America 250: A Classical Portrait

Walt Whitman's American vision comes to life this week on Choral Showcase in Nico Muhly's Expecting the Main Things from You; from Mason Bates, the cantata Children of Adam; Sea Drift by Frederick Delius; and Toward the Unknown Region by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Show Notes

Nico Muhly: Expecting the Main Things from You

  • Los Angeles Master Chorale and Musicians; Grant Gershon, conductor

Frederick Delius: Sea Drift

  • Leon Williams, baritone
  • The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay; James K. Bass, director
  • The Florida Orchestra; Stefan Sanderling, conductor

Mason Bates: Children of Adam

  • Michelle Areyzaga, soprano; Kevin Deas, bass-baritone
  • Richmond Symphony Chorus; Erin R. Freeman, director
  • Richmond Symphony; Steven Smith, conductor

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region

  • Corydon Singers & Orchestra
  • Matthew Best, conductor