May 2023
Celebrating Harmony in Troubled Times
John Rutter: Requiem
Florence Price: Praise the Lord, settings from Communion Service in F,
Retrospective, Allegretto, Suite #1 (for organ)
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November 2022, Celebrating a new era:
Mozart, Martines, and a Martini
W.A. Mozart: Regina Coeli, K276; Coronation Mass in C Major, K317
Marianna Martines: Dixit Dominus
Giovanni Battista Martini: Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina
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November 2023
Glory and Praise
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Francis Poulenc: Gloria
Salomon Sulzer: Psalm 111
César Franck: Psalm 150
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Commonwealth Chorale had prepared a November 2021 program with the lovely harmonies of composer Stephen Paulus and the stirring, uplifting choral works of Gwyneth Walker. With the pandemic continuing, the live performance was canceled, but we came together to record this beautiful music to offer our audience a video experience. Here we present the Paulus and Walker pieces, as well as a past recording by the Chorale of several songs from Randall Thompson’s beloved Frostiana.
Stephen Paulus
Hymn for America
Pilgrims’ Hymn
The Road Home
Settings of poetry by Michael Dennis Browne
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Gwyneth Walker
Our Dream of Freedom
Settings of poetry by Langston Hughes
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
Poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Randall Thompson
Three Songs from Frostiana
Settings of poetry by Robert Frost
- The Road Not Taken
- Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
- Choose Something Like a Star