Sad news indeed. One hopes that Joubert was able to hear his Symphony No.3 on disc before he died.
There are, by my reckoning, thirteen large choral works-Choral Symphonies, Oratorios, Cantatas-none of which has been recorded.
In relation to my last sentence above:
1953: Cantata “The Burghers of Calais” for soprano, countertenor, two tenors, baritone, bass, chorus and small orchestra, op.12: 30 minutes
1963:Cantata “Urbs Beata” for tenor, baritone, chorus and orchestra, op. 42: 35 minutes
1968:Choral Symphony “The Choir Invisible” for baritone, chorus and orchestra, op.54: 30 minutes
Cantata “The Martyrdom of St. Alban” for speaker, tenor, baritone, chorus and small orchestra, op. 59:
35 minutes
1970: Oratorio “The Raising of Lazarus” for mezzo-soprano, tenor, chorus and orchestra, op. 67: 48 minutes *
1976: “The Magus”-A Morality for tenor, two baritones, chorus and orchestra, op. 83: 45 minutes
1979: Herefordshire Canticles for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra, op.93: 42 minutes
1981: Choral Symphony “Gong-Tormented Sea” for baritone, chorus and orchestra, op. 96: 37 minutes *
1988: Missa Brevis for soprano, contralto, tenor, bass, chorus and orchestra: 29 minutes
1989: Choral Symphony “For the Beauty of the Earth” for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra, op. 124:
36 minutes
1996-97: Rochester Triptych, op. 139: Part I “Impartial Death”, Part II “Universal Nature” ; Part III “Best Glorious
Man” for chorus and orchestra: 23 minutes
2000: Oratorio Wings of Faith”, Part 1 “The Word Fulfilled”, op. 143 and
2003: Part 2, “The Transforming Spirit”
2010: An English Requiem for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra, op. 166: 45 minutes
