Tapestry

Sunday evenings at 9:30pm

Sunday evenings at 9:30, WABE’s John Lemley hosts an uninterrupted hour of the world’s greatest in choral music. John (a sometime chorister himself) features a single carefully-selected CD for each week’s Tapestry, and provides information on the recording at the beginning and end of each program.

This unique approach affords listeners a rare opportunity to enjoy highlights from the featured CD without interspersed commentary. Tapestry is a WABE exclusive, produced since 1998 by John Lemley.

Tapestry’s theme music is “Carillon-Sortie” by Henri Mulet.

July 6, 2008Pride Celebration Special - Opening the Choral Closet — Music of Bernstein and Copland from King’s College
Composers: Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Charles Ives, Libby Larsen, William Schuman
Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
Performers: Choir of King’s College at Cambridge, Rachel Masters, Ameral Gunson, Peter Barley
EMI
ASIN: B000009OQI
June 29, 2008Independence Day Special - Robert Shaw Chorale - Battle Cry of Freedom
Performers: Robert Shaw Chorale
RCA
ASIN: B000003F4W
June 22, 2008Haydn: Paukenmesse
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
Performers: Brindley Sherratt, Julian Clarkson, English Baroque Soloists, Angharad Gruffydd Jones, Joanne Lunn
Philips
ASIN: B00008HCF0
June 15, 2008Haydn: Harmoniemesse
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
Performers: Ruth Ziesak, Bernarda Fink, Christoph Pregardien, Oliver Widmer
Philips
ASIN: B0000641FZ
June 8, 2008The Romantic Mass — Choral Works by Rheinberger and Brahms
Composers: Johannes Brahms, Joseph Rheinberger
Conductor: Peter Richard Conte
Performers: Saint Clement’s Choir, Philadelphia
Dorian Recordings
ASIN: B000001O9M
June 1, 2008The Songs of Robert Schumann, Volume 6
Composers: Clara Wieck Schumann, Robert Schumann
Performers: Stephan Loges, Stella Doufexis, Graham Johnson, Stephen Hough, Geraldine McGreevy, et al.
Hyperion UK
ASIN: B00005Y0N6
May 25, 2008Memorial Day Special - Robert Shaw Chorale, Sea Shanties
Conductor: Robert Shaw
Performers: The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale
RCA
ASIN: B00000JPC1
May 18, 2008Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor: Robert Spano
Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Telarc
ASIN: B00006AAV7
May 11, 2008Orff: Carmina Burana
Composer: Carl Orff
Conductor: Donald Runnicles
Performers: Earle Patriarco, Hei-Kyung Hong, Stanford Olsen
Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Telarc
ASIN: B00005V0WU
May 4, 2008Mozart: Mass in c-minor
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductors: Julian Smith, Christopher Hogwood
Performers: David Thomas, Arleen Auger, Lynne Dawson, John Mark Ainsley
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music (UK)
Decca
ASIN: B00000E43Q
April 27, 2008Schubert: Mass No 6
Composer: Franz Schubert
Conductor: Robert Shaw
Performers: Myron Myers, William Stone, Marietta Simpson, Benita Valente, Dawn Upshaw, et al.
Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Telarc
ASIN: B000003CVY
April 20, 2008Handel: Coronation Anthems
Composer: George Frederick Handel
Conductors: Simon Preston, Trevor Pinnock
Performer: Trevor Pinnock
Orchestra: English Concert, Westminster Abbey Choir
Archiv Produktion
ASIN: B0000057F7

Music for the Courts of Europe-Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

London/Decca
ASIN: B000CL3LMQ

Mozart: Coronation Mass K317; Vespers K339

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
Performers: Emma Kirkby, Catherine Robbin, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George
Orchestra: The Academy of Ancient Music
Decca / L’Oiseau-Lyre
ASIN: B000004CY4

Michael Murray At The Cathedral Of St. John The Divine: Works By Franck, Widor, Dupré, Bach and Others

Composers: Anonymous, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Dunstable, Marcel Dupre, Cesar Franck, et al.
Performer: Michael Murray
Telarc
ASIN: B000003CUX
April 6, 2008Janácek: Missa Glagolitica; Tagebuch eines Verschollenen
Composer: Leos Janacek
Conductor: Rafael Kubelik
Performers: Franz Crass, Bedrich Janacek, Evelyn Lear, Ernst Haefliger, Hilde Roessel-Majdan, et al.
Deutsche Grammophon
ASIN: B000060O5H
March 30, 2008Renaissance Madrigals
Composers: Claudio Monteverdi, Cipriano de Rore, Alessandro Scarlatti, Alessandro Stradella, Giaches de Wert
Performers: Kees-Jan de Koning, Quink Vocal Ensemble, Machteld Van Woerden, Paula da Wit, Harry van Berne
Telarc ASIN: B000003CVV
March 23, 2008Handel - Messiah / Erickson, McNair, Hodgson, Humphrey, Stilwell, Atlanta SO, Shaw
Telarc
ASIN: B000003CT7
March 16, 2008Music for Holy Week
EMI Classics
ASIN: B000002S5K
March 9, 2008Italian Opera Choruses
Naxos
ASIN: B0000014FT
March 3, 2008Verdi: Il Trovatore
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Sir Georg Solti
February 24, 2008The Psalms of David - Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
EMI Classics
ASIN: B0001RVRF4
February 17, 2008The Psalms of David from Kings Choir of Kings College, Cambridge, Vol. 1
EMI Classics
ASIN: B000009OQF
February 10, 2008Handel - Coronation Anthems
Choir of King’s College Cambridge
EMI Classics
B00005N6UE
February 3, 2008Walton: Coronation Te Deum and Other Choral Music
Hyperion UK
ASIN: B0000682WE
January 27, 2008Walton: Choral Music
Composer: William Walton Performer: Christopher Whitton

Naxos
ASIN: B00005Y0MG
January 20, 2008I Heard a Voice: The Music of the Golden Age
Composer: Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Tomkins, Thomas Weelkes
Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
Performer: Fretwork, Oliver Brett, Peter Stevens, John McMunn
EMI Classics
ASIN: B000VL9XI8
January 13, 2008Morten Lauridsen: Nocturnes
Composer: Morten Lauridsen
Conductor: Stephen Layton
Performer: Andrew Lumsden, Morten Lauridsen
Hyperion UK
ASIN: B000KGGHTW
January 6, 2008Hodie / Fantasia on Christmas Carols / Christmas Cantata
Vaughan Williams
EMI Classics
B00101ZIPU
December 30, 2007The Many Moods of Christmas (1963 RCA Victor Version)
Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra
RCA
B000003G9R
December 23, 2007Handel- Messiah
Composer: George Frideric Handel
Conductor: Robert Shaw
Performers: Richard Stilwell, Layton James, Alfreda Hodgson, Kaaren Erickson, Sylvia McNair
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Telarc
B000003CT7
December 16, 2007Roderick Elms: Festive Frolic
Music: Roderick Elms, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Naxos
B000WPJ6FI
December 9, 2007Atlanta Boy Choir: Dancing Day
The Grammy-winning Atlanta Boy Choir and the Atlanta Young Men’s Ensemble have been delighting audiences for almost 50 years, directed since 2001 by Artistic Director and Conductor David R. White. “Dancing day” is a Christmas musical feast, featuring a generous helping of Benjamin Britten, his lovely 12-part “Ceremony of Carols,” and of John Rutter, his 8-part “Dancing Day.” Add a taste of Morton Lauridsen (“O Magnum Mysterium”), Franz Biebl, (“Ave Maria”), Jan Peter Sweelinck (“Hodie Christus Natus Est”) and the John Ferguson-arranged “O Come, O Come Emanuel,” and we have something very special. Listen to the soaring solo on Britten’s “Bululalow” to see how talented these young singers can be. Some light accompaniment. A wonderful Christmas collection from one of America’s best boy choirs!
December 2, 2007Christmas at King’s College
Gareth Morrell, Stephen Varcoe, Christopher van Kampen
EMI Classics B000009RSR
September 15, 1998
November 19, 2007Home to Thanksgiving
Paul Hillier
Harmonia Mundi Fr. B000028TXS
November 18, 2007Harvest Home
Conductor: Dale Warland
Performer: The Dale Warland Singers
Gothic Records B000B8QFBY
October 11, 2005
November 4, 2007Florent Schmitt: Psaume XLVII: La tragédie de Salomé; Suite sans esprit de suite
Thierry Fisher, conductor
BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Hyperion B000PMGSB8 Released 7/10/2007
October 28, 2007Thomas Linley, Jr.: A Shakespeare Ode:
Conductor: Thomas (The Younger) Linley
Performers: Philip Pickett, Musicians of the Globe, Helen Parker, Joanne Lunn, Julia Gooding, Liliana Mazzarri, Andrew King
October 28, 2007Thomas Linley, Jr.: A Shakespeare Ode:
Conductor: Thomas (The Younger) Linley
Performers: Philip Pickett, Musicians of the Globe, Helen Parker, Joanne Lunn, Julia Gooding, Liliana Mazzarri, Andrew King
October 21, 2007Cherubini - Requiem
Ludwig van Beethoven,Luigi Cherubini,Martin Pearlman,Boston Baroque

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Luigi Cherubini Conductor: Martin Pearlman Orchestra: Boston Baroque Telarc ASIN: B000LPR4PI
October 7, 2007Into the Light
Conductor: Harry Christophers
Performers: The Sixteen, Kaori Muraji
Decca
B000MGB3D0
September 30, 2007Handel: Music for the Chapel Royal
Andrew Gant, conductor
Choir of the Chapel Royal
Naxos 8557935
Released 4/27/2007
September 23, 2007Haydn: The Creation
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
English Baroque Soloists
Monteverdi Choir
Deutsche Grammophon B0008178
Released 3/13/
September 16, 2007Bingham: The Secret Garden & other Choral Works
Stephen Jackson, conductor
Thomas Trotter, organ
Fine Arts Brass
BBC Symphony Chorus
Naxo 8570346
Released 2/27/2007
September 9, 2007Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus
Peter Kopp, conductor
Dresden Instrumental Concert Kornerscher Sing-Verein Dresden
DG Archiv B0006494
Released 5/13/2006
September 2, 2007Stephen Foster Song Book
Robert Shaw Chorale
RCA Victor 09026-61253-2 (CD appears to be out of print)

American Dreamer - Songs of Stephen Foster
Thomas Hampson - Jay Ungar, Molly Mason, David Alpher
Angel CDC 754621 2