Guided by Mozartian Voices

On this episode of The Choral Mix, host Kent Tritle presents his essential Mozart choral works, ranging from the delicate Ave Verum Corpus to the ebullience of the Coronation Mass.

Nov 17, 2013

The Song of the Bird

We hear bird-loving Bela Bartok’s songs about birds, Eric Whitacre’s brilliant evocation of birds in flight and a range of English works dating back to the Renaissance.

Nov 10, 2013

Great Britten

In honor of Britten’s centennial, Kent Tritle has assembled a Choral Mix featuring moments from the War Requiem, the Hymn to Saint Cecilia as well as a lesser-known piece, the Cantata... Nov 3, 2013

Scary Choral Music for Halloween

This week the Choral Mix goes trick-or-treating for scary Halloween goodies including frightening music by Handel, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff and Ligeti. Listen with the lights on!

Oct 27, 2013

Paris Between the Wars

On this week’s program, Kent Tritle presents a musical tour of Paris between the wars. We hear music from Arthur Honegger and Francis Poulenc, two of the artists of “Les Six.”

Oct 20, 2013

Viva Verdi

lthough Verdi’s composing career was firmly rooted in the opera house, it began and ended with sacred music: an early setting of the Latin Mass and four sacred pieces.

Oct 13, 2013

Mendelssohn's Choral Legacy

The Choral Mix returns with some of Felix Mendelssohn’s finest choral music. Host Kent Tritle explores the influence of J.S. Bach on Mendelssohn and compares how the two dealt with s... Oct 6, 2013

Choral Hit Parade

On this season finale of The Choral Mix, we celebrate with a choral hit parade of heavy hitting works from Mahler, Handel, and Bruckner.   May 26, 2013

A Benjamin Britten Centennial

Today on the Mix, join us for samplings from Britten's earliest compositions like A Hymn to the Virgin to some of his final works, like Sacred and Profane.

May 19, 2013

Historically Black College Choirs

On today’s Mix, we sample some of America’s leading black college choirs: music from the Tuskegee Institute, Morehouse College, Morgan State University and Winston Salem State University.

May 12, 2013