lift My Eyes to the Hills (2014) Commissioned and Premiered by Renaissance Men TTBB | Score |
| PSALM 126, When You Restore Our Fortunes (2020) 3:30 min. Premiered by New England Classical Singers, David Hodgkins, Spring 2022 Commissioned by Peter Ersland for the New England Classical Singers, David Hodgkins, Artistic Director, and dedicated to the memory of his parents, Bob and Kathy Ersland, who fostered in him a lifelong appreciation of music.
SSATB | Score |
| Psalm 130, De profundis/Out of the depths (2015) 4.24 min. Premiered (22 March 2015) at St. Stephen’s Church in Providence, RI (James Busby, Organist and Choirmaster) | Score |
| Psalm 134, Behold Now, Bless God (2013) 3:31 min. Premiered (3 February 2013) at Night Song (Daryl Bichel, Artistic Director) by Canticum verspertinum SATB | Score |
| Psalm 137, By the Waters of Babylon, Music for the Psalms (2020) 3:35 min.
Performed by Kripa Joseph, soprano. Soprano; 'cello | Score |
| Psalm 144, You are My Help and My Fortress (2012) 3.30 min.
Commissioned by Carson Cooman SSAATB | Score |
| Psalm 147, You lift up Jerusalem (2014) Dedicated to Angelus, Dana Taylor, Director SSAA | |
| Psalm 148, Creeping Things and Winged Birds (2016)
Part of “Birds of the Psalms” Commissioned by and Premiered (May 2016) by Cappella Clausura, Amelia LeClair, Director SSATBB | Score |
| Requiem (2004) 37 min.
Commissioned and Premiered (31 October 2004) by Coro Allegro; David Hodgkins, Director, Sanford Sylvan, baritone, Church of the Covenant, Boston
Solo Baritone, SSAATTBB, Solo Oboe & String Orchestra | ScoreParts |
| Requies aeterna donata est / Eternal Rest is Granted (1996) 4.5 min. Commissioned and Premiered (24 November 1996) by First Church in Cambridge, Congregational SATB | Score |
| Sparrow, sparrow, of the evening (2006) 2.5 min min.
Commissioned and Premiered (19 November 2006) by First Church in Cambridge, Congregational Peter Sykes, Music Director Text by Patricia Van Ness (English) SSSAATB | Score |
| Temple of Nature (2011) 5 min. Commissioned by and for The Master Singers of Lexington, with the generous support of two anonymous donors. Text from “Temple of Nature” by Erasmus Darwin SSAATB | Score |
| Voice of the Tenth Muse, The (1998) 39 min min. Commissioned by and Premiered (15 November 1998), by Coro Allegro
Solo Soprano & SSAATTBB | Score |
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