Con Brio Chorus and Con Brio Festival Orchestra (Concertmaster Joan Winters), with guest soloists Carley DeFranco, soprano, Allison Messier, mezzo-soprano, Ransom Bruce, tenor, and Christopher Grundy, bass, conducted by Dr. Stephen Bruce, at Christ the King church,...
This short concert was given in honor of the lives of two local African American pioneers: a Pharmacist and a Writer: Miss James and Miss Petry. Con Brio Choral Society conducted by Hallie Sorensen, with Sue Saltus, keyboard, and Bill Sorensen, tenor. This was...
Spring Concert Haydn, Missa in Angustiis, or “Lord Nelson Mass” (Hob. XXII/11), ed. McCaldin, with Louise Fauteux, soprano, Clea Huston, contralto, Terrence Fay, tenor, and Christopher Grundy, bass Parry, I was glad, (1911 version) ed. Rutter, with Louise Fauteux,...
Christmas Concerts Rutter, Magnificat, with Danielle Munsell Howard, soprano Praetorius, Es ist ein 'Ros Sweelinck, Hodie Christus Natus Est Yon, Gesù Bambino, with Danielle Munsell Howard, soprano Trad., arr. Brunner, Still, Still, Still Lauridsen, Sure on this...
Memorial Service for Martha Bruce (1919 - 2017) Brahms, How Lovely is thy Dwelling Place, from the German Requiem Trad. Ride the Chariot, with Bill Sorensen, tenor Lutkin, The Lord Bless You and Keep You Malotte, The Lord's Prayer, with Ransom Bruce, tenor Joncas, On...
20th Anniversary Spring Concert Beethoven Mass in C, with guest soloists Patricia Schuman, soprano, Clea Huston, mezzo soprano, Steven Humes, tenor and Matthew Cossack, bass Mascagni, Easter Hymn (Regina Coeli, Laetare), from Cavalleria Rusticana, with Patricia...
Christmas Concerts Christmas Oratorio, (selections) BWV 248, Bach, soloists: Terrence Fay, tenor and Christopher Grundy, bass Masters in This Hall, arr. Wilberg God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen, arr. Reise I Saw Three Ships, arr. Reise Winter, Stroope Im Advent and...
Spring ConcertAt Christ the King Church, Old Lyme, CT, Con Brio Choral Society, Con Brio Festival Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Stephen Bruce. with the Con Brio Festival Orchestra and Sue Saltus, piano.Te Deum Op. 103, Dvořák, with Danielle Munsell Howard, soprano and...
Christmas Concerts at Christ the King Church, Old Lyme, CT with Dr. Steven Bruce, Conductor , Con Brio Chorus and Festival Orchestra and Sue Saltus, piano Hodie, Vaughan Williams, with Jurate Svedaite, soprano, Steven Humes, tenor, Chrstopher Grundy, bass, Abby Bruce,...
Spring Concert at Christ The King Church, Old Lyme, CT, conducted by Dr. Stephen Bruce., with Sue Saltus, piano Tourdion, pub. Attaignant Jubilate Deo, Bouzignac Missa Brevis in F minor (BWV 233) J. S. Bach, with Danielle Munsell Howard, soprano, Kerry Gotshall,...
Christmas Concerts The Star-Spangled Banner, Smith arr. Buck Magnificat in C Major D 486 Schubert, with Adèle Paxton, Soprano, Karli Gilberston, Contralto, Ransom Bruce, Tenor, Greg Flower, Bass Cantus Natalis, Stroope (composed 2007) with Adèle Paxton, Soprano, Karli...
Spring Concert Mozart: Vesperae Solennes de Dominica. with Patricia Schuman, Soprano, Clea Huston, Contralto, Lawrence Broderick, Tenor and John Dominick III, Bass Mozart: Exultate Jubilate with Patricia Schuman, Soprano; Mozart: Laudate Dominum from Vesperae Solennes...
Christmas Concerts Trad. arr Riese, A Choral Fantasy God rest Ye merry, Gentlemen Jenkins, Gloria trad. arr. Mager, Ding Dong! Merrily on High Stroope Winter Fraser, Jessye’s Carol Mozart Magnificat from Vesperae de Dominica, with Cynthia Mellon, Contralto Mendelssohn...
Spring Concert, featuring the inaugural performance of the Con Brio Children's Choir Rutter, Mass of the Children (with Danielle Munsell Howard, Soprano, John Dominick III, Bass) Hawley, Io Sol La Primevera Copland, Old American Songs: The Boatmen’s Dance (with John...
Christmas Concerts Handel, Dixit Dominus, (with Patricia Schuman, Soprano, Danielle Munsell Howard, Soprano, Clea Huston, Alto, Bill Sorensen, Tenor, Karl Stofko, Bass) Walker, Rejoice with composer Dr. Gwyneth Walker in attendance arr. Willcocks, O come, all ye...
Spring Concert Bernstein Chichester Psalms (Erik Olsen, Treble; Wanda Slater, Soprano; Lisa Feltes, Alto; Scott Weaver, Tenor; Karl Stofko, Bass) Bach Cantata 50 Brahms, Tröste mich wieder: Vivaldi, Domine ad adjuvandum me festina Beethoven, Hallelujah (from the Mount...
Christmas Concerts Bach Magnificat, BWV 243, complete with Freut euch und Jubiliert and Gloria in Excelsis, (Patricia Schuman, Soprano, Adele Paxton, Soprano, Clea Houston, Contralto, Dann Coakwell, enor, Ben Thornburn, Bass) Walker: Alpha and Omega, (Adele Paxton,...
Spring Concert Jenkins L’Homme Armé (Patricia Schuman, Soprano, Reza Mansoor, Muezzin, Karl Stofko, Bass, Bill Sorenson, Tenor) Korngold Marietta’s Lied from Die Tote Stadt (Patricia Schuman, Soprano) Beethoven Meerstille und Glückliche Fahrt Trad. Arr. Rutter Down...
Memorial for Marcia Ryan Requiem, Mozart performed by an augmented chorus of Con Brio and singing friends, at Old Lyme Congregational Church, Old Lyme, CT, conducted by Dr. Stephen Bruce.
Christmas Concerts, Dec 10 and 12 Puccini Messa di Gloria (Kyrie and Gloria) with Brian Cheney (tenor) Mechem Seven Joys of Christmas Holst Christmas Day Gabrieli Buccinate (19 part Motet) Poulenc Hodie Christus natus est Bartolucci Jubilate Deo he Twelve Days of...
Spring Concerts Mendelssohn Heilig Handl, Pater Noster Bach Singet dem Herrn Bernstein Mass (with Tiffany Jackson, Soprano and Bill Sorensen, Tenor) with Mystic River Chorale conducted by Dr. Stephen Bruce and Frank Martignetti at St Mary Mother of the Redeemer...
Mini Concert for Kids Gloria in Excelsis, Excert from Cantata 191, Bach Patapan, Mechem Fugue, Bach (Swingle style) Fum, Fum, fum! Mechem In ducli Jubio, Scheidt There was a pig went out to dig arr. Grainger A Christmas Garland (excerpts) Susa, with Tom Crosby, tenor,...
Christmas Concert Bach Cantata 191 Gloria in Excelsis (with Patricia Schuman, Soprano and Ransom Bruce, Tenor) Patapan and Fum! Fum! Fum! from Seven Joys of Christmas, Mecham There was a Pig went out to dig, arr. Grainger A Christmas Garland, Susa (with Len Dongweck,...
Spring Concert Haydn: Harmoniemesse or ‘Wind Band Mass’, (with Adèle Paxton, soprano, Clea Nemetz, mezzo-soprano, David-Marc Finley, tenor, David Olsen, baritone, Joni Gage soprano, Bill Sorensen, tenor) excerpts from Mendelssohn Elijah: ‘Lift thine eyes’ and ‘He...
Christmas ConcertAntonio Vivaldi Dixit Dominus RV 807 (with Adele Paxton, soprano, Kristine Pekar, soprano, Margaret Tyler, mezzo soprano, Shari Wilcox, mezzo soprano, David-Marc Finley, tenor, Colin Britt, bass)Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols (with...
Spring Concert Bach Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227 Fetler Sing unto God Ticheli There will be rest Dvorak Gloria from Mass in D Foster arr. Halloran Nelly Bly Brahms Da untem im Tale Brahms Tafellied Op. 93b Trad. arr. Hairston In dat great gittin' up mornin' (with Donna...
Christmas Concert Respighi Laud to the Nativity Pachelbel Magnificat Two Chanakkah Songs Lo V'chayil and Al Ha-Nissim arr. Elliot Z. Levine Rossini Cum Sancto Spirito from the Petite Messe Solennelle Kodaly Christmas Dance of the Shepherds Warlock Tyrley, Tyrlow Arr....
Spring Concert Beethoven Mass in C Op. 86 Brahms Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz Motet from Psalm 61 Bach Cantata 110 (first movement) Unser Mund sei voll Lachens Bagley World Premiere of Didn't it Rain! Bernstein Make our garden grow from Candide at Christ The...
Christmas concert Britten St Nicolas Mathias Sir Christèmas Biebl Ave Maria Distler Wachet Auf Jennings Christmas Spirituals Medley Nelhybel Estampie Natalis at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Essex, CT conducted by Dr. Stephen Bruce, with Ransom Bruce (Nicolas) and...
Spring Concert Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem Vaughan Williams Old Hundredth Psalmtune setting Mozart Coronation Mass with Stella Roden, Hillary Nelson, Andrew Childs and Paul Fletcher, in conjunction with Mystic River Chorale: at St Mary Mother of the Redeemer...
Spring Concert Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem Vaughan Williams Old Hundredth Psalm tune setting Mozart Coronation Mass with Stella Roden, Hillary Nelson, Andrew Childs and Paul Fletcher, in conjunction with Mystic River Chorale, at Christ The King Church, Old...
Christmas Concert Poulenc Gloria Vittoria O Magnum Mysterium Trad. arr. Dicie Sussex Carol Mozart Regina Coeli KV 127 Trad. Sweet was the song the Virgin sang Nelhybel Estampie Natalis Trad. arr. Niles I Wonder as I Wander Trad. arr. Mager Ding Dong Merrily on High...
Spring Concert Cherubini Requiem in C, Agnus Dei Billings When Jesus Wept Anon Alla Cazza Foster arr. Halloran Camptown Races Copeland Long Time Ago Foster arr. Halloran Nelly Bly Medema arr. Schrader Lord, Listen to your Children Praying Trad. arr. Roberts Sinner Man...
Christmas Concert Fetler, Sing unto God Palestrina, Exsultate Deo arr Wilberg Simple gifts arr. Vaughan Williams, Greensleeeves Mozart Mass in B flat major K.275 Gabrieli, Kyrie from missa Brevis Bach Fugue in G minor, after the style of Ward Swingle Rachmaninov Ave...
Spring Concert Mozart 'Great' Mass in C Minor, with Adele Paxton, soprano, Stephanie Gregory, Soprano, Bbill Sorensen, Tenor, Karl Stofko, Bass Dencke Lord Our God arr. Parker Hark I Hear the Harps Eternal arr. Helvey Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child arr....
Christmas Concert Handel, Dixit Dominus (with Pam Eberly, Soprano, Clare Wurm, Alto, Bob Quinby, Tenor) Pachelbel, Magnificat in G Sametz, Gaudete (with Pam Eberly, Soprano, Hallie Sorensen, Alto) Bach, Erschallet, Ihr Lieder and Voi Gott kommt ein Freidenschein from...
Spring Concert Puccini Messa di Gloria, with Peter Harvey, Tenor, Richard Lalli, Baritone Le Jeune, Revecy Venir du Printemps Passerau, Il est Bel et Bon Fauré, Cantique de Jean Racine Franck Panis Angelicus Lauridsen. Dirait-on arr. Heath, Didn't my Lord Deliver...
Christmas concert Handel Coronation Anthem (Zadok the Priest) Distler Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen Bruckner Ave Maria Sweelinck Hodie Bach Mass in B Minor (Sanctus) arr. Willcocks Master in this Hall, (Soloists: Abigail Bruce, Patricia Durham, Bob Quinby, Shari Wilcox,...
Spring Concert Kodaly Te Deum, (with Caroline Cooney, Soprano, Elissa Baldwin, Alto, Bob Quinby, Tenor, Karl Stofko, Bass) Biebl Ave Maria, (with Abigail Bruce, Soprano, Elissa Baldwin, Alto, Pamela Eberly Soprano, Susan Forte, Alto, Karl Stofko, Bass) Bach All...
Christmas Concert Rutter Gloria Scheidt In Dulci Jubilo Mathias, Sir Christemas arr. Rutter, Here we come A-Wassailing arr. Willcocks, Deck the Hall arr. Brunner, Still, Still, Still arr. Willcocks, The First Noel Taverner, Song for Athene Mathias, Let the People...
Spring Concert Fetler, Sing Unto God Morley, Sing We and Chant it Gibbons, The Silver Swan Vecchi, Fa Una Canzona Hindemith, Since All is Passing arr. Hogan, The Battle of Jericho Hunter, I'm Gonna Sing Sametz, I have had singing Mozart Requiem (Levin completion)...
Connecticut River Arts Collective Joint Concert Handel Messiah part I, co-sponsored by the Connecticut River Arts Collective and Con Brio, at St. Joseph's Church, Chester, CT conducted by Dr. Stephen Bruce
Christmas Concert Bach Magnificat (with Abigail Bruce, Soprano, Patricia Durham, Soprano, Katherine Irwin, Alto, Elissa Baldwin. Alto, David Marc-Finley Tenor, Greg Clark, Bass) Rutter Te Deum Willan, Hodie and The Three Kings Distler, Wachet Auf arr. Willcocks, The...
Benefit for 'Key Crossings' Haydn Missa in Tempore Belli, (Caroline Cooney, Soprano, Elissa Baldwin, Alto, David Finley, Tenor, Karl Stofko, Bass) Copland The Tender Land (selections) Brahms Zigeunerlieder arr. Vaughan Williams. The Turtle Dove, (Gregory Clark, Bass)...
Spring Concert Haydn Missa in Tempore Belli, (Caroline Cooney, Soprano, Elissa Baldwin, Alto, David Finley, Tenor, Karl Stofko, Bass) Copland The Tender Land (selections) Brahms Zigeunerlieder arr. Vaughan Williams. The Turtle Dove, (Gregory Clark, Bass) Mulholland, A...
Christmas Concert Shaw, Gloria in Excelsis arr. Poston, Boar's Head Carol (with Greg Clark, Bass) arr. Niles and Horton, I wonder as I wander, (with Bob Quinby, Tenor) arr. Willcocks, Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (with Abigail Bruce, Soprano) Duruflé, Ubi Caritas...
New England Colonial Concert Handel Sing Unto God (finale) with Orchestra New England, New Haven, CT, conducted by James Sinclair
Spring Concert Mozart Vesperae de Dominica K.321, (with Martha Oneppo, Soprano, Abby Bruce, Alto, Tom Heilman, Tenor, Karl Stofko, Bass) Morley, Now is the moth of Maying Brahms, Da Unten in Tale Sieber, Three Hungarian Folk Songs Hall High Barbary arr. Erb Shenandoah...
Christmas Concert Willan, Hodie, Christus natus est Joubert, There is no Rose (Abby Bruce, Pat Durham, Soprani, Susan Forte, Elizabeth Santoro, Joan Matz, Alti, Bob Quinby, Tom Heilman, Tenori, Alan Head, Doug White, Bassi arr. Willcocks Polish Carol ed. Greenberg...
New England Colonial Concert Selections from Handel Messiah with Orchestra New England, New Haven, CT, conducted by James Sinclair
Spring Concert Britten, Rejoice in the Lamb (with Abigail Bruce, Soprano, Susan Forte, Alto, Bob Quinby, Tenor, Alan Head, Bass) Fetler, Sing unto God Brahms Op. 29 No.2 Movement III from Psalm 51 Biebl, Ave Maria (with Karl Stofko, Bass) Bach 'All breathing life'...
Carnegie Hall Debut Beethoven Mass in C in conjunction with with Eastern Connecticut Symphony Chorus, at Carnegie Hall, NY, NY, conducted by Jonathan Willcocks
Spring Concert Beethoven Mass in C in conjuction with with Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, at the Garde Theater, New London CT, conducted by Dr. Peter Bagley
Inaugural Concert Mecham, Seven Joys of Christmas: excerpts - Bells, Children, Dance, Song Willan, Hodie Rutter, Shepherd's Pipe Carol arr. Vaughan Williams O Little Town of Bethlehem Mendelssohn, Behold a Star from Jacob Shining (from Christus) Holst, Christmas Day...
