America 250: A Classical Portrait

Choral Showcase presents "America 250: A Classical Portrait" with songs and works by Leonard Bernstein and Samuel Barber, including Chichester Psalms and The Lovers, a work drawn from poetry by Pablo Neruda.

Show Notes

Samuel Barber: Twelfth Night; To be sung on the water; The virgin martyrs; Let down the bars

  • Polyphony
  • Stephen Layton, conductor

Samuel Barber, arr. Robert Kyr: The Lovers

  • David Farwig, baritone
  • Conspirare
  • Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms

  • Elizabeth Franklin-Kitchen, soprano; Victoria Nayler, alto; Jeremy Budd, tenor; Paul Charrier, bass; Thomas Kelly, treble
  • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
  • Marin Alsop, conductor

Leonard Bernstein: "Best of All Possible Worlds" from Candide

  • Max Adrian, Barbara Cook, Robert Rounseville, Chorus and Orchestra
  • Leonard Bernstein, conductor