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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Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, Babi Yar

April 11, 2021

On this week’s Choral Showcase, Dmitri Shostakovich offers a biting critique of anti-Semitism and ordinary life under totalitarian rule, in his Symphony No. 13, Babi Yar.

  • Humpback Whale, breaching, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Credit: Whit Welles, used via CC Attribution 3.0 Unported)

    Songs for Earth Day

    April 18, 2021 9:00 pm

    On this week’s Choral Showcase, we celebrate Earth Day 2021 with songs and canticles both for – and from – the various denizens of our watery planet.