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Tune in on Sundays at 9:00 pm for a wide variety of classical choral music from Washington and beyond — from perennial favorites to new discoveries, from Gregorian Chant to the present. Programmed by Classical WETA Music Director, David Ginder.
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March 21, 2010, 9:00 pm
As our Bach month and the "America Sings" festival in Washington continue, we have Mass settings by JS Bach and Vincent Persichetti. Plus, just before Choral Showcase, songs by Charles Martin Loeffler, Ned Norem, and Libby Larsen.
Featured performances:
Vincent Persichetti: Mass
New World 80316
Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia
Tamara Brooks, conductor
Bach: Mass in B minor
Philips 426 238
Jennifer Smith, soprano
Michael Chance, counter-tenor
Nico van der Meel, tenor
Harry van der Kamp, bass
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, conductor
March 28, 2010, 9:00 pm
For Bach month and Holy Week in the Christian calendar, Philippe Herreweghe conducts the St. Matthew Passion. Just before 9 and as the "American Sings" festival continues in Washington, Morten Lauridsen's Ave Maria and Charles Ives's Wiegenlied.
Featured performances:
Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Harmonia Mundi 901676.78
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Evangelist
Franz-Josef Selig (bass), Jesus
Sibylla Rubens, soprano
Andreas Scholl, alto
Werner Guera, tenor
Dietrich Henschel, bass
Frits Vanhulle, baritone
Dominik Woerner, bass
Schola Cantorum Cantate Domino
Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor