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Choral Showcase

Celebrating the best in choral music.

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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Choral Arts Society of Washington

Sundays at 9:00 pm on Classical WETA 90.9 FM

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Mass: Persichetti & Bach

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

Upcoming broadcast

St. Matthew Passion

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