CONCORA will present Spring is in the Air, our third annual Broadway revue, on demand Thursday, May 20 through Sunday, May 23, 2021.
A dozen singers from CONCORA, accompanied by artistic director Chris Shepard, perform solos from the Broadway repertoire that celebrate the coming of spring as well as the end of our long winter. This program of upbeat and forward-looking songs includes "Winter's on the Wing" from The Secret Garden, "Something's Coming" from West Side Story, and the ebullient "Barry's Going to Prom" from The Prom.
"Three years ago, we began our annual Broadway concert because I wanted to show off the range of our gifted singers,” states Chris Shepard. “Our audiences already knew how wonderful our soloists were in singing Bach and Handel – but they didn't know that many of our members can also belt out show tunes! Since starting the tradition, this annual concert has quickly become one of CONCORA's most popular events, for both our singers and audience."
Tickets are $19.95. Discounts apply for purchases by Sunday, May 9th including gifts for Mother’s Day.
The CDC’s protocols have been followed for the health and safety of the singers and musicians.
A dozen singers from CONCORA, accompanied by artistic director Chris Shepard, perform solos from the Broadway repertoire that celebrate the coming of spring as well as the end of our long winter. This program of upbeat and forward-looking songs includes "Winter's on the Wing" from The Secret Garden, "Something's Coming" from West Side Story, and the ebullient "Barry's Going to Prom" from The Prom.
"Three years ago, we began our annual Broadway concert because I wanted to show off the range of our gifted singers,” states Chris Shepard. “Our audiences already knew how wonderful our soloists were in singing Bach and Handel – but they didn't know that many of our members can also belt out show tunes! Since starting the tradition, this annual concert has quickly become one of CONCORA's most popular events, for both our singers and audience."
Tickets are $19.95. Discounts apply for purchases by Sunday, May 9th including gifts for Mother’s Day.
The CDC’s protocols have been followed for the health and safety of the singers and musicians.
BACH MOTETS
Coming in June.
Although J.S. Bach wrote nearly 300 cantatas and several important concert-length choral works, he only wrote six motets, all of which are major pieces in the choral repertoire. These pieces are highly complex, rely entirely on the choir instead of including solo movements, and are often written for double choir. CONCORA's last performance of these seminal works was twenty years ago.
Mozart's Tapestry
As part of our educational outreach, CONCORA recently joined forces with Music Worcester and the Masterwork Chorus of New Jersey (both conducted by our Chris Shepard) to produce a unique video entitled Mozart's Tapestry. Chris uses excerpts from our recent presentation of Mozart’s Requiem to explore the concept of texture in music. He illustrates how composers weave together different musical lines to create a cohesive fabric that is rich and varied, just as in a medieval tapestry. Appealing to music-lovers of all ages, this program will be circulated to high schools as well.
Mozart's Tapestry from Music Worcester, Inc. on Vimeo.
Follow along with the score
Click the button below to link to a downloadable PDF of the complete sheet music score for Mozart’s Requiem.
RELIVE PAST PERFORMANCES WITH CONCORA!
We continue to post recordings from different concerts that have taken place over the last five years. We hope you'll enjoy the trip down memory lane-- or perhaps you weren't able to make the concert the first time around, so now you get a second chance!
Part four in our continuing series of videos is the airy and glorious Sanctus from the Duruflé Requiem. We hope this small piece of joy will bring some light to your day. This concert of music by Maurice Duruflé was conducted by CONCORA's founding conductor Richard Coffey with Larry Allen at the organ.
Part four in our continuing series of videos is the airy and glorious Sanctus from the Duruflé Requiem. We hope this small piece of joy will bring some light to your day. This concert of music by Maurice Duruflé was conducted by CONCORA's founding conductor Richard Coffey with Larry Allen at the organ.
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REACH
The REACH project is a commission by CONCORA, Chris Shepard, Artistic Director
Featuring the poem "Pandemic" by Lynn Ungar
Music by Martin Sedek
Featuring the poem "Pandemic" by Lynn Ungar
Music by Martin Sedek
Mass in B Minor Insights
with Artistic Director Chris Shepard
What's my "desert island" piece? Definitely the B Minor Mass! It is a work that can be explored endlessly, revealing staggering details of Bach's musical, theological, philosophical—and above all, humane genius. So rather than do a pre-concert lecture, I thought I'd do a series of audio-only podcasts about the different sections of the Mass. These are between 10 and 20 minutes in length, perfect for a walk or a drive. There will probably be about a dozen episodes in all. I keep the talk of music theory to a minimum, but delve a bit into the ways that Bach encodes important Lutheran theological concepts in the music. Think of it as The DaVinci Code for Bach lovers! Enjoy!
Join the Friends of Bach
The mission of CONCORA's Friends of Bach is to support CONCORA’s performances of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach and to enhance and inform the audience’s understanding of Bach and his music. Find out more about joining the Friends of Bach.