Sacred Choral: Advent/Christmas

Op. 1414A Dream of Love (2021) for SATB Chorus and Organ3.5 min.

Text by W. H. Auden

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for the installation of the Rev. Matthew Ichihashi Potts, The Memorial Church, Harvard University, December 12, 2021

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1346A Pilgrimage Carol (2019) for SATB Chorus and Organ3.5 min.

Text by Euan Tait

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for the 110th Annual Christmas Carol Services of The Memorial Church, Harvard University, December 2019

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 576Adam Lay Ybounden (2004) for SATB Chorus and Organ
Alt. 1: SATB Chorus, Brass Quartet, and Organ; Alt. 2: SATB Chorus and Orchestra (orch. Waite)
2 min.

Text of an anonymous 15th century medieval carol

Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London; Rupert Gough, conductor

Dedication: for Robert Delcamp and the University Choir, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, Christmas 2004

Commission: Commissioned by University of the South

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 942Alma Redemptoris Mater (2011) for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied2.5 min.

Text attributed to Hermann Contractus (Latin)

Matthew Curtis / Choral Tracks LLC

Dedication: for William Picher and the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe, Orlando, Florida

Commission: Commissioned by Colby Cooman

Publisher: Paraclete Press

Op. 1037An Heavenly Song (2013) for TB Voices and Organ2 min.

Text of an anonymous medieval carol

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for Douglas Bell

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Op. 1570Beatus (2024) for SATB Chorus and Organ3.75 min.

Text by Matthew Galbraith

Dedication: for the 115th Annual Christmas Carol Services of The Memorial Church, Harvard University, December 2024

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. (forthcoming)

Op. 1494Beyond (2022) for SATB Chorus and Viola4.5 min.

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor; Sophie Choate, viola

Dedication: in memoriam Trevor Llewelyn Jones (1939–2022)

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 936Born Among Us in the Night (2011) for SATB Chorus and Organ3 min.

Text by Richard Leach

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for Tad and Ann

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Selah Publishing Co., Inc.

Op. 1319Christmas of the Witnesses (2018) for SATB Chorus and Organ3.5 min.

Text by Euan Tait

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for the 109th Annual Christmas Carol Services of The Memorial Church, Harvard University, December 2018

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1125Christus natus est (2015) for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied3 min.

Text by Countee Cullen

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for Edward Elwyn Jones and the Harvard University Choir

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1157Come, Let Us Go Again (2016) for SATB Chorus, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ4.5 min.

Text by Richard Leach

Cathedral Choral Society; Lyric Brass Quintet; Joseph Flummerfelt, conductor

Dedication: in memory of J. Reilly Lewis (1944–2016)

Commission: Commissioned by the Cathedral Choral Society, Washington, D.C.

Publisher: Selah Publishing Co., Inc.

Op. 751Echoing Carols (2007) for 2-part Voices and 2-part Accompaniment (keyboard or other instruments)2.25 min.

Text by Elizabeth Kirschner

St. James Singers

Dedication: for Harry Lyn Huff

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1252Gentle Joseph Heard a Warning (2017) for TTBB Chorus and Organ3 min.

Text by Carl P. Daw, Jr.

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J.

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Selah Publishing Co., Inc.

Op. 320God Spoke With Varied Voices (2001) for SATB Chorus and Piano4.5 min.

Text by John Core

Dedication: for Daniel Allen and the Hills Alive Chorale

Commission: Commissioned by Daniel Allen and the Hills Alive Chorale for Christmas In Our Town, 2001

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.

Op. 161In the Beginning Was the Word (1999, rev. 2003) for SATB Chorus and Organ2.75 min.

Text from the Bible: John 1:1–2, 4–5

Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London; Rupert Gough, conductor

Dedication: for Robert Ferris and the choir of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Rochester, New York

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 743Jesus is Here! (2007) for 2-part Treble Chorus and Keyboard2 min.

Text by the composer

St. James Singers

Dedication: for Hazel Somerville

Commission: Commissioned by St. James Music Press

Publisher: St. James Music Press

Op. 334Jesus, Gift of God (2001) for 2-part Treble Chorus and Keyboard1.5 min.

Text by Richard Leach

The Singing Girls of Texas; Mark Stamper, conductor

Dedication: for M.W.G.

Commission: Commissioned by the Noteworthy Voices for Christmas Celebration 2001

Publisher: Selah Publishing Co., Inc.

Op. 869Kings Are Sleeping (2010) for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied1.5 min.

Text by Richard Leach

Cambridge Consonance; Jeffrey Grossman, conductor

Dedication: for Harry Lyn Huff and Old South Church, Boston, Massachusetts

Publisher: Selah Publishing Co., Inc.

Op. 847Love Came Down at Christmas (2009) for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied3.5 min.

Text by Christina Rossetti

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for Richard and Sara Patterson and the 100th Annual Christmas Carol Services of The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 515New World Carols: An American Christmas Triptych (2003) for SATB Chorus and Organ10 min.

Text by Abner P. Cobb, Fanny Crosby, and Phillips Brooks

Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London; Rupert Gough, conductor

Dedication: for Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Edward E. Jones, and the Harvard University Choir for the 94th Annual Carol Services, The Memorial Church, Harvard University, December 2003

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church for the Harvard University Carol Services, 2003

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1126Nowel: Owt of your slepe aryse (2015) for 3-part Voices (non-mixed) Unaccompanied2 min.

Text from the Selden Carol Book (in Middle English)

Lorelei Ensemble; Beth Willer, director

Dedication: for Beth Willer and Lorelei Ensemble

Op. 644Sing, O Sing This Blessed Morn (2005) for SATB Chorus and Organ3.5 min.

Text by Christopher Wordsworth

Alfred Singers

Dedication: in celebration and thanks for the ministry of Peggy Krewson as director of music, First Congregational Church, Nantucket, Massachusetts

Commission: Commissioned for First Congregational Church, Nantucket

Publisher: Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.

Op. 1526Such a Silence, Such a Singing (Shepherd Cry) (2023) for SATB Chorus and Organ2.75 min.

Text by Euan Tait

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor; David von Behren, organ

Dedication: for the 114th Annual Christmas Carol Services of The Memorial Church, Harvard University, December 2023

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 989Sweetest Music Softly Stealing (2012) for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied3 min.

Text by Martha J. Anderson

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for Jonathan, Cecily, Elijah, Zora, and Baldwin

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Paraclete Press

Op. 880The Rose Tree Carol (2010) for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied2.5 min.

Text by Alan Hovhaness

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for Henry Forsythe-Jones on his first Christmas

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 780The Sky Can Still Remember (2008) for SSAA Chorus and Organ3.5 min.

Text by Phillips Brooks

Bella Voce Women's Chorus of Vermont; Dawn O. Willis, conductor

Dedication: for Dawn Willis and the Bella Voce Women’s Chorus of Vermont

Commission: Commissioned by the Bella Voce Women’s Chorus of Vermont

Publisher: Amber Waves Music Publishing

Op. 212Tide of Angels (2000) for SATB Chorus and Organ2.25 min.

Text by Richard Leach

Dedication: for the choir of First Congregational United Church of Christ, Fairport, New York

Publisher: Fred Bock Music Company

Op. 1167Verbum supernum prodiens (2016) for Voices (in three spatially-separated groups) and Organ3.5 min.

Text from Liturgia Horarum (in Latin)

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: in memoriam Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016)

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1097Wise Men Came Journeying (2014) for SATB Chorus and Organ2.5 min.

Text by Shirley Erena Murray

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for David Dahl

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Selah Publishing Co., Inc.