Two Gala Spring Concerts honoring the retiirement of Dr. Stephen Bruce and Sue Saltus
Christ The King Church, Old Lyme CT, with Dr. Stephen Bruce, conductor and the Con Brio Festival Orchestra, with Sue Saltus, Associate Music Director
Processional: Overture from Messiah, G. F. Handel
Messa di Gloria, Kyrie and Gloria, Puccini, soloist Ransom Bruce, tenor
St Nicolas: Nicolas comes to Myra and is chosen Bishop (movement V), Britten, soloist Ransom Bruce, tenor, semi-chorus, full chorus, and audience (conducted by Dr. Chris Shepard, Con Brio’s incoming Music Director)
Kyrie, from Mass in E flat, Op. 109, Rheinberger (in eight choral parts)
Sing unto God, Fetler
Ave Maria, Biebl (in seven choral parts: a trio ensemble, and also full chorus)
Gloria, from Mass in B minor, J.S. Bach
Schaffe in mir Gott, ein rein Herz, (Create in me O God, a clean heart), Op. 29, No. 2, Psalm 51, Brahms (to be performed in English)
Da unten im Tale, Sämtliche Werke Vol. 21, Brahms
The Times They are A-Changin’, Bob Dylan, arr. Podd
Ride the Chariot, Trad. arr. Smith, soloist Bill Sorensen, tenor
In That Great Gittin’ Up Mornin’, Trad. arr. Hairston, with audience participation, soloist Ransom Bruce, tenor
Praise His Holy Name, Trad. arr. Hampton
Worthy is the Lamb and Amen, from Messiah, G.F. Handel, arr. W. A. Mozart
ENCORE: Freude, schöner, Götterfunken (from Ode to Joy), Beethoven Symphony No.9, excerpt from final movement