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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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Stabat Mater

November 8, 2009, 9:00 pm

The Taverner Choir performs John Browne's Stabat Mater, and then Semyon Bychkov conducts Rossini's.

Featured performances:

John Browne: Stabat Mater

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Taverner Choir

Andrew Parrott, conductor

 

Rossini: Stabat Mater

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Carol Vaness, soprano

Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano

Francisco Araiza, tenor

Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass

Chorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio

Semyon Bychkov, conductor

Upcoming broadcast

Motets plus The Fairy Queen

November 15, 2009, 9:00 pm

Motets this week by Lully, Bach and Brahms, plus Roger Norrington (who conducts the Brahms) conducts the final act of The Fairy Queen by Purcell.

Featured performances:

Jean-Baptiste Lully: Motet, "Dixit Dominus"

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Les Arts Florissants

William Christie, conductor

 

Johann Sebastian Bach: Motet, "Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf", BWV 226

Harmonia Mundi 901231

La Chapelle Royale

Orchestre de la Chapelle Royale

Philippe Herreweghe, conductor

 

Johannes Brahms: Motet, "Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein Reines, Herz"

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Schutz Choir of London

Roger Norrington, conductor

 

Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen: Act V

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Lorraine Hunt (-Lieberson) and Catherine Pierard, sopranos

Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano

Howard Crook, tenor

David Wilson-Johnson, bass

Schutz Choir of London

London Classical Players

Roger Norrington, conductor