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🔆 The summer programs page lists 20 programs (last change 5/18/24).

May 11, 2024 (Saturday)

iCal 8:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: The Dream Unfinished. Told through the voices of a diverse selection of composers, this concert celebrates the ideals of the American Dream, and explores racial injustice, hope, human resilience, and the possibility of realizing a world where people are not enslaved and where people of all backgrounds can coexist harmoniously. Florence Price: Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight; My Dream; William Grant Still: Plain Chant for America; Margaret Bonds: The Negro Speaks of Rivers; I, Too; Randall Thompson: The Testament of Freedom; Irving Berlin: Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor; André Thomas: I Dream a World; Dorothy Rudd Moore: Fourth of July Speech. Philip Lima, baritone; Valerie Becker, piano. Tickets: $40 general admission, $10 students, free with EBT/WIC cards. For more information, call 617-527-7464 or email marketing@CommonwealthChorale.com. Church of the Holy Name, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132 (View flier) ⓘ

March 10, 2024 (Sunday)

iCal 3:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Fate and Faith. Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Lobgesang; Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied; Felix Mendelssohn: Psalm 42. Dana Lynne Varga, soprano; Dr. Michael Driscoll, conductor. With professional orchestra. General admission $40, students $10, EBT free at door. For more information, call 617-527-7464 or email marketing@CommonwealthChorale.com. Church of the Holy Name, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132 (View flier) ⓘ

November 18, 2023 (Saturday)

iCal 8:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Glory and Praise. Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Francis Poulenc: Gloria; Salomon Sulzer: Psalm 111; César Franck: Psalm 150. Sonja DuToit Tengblad, soprano; Leo Balkovetz, tenor; Susan DeSelms, organ. With organ, harp, percussion, and bass. Premiered in the 1960s, both Chichester Psalms and Poulenc’s Gloria were influenced by jazz and popular music, and both exemplify the power of ancient sacred texts to express timeless desires for peace and spiritual transcendence. For more information, call 617-527-7464 or email marketing@CommonwealthChorale.com. Church of the Holy Name, 1689 Center Street, West Roxbury MA 02132 (View flier) ⓘ

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Archived Online Events

  • Musica Sacra [MA]: In Music is Such Art: Choral Music set to texts of Shakespeare. Brush up your Shakespeare! From the time of his contemporary, Thomas Morley, to the present day, composers have turned to his expressive poetry to further explore his keen observations of the human condition. Modern composers such as Mäntyjärvi, Diemer, Komulainen, Harris, Helldén, Johanson, and Hamilton, as well as 19th century ones such as Macfarren, Pearsall and Amy Beach have all set his texts, be they poetry or songs or famous soliloquies from his plays. [5/11/2024] Cambridge MA ⓘ
  • Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra: Oliver Towne: Streaming Free May 1. The PVS Orchestra’s 30th annual Mary Stuart Rogers Education Concert was performed on April 11th for almost one thousand 3rd & 4th graders in Greenfield, MA. A video of the world premiere of Oliver Towne, a radio play-style composition from Andrés Martín and poet Roger Arvid Anderson, will be available to stream free on our YouTube channel beginning May 1st. [5/1/2024] Visit archive