Joseph Roffinella has written:

'Requiem mass for soli, chorus and orchestra'

You could be describing opera or an operetta or a work in musical theatre.

Concerto

The cast of Messiah - 1999 includes: Brian Asawa as Solistes - countre-tenor Charles Aznavour as himself Patrick Beaugiraud as Orchestra - oboe Laurent Bourdeaux as Chorus - bass Diane Chmela as Orchestra - violas Julian Clarkson as Chorus - bass Fabienne Colson as Chorus - soprano Simon Dariel as Orchestra - violins Nadine Davin as Orchestra - violas Lynne Dawson as Solistes - soprano Lucas de Jong as Chorus - bass Laurence Duval as Orchestra - violas Sonia Findling as Chorus - alto Svetlana Fomina as Orchestra - violins Pedro Gandia Martin as Orchestra - violins Annie Garcia as Orchestra - violins Linda Gerrard as Chorus - soprano Pascal Gessi as Orchestra - cellos Mirella Giardelli as Orchestra - harpsichord Florence Goyer as Chorus - soprano Nicole Heaston as Solistes - soprano Charlotte Hellekant as Solistes - alto Frances Jellard as Chorus - alto Nicki Kennedy as Chorus - soprano Marinus Komst as Orchestra - timpani Fernando Lage as Orchestra - cellos Laurent Lagresle as Orchestra - violins Rachel Londop as Chorus - alto Marcos Loureiro de Sa as Chorus - bass Michel Maldonado as Orchestra - double bass Vincent Malgrange as Orchestra - cellos John Mark Ainsley as Solistes - tenor Penny Mathisen as Chorus - soprano Nicolas Mazzoleni as Orchestra - violins Yann Miriel as Orchestra - oboe Simon Neal as Chorus - bass Julie Neander as Orchestra - violins Ricardo Rapoport as Orchestra - basson Martin Robson as Chorus - bass Emilio Roman as Chorus - bass Sandrine Rondot as Chorus - soprano Russell Smythe as Solistes - baryton Anton Steck as Orchestra - violins Florence Stroesser as Orchestra - violins Christoph Timpe as Orchestra - violins Serge Tizac as Orchestra - trumpet Jory Vinikour as Orchestra - organ Verene Westphal as Orchestra - cellos Paolo Zuccheri as Orchestra - double bass

LINDEN LEA (song)

ON WENLOCK EDGE (song cycle for voice, piano and string quartet)

SYMPHONIES 1-9 (including no. 1, 'A Sea Symphony', for soloists, chorus & orchestra; no. 2, 'A London Symphony'; no. 3, 'A Pastoral Symphony', really a meditation on his experiences in World War I; and no. 7, 'Sinfonia Antartica', re-worked from his score for the film 'Scott of the Antarctic'.)

FANTASIA ON A THEME BY THOMAS TALLIS (strings)

THE LARK ASCENDING (for violin and small orchestra)

JOB: A MASQUE FOR DANCING (ballet and concert score)

MASS IN G MINOR (choral, unaccompanied)

SANCTA CIVITAS [The Holy City] (soloists/choral)

FLOS CAMPI [Flower of the Field] (viola/chorus/orchestra. Wordless, but founded on the Song of Songs)

FIVE TUDOR PORTRAITS (soloists/chorus/orchestra)

SERENADE TO MUSIC (for 16 soloists and orchestra. Written for Sir Henry Wood's golden jubilee, it sets words from Act 5 of Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice')

DONA NOBIS PACEM (soloists/choral)

HODIE [This Day] (Christmas work of original music for soloists, chorus & orchestra)

HUGH THE DROVER (Opera)

SIR JOHN IN LOVE (Opera based on Shakespeare's 'Merry Wives of Windsor')

THE POISONED KISS (comic opera with some dialogue)

THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS : a Morality (Opera based on Bunyan's book)

RIDERS TO THE SEA (one-act opera setting J. M. Synge's eponymous play almost word-for-word)

'49th PARALLEL' [US title: 'The Invaders'] (score for the Powell/Pressburger film)

'SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC' (film score)