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Repertoire is listed in alphabetical order by title, with performing forces, year of composition, and accompanied with a short history or background.
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The Beatitudes [tenor & baritone soloists, SATB chorus, organ; 1997]. Extracted from the church parable, The Fourth Wise Man, suitable for offertory and service music.
Christ is the King [SATB chorus; 1985] Commissioned for St. Mary's Episcopal Church in St. Paul MN by Pat Hart. Text by G.K.A. Bell.
Christ Was Born on Christmas Day (arrangement) [SATB chorus, percussion (organ optional); 1992 ] Commissioned through the American Composers Forum as part of the Faith Communities residency program for Plymouth Congregational Church. The melody and text are from Piae Cantiiones (1582). RCA recording with VocalEssence. Also available from Boosey & Hawkes.
Come Rejoicing [SATB chorus, percussion; 1992] Christmas processional carol commissioned by the Dale Warland Singers. Text by Jiri Tranowsky and traditional sources.
Dearest Jesus, We Are Here HYMN PRELUDE [unison chorus, oboe (or treble instrument), cello (or bass instrument; 2020] For Holy Baptism. Originally written for LBW #187.
Gloria [SATB chorus, piano; 1992] Commissioned by the Yale University-Community Summer Chorus directed by Marian Dolan. Text by Mark Nowak adapted from a Concordance of the Bible.
Good Night... [SATB chorus, piano; 1990] Choral storybook (20 minutes) commissioned by the White Heron Chorale (Appleton, Wisconsin); text by George Sand, a Minnesota playwright, theater artist, and librettist. The chorus is encouraged to wear pajamas and to use picture books to hold their scores.
Jesus Lead the Way [baritone solo, SATB chorus, organ; 1994] Commissioned by Plymouth Congregational Church for Palm Sunday in memory Marlene Baver. Text adapteed from the original by N. von Zinzendorf.
DOWNLOADABLE Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service two versions [SATB chorus, organ (optional string trio) OR 2-part chorus, organ, 1989] Also available from Boosey & Hawkes.
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"Condo Song" from the yet-to-be-premiered comic operetta, Casa Verdi [baritone, piano; 2008] In real life, Casa Verdi is set in a retirement home for members of the opera community and supported with the royalties from Giuseppe Verdi's estate. The operetta's fictional story also portrays fictional opera singers in a life & death situation. More numbers from the operetta will be coming online in the future.
Emily Dickinson Songs [mezzo, viola; 1978] An early composition on three poems by Emily Dickinson.
DOWNLOADABLE Happy (70th) Birthday, Libby Larsen! [voice, piano] An original composition celebrating composer Libby Larsen's 70th Birthday. Short and sweet, sort of like the composer.
DOWNLOADABLE He's Gone Away (arrangement) [soprano, oboe, violin, piano; 2004] From Davidson's collection of American Songs first conceived by Carl Sandburg in his American Songbag.
DOWNLOADABLE Lover's Lament (arrangement) [soprano, guitar - see also versions for SATB chorus, guitar OR soprano, piano; 1991. From Davidson's collection of American Songs first conceived by Carl Sandburg in his American Songbag.
Lover's Lament (arrangement) [soprano, piano; 1991] This version is not yet available for download. From Davidson's collection of American Songs first conceived by Carl Sandburg in his American Songbag.
Lord Thomas and Ellender [soprano, oboe, violin, viola and cello; 1983] Commissioned by oboist Merilee Klemp for 1,700 chocolate chip cookies. The work is a fantasy on the American traditional song describing a tragic love triangle set in the Reconstructionist South. From Davidson's collection of American Songs first conceived by Carl Sandburg in his American Songbag.
"Mehitabel's Song" [Flute (or oboe), voice, piano; 2024] A celebration for Cynthia Stokes' 90th Birthday Celebration and a setting of Don Marquis' poem of the same name. Mehitabel was a fictional alley cat character created in 1916 by Don Marquis along with her friend, Archy, a cockroach. They appeared hundreds of times in his daily column for the Evening Sun newspaper in New York City.
"Oh - Oh - Oh, Dad!" from A History of Evil: Bible Families [baritone solo, 2 male back-up singers, piano; 1989] A History of Evil: Bible Families is an evening-long comic oratorio based on Bible stories written in collaboration with Garrison Keillor. See more information in OPERA, DANCE, THEATER on this website.
Ol' Devil Time (arrangement) [solo mezzo, oboe, cello, piano; 1993] A setting of Pete Seeger's song; commissioned for the retirement of Minnesota Supreme Court Rosalie Justice.
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DOWNLOADABLE Love is a Thread [SATB chorus, drums, organ; 1992] Commissioned through the American Composers Forum as part of the Faith Communities residency program for Mt. Zion Temple. Text by Chaim Stern.
Lover's Lament (arrangement) [SATB chorus, guitar - see also versions for soprano, piano OR soprano, guitar] From Davidson's collection of American Songs first conceived by Carl Sandburg in his American Songbag.
DOWNLOADABLE O, Jesu Sweet [SATB chorus, trumpet obbligato, organ (optional); 2015] Advent carol on a melodic fragment by J.S. Bach on the lyric.
O Lux Trinitas [SATB solo quartet, SATB chorus, organ; 1989] Commissioned for the reduced choral forces for the 1990 Superbowl Sunday service at Colonial Church in Edina MN. Text from a 15th-century carol. Also available from Boosey & Hawkes.
Psalm 118:22-23 [SATB chorus, handbells; 1980] Commissioned and published in a compilation by the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild of Organists for the 1980 National Conference.
Pour Out the Spirit [SATB chorus, organ; 1993] Commissioned through the American Composers Forum as part of the Faith Communities residency program for Vinje Lutheran Church in Willmar MN. Text adapted from the Lutheran Book of Worship (LBW).
These Children of Both God and Earth - Mamrelund
[SATB chorus, organ; 1992] Hymn inspired by the Swedish Augustana Synod gospel song tradition and commissioned by Dr. Ruth Johnson in memory of her father. Text by Julie Stine Maroti.
We Three Kings (arrangement) [3 male soloists, SATB chorus, organ (also string orchestra, harp, bowed psalter in its original form in the church parable The Fourth Wise Man; 1985] A musical setting of the traditional American Christmas carol commissioned by VocalEssence. Text by J.H. Hopkins, Jr. Also available from Boosey & Hawkes.
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Part Song [tenor, baritone, bass, piano; 1991] Composed for Carolyn Brunelle 50th Birthday. The text describes three perspectives on the same tableaux as seen by an old woman, her dog, and the light streaming through a tattered curtain. Poem by Steve Perry.
Simple Gifts (arrangement) [soprano, oboe, violin, viola, cello; 1982] A setting of the traditional Shaker melody and lyric.
DOWNLOADABLE Whoever You Are (Entrance) [soprano, piano; 2003] Written in honor of the inauguration of poet Dana Gioia in his post as director of the National Endowment for the Arts. An invocation and encouragement to push one's envelope of comfort, the poet's title is Entrance.
DOWNLOADABLE The Year's at the Spring [soprano, oboe, cello; 2004] Robert Browning's exhilarating expression of joy set by Randall Davidson can be effectively performed with composer Amy Beach's setting of the same poem. The premiere took place with soprano Maria Jette at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis.
DOWNLOADABLE Tout par compas suy composé (transcription of composer Baude Cordier's (1380-1440) composition. Cordier (neé Baude Fresnel) was fond of using "red note" or mannered notation adjusting rhythms from their face values based on their coloration.
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