Performance History
The Memphis Symphony Chorus has performed many Masterworks and Pops concerts in its 45+ year history including such major works as Berlioz Requiem, J. S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Handel’s Messiah, Mahler’s Second Symphony, Mahler’s Third Symphony, Mozart’s Requiem, Missa Solemnis, Orff’s Carmina Burana and Verdi’s Requiem.
2023
April 22-23, 2023 Brahms Requiem
2022
Dec 9-10, 2022 Magic of Memphis
October 30, 2022 Dan Forrest - A Requiem for the Living
May 5-7, 2022 Considering Matthew Shepard
March 25-27, 2022 Beethoven’s 9th Symphony (with Univ. of Mississippi Choirs)
2021
Dec 21-23, 2021 Handel’s Messiah
December 11-12, 2021 The Magic of Memphis Holiday Spectacular
November 14, 2021 Antonin Dvorak Mass in D Major
2019
May 4, 2019 The Music of Star Wars
March 18, 2019 “So Shall We Rejoice” A Choral Celebration of Dr. Lawrence Edwards
2018
December 22-23, 2018 Magic of Memphis Holiday Spectacular
December 18-19, 2018 Handel’s Messiah
November 10-11, 2018 Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
May 5-6, 2018 Berlioz Te Deum
April 2, 2018 MLK 50th Anniversary
March 3-4, 2018 Bernstein Chichester Psalms & Kaddish
2017
December 19-20, 2017 Handel's Messiah
December 1-3, 2017 Magic of Memphis Holiday Spectacular
April 29, 2017 A Salute to John Williams
February 28, 2017 An A Capella Celebration
2016
December 4, 2016 Magic of Memphis Holiday Spectacular
November 12-13, 2016 Forrest, In Paradisium; Vaughn Williams, Dona Nobis Pacem
May 14-15, 2016 Borodin Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
April 2-3, 2016 Mozart Requiem
February 5, 2016 50th Anniversary Concert
2015
December 11-12, 2015 Home for the Holidays
November 7-8, 2015 Holst Planets
October 11, 2015 Handel Coronation Anthems
May 2-3, 2015 Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
March 21-22, 2015 Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins
March 6, 2015 Handel Coronation Anthems
February 28 - March 1, 2015 Rachmaninoff Solemn Vespers No. 2 Blagoslovi Duche Moya
2014
December 20, 2014 Home for the Holidays
November 1, 2014 Magnificat Day, Memphis, TN
February 22-23, 2014 Brahms - A German Requiem
2013
October 26-27, 2013 Brahms Schicksalslied
Tippett 5 Spirituals from a Child of Our Time
December 21, 2013 Home for the Holidays
May 18-19, 2013 Porgy and Bess
March 22, 2013 If Bach Were a BeeKeeper
February 22-23, 26, 2013 Holst The Planets
2012
Saturday, December 8, 2012 Home for the Holidays
May 19-20, 2012 Orff's Carmina Burana
Saturday, April 14, 2012 Mahler 2nd Symphony
2011
December 17, 2011 Home for the Holidays
April 30, 2011 Beethoven "Ode to Joy"
March 12-13, 2011 DeBussy Nocturnes
2010
December 4, 2010 Home for the Holidays
October 16 - 17, 2010 World Premiere Commission
April 10-11, 2010 Mozart, "Requiem"
2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009 Home for the Holidays
Saturday, October 3, 2009 Craig Brewer, A Filmmaker's Playlist
Saturday, April 18, 2009 Haydn, "The Creation"
2008
Saturday, December 6, 2008 Home for the Holidays
Saturday, December 13, 2008 Handel, "Messiah" (Orphanos benefit)
Saturday, April 13, 2008 Berlioz, "Requiem"
2007
Friday, December 14-16, 2007 Handel, "Messiah" (Orphanos benefit)
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Mahler, Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Mendelssohn, “Elijah” Oratorio, Opus 70
2006
Saturday, December 2, 2006
Fox 13 TV (Memphis)
Friday, December 1, 2006
Holiday Pops concert- Matt Catingub arrangements
Saturday, October 21, 2006
John Williams Pops concert (Medley)
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Handel, “Messiah” (Orphanos benefit)
Saturday, April 8, 2006
Sunday, April 9, 2006
Brahms, “Ein Deutsches Requiem”, Opus 45
2005
Friday, December 9, 2005
Vivaldi, “Gloria”
Sunday, November 13, 2005
MSC 40th Anniversary Concert- Durufle “Requiem”
and additional songs
Sunday, October 2, 2005
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9- Opus 125
(Hurricane Katrina musician benefit)
Saturday, April 30, 2005
Sunday, May 1, 2005
Orff, “Carmina Burana” (cantiones profanae)
Saturday, February 19, 2005
Martin Luther King tribute- Gasser/Jones Jr.
“Black Suit Blues” premiere + medley
2004
Friday, December 3, 2004
Saturday, December 4, 2004
Sunday, December 5, 2004
“Home for the Holidays” Christmas Pops concert
(Medley)--Fox 13 TV
Saturday, May 1, 2004
Verdi, “Requiem”
Saturday, January 17, 2004
Martin Luther King tribute (Medley)
2003
Friday, December 5, 2003
Saturday, December 6, 2003
“Home for the Holidays” Christmas Pops concert
Friday, October 31, 2003
Saturday, November 1, 2003
Halloween Pops Concert (Medley)
Saturday, September 20, 2003
Mahler, Symphony No. 2- “Resurrection”
Saturday, May 3, 2003
Vaughan Williams, “Serenade to Music”
Mendelssohn, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Saturday, April 5, 2003
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D Minor,
Opus 125, “Choral”
2002
Friday, December 6, 2002
Saturday, December 7, 2002
“Home for the Holidays” Christmas Pops concert
Wednesday, September 11, 2002
Mozart, “Requiem” K. 626 (“Rolling Requiem”
September 11th memorial concert)
Friday, April 12, 2002
Saturday, April 13, 2002
Beethoven, “Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage”, Opus 112-
Brahms: “Schicksalied”, Opus 54
“Nanie”, Opus 82
Sunday, March 24, 2002
Handel, “Messiah” (complete oratorio)
Friday, February 15, 2002
Martin Luther King Tribute (Medley)
2001
Friday, December 7, 2001
Saturday, December 8, 2001
“Home for the Holidays” Christmas Pops concert
(Friday Dyersburg/Saturday TV)
Friday, March 30, 2001
Saturday, March 31, 2001
Bernstein, “Chichester Psalms”
Haydn, Mass in C Minor, “Mass in Time of War”
Saturday, March 17, 2001
Orff, “Carmina Burana” (Birmingham runout)
Sunday, January 13, 2001
Martin Luther King tribute (Medley)
2000
Friday, December 9, 2000
Saturday, December 10, 2000
“Home for the Holidays” Christmas Pops concert
Saturday, October 7, 2000
Gershwin/Bennett, “Porgy and Bess”
Friday, April 14, 2000
J. S. Bach, “Mass in B Minor”, BWV 232
Friday, April 15, 2000
1999
Friday, December 10, 1999
Saturday, December 11, 1999
Sunday, December 12, 1999
“Home for the Holidays” Christmas Pops concert (Medley)
Sunday, January 17, 1999
Martin Luther King tribute (Medley)
1998
Friday, December 18, 1998
Saturday, December 19, 1998
“Home for the Holidays” Christmas Pops concert
Saturday, October 31, 1998
arr. Danner, “Choral Collage” (Pops)
Saturday, February 21, 1998
Mozart, “Requiem” K. 626
Friday, April 3, 1998
Saturday, April 4, 1998
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D Minor,
Opus 125, “Choral”
1997
Friday, December 12, 1997
Saturday, December 13, 1997
Sunday, December 14, 1997
“Home for the Holidays” Christmas Pops concert (Medley)
Friday, September 12, 1997
Saturday, September 13, 1997
Sunday, September 14, 1997
Prokofiev, “Alexander Nevsky”, Opus 78
Friday, April 4, 1997
Saturday, April 5, 1997
Sunday, April 6, 1997
Brahms, “Ein Deutsches Requiem”, Opus 45
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