Sponsored by the Wright State University School of Fine and Performing Arts
With additional funding from the Ohio Arts Council
Every Saturday morning, Discover Classical presents recorded concerts by many of the region's finest performing arts ensembles, like the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Bach Society of Dayton, Chamber Music Yellow Springs and others.
Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Springfield Youth Orchestra
Peter Stafford Wilson, conductor
Babatunde Akinboboye, vocalist
"Symphonic Fusion: Springfield Youth Symphony meets The Hip Hopera Singer"
Recorded January 25, 2025, at the Clark State Performing Arts Center
Aaron Copland: "The Promise of Living" from The Tender Land
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Georges Bizet: The Toreador Song from Carmen
Mitch Leigh: "The Impossible Dream" from Man of La Mancha
Bach Society of Dayton
David Crean, director
R. Alan Kimbrough, accompanist
Nicholas Kruckeberg, boy soprano
Leslie Stratton, harp; Michael LaMattina, percussion; Yun Kim, organ
Sinclair Community College Chorale
Andrew Hohman, director
Karen Miller, accompanist
"American Mosaic"
Recorded March 9, 2025, at Kettering Adventist Church
Bach Society of Dayton
Morten Lauridsen: Dirait-on
Traditional (arranged by Alice Parker and Robert Shaw): Wondrous Love
Carlos Lalonde: In May
R. Nathaniel Dett: Ave Maria
Patrick Vu: Nothing Gold Can Stay
Margaret Bonds: St. Francis' Prayer
Evan Fein: Aquainted with the Night
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Sinclair Chorale
Don Raye and Hughie Prince (arranged by Ed Lojeski): Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Rosephanye Powell: Still I Rise
Moses Hogan (arranged by Peter A. Eklund): I'm Gonna Sing 'Til the Spirit Moves in My Heart
Stephen Schwartz (arranged by Audrey Snyder): For Good
Joni Mitchell (arranged by Niels Norgaard): Both Sides Now
Calvin Carter and James Hudson (arranged by Mel Knight): Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight
Bach Society of Dayton and Sinclair Chorale
Randall Thompson: Have Ye Not Known? Ye Shall Have a Song