Letter V Classical Radio this week

Music for Holy Week: works by Thomas Tallis, Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph Haydn and Arvo Pärt, and the transcendent Eighth Symphony of Anton Bruckner, long performed in the Easter season in central Europe.

March 24
10 a.m.-1 p.m. EDT
1600-1900 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://www.wdce.org

Haydn: Symphony No. 49 in F minor (“La Passione”)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra/
Gottfried von der Goltz
(Harmonia Mundi)

Arvo Pärt: Stabat Mater
RIAS Chamber Choir
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Kristjan Järvi (Sony Classical)

Thomas Tallis: “The Lamentations of Jeremiah”
The Hilliard Enemble (ECM)

J.S. Bach: Cantata,
“Christ lag in
Todesbanden,” BWV 4
Ruth Holton, soprano
Sytse Buwalda, alto
Nico van der Meel, tenor
Bas Ramselaar, bass
Holland Boys Choir
Netherlands Bach Collegium/
Pieter Jan Leusink
(Brilliant Classics)

Bruckner: Symphony
No. 8 in C minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Georg Solti
(Decca)