CONCORA's 2018-2019 Season
Time & Place
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 student's brutal murder. This concert is the first in CONCORA's new Music with a Mission Project — concerts outside of our usual season which raise money to support local charities. Conducted by Jamie Spillane, Director of Choral Studies University of Connecticut, with Chris Shepard, piano.
Saturday, November 3, 2018, 7:30pm - St. John's Episcopal Church, Stamford CT
Sunday, November 4, 2018, 4pm – Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford CT
Sunday, November 11, 2018, 4pm - Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA
Saturday, April 6, 2019, 8pm - von der Mehren Recital Hall, UConn, Storrs CT
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 CT
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 CT
(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, including West Side Story, Parade, Purlie, Anything Goes, and Titanic.
Saturday, March 9, 2019, 7:30pm – Trinity on Main, New Britain CT
Weimar, Germany: J.S. Bach – Weimar Cantatas
In our annual Bach concert, we present three of Bach’s most famous cantatas, written 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 CT
Music & Art: New Britain Museum of American Art
CONCORA presents a program of American music inspired by pieces 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. After a "roving concert" at the NBMAA, we go around the corner to the First Congregational Church for the second half of the program.
Sunday, April 28, 2019, 4pm – New Britain Museum of American Art and First Church, New Britain CT
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 student's brutal murder. This concert is the first in CONCORA's new Music with a Mission Project — concerts outside of our usual season which raise money to support local charities. Conducted by Jamie Spillane, Director of Choral Studies University of Connecticut, with Chris Shepard, piano.
Saturday, November 3, 2018, 7:30pm - St. John's Episcopal Church, Stamford CT
Sunday, November 4, 2018, 4pm – Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford CT
Sunday, November 11, 2018, 4pm - Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA
Saturday, April 6, 2019, 8pm - von der Mehren Recital Hall, UConn, Storrs CT
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 CT
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 CT
(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, including West Side Story, Parade, Purlie, Anything Goes, and Titanic.
Saturday, March 9, 2019, 7:30pm – Trinity on Main, New Britain CT
Weimar, Germany: J.S. Bach – Weimar Cantatas
In our annual Bach concert, we present three of Bach’s most famous cantatas, written 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 CT
Music & Art: New Britain Museum of American Art
CONCORA presents a program of American music inspired by pieces 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. After a "roving concert" at the NBMAA, we go around the corner to the First Congregational Church for the second half of the program.
Sunday, April 28, 2019, 4pm – New Britain Museum of American Art and First Church, New Britain CT