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Past Concerts

A Choral Festival Celebrating Black History Month
The Alfred E. White Chorale and the Hartford Chorale Chamber Singers join the Vernon Chorale on the Music @ First concert series to celebrate Black History Month with a program of choral music from the African-American tradition.

Sunday, February 21 – 4:00pm
First Congregational Church of Vernon
695 Hartford Turnpike
Vernon, CT 06066

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Winter Concert- Friday, December 4th 7:30 pm

Friday, December 4th – 7:30pm
First Congregational Church of Vernon
695 Hartford Turnpike
Vernon, CT 06066

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Schubert: Mass No. 2 in G Major, D. 167
With other music of the season

Saturday, December 6 – 7:30pm

First Congregational Church of Vernon
695 Hartford Turnpike
Vernon, CT 06066

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A Choral Festival Celebrating Black History Month
The Alfred E. White Chorale and the Hartford Chorale Chamber Singers join the Vernon Chorale on the Music @ First concert series to celebrate Black History Month with a program of choral music from the African-American tradition.

Sunday, February 15 – 4:00pm

First Congregational Church of Vernon
695 Hartford Turnpike
Vernon, CT 06066

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The Vernon Chorale in Concert

Saturday, May 30 – 7:30pm

First Congregational Church of Vernon
695 Hartford Turnpike
Vernon, CT 06066

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A Choral Tapestry
Featuring solos and small ensembles presented by members of the chorale.  An audience favorite!

Saturday, June 20 – 7:30pm

First Congregational Church of Vernon
695 Hartford Turnpike
Vernon, CT 06066

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CT ACDA Conference – President’s Concert
The Vernon Chorale was the featured community choir at the 2008 state ACDA conference.
Saturday, October 25 – 12:00pm
Welte Hall, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Mass No. 2 in G Major, D. 167
II. Gloria

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
All-Night Vigil, Op.37
VI. Bogoroditse Devo

Morten Lauridsen (b.1943)
Nocturnes
III. Sure On This Shining Night

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A Choral Tapestry
Saturday, June 7, 2008
First Congregational Church of Vernon, Vernon, CT
Conductor: Samuel Eurich, Assistant Conductor

Moses Hogan, arr. (1957-2003)
Give me Jesus
Karen Anger, Alto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Le nozze di Figaro
Sull’aria
Leila Brown and Elizabeth Bologna, sopranos

Robert Morton (c. 1430-1479)
Le souvenir de vous me tue
Karen Anger, Alto
Dennis Carroll, Tenor
James Burr, Bass
Bruce Jones, Bass

John B. Dykes, William Whiting & M.C.D Hamilton (Arr. Tom Scott)
The Navy Hymn
The Men of the Vernon Chorale

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Pavane pour une infante defunte
Kathleen Bartkowski, Piano

Leo Delibes (1836-1891)
Lakme
Sous le dome epais
Rebecca Harris and Patty Hope, sopranos

Moses Hogan, arr. (1957-2003)
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Bruce Jones, Bass

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Don Giovanni
Ah fuggi il traditor!
Melissa Paul, Alto

G.P. da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Missa Papae Marcelli
Kyrie

Stephen Paulus (b. 1949)
Pilgrim’s Hymn

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Cantique de Jean Racine

Randall Thompson (1899-1984)
The Last Words of David

Robert H. Young (b. 1923)
Thou Lovely and Beloved

Williametta Spencer (b. 1932)
At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners

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Vivaldi: Gloria
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Concordia Lutheran Church, Manchester, CT

Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Bogoroditse Djevo

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Rest

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Ein deutsches Requiem
IV. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen

Anton Bruckner (1924-1896)
Os justi

Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
Seven Unaccompanied Part Songs
V. Nightingales

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Gloria

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Susa: Carols and Lullabies – Christmas in the Southwest
Sunday, December 9, 2007
First Congregational Church of Vernon, Vernon, CT

William Byrd (ca.1540-1623)
Haec Dies

Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Magnificat

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
For Unto Us A Child Is Born

Conrad Susa (b. 1935)
Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest
I. ¡Oh, mi Belén!
II. El Desembre Congelat
III. Alegría
IV. A la Nanita Nana
V. Las Posadas
VI. Campana Sobre Campana
VII. En Belén Tocan a Fuego
VIII. El Noi de la Mare
IX. Chiquirriquitín
X. El Rorro

Charles Ives (1874-1954)
A Christmas Carol

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Christmas Day
Samuel Eurich, conductor

Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
O Magnum Mysterium

James Tripoli, composer-in-residence
The Winter Rose

John Rutter (b. 1945)
Mary’s Lullaby

Jehan Tabourot (1519-1593)
arr. Charles Wood (1866-1926)
Ding dong! merrily on high