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Saturday, May 3, 2014
GMChorale
Mass for the Homeless
Beatitude Mass by Henry Mollicone and a selection of works by Beethoven, Bach, Brahms and Vaughan Williams; Conductor: Joseph D'Eugenio, Artistic Director; Accompanist: Allan Conway
On Saturday, May 3, at 7 p.m., the Greater Middletown Chorale will present the Connecticut Premiere of Henry Mollicone’s The Beatitude Mass / Mass for the Homeless with Soloists: Sheri Hammerstrom, Soprano and TBD, Baritone at the Performing Arts Center at Middletown High School, 200 La Rosa Lane.
Mollicone’s choral work, composed in 2006, will be presented in partnership with and recognition of the Middletown missions of St. Vincent de Paul and the Amazing Grace Food Pantry.
The Mass is a moving, beautiful work that juxtaposes the traditional language of the Latin Mass with English texts taken from interviews with people living in homeless shelters. According to a reviewer, “…the Beatitude Mass draws on his exceptional musical gifts of melody and harmony to exalt the simple, anguished words of homeless people into haunting and moving expressions.”
This concert will be part of an inspiring series of events to raise awareness and give voice to an issue important to the entire community. In addition to the GMC performance, May 3rd will feature a pre-concert lecture by composer Henry Mollicone and a gallery showing of Saint Vincent de Paul Middletown patron portraits by Abby Carter. The weekend will culminate with The Walk Against Hunger on Sunday, May 4th in Hartford.
See www.gmchorale.org for more information and tickets or call (860) 316-4854.
Venue: 7:00 pm - Middletown High School Performing Arts Center 200 La Rosa Lane, Middletown, CT
Tickets: $55 premium, $35 general, $30 senior, $15 student
Tickets via Phone: (860) 316-4854
Tickets via Internet: http://www.ticketleap.com/
Contact: Nancy Kelly, Managing Director
GM Chorale
190 Court Street
Post Office Box 527
Middletown, CT, 06457
(860) 316-4854
Website: www.gmchorale.org
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Con Brio Choral Society
Con Brio Spring Concert
Featuring Mozart, wonderful soloists, orchestra
Vesperae de Dominica (K321) complete by W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Patricia Schuman, Soprano
Clea Huston, Contralto
Laurence Broderick, Tenor
John Dominick III, Bass
Sacred Pieces:
Kyrie from Mass in E-flat Major by Josef Rheinberger (8-part motet)
Jubilate Deo by Domenico Bartolucci
Exultate Deo by Giovanni Palestrina (5-part motet)
Love songs:
A Red Red Rose by James Mulholland
Cindy arr. Mack Wilberg
French pieces:
Dirait-on from Les Chansons des Roses by Morten Lauridsen
La Fanfare du Printemps by Bovet (learned from a Sicilian chorus during our tour)
Ton thé t'a-t-il ôté ta toux? by Jeanne and Robert Gilmore
Spirituals:
Ride the Chariot arr. Smith with Patricia Schuman
Praise His Holy Name by Keith Hampton
When the Saints Go marching In arr. John Rutter
Con Brio Choral Society, Con Brio Festival Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Stephen Bruce
Venue: Sunday May 4, 2014, at 4 pm at Christ the King, Old Lyme, CT
Tickets: Tickets: $30 ($15 student), available from any Con Brio member, through www.conbrio.org or by calling 860 526 5399
Contact: 860 526 5399
Website: www.conbrio.org
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Connecticut Chamber Choir
American Made
Recent works by American composers
The Connecticut Chamber Choir presents "American Made," Recent works by American composers plus a few old favorites, featuring guest artist, Christopher Judd, baritone, and the New England premiere of “The Tempest,” by composer Elizabeth Lim.
Constance Chase, Artistic Director
Frank Zilinyi, piano
4:00 p.m.
Venue: 4:00 p.m.
St. Theresa Parish
5301 Main Street
Trumbull, CT 06611
Tickets: Adults $20 / Seniors and Students $15 / Children under 12 are free
Contact: Contact Information
http://www.connecticutchamberchoir.com/concerts
info@connecticutchamberchoir.com
203-459-1496
Website: www.ctchamberchoir.org
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Con Brio Choral Society
Concert Tour of Spain and France May 2014
From Barcelona to Paris - open to singers and non-singers. May 10-26, 2014
Barcelona: Sagrada Familia,Montserrat, Gothic Quarter
Toulouse: Carcassonne, Albi, St-Etienne Cathedral
Sarlat-La-Caneda: Rocamadour, Dordogne River cruise
Cheverny: Chateau experience
Paris: Abbey of Solemnes,Marais, Notre Dame
Come to an “Informational Potluck Gathering” on Sunday, June 2 at 5 PM.
Cost starts at $5030 pp double occupancy, including non-stop air travel
For more information contact Abby Bruce, TourManager, at abbybruce@aol.com
Itineraries available at our website: conbrio.org
Venue: Not applicable
Tickets: Not applicable
Contact: abbybruce@aol.com
Website: www.conbrio.org
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Fairfield County Children's Choir, Inc.
The Fairfield County Children's Choir presents, A Celebration of The Great American Songbook
Fairfield County Children's Choir, Jon Noyes, Music Director and Founder, will present its spring concert, "Singing America: A Celebration of the Great American Songbook" on Saturday, May 10 at 7pm at
Fairfield County Children's Choir, Jon Noyes, Music Director and Founder, will present its spring concert, "Singing America: A Celebration of the Great American Songbook" on Saturday, May 10 at 7pm at Fairfield Warde High School Auditorium in Fairfield, Ct.
With their program the 300 young choristers will demonstrate and celebrate the positive power of this body of uniquely American songs. The composers who gave rise to what has become known as the Great American Songbook translated positive values and an optimistic spirit into the soundtrack of American life. Their songs offered hope of better days during the Great Depression, built morale during two world wars, and helped build social bridges within our culture.
Familiar tunesmiths as George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, and Richard Rodgers will be featured.
Founded in 1995, the FCCC provides children the opportunity to experience music making of the highest caliber. The group has performed to critical acclaim throughout the United States including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, as well as in Canada and Europe.
Tickets are $15 and $20 and will be available at the door or by calling 203-414-4292, www.SingFCCC.org
Venue: Fairfield Warde HS
755 Melville Ave
Fairfield, CT 06824
Tickets: 203-414-4292, www.SingFCCC.org
Contact: Barbara Brauner, 203-414-4292
Website: singfccc.org
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Fairfield County Chorale
Poulenc & Rossini
Poulenc & Rossini
Presented by The Fairfield County Chorale and The Westchester Choral Society
on May 10th 2014 at 7:30 pm
On Saturday, May 10th 2014 at 7:30 pm at Norwalk Concert Hall, the 110 voices of The Fairfield County Chorale, the area’s pre-eminent choral group, and the 50 voices of The Westchester County Choral Society will present
Poulenc Gloria and Rossini Stabat Mater
The frothy Gloria is tuneful throughout with mysticism, exciting rhythms and ecstatic chords. The Stabat Mater is Rossini, who also composed the William Tell Opera, at his melodious best from the exquisite “a cappella” movement to the glorious final fugue that exemplifies Rossini’s supremacy at beautiful melodies. The Gloria, is a relatively modern work, commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation, was premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1961. With his great affinity for the human voice and his magnificent penchant for writing tuneful melodies, Poulenc has crafted a real masterpiece. It conveys what one might dare call the “impishness” of the gay mood of Paris and is considered the most beguiling piece in modern choral literature.
Preoccupied with the indulgences of good living, Rossini was to complain to his friends, while writing the Stabat Mater, “I am searching continually for melodic motives, and all that comes into my mind is pastries, truffles, and such things.” Nonetheless, the portly composer whose penchant for cooking and eating became legendary scored such a triumph with the premiere of his completed choral masterpiece in Paris that within a year more than thirty European cities had acclaimed performances of this infectiously tuneful setting of a medieval sacred poem.
The concert will also feature the Fauré's Pavane. Originally a piano piece, it is better known in Fauré's version for orchestra and chorus. Its rhythm stems from the slow processional Spanish court dance of the same name, the Pavane ebbs and flows from a series of harmonic and melodic climaxes, conjuring a cool, somewhat haunting, elegance.
These glorious works consistently rate as audience favorites throughout the world’s major cities. They are not performed in southern Connecticut often perhaps because they pose musical, orchestral and financial challenges that put them out of the reach of most choral groups. However, The Fairfield County Chorale and The Westchester Choral Society have joined forces to bring these stunning pieces to our audience at the 1000 seat Norwalk Concert Hall.
The Fairfield County Chorale’s acclaimed conductor David Rosenmeyer will conduct the concert. It will be accompanied by the 45 players of The Fairfield County Chorale Orchestra and will be joined by four superb soloists.
Audience favorites tenor Alok Kumar and bass Pnini Grubner return for this concert. They will be joined by soprano Enivia Mendoza, and mezzo soprano, Eve Gigliotti.
Venue: Saturday, May 10th 2014 at 7:30 pm at Norwalk Concert Hall,
Tickets: Tickets are $35 at the door and $30 in advance. All seats are general admission. Tickets are available from chorale members, at our web site or at our office by phone or by mail. Student tickets are $
Contact: For more information or reservations, call (203) 254-1333 or visit the Chorale’s web site at: www.fairfieldcountychorale.org.
Website: www.fairfieldcountychorale.org
Friday, May 16, 2014
Hartford Gay Men's Chorus
Hartford Gay Men's Chorus
Men on Broadway
In its second season, the Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus will sing-in the spring season with MEN ON BROADWAY, a joyful review of Broadway melodies, including selections from more than 20 shows, such as Guys and Dolls, Avenue Q, Godspell, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
The concert will be at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 16, and Saturday, May 17, at the Chorus’ new venue, the Aetna Theater at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main Street, downtown Hartford.
Artistic Director JD Bauer said, “With our graduation to a new venue with a stage, lights and costumes, this is going to be a thrilling evening for all ages!”
Both the full Chorus of 28 singing members and their a cappella group, On That Note!, will perform.
Venue: The Aetna Theater at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main Street, downtown Hartford. (Enter at Avery door on Atheneum Square North)
Tickets: All seats are $25, and seating is general admission. For tickets, call the Hartford Stage Box Office at 860-527-5151, or visit the website at www.hartfordstage.org.
Contact: Robert Reader, Executive Director
(860)520-7263
Website: www.hgmc.org
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Waterbury Chorale
The Genius of Mozart - Reprise
In addition to our April 27th concert, “The Genius of Mozart” the Waterbury Chorale has scheduled an additional performance on Saturday, May 17th at 7:00 PM. The new venue is St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church at 46 Church Hill Rd. in Newtown, Connecticut. Tune in to our Web site at www.waterburychorale.org for additional information and some exciting extras.
Venue: St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church
46 Church Hill Road
Newtown, Connecticut 06470
7:00 PM
Tickets: $20 in Advance - $25 at the door
Purchase from any Chorale Member
By calling 203-723-0417
0r online at www.waterburychorale.org
Contact: Phone 203-723-0417
info@waterburychorale.org
www.waterburychorale.org
Website: www.waterburychorale.org