CCS ‘Candlelight And Carols’ Holiday Concerts Planned

Connecticut Choral Society (CCS), under the direction of Eric Dale Knapp, will present its “Candlelight and Carols” concerts on Friday, December 12, at 8 pm, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Newtown, and again at 3 pm Saturday, December 13, at North Congregational Church in Woodbury.

The holiday concerts include settings of O Magnum Mysterium by Tomas Luis de Victoria and Morten Lauridsen, Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, John Rutter’s Dancing Day, as well as carols sung with the audience, and other holiday selections.

The group will also present a composition of one of its members, Ron Dukenski of Goshen. The piece, “And All Shall Be Well,” was written for his wife Carolyn, for her ordination to the  Episcopal Priesthood in 1998. The text of “And All Shall Be Well” is based on writings by Julian of Norwich (1342-1417). Julian was a cloistered monastic, an anchoress, who lived in Norwich, England.

Accompaniment for this concert will be provided by harp, organ and piano.

Tickets are $20 and are available at the door, from CCS members, at Woodbury Drugs, Villarina’s Pasta in Southbury and Newtown, or online at CTChoralSociety.org. For additional information call 203-206-7186.