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Two vocal works by composer Joseph A. Santo will be performed Friday, September 26, 2025 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 4512 College Park Ave, College Park, Maryland 20740.

Quattro Sonetti di Michelangelo (world premiere) and Tre Pregarίe will be performed by renowned Welsh baritone Jeremy Huw Williams (https://www.jeremyhuwwilliams.com/),
 
who will present a program of British and American works.

In addition to the works by Joseph A. Santo, the program will also include:
 
A Shropshire Lad by George Butterworth; Gettysburg: July 1, 1863 by William Bolcom; My Last Duchess by Grace Williams; and Three Welsh Folk Songs by Benjamin Britten.
 
Maestro Williams will be accompanied by David Houston, Associate for Music and Liturgy at St. Andrew’s.
 
 
 

 

 
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Scores and parts for performance from the Catalog of Works
may be obtained by contacting the composer at prosanto@aol.com
 

 
 
 
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Works recently completed:
 
 
 2025
 
to eikonídio ton eptá plaisíon
 
 

Cantica

post lectiones ad vigiliam paschalem in nocte sancta 

for SATB a cappella choir 
 
with English texts:
 

Canticles

sung after the reading of the prophecies at the great vigil of Easter

 

 

for SATB a cappella choir  

 
 

2024
 

Missa pro pace 

a concert work scored for SATB chorus and orchestra

 

Quattro Sonetti di Michelangelo

 scored for baritone voice and piano / baritone voice and chamber orchestra
 
 
 2023
 
El Alba de Titon ya se partia

 scored for symphonic band

 

Freedoms Four

 scored for flute (piccolo, alto flute) and piano

 

 
2022
 

Canticum Zachariae

 scored for SATB chorus and chamber orchestra (1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet in Bb, 1 bassoon, 1 horn in F, 1 trumpet in C, strings)

 scored for flute (piccolo, alto flute) and piano

 

 

 

2022
 

Canticum Zachariae

 scored for SATB chorus and chamber orchestra (1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet in Bb, 1 bassoon, 1 horn in F, 1 trumpet in C, strings)

 

Concerto for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra

  scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes (2nd oboe doubling on English Horn), 2 clarinets in Bb, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in F, 2 trumpets in C, timpani, solo violin, solo viola, strings

 
 
2021
 

Istampitte

scored for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets in Bb, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba,

timpani, tambourin de Provence, bass drum, tam-tam, triangle, temple blocks, 4 melodic toms, 4 congas, tambourine, sistrum, xylophone, bass xylophone, vibraphone, pianoforte, strings 

 

Nightsong

for flute and B-flat clarinet

 

 

 

2020

 

Symphonia

scored for woodwinds in pairs, plus piccolo, English horn and bass clarinet, three trumpets, four horns, three trombones, tuba, percussion, strings

 

Tres Historiae sancti Evangelii secundum Ioannem

scored for vocal soloists, SATB chorus, solo woodwinds (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon), solo brass (trumpet, horn, trombone), and string quartet 

 

 

 

 2019

 

Hymn to the Almighty

for a cappella SATB chorus

 

El Divino Orfeo

a sacred chamber opera in two parts: Loa; Auto sacramental.

Spanish text: El Divino Orfeo by Don Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681).

Scored for 1 fl (doubling on picc), eh, 1 trpt in C, 1 tbn, theorbo, harpsichord, harp, pandero grande, 1 vln, 1 vla, 1 vc, 1 db.

Vocalists:

el Placer (bari), 5 Damas (sopr / ms), 5 Galanes (ten / bari), un Viejo Venerable (bass), el Principe de las Tinieblas (basso prof), la Envidia (ms), Leteo (bass bari), Orfeo (ten), la Naturaleza Humana (sopr), SATB chamber chorus.

  

Sonata for Orchestra
scored for woodwinds in pairs, two trumpets, two horns, timpani, strings 



This site was last updated September 06, 2025.

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Scores and parts are available upon request: prosanto@aol.com.