America 250: A Classical Portrait

Choral Showcase celebrates America 250 this week with "Water Music." Voyages by Robert Convery based on the poetry of Hart Crane; Walden Pond by Dominick Argento after Thoreau; and Eric Whitacre's Water Night. And, we'll hear a chorus from the denizens of our watery world in Alan Hovhaness's And God Created Great Whales.

Show Notes

Traditional, arr. James Erb: Shenandoah

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

Jake Runestad: Waves

  • Michael Jones, tenor; Conspirare; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

Robert Convery: Voyages

  • The Crossing; Donald Nally, conductor

Dominick Argento: Walden Pond

  • St. Charles Singers; Jeffrey Hunt, conductor

Alan Hovhaness: And God Created Great Whales

  • Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor

Eric Whitacre: Water Night

  • St. Charles Singers; Jeffrey Hunt, conductor