Douglas Purl wrote:

>>Do you know of any choral composition wherein inspiration pervades the
>>whole piece?

Oh my, I could go on for days, but here is a short list:

Josquin: Ave Maria
Wilbye: Draw on Sweet Night
Penderecki: Stabat mater
Brahms: Schaffe in mir ein rein Herz
Bach: Jesu, meine Freude
Stanford: Beati quorum via
Durufle: Ubi caritas
Auric: 5 chansons (or is it 6, it has been a while!)
Poulenc: Videntes Stellam
Kuhnau: Tristis est anima mea
Clement Janequin: La guerre
William Harris: Faire is the Heaven

etc. ad infinitum

Jane Pierce wrote:

>My vote is for Randall Thompson's Noel.  The harmonies wind in and out of
>range of the confines of the basic voices and, in a cappella, it is awesome
>to the audience, conductor and choir from my personal experience and IMHO.

Hummm.  Probably typical endless cascading of parallel sixths.  I am not so
sure.

Kevin