This page contains MIDI versions of choral music sung by the Jerusalem Oratorio choir.
They are intended exclusively for the training of the choir members.

The Jerusalem Oratorio Choir

2008-2009 Repertoire

Magnificat John Rutter

1a  Magnificat anima mea (Slowed down, barss 1-147)          Sopran, Alt, Tenor,, Bass

1b  Magnificat anima mea – Quia Respexit (Slowed down, bars 137 - end)   
Sopran Hi, Sopran Low, Alt Hi, Alt Low,
Tenor Hi, Tenor Low, Bass Hi, Bass Low

2    Of a Rose, a lovely Rose Sopran Hi, Sopran Low, Alt, Tenor, Bass

3    Quia fecit mihi magna Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

4    Et Misericordia Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

5    Fecit potentiam Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

6    Esurientes Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

7    Gloria Patri Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

 

The Bel Canto Choir

(The Bel Canto choir is one of the sub-choirs of the Jerusalem Oratorio Choir)

2008-2009 Repertoire

Beatus Vir Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

·        Gloria et divitiae (#97-120)
Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

·        In memoria aeterna (#222-242)
Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

·        Peccator videbit (#328-351)
Ensemble (unison)

Come Again! Sweet Love Doth Now Invite John Dowland            
Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt J.S. Bach (BWV112)

·        V. 1 -  Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt
Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

·        V. 5 – Gutes und die Barmherzigkeit
Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Dixit Domino Meo (from Vesperae Solennes de Confessore) W.A.Mozart
Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass,

Exsultate Deo Hans Leo Hasler                        Ensemble, Sopran High, Sopran Low, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Hallelujah, Amen G.F. Haendel                     Sopran, Alt, Tenor/Bass

In These Delightful Pleasant Groves Henry Purcell               Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Lamdeni       Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Mirpesot A. Argov, Arr.: Moshe Rasiuk                Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

My God, my God John Blow                            Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Naari Iarad la-Yam M.Meir-M.Wilensky     

Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass High, Bass Low,

O the Oak and the Ash Trad., Arr.: J. Rathbone
Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Sheharhoret Trad. (Rec.: Yitzhak Levy, Arr.:A. Levanon)            Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Shenandoah Folksong, Arr.: James Erb
Ensemble, Sopran High, Sopran Low, Alt High, Alt Low, Tenor High, Tenor Low, Bass High, Bass Low

Shir ha-Maalot  Pinhas Minkovsky, Arr.: Sara Shoham                              Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Men

Shir Leil Shabat                                   Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

The Heavens are telling the Glory of God. F.J. Haydn
Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass
Soloists: Sopran, Alt, Bass

The Turtle Dove Folksong, Arr.: Vaughn Williams
Ensemble, Sopran High, Sopran Low, Alt, Tenor, Bass

This Little Light of Mine Spiritual, Arr.: Robert A. Harris
Ensemble, Sopran, Alt

Ve-Ulai
Ensemble, Sopran High, Sopran Low, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Ve-Karev
Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Public

Weep You No More, Sad Fountains John Dowland                 Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Yesh Li Kineret Zvi Ben-Iosef, Arr.: M.Wiesenberg
Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

 

Spirituals

My Lord, what a mornin' Arr.: H.T.Burleigh
Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor High, Tenor Low, Bass High, Bass Low

Poor Man Lazrus Arr.: J. Hairston
Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Arr.: W.L.Dawson
Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor High, Tenor Low, Bass High, Bass Low

 

2007-2008 Repertoire

By the Waters of Babylon S Rossi (1570-1630) Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Chiquil?n de Bach?n Astor Piazzola-Horacio Ferrer Ensemble, Solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Dona Nobis Pacem. Urmas Sisask                               Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Esta Tierra. Javier Busto (1949)                                           Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Every Time I Feel the Spirit Arr: W.L.Dawson Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Exsultate Deo Alessandro Scarlatti ((160-1725) Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Hashivenu Trad. (Arr.: Yehuda Sharet) Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Hashita Tsomachat Shuv Dorit Tsameret-Chaim Barkani Sopran High, Sopran Low, Alt High, Alt Low

Il Bel'Umore G.G.Gastoldi(1556-1622)                             Ensemble, Sopran High, Sopran Low, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Lerchengesang Felix Mendelssohn                               Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Matona Mia Cara Orlando di Lasso                               Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Molinero Trad. Arr. Y.Braun                                   Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Serenata Sergey Taneyev (1856-1915)                       Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

 

 

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child                         

Ensemble, Sopran High, Sopran Low,

Alt High, Alt Low, Tenor,

Bass High, Bass Low

 

Stabat Mater Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)

1.      Stabat mater dolorosa             Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass  

2.      Quis est homo                         Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass  

3.      Eia, Mater                               Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass  

4.      Virgo virginum                        Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass  

               

Stabat Mater Franz Schubert              Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

 

Suriram Malayan Folk Song   Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Tirza Yafa Bialik-Cohen (Arr. M Rasiuk)           Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

ve-Karev Pezureinu Traditional (Arr: Y.Sharet, Y.Braun)                 Ensemble, Public, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Yesterday Lennon-McCartney           Ensemble, Sopran, Alt High, Alt Low, Tenor, Bass

 

2006-2007 Repertoire

Ave Maria Giulio Caccini (1545-1618) Ensemble, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Ave Maria Trond Kverno Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Ave Verum Corpus William Byrd Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Ave Verum Corpus Edward Elgar Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

By the Waters of Babylon Salamone Rossi (1570-1630) Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Canons

·         Kol Raamcha Bagalgal Yehezkel Braun

·         Lacrimoso                   Wofgang A. Mozart

·         Vanitas Vanitatum       J.P Sweelinck (1562-1621)          

·         Zum Tanze                        Karl Sch?ler

Cantate Domino Giovanni Croce (1557-1609) Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Cantus Omnibus Unus Ryuichi Sakamoto Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

El Cant dels Ocells Arr.: Gary Bertini Ensemble, Sopran High, Sopran Low, Alt High, Alt Low, Tenor, Bass

Hora Mamtera Mohar-Wilensky (Arr.: Eyal Batt) Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

From Jesu, Meine Freude (BVW227) Johan Sebastian Bach

Weg mit allen Sch?tzen                Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Gute Nacht                                   Ensemble, Sopran 1, Sopran 2, Alt, Tenor (sung by basses as well)

Jesu, Meine Freude Dietrich Buxtehude

5.      Jesu, Meine Freude                 Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Bass  

6.      Unter deinem Schirmen          Sopran

7.      Trotz dem Alten Drachen       Bass

8.      Weg mit allen Sch?tzen                      Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Bass

9.      Gute Nacht                             Sopran

10.  Weicht ihr Trauergeister          Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Bass

Leor hazichronot Orland – Wilensky (Arr.: Tzvi Sherf)            Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Mignonne Guillaume Costelay (1531-1606)                            Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

 

Naari Iarad la-Yam M.Meir-M.Wilensky                     Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass High, Bass Low,

 

Rest Sweet Nymphs Francis Pilkington (?-1635)  Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

 

Serenata Sergey Taneyev (1856-1915) Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

 

Sheleg al Iri N.Shemer (Arr. Gil Aldema)          Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

 

Stabat Mater Franz Schubert              Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

 

Suriram Malayan Folk Song   Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

 

Uri Tzafon Dov Carmel (Arr: Y. Braun)              Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

 

ve-Karev Pezureinu Traditional (Arr: Y.Sharet, Y.Braun)    Ensemble, Public, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

Yesterday Lennon-McCartney           Ensemble, Sopran, Alt High, Alt Low, Tenor, Bass

Zigeunerlieder Johannes Brahms

1.      He, Zigeuner                           Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass  

2.      Hochget?rmte Rimaflut                      Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass
(bars #23-26 were intentionally exchanged between Tenor and Alt, with our apologies to J.B.)

3.      Wisst ihr wann mein Kindchen           Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

4.      Lieber Gott                             Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass

5.      Brauner Bursche                     Ensemble, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass