We prepared this program through final dress rehearsal, only to learn that the pandemic lockdown would cancel the performance.  

Te Deum                                                                                             

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)

The Chorale celebrated David Carrier's 40 years as its Artistic Director

Commonwealth Chorale presents “Triumph and Homecoming”, part of Newton’s Festival of the Arts, Saturday, May 13, 2017 8 pm, at Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland Street, West Newton.

 Music Director David Carrier has chosen four composers, four unique styles that bring drama, nostalgia and simple joy to the concert’s theme:  Schubert’s Mirjams Siegesgesang, with acclaimed soprano Dana Lynne Varga in the title role; Brahms’ Drei Quartette, about longing for homeland and loves lost; Grainger’s Brig Fair from British Folk-Song Settings; and Copland’s minstrel and Shaker themes from Old American Songs.

Patricia Van Ness and Newton Choral Society together again.

Poet and composer Patricia Van Ness sits in the chancel of Eliot church and listens to Newton Choral Society rehearse the piece she wrote for them 6 years earlier. Nocturnes will be repeated in the upcoming final concert of the season, Saturday, May 20, and Van Ness will be there.  It’s all part of the Society’s 30^th anniversary celebration.  But tonight the composer is at work.  She is here to decide if she likes the changes she has made to the original.

NCS Newsletter September 2013

From the Top:

Music Director David Carrier has announced the Newton Choral Society’s 2013-2014 concert season. (See sidebar “upcoming events.”) Our 38^th season, “Journeys of Transformation,” surveys innovations in sacred music across the centuries. As always, NCS will bring you some of Boston’s favorite soloists and instrumentalists.