Anne Kilstofte - Composer

Choral Works

Mixed Chorus A Cappella

- Magnum Mysterium, SATB divisi a cappella, duration: 7 minutes. Traditional Latin text.
Private Commission. ©2015

- Children of Peace, SATB divisi a cappella, duration: 7 minutes. Text: Matthew 5:9;
Commissioned by The National Lutheran Choir ©2003

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- Christmas Bells, SATB divisi a cappella, duration: 4 minutes. Text by Eugene Field,
Commissioned by St. Clement's Episcopal Church, St. Paul; Faith Partners Residency, American Composers Forum ©1994

- For You, SATB divisi a cappella, duration: 5 minutes. Text by Carl Sandburg;
Commissioned by the Cherry Creek Chorale, Bethany Lutheran Church, Denver, Colorado
©1996

- Make a Joyful Noise, mixed choir, piano optional, percussion, duration 4 minutes.
Commissioned by Vinje Lutheran Church, Wilmar, MN; Faith Partners Residency, American Composers Forum ©2008

- Mirabile Mysterium, SATB divisi a cappella, Basilica of St. Mary, Teri Larson, conductor, © 1999 (cathedral bells, hand bells, timpani, brass quintet section connects this with the following work); duration 4 minutes. Can be included with Hodie Christus Natus Est.
Commissioned by the Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hodie Christus Natus Est, SATB divisi, brass quartet, pipe organ; duration: 4 minutes. Text: traditional Latin; commissioned by the Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, Minnesota)

- Oh, Hush Thee, SATB divisi a cappella, duration: 5 minutes. Text by Eugene Field, also known as “Christmas Eve” on the CD Wondrous Birth, National Lutheran Choir, ©1994 This work was originally published by Augsburg Fortress but it is now available through Kaska Publishing

- Rorate Caeli, SATB divisi a cappella, duration: 6 minutes. Text: English and Latin traditional, commissioned by St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota; Faith Partners Residency, American Composers Forum ©1994

- Smile, Death, SATB divisi a cappella, duration: 4 minutes. Text: Charlotte Mew, movement 3 of Requiem for Still Voices, see choral /orchestra.
Premiered by Cherry Creek Chorale, Arapahoe Symphony Orchestra, Denver, Colorado ©2003

- Soft Footfalls, Song of the Anasazi, SATB divisi a cappella, duration: 7 minutes. Text by Kevin Crossley-Holland; Commissioned by the Dale Warland Singers Choral Ventures Program; Professional premiered by Phoenix Chorale, 2013/2015 ©1995

Men’s Chorus - TTBB A Cappella

Note: Tota Pulchra Es Maria/Ave Maria, Puer Natus Est, and Omnes de Saba were commissioned as a triptych: Advent, Christmas, Epiphany by St. John’s University Men’s Chorus, Dr. Axel Theimer, director:

- Vårt Fødeland, TTBB chorus, Norwegian text, duration 6 minutes. Commissioned by the Norwegian Singers Association of America for 2010 National Sangerfest, featuring Madison Symphony Brass Quintet ©2011

Women’s Chorus - SSA

- Bless the Lord, O My Soul, two-part; (can be for children’s choir), hand bells, piano, duration 4 minutes. Commissioned by Vinje Lutheran Church through Faith Partners, American Composers Forum ©2008

- Litany for 1507 and Today, SSA and piano, duration: 7 minutes. Text by Virginia Poet Laureate Margaret Ward Morland. Commissioned by Randolph College, Lynchburg, Virginia for the 500th anniversary of Jamestown, Virginia. Dr. Randall Speer, conductor © 2007

- With Thanks in our Heart, two-parts or for children’s choir, piano, flute, and viola, duration 3-4 minutes. Commissioned by Catholic Church of St. Mary's through Faith Partners, American Composers Forum ©2008

Mixed Chorus with chamber instruments

- Christmas Tidings, SATB divisi, soprano soloist, glockenspiel, harp, duration: 6 minutes. Text by Eugene Field;
Commissioned by The Dale Warland Singers, Dale Warland, conductor. © 1996

- Hodie Christus Natus Est, SATB, brass quintet, timpani, peal bells and hand bells, duration: 4 minutes. Text: traditional Latin; commissioned and premiered by The Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, Teri Larson, conductor. © 1999

- Sing to the Lord, SATB, double string quintet, pipe organ, hand bells, duration: 18 minutes. Text: the Book of Psalms; commissioned by Faith Partners Consortium, American Composers Forum, premiered by St. John’s University and College of St. Benedict, Gethsemane Lutheran Church, St. Clement’s Episcopal Church, Kantorei of St. John’s University and College of St. Benedict at the Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis. © 1995

Mixed Chorus with piano

Mixed Chorus with organ accompaniment

- Nunc Dimittis, SATB, pipe organ, duration: 4 minutes. Text: new traditional; commissioned by Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Hopkins, Minnesota, Faith Partners Residency, American Composers Forum. © 1994

- Salve Festa Dies, SATB, assembly, pipe organ, brass quartet, timpani, duration: 9 minutes. Text: Venantius Fortunatus c. 530-609; translation, Juliana Sedgley, adapted by Johan van Parys ©2002; commissioned by The Basilica of St. Mary choirs and ensembles, Teri Larson, conductor; Kim Kasling, organist ©2002

- Soldier's Prayer/Stabat Mater Lyric baritone solo, SATB choir, pipe organ, duration 8 minutes. Text by Joyce Kilmer intermingled with traditional Latin Stabat Mater, private commission for American Lutheran Church, ©2012

Orchestral Works and Chorus

Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

- Requiem for Still Voices, Seven movements, SATB divisi, Mezzo-Soprano soloist, Symphony Orchestra; duration: 40 minutes (individual movements can stand alone)

Texts: Edna St. Vincent Millay, Anne Boleyn, John Galsworthy, Rainier Maria Rilke, Charlotte Mew, Walt Whitman, Eugene Field, traditional Latin movement - Lux Aeterna, commissioned by the Cherry Creek Chorale and the Arapahoe Philharmonic Orchestra, Denver, Colorado © 2002

I. God’s World, duration: 4.30 minutes

II. Rock Me on Sleep, duration: 13 minutes – includes mezzo-soprano solos, Dream Sequence I: So Might it Be, duration: 3 minutes; Dream Sequence II: Too Much Music, duration: 5 minutes

III. Smile Death, SATB a cappella, duration: 4 minutes

IV. The Ship, duration: 3 minutes, primarily TTBB, short SATB ending, with orchestra

V. Come, Lovely, duration: 6 minutes, SSAA, chamber orchestra

VI. The Divine Lullaby, mezzo-soprano or soprano solo, duration: 3 minutes (can be accompanied with piano), chamber orchestra

VII. Lux Aeterna, duration: 5 minutes

Orchestration: 3 Flutes, 1 doubling piccolo; 2 Oboes, 1 English Horn, 2 B flat clarinets, 1 B flat bass clarinet, 2 Bassoons

Brass: 4 French Horns (F), 3 B flat Trumpets, 3 Trombones (3rd doubling Bass Trombone), 1 Tuba

Percussion: 3-4 players; Timpani; Acoustical piano; Harp

16 First Violins, 16 Second Violins, 10 Violas, 12 Violoncellos, 6 Contrabasses

Chamber Orchestra with Chorus

Orchestration: 2 flutes, 1 doubles piccolo, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon

2 French Horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones,

1 percussionist, Timpani

12 First violins, 8 Second violins, 6 violas, 4 cellos, 2 contrabasses