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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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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
EMI 49661
Taverner Choir
Andrew Parrott, conductor
Rossini: Stabat Mater
Philips 426 312
Carol Vaness, soprano
Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano
Francisco Araiza, tenor
Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass
Chorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
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"
Harmonia Mundi 901274
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"
Carus 83 117
Schutz Choir of London
Roger Norrington, conductor
Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen: Act V
EMI 55234
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