Before Bach & Beyond II
CONCORA's Summer Festival Concert
Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 3PM
Bethany Covenant Church
785 Mill Street, Berlin, CT
Avocational adult, high school, and college singers from throughout the region come together as the CONCORA Summer Festival Chorus to rehearse and perform alongside CONCORA's professional members. Led by CONCORA Artistic Director Chris Shepard, this year's program Before Bach and Beyond II features works by Baroque master Johann Sebastian Bach and the composers who influenced and were influenced by him. 
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Selections include choruses from Bach's Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV79, Nun danket alle Gott, BWV192, and Wie schön leuchter der Morgenstern, BWV71 as well as Claudio Monteverdi's Beatus Vir, Johann Kuhnau's Uns ist ein Kind geboren (old BWV142), Felix Mendelssohn's "Behold a Star from Jacob Shining" from Christus, Ralph Vaughan Williams' O How Amiable, Alice Parker's Wondrous Love, and Benjamin Britten's Nicolas Comes to Myra (St. Nicolas).​
Drop-in for a Summer Workshop!
Before Bach and Beyond II: CONCORA's 2026 Summer Festival
Sunday, July 26 - Saturday, August 1, 2026
Bethany Covenant Church
785 Mill Street, Berlin, CT
CONCORA's Summer Festival offers educational workshops, designed for singers looking to brush up on or hone their skills. prepare and rehearse alongside CONCORA's professional members, and present a culminating concert for the public. Drop-in registration is in advance online or at the door for all of our 2026 summer workshops for just $25! Students with a valid ID attend free! 

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