Mixed ChorusGrade 5(SATB) (divisi) (a cappella)Code 21680

Bitter for Sweet

Chorbajian · G. Schirmer, Inc.

Performances62005–2026

Schools6

Avg concert1.171 is best

Straight ones83%5 superior ratings

Performances per year

How often this piece was programmed.

Average rating per year

1 is the best possible score, so lower is better.

Concert
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Share of its category

Against every grade 5 Mixed Chorus piece performed since 2005.

<1%of 5,293 performances

6 of this piece vs 5,287 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

Berkner High Schoolavg 1.01×
Cinco Ranch HSavg 1.01×
Cy-Fair High Schoolavg 1.01×
Mesquite High Schoolavg 1.01×
Trinity High Schoolavg 1.01×
William H. Taft High Schoolavg 2.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

Come, Lovely Spring (From the Seasons) — HaydnGr 5 · avg 2.01×
Hodie, Christus Natus Est — WillanGr 5 · avg 1.01×
In Remembrance — AmesGr 5 · avg 1.01×
Laudate Pueri (From Vesperae Solemnes de Confessore) — MozartGr 5 · avg 1.01×
Psalm 100 (Jauchzet Dem Herrn, Alle Welt) — MendelssohnGr 5 · avg 1.01×
Songs of Nature — DvorakGr 6 · avg 1.01×
The Cloths of Heaven — KoscheGr 4 · avg 1.01×
With a Voice of Singing — JenningsGr 4 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 6 recorded performances.

Year	School	Event	Performed with	Director	Class	Concert	SR
2026	Cy-Fair High SchoolAAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	Songs of Nature No. 5 This Day — Dvorak/Zipper Luk Luk Lumbu — Yohanes	Evan Key	Varsity	1	1
2019	Mesquite High SchoolAAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	Hodie Christus natus est (Latin) (a cappella) — Willan Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down — Caldwell & Ivory	Jennifer Resendez	Varsity	1	2
2014	Berkner High SchoolAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	With a Voice of Singing (SSAATB) — Jennings/ In Remembrance — Ames	Doug Council	Varsity	1	1
2009	Cinco Ranch HSAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	Psalm 43 (Richte mich Gott) (German) (SATB divisi) — Mendelssohn/Fuller The Cloths Of Heaven — Stroope	Dorothy Wilson	Varsity	1	1
2005	Trinity High SchoolAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	Laudate Pueri (from Vesperae soloemnes de confessore) — Mozart Witness — Halloran	Michael Dean	Varsity	1	1
2005	William H. Taft High SchoolAAAAA	Mixed Chorus	Come Lovely Spring from The Seasons — Haydn/Shaw Lamentations of Jeremiah — Stroope	Judy Lee Welch	Varsity	2	2

Cy-Fair High School
2026 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAAA · Varsity
Evan Key
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Songs of Nature No. 5 This Day — Dvorak/Zipper
- Luk Luk Lumbu — Yohanes
Mesquite High School
2019 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAAA · Varsity
Jennifer Resendez
Concert1SR2
Performed with
- Hodie Christus natus est (Latin) (a cappella) — Willan
- Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down — Caldwell & Ivory
Berkner High School
2014 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Doug Council
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- With a Voice of Singing (SSAATB) — Jennings/
- In Remembrance — Ames
Cinco Ranch HS
2009 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Dorothy Wilson
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Psalm 43 (Richte mich Gott) (German) (SATB divisi) — Mendelssohn/Fuller
- The Cloths Of Heaven — Stroope
Trinity High School
2005 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Michael Dean
Concert1SR1
Performed with
- Laudate Pueri (from Vesperae soloemnes de confessore) — Mozart
- Witness — Halloran
William H. Taft High School
2005 · Mixed Chorus · AAAAA · Varsity
Judy Lee Welch
Concert2SR2
Performed with
- Come Lovely Spring from The Seasons — Haydn/Shaw
- Lamentations of Jeremiah — Stroope

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