Connecticut's premier professional choir, delighting audiences since 1974. Connecticut Choral Artists - CONCORA presents choral music at the highest level, from the Baroque to the present day. CONCORA programs challenge, excite, educate, and inspire audiences across New England. Under the direction of Chris Shepard, Artistic Director, the ensemble’s versatility is displayed in its wide range of repertoire and in the crafting of ensembles from among the choir’s roster of singers.
CONCORA has been praised as “one of the premier musical forces in the state,” “one of our region’s priceless musical assets,” and “a model of choral artistry.” Choral music has the power to cross cultural boundaries and to move hearts; CONCORA’s mission to reach a broad and diverse audience extends not only to the choral aficionado, but also to those who may be touched by the beauty of the choral art for the first time.
Description
CONCORA's Summer Festival returns for its 26th year in 2026! Avocational adult, high school, and college singers from throughout the region come together as the CONCORA Summer Festival Chorus to rehearse and perform alongside CONCORA's professional members. Led by CONCORA Artistic Director Chris Shepard, this year's program Before Bach and Beyond II features works by Baroque master Johann Sebastian Bach and the composers who influenced and were influenced by him.
Selections include choruses from Bach's Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV79, Nun danket alle Gott, BWV192, and Wie schön leuchter der Morgenstern, BWV71 as well as Claudio Monteverdi's Beatus Vir, Johann Kuhnau's Uns ist ein Kind geboren (old BWV142), Felix Mendelssohn's "Behold a Star from Jacob Shining" from Christus, Ralph Vaughan Williams' O How Amiable, Alice Parker's Wondrous Love, and Benjamin Britten's Nicolas Comes to Myra (St. Nicolas).
Before Bach and Beyond takes place at Bethany Covenant Church in Berlin on Saturday, August 1 at 3:00PM.
Date & Time
Sat, Aug 1, 2026 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Venue Details
Bethany Covenant Church
785 Mill StreetBerlin, Connecticut 06037
