Cantus Commissions

The following pieces were commissioned by Cantus for the ensemble.

"Little Potato" (TTBB arr.), Malcolm Dalglish
"Will Ye Go to Flanders?" Irish Song, arr. Erick Lichte, for All is Calm
"Wassail English Song," arr. Erick Lichte, for All is Calm
"Silent Night" Franz Gruber, arr. Erick Lichte, for All is Calm
"O Tannenbaum," German Song, arr. Timothy C. Takach, for All is Calm
"Susani," German Song, arr. Timothy C. Takach, for All is Calm
"Auld Lang Syne," Folk Song, arr. Timothy C. Takach, for All is Calm
"We Two," Steven Sametz
I. Earth, My Likeness
II. I Am He That Aches With Amorous Lov
III. Here the Frailest Leaves of Me
IV. Not Heat Flames Up and Consumes
V. We Two, How Long We Were Fool'd
"The Turning," Maura Bosch
I. Some things you don't know about me
II. Then and now
III. If I could say
"\kanun\" David Wolff
"I Can Transform," Timothy C. Takach
"A Sound Like This," Edie Hill
I. An Invocation
II. He Draws the Strings Tight
III. Clay Jug
IV. Interlude: Thinkers, Listen!
V. While You Are Alive
VI. A Sound Like This
"'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime," Huron Carol, arr. Timothy C. Takach
"A True Heart is Waiting," Edie Hill
"Flight," Timothy C. Takach
"Go Tell It on The Mountain," arr. Carolyn Jennings
"There Shall Come Forth a Rod," arr. Layton James
"Casey at The Bat," Peter Hamlin
"Journey to Sechet Aannru," Mike McFerron
"O Little Town of Bethlehem," Kenneth Jennings
"Two Laments on Dylan Thomas," Kenneth Jennings
"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Goodnight"
"And Death Shall Have No Dominion"
"Song of the Kalevala" Kenneth Jennings
"Songs from Matengo Folktales" Peter Hamlin

The following pieces were written for Cantus by members of the group.

"Danny Boy," Irish Folk Song, arr. Erick Lichte
"Thee We Adore," arr. Philip Moody
"Loch Lomond," Scottish Folk Song, arr. Michael Hanawalt
"Deck the Halls," Welsh Carol, arr. Erick Lichte
"Suo Gan," arr. Lawrence Wiliford
"Silent Night," Franz Gruber, arr. Brian Arreola
"Two Settings of Rupert Brooke," Erick Lichte
Oh! Love
The Hill
"Veni Creator Spiritus," Timothy C. Takach
"She Moved Through The Fair," Irish Folk Song, arr. Timothy C. Takach
"Who’s Lovin’ You?" Smokey Robinson, arr. Timothy C. Takach
"Lullaby (Goodnight my Angel)," Billy Joel, arr. Erick Lichte
"Straight to My Heart," Sting, arr. Timothy C. Takach
"Jabberwocky," Erick Lichte
"Grazin' in the Grass," Hugh Masekela, arr. Timothy C. Takach
"The Mercy Seat," Nick Cave, arr. Erick Lichte
"I Better Go Now," Howlin' Wolf, arr. Timothy C. Takach
"What I Have Done," Amazing Grace/House of the Rising Sun, arr. Timothy C. Takach
"Bashan'a Haba'a," arr. Alan Dunbar
"What Child is This?" English Carol, arr. Timothy C. Takach
"Puer Natus in Bethlehem," Piae Cantionis, arr. Erick Lichte
"Die Könige," Peter Cornelius, arr. Erick Lichte
"We Three Kings," arr. Timothy C. Takach
"Love’s Philosophy" Brian Arreola
"Away in a Manger," Traditional Carol, arr. Lawrence Wiliford
"How Can I Be Sure" Cavaliere/Brigati Jr., arr. Timothy C. Takach
"Stick to the Craythur," arr. Alan Dunbar
"Alleluia, Amen," Alan Dunbar
"Valparaiso," Sting, arr. Timothy C. Takach
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," Gordon Lightfoot, arr. Alan Dunbar
"Break, Break, Break," Brian Arreola
"Salvation is Created," Pavel Chesnokov, arr. Timothy C. Takach
"Harlem," Bill Withers, arr. Erick Lichte
"Encounter," Peteris Vasks, arr. Erick Lichte
"Things I Didn't Know I Loved,"Timothy C. Takach
"Bright Morning Star," Appalachian Folk Song, arr. Cantus
"When I Fall in Love," Young/Heyman, arr. Gary Ruschman
"Pater Noster," plainchant, arr. Gary Ruschman
"The Banks of the Ohio," 19th c. American Murder Ballad, arr. Cantus
"They Call the Wind Maria," Lerner and Loewe, arr. Aaron Humble
"Keep Your Lamps," Spiritual, arr. Timothy C. Takach
"Seven Bridges Road," Stephen Young, arr. Chris Foss