Choral Showcase

A wide variety of classical choral music from Washington and beyond — from perennial favorites to new discoveries, from Gregorian Chant to the present.

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Franz Joseph Haydn's first major sacred work: Stabat Mater.

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Passion Week: Maximilian Steinberg

April 13, 2025 9:00 pm

Passion Music

For Palm Sunday, Passion Week by Maximilian Steinberg with The Clarion Choir under Steven Fox.
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Handel's Messiah

April 20, 2025 9:00 pm

Music for Easter

Handel's Messiah, from a new edition by Malcolm Bruno of the 1741 version first performed in Dublin.
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Mahler: Resurrection Symphony

April 27, 2025 9:00 pm

Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection," conducted by his friend and protege, Bruno Walter.
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Music for Ukraine

May 4, 2025 9:00 pm

Music for Ukraine: Ukrainian War Requiem by Benedict Sheehan; Alethia by Zibuokle Martinaityte.
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Hildegard von Bingen

May 11, 2025 9:00 pm

Ordo Virtutum (The Play of the Virtues)

Seraphic Fire perform Ordo Virtutum, "The Play of the Virtues" by 12th-century abbess and mystic, Hildegard von Bingen.
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Maurice Ravel 150

May 18, 2025 9:00 pm

Honoring Maurice Ravel's 150th Anniversary with a selection of his choral works.
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Music in Memoriam

May 25, 2025 9:00 pm

Music in Memoriam from Skylark, Francis Poulenc, and Bohuslav Martinu.
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