America 250: A Classical Portrait
Find the cost of freedom on Choral Showcase this week with Avner Dorman's moving cantata, Letters From Gettysburg, drawn from the writings of a soldier wounded on the first day of the battle. And Skylark combines songs from the Civil War with Francis Poulenc's Figure Humaine in Clear Voices in the Dark.
Show Notes
Avner Dorman: Letters from Gettysburg
- Amanda Helm, soprano; Lee Poulis, baritone
- Tremolo Percussion Ensemble
- The Gettysburg College Choir
- Robert Natter, conductor
Skylark/Francis Poulenc: Clear Voices in the Dark (Songs of the Civil War; Figure Humaine)
- Skylark
- Matthew Guard, conductor
Stephen Paulus: The Road Home
- The Thirteen
- Matthew Robertson, conductor