CT Master Chorale Will Perform

In Newtown

The Connecticut Master Chorale, under the direction of Tina Johns Heidrich, will present a rare opportunity to hear a choral work by the legendary Dave Brubeck. The chorale will perform in concert on Sunday, March 5, at 3 pm, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Newtown.

The program will feature To Hope! by Brubeck, a Wilton resident, and Anton Bruckner’s Te Deum. The performance will feature the soloists Cynthia McCorkindale of Bethel and Mark Beams of Newtown. The 55-voice chorus will be accompanied by Joseph Jacovino and the Connecticut Master Chorale Orchestra.

Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. They are available by calling 743-0473 or by visiting Jersey Mike’s in Southbury.

Mr Brubeck’s rarely-performed choral work will be receiving its Newtown area premiere on March 5. Mr Brubeck is not only a legendary jazz composer and musician, for which his name may be better known, but also a master classical choral composer.

To Hope! A Celebration is a mass in the revised Roman ritual. It is an exciting work of grand proportion and a monumental affirmation of hope and exultation. Composed in 1979, To Hope! is a powerful, multi-faceted work. It contains elements of the Baroque period, classical composers, the Romanticists, the modernists and the gospel.

Te Deum (We Praise Thee, O God), the second major work to be performed by the chorale, has been described as a “hymn in praise of Wagner,” the composer Bruckner revered more than any other. Te Deum represents the most immediate declaration of Bruckner’s unshakeable belief in God.