America 250: A Classical Portrait
"America 250: A Classical Portrait" on Choral Showcase concludes this week. Sergei Rachmaninoff celebrates the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe in his choral symphony The Bells, and Sir Michael Tippett uses American spirituals to provide universal perspective in A Child of Our Time.
Show Notes
Sergei Rachmaninoff: The Bells, Op. 35
- Kristina Mkhitaryan, soprano; Dmytro Popov, tenor; Kostas Smoriginas, bass-baritone
- London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra
- Edward Gardner, conductor
Sir Michael Tippett: A Child of Our Time
- Nadine Benjamin, soprano; Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano; Kenneth Tarver, tenor; Roderick Williams, baritone
- London Adventist Chorale
- London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra
- Edward Gardner, conductor