SDG commissions to date are listed in chronological order, starting with the most recent recordings available.
Sharafyan, Vache: Have Mercy on Me, O God (September 2011)
Archival recording from the premiere performance by the Dilijan Chamber Society, featuring tenor Daniel Plaster, at the Zipper Hall, Colburn School of the Performing Arts, Los Angeles, CA.
MacMillan, James: Alpha and Omega (June 2011)
Archival recording from the premiere performance at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago, by the Rockefeller Chapel Choir and the University of Chicago Motet, James Kallembach, conductor.
Bannister, Peter: Psalm 96 (May 2011)
Recording from the LOFT (Living Our Faith Together) service at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, with congregational participation.
Kellogg, Daniel: O Greening Branch (Nov 2010)
Harnly, Neal: The Lost Son (Nov 2010)
Bannister, Peter: Hemosura De Dios (Aug 2010)
(coming soon!)
Kellogg, Daniel: Preserve Me, O God (Nov 2009)
Bancks, Jacob: Mass For All Saints (Sept 2009)
I. Asperge Me
V. Communion
Bannister, Peter: Et iterum venturus est (Sept 2008)
Composer Peter Bannister leads the Ensemble orchestral de Paris in a rehearsal of his oratorio Et iterum venturus est.
Kellogg, Daniel: The Fiery Furnace (April 2008)
Rehearsal for the Fiery Furnace premiere
Live recording of the 2008 world premiere of Daniel Kellogg's The Fiery Furnace, performed by the San Diego Symphony, tenor Nicholas Phan and baritone Steven Richardson under the direction of Jahja Ling.
Bancks, Jacob: Lumen De Lumine (March 2008)
Music Director Delta David Gier leads the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra in rehearsal of Lumen de Lumnine.
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 3
Finale of Lumen de Lumine
Composer Jacob Bancks demonstrates passages from Lumen de Lumine.
Lumen de Lumine audio and video courtesy of the South Dakota Symphony and pianist William Phemister.
Ayres, Paul: Brethren (March 2007)
Beginning
“The battle will not cease”
"Before humanity's bewilder'd host"
“Lead us, immortal Brethren”
”It is like the precious ointment”
”Even life forevermore”
Brethren audio courtesy of the Wheaton College Men's Glee Club and Paul Ayres.
Rouse, Christopher: Requiem (March 2007)
Requiem Aeternam
Rex Tremendae
Sanctus
Conductor Grant Gershon gives an overview of the world premiere of Christopher Rouse's Requiem to the Los Angeles Master Chorale Board of Directors.
Christopher Rouse Requiem audio courtesy of the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Boosey & Hawkes.
Shohat, Gil: Songs of Bathsheba (April 2005)
”Against thee have I sinned”
”For Three Nights”
“The dead child shall not come back”
Finale
Songs of Bathsheba audio courtesy of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Kellogg, Daniel: Children of God (March 2004)
I. Matthew 18:3-4
II. Isaac
X. Alleluia
IX. The Wolf Shall Dwell With The Lamb
Children of God audio courtesy of College Church, the Azmari String Quartet, pianist Daniel Paul Horn, soprano Robin Wiper and mezzo-soprano Denise Gamez.
Thomas, Augusta Read: Daylight Divine (June 2001)
Excerpt 1 (Beginning)
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 3
Excerpt 4
Daylight Divine audio courtesy of L'Ensemble orchestral de Paris and the Indianapolis Children's Choir.
Arasimowicz, George: Window Rock: Peter's Dawn (Dec 2000)
Excerpt 1 (Beginning)
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 3
Excerpt 4
Excerpt 5
Window Rock: Peter's Dawn audio courtesy of L'Ensemble orchestral de Paris.
Schoenfield, Paul: D’vorah (March 1998)
"Song of D'vorah"
“Arise and Awake, D’vorah”
“And the Children”
“Hear the word of the Lord”
“Surely I will deliver you”
“Down to the gates”
“Come now, my Lord”
“Mama’s gonna cry”
D’vorah audio courtesy of the Haifa Symphony Orchestra.
Premiere Highlights
Premiere of Have Mercy on Me, O God
by Vache Sharafyan
Dilijan Chamber Music Society,
featuring tenor Daniel Planter,
Zipper Chamber Hall, Los Angeles, CA
"A carefully crafted work, skillfullly composed, for tenor and string quartet that amplified the text of Psalm 51 with drama and a surprise or two."
Premiere of Alpha and Omega
by James MacMillan
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
Chicago, IL
"The idea of the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, is at once a time-related concept and also a numinous state. There is a contradiction at work in this piece: a heavenly, cosmic perspective that is timeless within a time-constraining piece."—James MacMillan
Premiere of Psalm 96
by Peter Bannister
Calvin College
Grand Rapids, MI
Commissioned in honor of Elsbeth Shannon, who wanted music to be “a breath of fresh air, something that would bring glory to God and help us to see the beauty of holiness.”
Rehearsal for the premiere of
O Greening Branch
by Daniel Kellogg
at the 150th anniversary celebration of Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL
A celebratory work for chorus and concert band inspired by the poetry of Hildegard von Bingen.
Premiere of The Lost Son
by Neal Harnly
Indianapolis Children's Choir
Henry Leck, conductor
Indianapolis, IN
“The Indianapolis Children’s Choir is committed to the performance of new music. I am thrilled with this new piece. It combines modern yet traditional sound with very interesting and almost jazz-like rhythmic color. It is great to collaborate with Soli Deo Gloria again.”
—Henry Leck, Founder and Director
Premiere of Mass for All Saints
by Jacob Bancks
St. John Berchmans Church
Chicago, IL
Inspired by images of all the saints gathered in heaven. “...and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne...”
Premiere of Et iterum venturus est
by Peter Bannister
La Trinité Church, Paris
Written to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Messiaen’s birth and performed at the church where Olivier Messiaen served as organist for over 60 years.
Premiere of Lumen de Lumine
by Jacob Bancks
with William Phemister, piano soloist
and the South Dakota Symphony,
Sioux Falls, SD
“To have been present was a unique gift, not only from the composer, but also from the musicians who brought it into existence.”—David Xenakis, ArgusLeader
Photo: Lee Salem Photography, Inc.
Premiere of Requiem
by Christopher Rouse
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
“This is a Requiem that sets a standard for composers of the future while holding its own against compositions of the past.”—Sequenza 21
Songs of Bathesheba
by Gil Shohat
