The RCS programmed the twentieth-century’s most important choral works, including among many others Orff’s Carmina Burana, Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, Ernest Bloch’s Sacred Service, and Honegger’s Le roi David.
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His repertory was pioneering: he included choral music from before Palestrina––especially that of Josquin––while also promoting new music (for instance, he directed the Palestrina Choir's performance of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms in 1932, to great success––and praises from Stravinsky).