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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

Next broadcast

Faure Requiem plus Thanksgiving

November 22, 2009, 9:00 pm

Myung-Whun Chung conducts a Gabriel Faure masterpiece--his Requiem.  Plus we welcome Thanksgiving week with William Billings performed by His Majestie's Clerkes.

Featured performances:

Gabriel Faure: Requiem

DG 459 365

Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano

Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone

Chorus and Orchestra of the Saint Cecilia Academy

Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

 

William Billings: Hear My Pray'r; Rutland; David's Lamentation

Harmonia Mundi 3957048

His Majestie's Clerkes

Paul Hillier, conductor

 

Upcoming broadcast

The Seasons

November 29, 2009, 9:00 pm

As we think about changing weather, Rene Jacbos conducts Haydn's oratorio on the matter--The Seasons.

Featured performances:

Joseph Haydn: The Seasons

Harmonia Mundi 901829-30

Marlis Petersen, soprano

Werner Gura, tenor

Dietrich Henschel, baritone

RIAS Chamber Choir

Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

Rene Jacbos, conductor