Concerts
Past concert recordings and programs, and a preview of concerts to come.
Coming up
Previous concerts
2025–2026 season
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The concert will highlight settings of Lamentations transformed into Joy through a newly composed work by our composer-in-residence Kevin Siegfried.
May 30–31, 2026
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CHC joins Washington Saxophone Quartet to celebrate their 50th anniversary with the Kodály Psalmus Hungaricus and more
March 21–22, 2026
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Featuring the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, and Michael Praetorius. Joined by a full baroque orchestra led by concert master Dr. John Moran.
December 6–7, 2025
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Saturday, May 9, 2026
2024–2025 season
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The Chorale returns to the performance of this monumental work after almost 25 years to bring it to new audiences.
May 31 – June 1, 2025
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The Chorale honors American composer, arranger, and conductor Alice Parker (1925-2023) with a concert featuring her masterworks of the choral cannon
March 15–16, 2025
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The first concert of our 32nd season, Winter's Voice features Choral music of the natural world in the shortening days of Winter. The concert will feature “A Winter…
December 7–8, 2024
2023–2024 season
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The Chorale is joined by composer-in-residence Kevin Siegfried and Washington Revels to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Shakers' arrival in America and their beloved Mother Ann Lee.
June 1–2, 2024
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Exploring the choral music of Fanny Hensel (nee Mendelssohn Bartholdy)
March 16–17, 2024
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SOLD OUT! Join us online Sunday! The Chorale reunites with David Jellema to celebrate the holiday catalog of the incomparable Ella Fitzgerald, interpreted by soloist Sarah Ulloa..
December 2–3, 2023
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Saturday, May 4, 2024
2022–2023 season
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We conclude our 30th season, featuring works by our Composer in Residence, Kevin Siegfried. This concert will feature Child of Earth that was commissioned by the Capitol Hill…
June 3–4, 2023
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Our 30th season continues with a concert focused on the Ukrainian Vespers by Roman Hurko and Bozhe Velykyi (Prayer for Ukraine) by Mykola Lysenko. Join us at Capitol…
March 18–19, 2023
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Accompanied by the early music instrumental ensemble Modern Musick, the Chorale will perform settings of the Magnificat text by Dietrich Buxtehude, Isabella Leonarda and an anonymous work from…
December 3–4, 2022
2021–2022 season
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We conclude our 29th season, The Paths Forward, finding ourselves on A New Path.
June 4–5, 2022
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Our 29th season, The Paths Forward, continues with The Path of Joy, a concert celebrating the joy of the choral art in all its glorious diversity.
March 19–20, 2022
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Our 29th season continues with a concert of traditional holiday music, a source of comfort and familiarity on The Paths Forward
December 4–5, 2021
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The first concert of our 29th season begins a journey on The Paths Forward. Join us for a concert of songs to acknowledge our collective grief and begin…
Friday, November 12, 2021
2020–2021 season
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Perfect for celebrating an early Fourth of July, Row On will feature virtual performances of American music with a focus on the Shaker tradition.
Friday, July 2, 2021
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We are so excited to present a virtual program of music originally planned for March 2020. Featuring pieces for small groups, full choir, double choir!
Friday, April 16, 2021
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Join us to watch our 2019 concert recorded at Samtavisi Cathedral in Georgia with Ialoni and Aghsavali
Saturday, February 20, 2021
2019–2020 season
2018–2019 season
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CHC returns to our old friend Zakaria Paliashvili as we prepare to travel to Georgia!
June 1–2, 2019
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CHC's partnership with Kevin Siegfried is on display with At the Water's Edge
March 16–17, 2019
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CHC brings the music of the Bolivian Baroque to the DC Community with baroque ensemble Modern Musick.
December 1–2, 2018
2017–2018 season
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The Chorale returns to one of our favorite composers.
June 2–3, 2018
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David Jellema and his Quintet join CHC for a rousing program of standards.
March 10–11, 2018
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Celebration of our 25th anniversary season with a new suite by Kevin Siegfried
December 2–3, 2017
2016–2017 season
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A concert featuring works of Galilei, Herschel, Holst, and Siegfried.
June 3–4, 2017
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The Chorale joins with the Washington Saxophone Quartet for our spring concert.
March 11–12, 2017
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Looking skyward to the Star of Bethlehem, we invite you to a heavenly holiday concert featuring celestial sounds of the season for chorus and brass.
December 3–4, 2016
2015–2016 season
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Featuring the rarely-heard Eternal Memory to the Fallen Heroes
June 4–5, 2016
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CHC and VOCE Chamber Singers in a joint concert featuring Monteverdi, Bruckner, Mendelssohn, Rheinberger, and new Kevin Siegfried motets!
March 12–13, 2016
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Ring in the season with jazz standards and soon-to-be favorites!
December 5–6, 2015
2014–2015 season
2013–2014 season
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The Chorale reprises their 2010 performance in preparation for recording this masterpiece from the Republic of Georgia.
May 31 – June 1, 2014
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The Chorale explores the American shape note tradition from Northern and Southern Harmony
March 22–23, 2014
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The ensemble Hesperus joins the Capitol Hill Chorale to find joy in the darkness of winter
December 7–8, 2013
2012–2013 season
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A tribute to the baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau one year after his death, the Chorale's June 2013 concerts surveyed German Romantic song — Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Wolf and…
June 1–2, 2013
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The Chorale performed Mozart's reorchestration of Handel's Messiah at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation on March 16 and 17, 2013, marking the ensemble's 20th season, with soloists…
March 16–17, 2013
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Marking its 20th anniversary season, the Capitol Hill Chorale paired the prophets' calls for reform and hope — Thompson's Peaceable Kingdom, Tallis's Lamentations of Jeremiah — with carols…
December 1–2, 2012
2011–2012 season
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The Capitol Hill Chorale performed Stevan Mokranjac's Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom a cappella at Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church on June 2 and 3, 2012, with Rev.…
June 2–3, 2012
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The Capitol Hill Chorale joined the Capital City Symphony on March 17-18, 2012, at Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church and the Atlas Performing Arts Center, for Mozart's Requiem and…
March 17–18, 2012
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For its December 2011 holiday program, Jazzy Christmas, the Capitol Hill Chorale traded Rachmaninov for swing, joining cornetist David Jellema's jazz quintet at Lutheran Church of the Reformation…
December 3–4, 2011
2010–2011 season
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The Chorale premiered Kevin Siegfried's Child of Earth, a five-movement cantata for choir, soprano, strings, and harp, commissioned in honor of Artistic Director Frederick Binkholder's tenth anniversary. The…
June 4–5, 2011
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The Capitol Hill Chorale performed Keep on Singing! on March 19 and 20, 2011, at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation, pairing Renaissance polyphony with Kodály's wartime Missa…
March 19–20, 2011
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The Capitol Hill Chorale marked its 50th program and Frederick Binkholder's tenth year as artistic director with Awake the Harp!, pairing choir and solo harp in works by…
December 4–5, 2010
2009–2010 season
2008–2009 season
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The Capitol Hill Chorale joined the Capital City Symphony for their first collaboration, pairing Mozart's Misericordias Domini with Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, the "Choral" Symphony, led by conductors…
May 16–17, 2009
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The Capitol Hill Chorale joined the Washington Saxophone Quartet for a program built around Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms, performed in a new saxophone-quartet transcription, alongside works by Handel,…
March 14–15, 2009
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On December 6 and 7, 2008, the Chorale explored travel and exile in Christian and Jewish tradition — from Magi and wandering wassailers to Rachmaninoff and Pärt, composers…
December 6–7, 2008
2007–2008 season
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The Capitol Hill Chorale closed its fifteenth season with Back to Basics, a wide-ranging program spanning Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb, Poulenc motets, Barber's Reincarnations, and spirituals arranged…
June 7–8, 2008
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On March 29-30, 2008, the Capitol Hill Chorale joined the Capital City Symphony for A Capital Collaboration, pairing Brahms's Liebeslieder Walzer with Prokofiev's dramatic Alexander Nevsky Cantata, featuring…
March 29–30, 2008
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The Capitol Hill Chorale rang in the season with "Heralds of the Season," pairing Renaissance and Reformation-era motets with new Kevin Siegfried premieres and holiday favorites, plus Hanukkah…
December 1–2, 2007
2006–2007 season
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June 2007
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Capitol Hill Chorale joined the Alexandria Choral Society for a joint Evening Vespers concert, pairing Vaughan Williams's O Praise the Lord of Heaven and Howells's Requiem with Rachmaninoff's…
March 2007
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The Capitol Hill Chorale joined the Georgetown University Chamber Singers for "Winter's Breath," a December 2006 program of sacred works by Schütz, Pärt, and Victoria alongside Christmas carols,…
December 2006
2005–2006 season
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The Capitol Hill Chorale performed Tchaikovsky's Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 41, on June 4, 2006, under Artistic Director Frederick Binkholder, with soloists Vladimir Ekzarkhov and Ken…
Sunday, June 4, 2006
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In March 2006 the Capitol Hill Chorale performed a program titled Anonymous No More with soloist Jacqueline Horner, pairing Mozart's Regina Coeli and Laudate Dominum with works by…
March 2006
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December 2005
2004–2005 season
2003–2004 season
2002–2003 season
2001–2002 season
2000–2001 season
1999–2000 season
1998–1999 season
1997–1998 season
1996–1997 season
1995–1996 season
1994–1995 season
1993–1994 season