May 11, 2024 (Saturday)

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)

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)

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) ⓘ

May 13, 2023 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Celebrating harmony in troubled times. John Rutter: Requiem; Florence Price: "Praise the Lord" and settings from Communion Service in F. Corrine Byrne, soprano; Susan DeSelms, organ; Dr. Michael Driscoll, conductor. With orchestra. For more information, call 617-527-7464 or email marketing@CommonwealthChorale.com. Church of the Holy Name, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA (View flier) ⓘ

March 19, 2023 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Celebrating Bluegrass and Love. Carol Barnett: The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass; Kevin Siegfried: Shaker song arrangements. Featuring bluegrass ensemble Monroe Crossing. A Commonwealth Composer Concert. Dr. Michael Driscoll, conductor. For more information, call 617-527-7464 or email info@CommonwealthChorale.com. Church of the Holy Name, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132 ⓘ

November 19, 2022 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Mozart, Martines, and a Martini. W. A. Mozart: Coronation Mass, K. 317; Regina Coeli, K. 276; Marianna Martines: Dixit Dominus; Giovanni Battista Martini: Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina. Michael Driscoll, conductor. For more information, call 617-527-7464. Church Of The Holy Name, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132 (View flier) ⓘ

May 14, 2022 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Majestic Sounds. Joseph Haydn: Missa in Angustiis (Lord Nelson Mass); J.S. Bach: Cantata 140 (Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme. Dana Varga, soprano; Vera Savage, mezzo-soprano; Matthew Anderson, tenor; Junhan Choi, baritone. $25 general admission. Proof of vaccination and masks required for all. David Carrier's final concert as Music Director. For more information, call 617-527-7464. Church Of The Holy Name, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132 (View flier) ⓘ

March 20, 2022 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Country Sounds. Carol Barnett: The World Beloved, a Bluegrass Mass; Aaron Copland: Old American Songs (selections). With Monroe Crossing bluegrass band. For more information, call 617-527-7464. Church Of The Holy Name, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132 (View flier) ⓘ

March 19, 2022 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Celebrating Bluegrass and Love. Carol Barnett: The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass; Kevin Siegfried: Shaker Song Arrangements. With bluegrass ensemble Monroe Crossing. Michael Driscoll, conductor. For more information, call 617-527-7464. Church Of The Holy Name, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132 (View flier) ⓘ

November 13, 2021 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: American Sounds. Randall Thompson: Frostiana; Gwyneth Walker: Our Dream of Freedom; The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere; Stephen Paulus: Hymn for America; Pilgrims’ Hymn; The Road Home. For more information, call 617-527-7464. Church Of The Holy Name, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132 (View flier) ⓘ

May 16, 2020 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: American Ideals. Randall Thompson: Testament of Freedom; Gwyneth Walker: The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere; Our Dream of Freedom; works by Stephen Paulus and Dan Forrest. Mark Feldhusen, piano. For more information, call 617-527-7464. Second Church In Newton, 60 Highland Street, West Newton MA 02465 (View flier) ⓘ

November 16, 2019 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Transformation and Celebration. Carson Cooman: As We Are Changed (commission, world premiere); Emmanuel Feldman: Synergy (for orchestra). Susan Consoli, soprano; Matthew Anderson, tenor. For more information, call 617-527-7464. Church Of The Holy Name, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132 (View flier) ⓘ

May 11, 2019 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: From the Fantastical to the Familiar: Menotti’s Fable and Thompson’s Frost. Gian Carlo Menotti: The Unicorn, The Gorgon and The Manticore; Randall Thompson, Frostiana. For more information, call 617-527-7464. Second Church In Newton, 60 Highland Street, West Newton MA 02465 ⓘ

March 10, 2019 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Out from the Shadows: In the spotlight: Virtuosi eclipsed by genius. Antonio Salieri: Requiem; Johann Kuhnau, Magnificat. Celeste Godin, soprano; Vera Savage, mezzo-soprano; Gregory Zavracky, tenor; Thomas Jones, baritone. For more information, call 617-527-7464. Church Of The Holy Name, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132 ⓘ

October 27, 2018 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale/New England Philharmonic [MA]: Spirit of the Bells. Sergei Rachmaninoff: The Bells (Sarah Pelletier, soprano; Yeghishe Manucharyan, tenor; David Kravitz, baritone); Lachlan Skipworth: Spiritus (U.S. premiere); John Harbison Symphony No. 1. Richard Pittman, Music Director. For more information, call 617-527-7464. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ

May 12, 2018 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Wellsprings of Soaring Song: Brahms, Elder, Paulus & More. Johannes Brahms: Zigeunerlieder; Daniel Elder: Three Nocturnes; Stephen Paulus, The Road Home; works by Bosba Panh and Charles Tarver. Tickets: $30 general admission, $35 preferred, $25 student/senior. For more information, call 617-527-7464. Second Church In Newton, 60 Highland Street, West Newton MA 02465 (View flier) ⓘ

March 11, 2018 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: A Masterpiece for Our Time. Kim André Arnesen: The Wound in the Water (text by Euan Tait). Orchestrated for strings and piano. Tickets: $30 general admission, $35 preferred, $25 student/senior. For more information, call 617-527-7464. Church of the Holy Name, 1689 Centre St, West Roxbury MA 02132 (View flier) ⓘ

November 11, 2017 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Rebirth of an American Classic. Amy Beach: Grand Mass in E-flat major. Dana Lynne Varga, soprano; Vera Savage, mezzo-soprano; Matthew Anderson, tenor; Sean Galligan, baritone. For more information, call 617-527-7464. Church of the Holy Name, 1689 Centre St, West Roxbury MA 02132 (View flier) ⓘ

May 13, 2017 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Songs of Triumph & Homecoming. Franz Schubert: Mirjams Siegesgesang; Johannes Brahms: An die Heimat; Aaron Copland: “At the River”; “Long Time Ago”; other songs. Dana Lynne Varga, soprano; Mark Feldhusen, piano. Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St, West Newton MA 02465 (View flier) ⓘ

March 12, 2017 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem; Exultate, jubilate. Joanna Mongiardo, soprano; Vera Savage, mezzo-soprano; Greg Zavracky, tenor; Elijah Blaisdell, baritone. Church of the Holy Name, 1689 Centre St, West Roxbury MA 02132 (View flier) ⓘ

November 19, 2016 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Eloquence in Brass. Joseph Jongen: Messe en l’honneur du Saint-Sacrement; Patricia Van Ness: Nocturnes; Daniel Pinkham: Christmas Cantata. Church of the Holy Name, 1689 Centre St, West Roxbury MA (View flier) ⓘ

May 21, 2016 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Love and Devotion. Richard St. Clair: Dharma Chant: A Buddhist Oratorio in Three Parts. Church of the Holy Name, 1689 Centre St, West Roxbury, MA 02132

March 13, 2016 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: History and Nature. Carson Coonan: The Revelations of Divine Love (Metaphors from Sea and Sky). Susan Consoli, soprano; Elijah Blaisdell, baritone. Church of the Holy Name, 1689 Centre St, West Roxbury, MA

November 21, 2015 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Exile and Miracles. G.F. Handel: Israel in Egypt. Dana Lynne Varga, soprano; Vera Savage, mezzo-soprano; Matthew Anderson, tenor; Bret Aarden, baritone; Mathew Rippere, baritone. Church of the Holy Name, 1689 Centre St, West Roxbury, MA

May 16, 2015 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Newton Choral Society [MA]: Blooming in Boston. Daniel Pinkham: Garden Party; James Woodman: Narcissus; Carson Cooman: Eros (text by Ralph Waldo Emerson); The Choir Invisible (text by George Eliot). Church of the Holy Name, 1689 Centre St, MA ⓘ

March 15, 2015 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Newton Choral Society [MA]: Sacred Visions. Jean Langlais: Messe Solonelle; Herbert Howells: Collegium Regale Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis; Max Janowski: Hashkiveinu; Simon Sargon: Psalm 135; sacred works by Johannes Brahms and Charles Villiers Stanford. The Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St, West Newton MA 02465 ⓘ

November 16, 2014 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Newton Choral Society [MA]: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony. Kim Leeds, soprano; Philip Lima, baritone. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138 ⓘ

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