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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Honoring Maurice Ravel's 150th Anniversary with a selection of his choral works.

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Music in Memoriam

May 25, 2025 9:00 pm

Music in Memoriam from Skylark, Francis Poulenc, and Bohuslav Martinu.
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Mozart: Coronation Mass

June 1, 2025 9:00 pm

Mozart's "Coronation Mass", and a Coronation Mass by Vaclav Jan Tomasek, a Mozart devotee.
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"Babi Yar": Shostakovich

June 8, 2025 9:00 pm

Symphony No. 13

Shostakovich's Symphony No. 13, "Babi Yar," an ode to the dead and to the living, from a poem by Yevgeny Yevtushenko.
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Handel: Chandos Anthems

June 15, 2025 9:00 pm

From George Frideric Handel, three Chandos Anthems, works that prefigure his later and grander choral works.
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Mendelssohn's Elijah

June 22, 2025 9:00 pm

Felix Mendelssohn's English oratorio Elijah, from a new recording with Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus.
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Vivaldi: Sacred Music

June 29, 2025 9:00 pm

Three sacred works by "The Red Priest" this week, including the Gloria in D major.
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