Choral Showcase

A wide variety of classical choral music from Washington and beyond — from perennial favorites to new discoveries, from Gregorian Chant to the present.

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Symphonic psalm settings by Lili Boulanger, Igor Stravinsky, and Steve Reich.

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A Child of Our Time

October 13, 2024 9:00 pm

by Sir Michael Tippett; Sir Andrew Davis conducting

A tribute to the late conductor Sir Andrew Davis, with his final recording: Sir Michael Tippett's A Child of Our Time.
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Ethel Smyth: Mass in D

October 20, 2024 9:00 pm

Ethel Smyth's monumental Mass in D Major.
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Beethoven's Missa Solemnis

October 27, 2024 9:00 pm

This weekend, another grand mass, Ludwig van Beethoven's Missa Solemnis.
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Craig Hella Johnson: Considering Matthew Shepard

November 3, 2024 9:00 pm

From Craig Hella Johnson, an oratorio for our time: Considering Matthew Shepard.
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Dvorak: Saint Ludmila

November 10, 2024 9:00 pm

Antonin Dvorak's oratorio on one of the founding figures in Czech history: Saint Ludmila.
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Franz Liszt: The Legend of Saint Elizabeth

November 17, 2024 9:00 pm

An oratorio by Franz Liszt on one of his country's founding figures, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary.
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Handel: Theodora

November 24, 2024 9:00 pm

This week, the oratorio Theodora, one of Handel's last and greatest works.
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