Cost: Tickets: Gen: $49; Sr/Stu: $44(25)
GMChorale will present Benjamin Britton’s cantata “Saint Nicolas” at the Santo Fragilio Performing Arts Center at Middletown High School on Sunday, November 15, at 4:00 p.m. In addition to this piece, this ambitious program will include selected movements from Elaine Hagenberg’s “Illuminare” and the world premiere of Thomas Brand’s “Sing On!” GMChorale’s concert will begin with a burst of light and sound as their chamber orchestra, Harmonia, introduces Elaine Hagenberg’s shimmering “Illuminare.” In a mere handful of years since the pandemic, this five-movement work has won the hearts of performers and audiences across five continents. GMChorale is thrilled to be performing the first three movements – Splendor, Caritas (Love) and Nox (Night). Thomas Brand, Artistic Director of the Elm City Girls’ Choir (which he founded in 1993 while a student at Yale) and Saecula singers, was commissioned by GMChorale to compose “Sing On!” for their upcoming 50th Anniversary in 2027. Its ten short movements feature variations on Thomas Tallis’ 16th century “Canon,” entwined with Brand’s arrangements of well-known European and American melodies as well as original music. “Sing On!” is a celebration of the power of song and an expression of diverse faiths, values and spiritual backgrounds, focusing on the shared human experience. In rehearsing to perform Britten’s “Saint Nicolas” this fall, GMChorale has been immersed in ...
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