Choral Fixation

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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Where Bach meets Mozart

Mozart is the big story this week on Choral Fixation, as we bring you his Great Mass in C Minor.  As if that weren't enough, you'll hear new interpretations of Bach from our featured album of the week, Voices of Bach.

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From Durufle to des Prez

Sunday, March 07, 2010

This week Choral Fixation features major works by Maurice Durufle and Frank Martin, as well as the latest album from the San Francisco Girls Chorus, Heaven and Earth.

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Boy Prodigies

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Choral Fixation this weekend features the stunning Eternal Light written by Daniel Castellanos, a 13-year old from Hoboken, as well as the monumental Requiem from another boy-wonder, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Local Choirs Make Good

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Today's Choral Fixation features several top New York groups: St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, The Dessoff Choirs, Voices of Ascension as well as a performance of Beethoven's long-underrated Mass in C. It's just the thing to warm you up for our Beethoven broadcast from Carnegie Hall at 2PM.

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Share the Love

Sunday, February 14, 2010

This week Choral Fixation is all about the love. We'll hear how composers and poets through the centuries have explored the ups and downs of romance.

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An American Potpourri

Sunday, February 07, 2010

This week, Choral Fixation features American composers including Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Virgil Thomson (pictured) and Charles Ives. This is choral music, baby, love it or leave it!

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Happy Birthday, Schubert

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Choral Fixation marks the birthday anniversary of Franz Schubert with his Mass in A-flat as well as some of the ensembles nominated for Grammys this year - including Stile Antico, The Tallis Scholars, Voices of Ascension.

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From a Wedding Singer to a Wartime Mass

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Choral Fixation covers a lot of ground this week with a wedding gift, an operatic suicide and a wartime mass.  Hear top ensembles like the Monteverdi Choir, The Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus.

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Grammy Nominees in Choral Music

Sunday, January 17, 2010

On this edition of Choral Fixation, we listen to David Lang's Grammy-nominated work The Little Match Girl Passion, as well as other nominees in the Choral category.

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Kent Tritle and a Spanish "Musical Salad"

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Get your choral fix this week on Choral Fixation with a new release from conductor Kent Tritle and the Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola. Plus: A 500-year-old Spanish salad: a choral "ensalada" performed by the Harp Consort.

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