more new recordings

American choral music on this weekend's Choral Showcase, with new recordings of Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, and Jennifer Higdon's O magnum mysterium. And from Robert Maggio, a new work exploring masculine identity in the 21st century: Man Up/Man Down, with the Constellation Men's Ensemble.

Show Notes

Traditional, arr. James Erb: Shenandoah

  • Choir of Clare College, Cambridge; Graham Ross, conductor

Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms

  • Iestyn Davies, countertenor; Choir of Clare College, Cambridge; Graham Ross, conductor; Tanya Houghton, harp; George Gillow, organ; Owen Gunnell, percussion

Robert Maggio: Man Up/Man Down

  • Constellation Men's Ensemble

Jennifer Higdon: O magnum mysterium

  • Choir of Clare College, Cambridge; Graham Ross, conductor; Rebecca Larsen & Jane Mitchell, flutes; Owen Gunnell, percussion

Jeffrey Derus: Home (text by Carl Sandburg)

  • Constellation Men's Ensemble