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