Guest Soprano & Bagpiper Planned—

Master Chorale To Perform

Winter Concert At St Rose

The Connecticut Master Chorale, under the direction of Tina Johns Heidrich, will present its winter concert on Sunday, March 13, at 3 pm, at St Rose of Lima Church.

Featured on the program will be two newly released works, Requiem by K. Lee Scott and My Song in the Night arranged by Mack Wilberg.

Requiem, says Ms Heidrich, is “a wonderful example of K. Lee Scott’s masterful choral and orchestration skills.” The non-liturgical Requiem took the composer almost twenty years to complete to his satisfaction and is written entirely in English.

“He has chosen eloquent texts from the Bible, as well as poet John Donne and hymn writer Timothy Dudley-Smith for this uplifting work, filled with inspiring descriptions of the beauty of the life to come in heaven,” said Ms Heidrich.

  The six works collected into My Song in the Night— “His Voice as The Sound,” “Bound for the Promised Land,” “My God, My Portion and My Love,” “My Song in the Night,” “Down to the River To Pray” and “Amazing Grace” — reflect Mr Wilberg’s passion for the music and melodies of the common man as passed down from one generation to the next.

Mr Wilberg is music director of The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and has been its primary arranger for many years.

“[The first four songs in the collection]n are not at all well-known today and deserve to be brought back into the spotlight of public consciousness,” said Ms Heidrich. “‘Down to the River to Pray’” was repopularized 11 years ago in the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? They have all been given memorable and unique arrangements by the talented Dr Wilberg, ending with the beloved standard ‘Amazing Grace.”

The Chorale’s performance of the Wilberg work will feature Chuck Connors of Brookfield joining CMC in bagpipes for the finale.

The chorale will also be joined during the concert by soprano soloist Louise Fauteux and accompanied by The Connecticut Master Chorale Orchestra and Joseph Jacovino Jr. on organ.

CMC is an ensemble of 55 vocalists in its 12th year of singing in western Connecticut. Newtown residents in the Master Chorale are Judy Bolduc, Ginnie Carey, Lisa Cedergren, David Jurman, Karen Orzechowski, Nancy Raymond, Pastor Gregory Wismar, and Dan Yee.

Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Call 203-743-0473 or visit www.cmchorale.org for additional information or ticket purchase.