The latest Chandos Singers concert included only by music whose composers’ names began Sh (or Sz, Sch). The revelation here was Schubert’s Deutsche Messe. Unlike a lot of his church music, this is late and very characteristic Schubert. I’m very surprised that I’ve never come across any of it before, since the individual movements would make nice easy 4-part anthems.
We also sang music by Szarzynski (including the Litania cursoria which are far from cursory!), Scheidt (Duo Seraphim), and Schütz (Ps. 115 and Siehe, es erschein der Engel in which I had a solo). The most substantial piece was Sheppard’s Gaude Maria which I sang as a student and haven’t done since.