American Idol may be in its last season, but the audience voting method that it popularized to American audiences is alive and well…in choral music?

Yes, you read that correctly. YourClassical.org is conducting a poll of Internet audiences’ favorite pieces of choral music, with Minneapolis-based VocalEssence to perform the top 15 picks from the 100-piece list at its April 22 concert. Voting is free and online, and runs through 11:59 p.m. CST on Monday, Jan. 18, 2016.

The 100 prospective pieces are:

1. Allegri, Gregorio, MISERERE
2. Argento, Dominick, GLORIA (from “The Masque of Angels”)
3. Bach, J. S., CRUCIFIXUS (from “B Minor Mass”)
4. Bach, J. S., JESU, JOY OF MAN’S DESIRING (from Cantata 147)
5. Bach, J. S., SINGET DEM HERRN
6. Bach, J. S., OPENING CHORUS (from “St. Matthew Passion”)
7. Bach, PDQ, MY BONNY LASS SHE SMELLETH
8. Barber, Samuel, AGNUS DEI
9. Barber, Samuel, SURE ON THIS SHINING NIGHT
10. Barnett, Carol, GLORIA (from “Bluegrass Mass’)
11. Berger, Jean, THE EYES OF ALL WAIT UPON THEE
12. Berlioz, Hector, THE SHEPHERD’S FAREWELL (from “L’Enfance du Christ”)
13. Bernstein, Leonard, MAKE OUR GARDEN GROW (from “Candide”)
14. Biebl, Franz, AVE MARIA
15. Billings, William, WHEN JESUS WEPT
16. Brahms, Johannes, SCHAFFE IN MIR, GOTT, EIN REIN HERZ
17. Brahms, Johannes, HOW LOVELY IS THY DWELLING PLACE (from “A German Requiem”)
18. Britten, Benjamin, THIS LITTLE BABE (from “A Ceremony of Carols”)
19. Britten, Benjamin, WOLCUM YULE (from “A Ceremony of Carols”)
20. Bruckner, Anton, OS JUSTI
21. Burleigh, Harry, T., MY LORD WHAT A MORNIN’
22. Busto, Javier, AVE MARIA
23. Chesnokov, Pavel, SALVATION IS CREATED
24. Christiansen, F. Melius, BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR
25. Christiansen, F. Melius, PRAISE TO THE LORD
26. Clausen, René, ALL THAT HATH LIFE AND BREATH
27. Clausen, René, SET ME AS A SEAL
28. Copland, Aaron, AT THE RIVER
29. Copland, Aaron, CHING-A-RING-CHAW
30. Copland, Aaron, SIMPLE GIFTS
31. Copland, Aaron, THE PROMISE OF LIVING (from “The Tender Land”)
32. Dawson, William, EV’RY TIME I FEEL THE SPIRIT
33. Dawson, William, SOON AH WILL BE DONE
34. Dickau, David, IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE
35. Duruflé, Maurice, SANCTUS (from “Requiem”)
36. Duruflé, Maurice, UBI CARITAS
37. Erb, James, SHENANDOAH
38. Fauré, Gabriel, CANTIQUE DE JEAN RACINE
39. Fauré, Gabriel, IN PARADISUM (from “Requiem”)
40. Fauré, Gabriel, SANCTUS (from “Requiem”)
41. Flummerfelt, Joseph, DANNY BOY
42. Foster, Stephen, BEAUTIFUL DREAMER
43. Gawthrop, Daniel, SING ME TO HEAVEN
44. Hairston, Jester, AMEN
45. Hampton, Keith, PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME
46. Handel, G. F., FOR UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN (from “Messiah”)
47. Handel, G. F., HALLELUJAH CHORUS (from “Messiah”)
48. Handel, G. F., HALLELUJAH, AMEN (from “Judas Maccabaeus”)
49. Handel, G. F., THINE IS THE GLORY/SEE THE CONQUERING HERO (from “Judas Maccabeus”)
50. Haydn, Franz Joseph, THE HEAVENS ARE TELLING (from “The Creation”)
51. Hogan, Moses, ELIJAH ROCK
52. Hogan Moses, MY SOUL’S BEEN ANCHORED IN THE LORD
53. Hogan, Moses, THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE
54. Holst, Gustav, AVE MARIA
55. Larsen, Libby, BEAUTIFUL STAR
56. Lauridsen, Morten, O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM
57. Lauridsen, Morten, SURE ON THIS SHINING NIGHT
58. Leontovych, Mykola, CAROL OF THE BELLS
59. Luboff, Norman, DEEP RIVER
60. Luboff, Norman, WADE IN THE WATER
61. Manz, Paul, E’EN SO, LORD JESUS, COME QUICKLY
62. Mendelssohn, Felix, HEAR MY PRAYER (OH, FOR THE WINGS OF A DOVE)
63. Mendelssohn, Felix, HE WATCHING OVER ISRAEL (from “Elijah”)
64. Mendelssohn, Felix, LIFT THINE EYES (from “Elijah”)
65. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, AVE VERUM CORPUS
66. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, LACRIMOSA (from “Requiem”)
67. Orff, Carl, O FORTUNA (from “Carmina Burana”)
68. Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, SICUT CERVUS
69. Parker, Alice/Robert Shaw, AMAZING GRACE
70. Parker, Alice/Robert Shaw, HARK, I HEAR THE HARPS ETERNAL
71. Paulus, Stephen, PILGRIM’S HYMN
72. Paulus, Stephen, THE ROAD HOME
73. Poston, Elizabeth, JESUS CHRIST THE APPLE TREE
74. Rachmaninoff, Sergei, BOGORODITSE DEVO
75. Ray, Robert, HE NEVER FAILED ME YET
76. Rutter, John, ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL
77. Rutter, John, FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH
78. Rutter, John, WHAT SWEETER MUSIC
79. Saint-Saëns, Camille, PRAISE YE THE LORD (TOLLITE HOSTIAS)
80. Shaw, Martin, WITH A VOICE OF SINGING
81. Stainer, John, GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD (from “The Crucifixion”)
82. Stroope, Z. Randall, HOMELAND (based on Gustav Holst “The Planets – Jupiter”)
83. Tallis, Thomas, IF YE LOVE ME
84. Tavener, John, SONG FOR ATHENE
85. Tavener, John, THE LAMB
86. Thomas, André, KEEP YOUR LAMPS
87. Thompson, Randall, ALLELUIA
88. Thompson, Randall, CHOOSE SOMETHING LIKE A STAR
89. Thompson, Randall, THE GOD WHO GAVE US LIFE (from “Testament of Freedom”)
90. Thompson, Randall, THE LAST WORDS OF DAVID
91. Ticheli, Frank, THERE WILL BE REST
92. Vaughan Williams, Ralph, O TASTE AND SEE
93. Victoria, Tomás Luis de, O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM
94. Victoria, Tomás Luis de, O VOS OMNES
95. Vivaldi, Antonio, DOMINE, FILI UNIGENITE
96. Whalum, Wendell, BETELEHEMU
97. Whitacre, Eric, LUX AURUMQUE
98. Whitacre, Eric, SLEEP
99. Whitacre, Eric, WATER NIGHT
100. Wilburg, Mack, COME, THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING

When asked to comment, the Twin Cities Arts’ Reader‘s Basil Considine nominated 15 pieces from the list, adding, “The limited representation of women composers amongst the list is unfortunate – I hope they follow up with a list of 100 contemporary choral works that draws more on the last 60 years of women writing for choirs.” His list is:

1. Bach, PDQ, MY BONNY LASS SHE SMELLETH
2. Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, SICUT CERVUS
3. Haydn, Franz Joseph, THE HEAVENS ARE TELLING (from “The Creation”)
4. Mendelssohn, Felix, LIFT THINE EYES (from “Elijah”)
5. Larsen, Libby, BEAUTIFUL STAR
6. Lauridsen, Morten, O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM
7. Biebl, Franz, AVE MARIA
8. Duruflé, Maurice, UBI CARITAS
9. Erb, James, SHENANDOAH
10. Brahms, Johannes, HOW LOVELY IS THY DWELLING PLACE (from “A German Requiem”)
11. Fauré, Gabriel, CANTIQUE DE JEAN RACINE
12. Berlioz, Hector, THE SHEPHERD’S FAREWELL (from “L’Enfance du Christ”)
13. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, LACRIMOSA (from “Requiem”)
14. Allegri, Gregorio, MISERERE
15. Copland, Aaron, THE PROMISE OF LIVING (from “The Tender Land”)

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