the choral music of San Francisco-based composer Mark Winges probes deeply into the spiritual and sonic depths of the chorus.
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Sacred anthems and shape-note arrangements are on the Anthems, Arrangements and Short Takes page
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| Tomorrow's Dream Not the Same (2019) Mixed Chorus 15' |
Comissioned by VOLTI. performances February, 2020 in San Francisco and Berkeley  | ||
| Tomorrow's Dream (beginning) |  |
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| Tomorrow's Dream (middle section) | |
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| Tomorrow's Dream (ending) | |
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| So Let Us (2018) Mixed Chorus 4' |
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| Letters (2016) Mixed Chorus and String Quartet 19' |
Co-Commissioned by The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble and Volti. performances: October, 2016 in Berkeley and San Francisco, CA | ||
| Verba das Ventis | |
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| Intima Verba | |
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| Ex Verbis | |
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| Pandora’s Gift (2014) Treble Chorus and Mixed Chorus 35' |
commissioned by Volti. performance: May, 2015 in San Francisco; July, 2015 in Oakland, CA | ||
| Dawn | |
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| Ticking Time | |
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| Weaving the Night (2013) Mixed Chorus 8' |
commissioned by Ecco of the Piedmont East Bay Children's Choirs. performance: June, 2015 in Oakland; December, 2015 in Oakland, CA | ||
| 1. Fog Dissolving Into Moon | |
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| 2. Moon-Dreams | |
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| 3. The Moonlight | |
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| All Night (2013) Mixed Chorus 12' |
Comissioned by VOLTI. performances November 2013 in San Francisco, Palo Alto and Berkeley | |
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| Canticles of Rumi (2011) Mixed Chorus 15' |
commissioned by Volti. performances: December 2011 in Mill Valley, Berkeley and San Francisco, CA March 2013 in Berkeley and San Francisco, CA | ||
| 1. Where Everything Is Music | |
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| 2. Special Plates | |
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| 3. The Waterwheel | |
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| 4. Quietness | |
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| 5. A Wished-for Song | |
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| Luna, Nova Luna (2010) Treble Chorus and Mixed Chorus 17' |
Co-Commissioned by The Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir and Volti. performances: February and April, 2010 in San Francisco, Berkeley, Ross and Palo Alto, CA | ||
| 1. Procession I | |
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| 2. Welcome | |
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| 3. The Moon-Dance | |
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| 4. Nuntius Noctis | |
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| 5. Procession II | |
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| Where Everything Is Music (2009) Mixed Chorus 3' |
commissioned by Volti. performances: November, 2009 in Berkeley and San Francisco, CA | |
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| Missa Victimae Paschali (2009) Mixed Chorus, Organ 8' |
written for the St. Ignatius Motet Choir. performance: April 2009 in San Francisco | ||
| 1. Gloria | |
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| 2. Sanctus | |
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| 3. Agnus Dei | |
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| The Assembling Landscape (2008) Mixed Chorus 13' |
Comissioned by VOLTI. performances February 2009 in Berkeley and San Francisco | ||
| 1. simply / slightly slower | |
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| 2. driving | |
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| 3. calmly resolute | |
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| Missa Diapente (2008) Mixed Chorus 10' |
written for the St. Ignatius Schola. performances: October 2008 and May 2009 in San Francisco | ||
| 1. Kyrie | |
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| 2. Gloria | |
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| 3. Sanctus | |
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| 4. Agnus Dei | |
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| pax penetralis (inner peace passing through) (2007) Mixed Chorus, String Orchestra 9' |
Comissioned by the San Francisco Choral Society. performances: November, 2007 in San Francisco | |
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| Open the Book of What Happened (2005) Mixed Chorus 13' |
commissioned by VOLTI. performances: May 2006 and May 2007 in Berkeley and San Francisco | ||
| 1. with fleeting energy | |
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| 2. resigned / sprightly / very deliberate / resigned | |
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| 3. lightly hovering | |
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| Unbecoming: Songs for Dancing (2003) Mixed Chorus, Percussion (2 players) 34' |
commissioned by VOLTI. performances: June 2003 in Berkeley and San Francisco | ||
| Image and Motion: A Choral Symphony (2001) Mixed Chorus, Chamber Orchestra (111110002221) 35' |
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| 1. Scherzo I | |
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| 2. Fantasy | |
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| 3. Scherzo II | |
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| 4. Finale: Mere Tones That Bind | |
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| Wishes Night (1999) Mixed Chorus 6' |
commissioned by the San Francisco Chamber Singers. performances: May, 2000, March, 2002 in San Francisco and Berkeley, CA | |
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| Haiku Settings (1996) Mixed Chorus 14' |
commissioned by the San Francisco Chamber Singers. performances: May, 1997 and May, 1998 in San Francisco and Berkeley, CA. | ||
| First Set | |
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| Second Set | |
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| Third Set | |
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| Freed From Words (1995) Mixed Chorus 9' |
commissioned by the San Francisco Chamber Singers. performances: March, 1996, May, 1996 in San Francisco and Healdsburg, CA | |
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| Yoolis (1995) Mixed Chorus 7' |
commissioned by the San Francisco Chamber Singers. performances: December, 1995, December, 2003, December, 2005 in San Francisco and Moraga, CA | |
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| Seasons Falling Through the Clouds (1992/93) Mixed Chorus, Flute, Clarinet (bass), Viola, Cello 16' |
commissioned by the San Francisco Chamber Singers. performances: June, 1993 and May, 1999 in San Francisco and Berkeley, CA. | ||
| 1. Blossom | |
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| 2. Two Haiku | |
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| 3. Rain | |
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| 4. The Ground-Mist | |
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| 5. All Hallows | |
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Treble Choir | |||
| Last Ditch Fight of the Wish (2017) Treble Choir 9' |
Comissioned by the Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir performances March, 2018 in Berkeley, June, 2018 in Denmark and Germany, May, 2019 in Oakland, June, 2019 in Finland and Estonia | |
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| Water Doesn’t Drown (2013) 3 Treble Choirs 16' |
commissioned by The Piedmont Choir. performance: March, 2013 in Oakland, CA. | ||
| 1. fog and a god | |
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| 2. going to water I | |
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| 3. pool is to wade | |
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| 4. going to water II | |
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| 5. streaming away | |
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| 6. going to water III | |
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| A Cricket Needs a Queen (2006) Treble Choir 3' |
commissioned by The Piedmont Choir - Ancora. performances: June, 2006 and January, 2007 in Oakland, CA | |
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| Moonbook - Chapter 6: The Moon-Dance (2002) Treble Choir 4' |
commissioned by Ancora. performances: June, 2003 in Oakland, CA, July, 2003 in Gorizia, Italy and Ljubljana, Slovenia, December, 2005 in San Francisco | |
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| Moonbook - Chapter 7: The Oh of Moon and Piano (2000) Treble Choir, Piano 9' |
commissioned by the American Composers Forum and the NEA as part of Continental Harmony. performances: November and December, 2000 in Moraga and Oakland CA., March, 2001 in San Antonio, Texas (American Choral Director's Association National Convention), July, 2001 in Slovenia and Germany. | |
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| Moonbook - Chapter 5: The Moon-Welcome (1999) Treble Choir 6' |
co-commissioned by Voci Women's Chorus and Ancora Treble Choir. performances: May, 2000 (Voci) and November, 2000 (Ancora) in San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland and Moraga, CA. February, 2002 in Honolulu, HI (American Choral Director's Association Regional Convention), April, 2002 in Orinda, CA. | |
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| Moonbook - Chapter 4: The Moon-Meeting (1998) Treble Choir 5' |
commissioned by The Piedmont Children's Choir. performances: May and June, 1999 in Oakland, CA., July, 1999 in Newfoundland, Canada. | |
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| Give Us (1994) Treble Choir 4' |
commissioned by The Piedmont Children's Choir. performances: June, 1995 in Oakland, CA., July, 2003 in Oakland, CA., July, 2008 in Estonia, Latvia and Russia | |
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| Magic Strings (1992) Treble Choir, Piano 6' |
commissioned by The Piedmont Children's Choir. performances: 1992: Oakland, CA., Seattle, WA., Powell River, B.C., Canada; 1993: Seattle, WA., Anchorage, AK, Eastern Russia, 1998: Reno, NV., Miedzyzdroje, Poland, 2000: Linz, Austria (Choral Olympics), 2003: Ljubljana, Slovenia (ISCM World Music Days), 2006-07: China, Japan, Thailand, San Francisco, 2013: Austria, California. | |
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