Music for Ukraine on this week's Choral Showcase, with two works by Valentin Silvestrov, who was forced to flee his home in Kyiv following the Russian invasion in March. And from Francis Poulenc and Henryk Gorecki, music composed in secret during times of occupation.

Show Notes

Valentin Silvestrov: Alleluia

  • Latvian Radio Choir
  • Sigvards Klava, conductor

Francis Poulenc: Figure Humaine

  • Tenebrae
  • Nigel Short, director

Henryk Gorecki: Miserere, Op. 44

  • Chicago Symphony Chorus
  • Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus
  • John Nelson, conductor

Valentin Silvestrov: Diptych

  • Latvian Radio Choir
  • Sigvards Klava, conductor