CONCORA's 2018-2019 Season
Time & Place
CONCORA SUMMER FESTIVAL – 20th Anniversary Festival
Wonderful Town! A Bernstein Centenary
Selections from Mass, West Side Story, Wonderful Town, Peter Pan, Candide
Festival: July 29 through August 4, 2018
Concert: August 4, 2018, 4:00pm – Bethany Covenant Church, Berlin
Laramie, Wyoming: Considering Matthew Shepard
CONCORA and the UConn Chamber Singers present the regional premiere of Considering Matthew Shepard by Craig Hella Johnson, marking the 20th anniversary of the Wyoming college students' brutal murder. Conducted by Jamie Spillane, Director of Choral Studies University of Connecticut, with Chris Shepard, piano.
Sunday, November 4, 2018, 4pm – Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford
Dublin, Ireland: Handel – Messiah
Handel’s masterpiece in its entirety, with CONCORA soloists and chamber ensemble.
Friday, November 30, 2018, 7:30pm – St. James's Episcopal Church, West Hartford
Lübeck, Germany: Buxtehude – Membra Jesu Nostris, BUXWV75
In this hauntingly beautiful work by Buxtehude, the feet, knees, hands, side, chest, heart and face of the crucified Christ are interpreted allegorically. CONCORA is joined by organist Christopher Houlihan.
Sunday, February 10, 2019, 4pm – Trinity College Chapel, Hartford
(Snow Date – Monday, February 11)
New York, New York: Great Broadway Choruses
CONCORA is joined by high school singers for a program of ensemble numbers from Broadway shows, old and new.
Saturday, March 9, 2019, 7:30pm – Location TBA
Weimar, Germany: J.S. Bach – Weimar Cantatas
In our annual Bach concert, we present three of Bach’s most famous cantatas, composed when he was court composer in Weimar.
Himmelskönig, sei willkommen, BWV182
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV12
Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV21
Sunday, March 24, 2019, 4pm – Immanuel Congregational Church, Hartford
Americana: Art and Music
CONCORA presents an art-inspired program of American music at the New Britain Museum of American Art, including the premiere of a commissioned work by CONCORA singer Andrey Stolyarov, with additional music by Virgil Thomson, Norman Dinerstein, Michael Conley, Randall Thompson, and Gwyneth Walker.
Sunday, April 28, 2019, 4pm – New Britain Museum of American Art and First Church, New Britain
Wonderful Town! A Bernstein Centenary
Selections from Mass, West Side Story, Wonderful Town, Peter Pan, Candide
Festival: July 29 through August 4, 2018
Concert: August 4, 2018, 4:00pm – Bethany Covenant Church, Berlin
Laramie, Wyoming: Considering Matthew Shepard
CONCORA and the UConn Chamber Singers present the regional premiere of Considering Matthew Shepard by Craig Hella Johnson, marking the 20th anniversary of the Wyoming college students' brutal murder. Conducted by Jamie Spillane, Director of Choral Studies University of Connecticut, with Chris Shepard, piano.
Sunday, November 4, 2018, 4pm – Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford
Dublin, Ireland: Handel – Messiah
Handel’s masterpiece in its entirety, with CONCORA soloists and chamber ensemble.
Friday, November 30, 2018, 7:30pm – St. James's Episcopal Church, West Hartford
Lübeck, Germany: Buxtehude – Membra Jesu Nostris, BUXWV75
In this hauntingly beautiful work by Buxtehude, the feet, knees, hands, side, chest, heart and face of the crucified Christ are interpreted allegorically. CONCORA is joined by organist Christopher Houlihan.
Sunday, February 10, 2019, 4pm – Trinity College Chapel, Hartford
(Snow Date – Monday, February 11)
New York, New York: Great Broadway Choruses
CONCORA is joined by high school singers for a program of ensemble numbers from Broadway shows, old and new.
Saturday, March 9, 2019, 7:30pm – Location TBA
Weimar, Germany: J.S. Bach – Weimar Cantatas
In our annual Bach concert, we present three of Bach’s most famous cantatas, composed when he was court composer in Weimar.
Himmelskönig, sei willkommen, BWV182
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV12
Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV21
Sunday, March 24, 2019, 4pm – Immanuel Congregational Church, Hartford
Americana: Art and Music
CONCORA presents an art-inspired program of American music at the New Britain Museum of American Art, including the premiere of a commissioned work by CONCORA singer Andrey Stolyarov, with additional music by Virgil Thomson, Norman Dinerstein, Michael Conley, Randall Thompson, and Gwyneth Walker.
Sunday, April 28, 2019, 4pm – New Britain Museum of American Art and First Church, New Britain