Tapestry

Sunday evenings at 9:30pm on WABE 90.1fm; Wednesdays at 7:00pm on WABE Classical

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.

January 11, 2009Music in Celebration of Epiphany
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductors: Sir David Willcocks, Barry Rose
Performers: Dame Janet Baker, John Shirley-Quick, John Barrow, Bach Choir
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra, String Orchestra Choir of Guildford Cathedral
EMI Classics
ASIN: B00101ZIPU
January 4, 2009Music in Celebration of the 12th Day of Christmas
Composers: various/traditional
Performers: Robert Shaw Chorale
Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony
RCA
ASIN: B000003G9R
December 28, 2008Messiah’s Christmas Portion in Celebration of the 5th Day of Christmas
Composer: George Frederick Handel
Conductor: Robert Shaw
Performers: Richard Stilwell, Layton James, Alfreda Hodgson, Kaaren Erickson, Sylvia McNair, et al.
Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Telarc
ASIN: B000003CT7
December 21, 2008Christmas Music with the King’s Singers
Composers: various/traditional
Conductor: Richard Hickox
Performers: The King’s Singers with special guest Kiri Te Kanawa
Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia
EMI Classics
ASIN: B000002RRF
December 14, 2008Carols Around the World
Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard Rodney Bennett, Benjamin Britten, Harold Darke, Henry Walford Davies, et al.
Performers: Quink Vocal Ensemble
Telarc
ASIN: B00000C3HR
December 7, 2008Feast Day of St. Nicholas Special
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Conductor: Steuart Bedford
Performers: Judith Harris, Joseph Cullen, David Owen Norris, Rolf Hind, Margaret Feaviour, et al.
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra, London Schools Symphony Orchestra
Naxos
ASIN: B0000DJEM4
November 30, 2008First Sunday of Advent Special
Composers: Various
Conductors: Sir Philip Ledger and Adrian Partington
Performers: Choir of King’s College
November 23, 2008Thanksgiving Special (2 of 2)
Composers: Paul Hillier, Anonymous, Italian Anonymous, William Billings, John Cage, et al.
Performers: William Billings, Andrew Lawrence-King, Alan Bennett, Paul Elliott, Paul Hillier
Orchestra: Anonymous, Italian Anonymous
Harmonia Mundi Fr.
ASIN: B000028TXS
November 16, 2008Thanksgiving Special (1 of 2)
Composers: Anonymous, Carol Barnett, Joseph Brackett, Harry T. (Henry) Burleigh, Stephen Foster, et al.
Conductor: Dale Warland
Performers: Brian L. Steele, Linda Chatterton, Jeffrey Van, Lynette Johnson, Marie Spar Dymit, et al.
Gothic Records
ASIN: B000B8QFBY
October 26, 2008Halloween Edition - Thomas Linley, Jr.: A Shakespeare Ode on the Witches and Fairies
Composer: Thomas (The Younger) Linley
Conductor: Philip Pickett
Performers: Roderick Williams, Simon Grant, Musicians of the Globe, Helen Parker, Joanne Lunn, et al.
Philips
ASIN: B000007OTE
October 19, 2008Haydn: Il ritorno di Tobia
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Conductor: Andreas Spering
Performers: Nikolay Borchev, Roberta Invernizzi, Sophie Karthäuser, Anders J. Dahlin
Orchestra: Capella Augustina
Naxos
ASIN: B000WPJ6DA
October 12, 2008The Feast of St. Edward, King and Confessor at Westminster Abbey
Composers: Anonymous, Anton Bruckner, William Crotch, Jeanne Demessieux, Jonathan Harvey, et al.
Conductor: James O’Donnell
Performers: Julian Empitt, Francis Brett, Lawrence Wallington, Robert MacDonald, Robert Quinney, et al.
Hyperion UK
ASIN: B000HBJTEU
October 5, 2008Fire Burning in Snow
Composers: Peruvian Anonymous, Juan de Araujo, Diego Jose de Salazar
Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore
Performers: Ex Cathedra Baroque Ensemble
Label: Hyperion UK
ASIN: B0012CQTQE
September 28, 2008Bull Moose - Jewish Masterworks of the Synagogue Liturgy
Composers: Anonymous, Lawrence Avery, Herman Berlinski, Meir Finklestein, Isadore Freed, et al.
Hazzan: Steven C. Berke
Cantor: Elizabeth S. Berke
Performers: Munich Hochschule Madrigal Choir, Musik Madrigal Choir, Urlbauer, Stefan
Deutsche Harmonia Mun
ASIN: B000001TZT
September 21, 2008Wojciech Kilar: Angelus; Exodus; Krzesany
Composer: Wojciech Kilar
Conductor: Antoni Wit
Performer: Hasmik Papian
Orchestra: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Naxos
ASIN: B00005UO8R
September 14, 2008Vivaldi: Sacred Music, Vol. 10
Composers: Giovanni Maria Ruggieri, Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor: Robert King
Performers: Adrian Peacock, Charles Gibbs, Charles Pott, Edward Price, Jonathan Brown, et al.
Orchestra: King’s Consort
Hyperion UK
ASIN: B0001B0A7G
September 7, 2008Maxwell Davies - Sacred Choral Music
Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies
Conductor: Martin Baker
Performer: Robert Quinney
Orchestra: Westminster Cathedral Choir
Hyperion
ASIN: B0001ZXMO0
August 31, 2008Labor Day Weekend Special - Stephen Foster Song Book
Composer: Stephen Foster
Performer: Robert Shaw Chorale
Musical Heritage Society
ASIN: B0009JSE0K
August 24, 2008Wagner: Opera Choruses
Composer: Richard Wagner
Conductor: Leif Segerstam
Performers: Lennart Forsén, Marianne Hellgren Staykov, Goran Eliasson, Lars Cleveman, John Erik Eleby
Orchestra: Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra
Naxos
ASIN: B0006IGQ7C
August 17, 2008Walton: Coronation Te Deum and Other Choral Music
Composer: William Walton
Conductor: Stephen Layton
Performers: Polyphony, Wallace Collection, James Vivian
Label: Hyperion UK
ASIN: B0000682WE
August 10, 2008Anonymous 4: Gloryland
Performers: Darol Anger, Mike Marshall
Harmonia Mundi Fr.
ASIN: B000FWHVGE
August 3, 2008Cinema Choral Classics
Composers: Samuel Barber, John Barry, Patrick Doyle, Jerry Goldsmith, Maurice Jarre, et al.
Conductors: David Temple, Kenneth Alwyn, Nic Raine, Paul Bateman
Orchestra: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva America
ASIN: B0009JPVLK
July 27, 2008Evelyn Glennie & the King’s Singers: Street Songs
RCA
ASIN: B000007RSM
July 20, 2008Strauss: On the Beautiful Blue Danube
Composer: Johann II Strauss
Performers: The King’s Singers
EMI Classics Imports
ASIN: B000008HBS
July 13, 2008Chanticleer: Colors of Love
New choral music by Tavener, Thomas, and others

Teldec
ASIN: B00000IWR3
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