Sounds Choral

Sounds Choral host Amanda Quist this Sunday (5/9) introduces choral music for mothers - music written about, for and by mothers. Listen at 2 pm.

Sounds Choral Host Deborah Simpkin King commemorates Earth Day with selections of works that speak to our stewardship of the planet. Listen Sunday (5/2) at 2 pm.

Host Gabriel Crouch presents "Choral Epitaphs," works written by composers to honor their mentors after their death. Enjoy this program this Sunday (4/18) at 2 pm.

Host James Jordan presents selections from a new CD from the Choir of King's College, Cambridge led by the late Sir Stephen Cleobury, featuring music by Anton Bruckner. Listen Sunday (4/11) at 2 pm.

Celebrate the birthday of J.S. Bach with music written by this great composer - for birthdays! Join Sounds Choral host Ryan Brandau Sunday (3/21) at 2 pm.

Host Ethan Sperry presents a survey of the choral music of South Africa with composer and conductor Michael Barrett this week on Sounds Choral. Listen Sunday (3/14) at 2 pm.

Host Gabriel Crouch is joined by Tim Keeler, the new Music Director of the vocal ensemble Chanticleer. Tune in Sunday (3/7) at 2 pm.

Enjoy music for Valentine's Day as host Deborah Simpkin King surveys choral music from the eras of Courtly and Romantic love on Sounds Choral Sunday (2/14) at 2 pm. 

Sounds Choral host Ethan Sperry presents an introduction to the choral music of Southeast Asia, including secular works from the Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore Sunday (1/31) at 2 pm. The program includes an interview with composer Saunder Choi, a former member of the Philippine Madrigal Singers.

Sounds Choral host Gabriel Crouch presents choral music based on the works of Anglo-American poet W. H. Auden Sunday (1/24) at 2 pm.

Sounds Choral host Ethan Sperry this Sunday (1/10 at 2 pm) presents selections from two masses for double choir - Ralph Vaughan Williams' Mass in G Minor and Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir - written as Europe was emerging from the Spanish flu when choirs could once again sing together after the Spanish flu.

Sounds Choral host Steven Sametz this week welcomes 2021 with choral works, including two New Year's cantatas by J.S. Bach, folksongs and some of Sametz's own works. Listen Sunday (1/3) at 2 pm.

Host Ryan Brandau shares some of his holiday favorites, in this journey through the Christmas holiday in music featuring tunes from the Renaissance through today. Enjoy Sounds Choral this Sunday (12/27) at 2 pm.

Ethan Sperry, Director of Choral Activities at Portland State University, and Artistic Director and Conductor of the Oregon Repertory Singers, hosts "A Very 'Sperry' Christmas", featuring sacred music for the season from performances he has conducted in Ohio and on the West Coast. Listen Sunday (12/20) at 2 pm.

Host Amanda Quist shares choral music for the holidays on Sounds Choral this Sunday (12/13), including familiar carols, works by JS Bach and contemporary works. Listen at 2 pm.

This week Sounds Choral host Deborah Simpkin King presents two works based on carols of the season - Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols and Conrad Susa's Carols & Lullabies. Tune in Sunday (12/6) at 2 pm.

Steven Sametz, Artistic Director of the Princeton Singers, hosts Sounds Choral this Sunday (11/22 at 2 pm) featuring music of thanks and praise as we head into the Thanksgiving season. The program will include works by Sametz, Aaron Copland, Stephen Paulus, Stephen Sondheim, and Randall Thompson.

This week's Sounds Choral brings the soothing, reflective German Requiem by Johannes Brahms. Join host Ryan Brandau Sunday (11/8) at 2 pm.

This week's Sounds Choral explores the choral works of composer Veljo Tormis, whose music helped promote social change during turbulent times. Join host Ethan Sperry at Sunday (11/1) at 2 pm.

Host Ethan Sperry devotes this week's Sounds Choral to Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil, preparation for a night of contemplation and prayer. Listen Sunday (10/25) at 2 pm.