Our Music

A repertoire that spans
centuries and continents.

Exsultet! sings a repertoire of choral literature spanning musical periods and cultures, incorporating readings and poetry into every performance. Below is a living catalog of the works we've brought to the stage, organized by style — updated after every season.

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Lullaby — Daniel Elder

Soloist: Adele Boggess · Recorded July 11, 2026

Renaissance & Baroque

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Pueri hebraeorum
  • Tomás Luis de Victoria — Duo seraphim
  • Alessandro Scarlatti — Gia il sole dal Gange
  • Jean Baptiste Lully — Chantons

Classical & Romantic

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Alleluia
  • Felix Mendelssohn — Lift thine eyes
  • Johannes Brahms — Sonntag
  • Fanny Hensel — Wandl'ich in dem Wald des Abends

20th-Century Choral & Sacred

  • Gustav Holst — Ave Maria
  • Randall Thompson — Alleluia; A girl's garden
  • Benjamin Britten — A ceremony of carols

Contemporary Choral

  • Dan Forrest — And can it be; Arise, my soul, arise; There is faint music
  • Elaine Hagenberg — O love; You do not walk alone
  • Morten Lauridsen — Dirait-on
  • Eric Whitacre — The seal lullaby
  • Z. Randall Stroope — Psalm 23
  • Daniel Elder — Lullaby
  • Mark Sirett — Hodie, alleluia
  • Karl Jenkins — Adiemus
  • John Rutter — A Gaelic blessing; What sweeter music
  • Gwyneth Walker — Hebrides lullaby
  • Paul Mealor — Sleep on
  • Sally Albrecht — Till the stars fall from the sky
  • Amy F. Bernon — Come in from the firefly darkness; She sings
  • David Eddleman — Lobster quadrille
  • Ruth Morris Gray — Sigh no more, ladies
  • Victor C. Johnson — Stars I Shall Find
  • Linda Shaw — Petit enfant
  • Brian Tate — Gate, gate
  • Mark Hayes — The mighty power of God

Folk & International

  • Mikhail Glinka — Poputnaya pesnia (Russia)
  • Dougie MacLean — Caledonia (Scotland)
  • Robert Coltart — Ally bally bee (Scotland)
  • Roy Williamson — Flower of Scotland
  • John Roderick Bannerman — Lewis Bridal Song (Scotland)
  • Francis McPeake 1st — Wild Mountain Thyme (Ireland)
  • Dolores Keane — Mouth music (Ireland)
  • arr. Henry Leck — Paruparong bukid (Philippines)
  • Allister McGillivray — Away from the roll of the sea
  • Veljo Tormis — Lauliku lapsepõli (Estonia)
  • C.A. Pinto Fonseca — Muié rendêra (Brazil)
  • Donald Patriquin — I went to the market; Savory, sage, rosemary, and thyme
  • Daisy Fragoso — Olaré
  • Jim Papoulis — Oye

American Roots & Spiritual

  • Aaron Copland — The little horses
  • John Jacob Niles — The Lass from the Low Countree
  • Marta Keen — Homeward bound

Broadway & Musical Theater

  • Leonard Bernstein — One hand, one heart
  • Claude-Michel Schönberg — On my own
  • Stephen Schwartz — For good

Jazz Age & Great American Songbook

  • George Gershwin — Nice work if you can get it
  • Cole Porter — I've got you under my skin
  • Jerome Kern — All the things you are; The way you look tonight
  • Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg — Somewhere over the rainbow
  • The Andrews Sisters / Don Raye — Boogie woogie bugle boy
  • The Chordettes / Pat Ballard — Mr. Sandman
  • Beverly Ross and Julius Dixon — Lollipop
  • Vince Guaraldi — Linus and Lucy

Pop, Rock & Contemporary

  • Leonard Cohen — Hallelujah
  • Billy Joel — The longest time
  • Jonathan Cain — Don't stop believin'
  • John Farrar — You're the one that I want
  • Amy Grant — Breath of heaven
  • Eithne Ni Bhraonain (Enya) — May it be

Holiday & Seasonal

  • Leroy Anderson — Sleigh ride
  • Robert Alex Anderson — Mele Kalikimaka
  • Andy Beck — Hot chocolate
  • Craig Courtney — While shepherds watched
  • John Francis Wade — O Come, All Ye Faithful

Traditional Songs

  • Afton Water — arr. Lee R. Kesselman
  • Amazing Grace — arr. Francisco J. Núñez
  • The Battle Hymn of the Republic — arr. Peter Wilhousky
  • Be Thou my Vision — arr. Dan Forrest
  • Coventry Carol — arr. Victor C. Johnson
  • Down in the river to pray
  • Du schwarzer Zigeuner
  • The Flowers of Edinburgh — arr. Kenneth Finlay
  • Hail, Holy Queen — arr. Roger Emerson
  • Let it Snow — arr. M. Weir
  • Lewis Bridal Song — arr. Eva Conley Kendrick
  • Loch Lomond — arr. Anne-Marie Hildebrandt
  • Moh lee hwah — arr. M. Wayne Bisbee
  • O Christmas Tree — arr. M. Weir
  • Paruparong bukid — arr. Henry Leck
  • Ride on, King Jesus — arr. Moses Hogan
  • The Rowan Tree — arr. Lee R. Kesselman
  • Scotland the Brave — arr. Eva Conley Kendrick
  • Scots wha hae wi' Wallace Bled — arr. Wendy Smith / Richard Larraga
  • Siyahamba — arr. Henry Leck
  • Skye Boat Song — arr. Greg Gilpin
  • Táladh ar Slànair
  • The Star-Spangled Banner — arr. Mark Hayes
  • Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day — arr. John Rutter
  • Veni, veni, Emmanuel — arr. Michael John Trotta
  • The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy — arr. Valerie Shields
  • What Child is This? — arr. Molly Ijames

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