2009-2010 Season

Resounding Joy!

Sunday, December 6, 2009
3:00 pm
First Congregational Church
993 Main St., South Windsor
(860) 528-7992
South Windsor Cultural Arts Series
Free Admission

Saturday, December 12, 2009
7:30 pm
St. John's Episcopal Church
12 Rector St., East Hartford
(860) 528-1474
East Hartford Fine Arts Commission
Free Admission

Sunday, December 13, 2009
4:00 pm
First Church of Christ
12 South Main St., West Hartford
(860) 233-9605
Voluntary Offering

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At this most festive time of the year, music sends messages of hope and joy around  the world!  We invite you to join  our celebration of carols from Eastern and Western Europe, Celtic lands, the West Indies  and America. All will be invited to sing special arrangements of favorite carols in settings for voices accompanied by pipe organ, woodwinds, cello, suspended bells and  percussion, with works by J.P. Sweelinck, Herbert Howells, David Willcocks, and Hartford composer Robert Edward Smith.
 

Come  enjoy beautiful choral works from different cultures and style periods that promise to lift your spirit in resounding joy!

Supported in part
by a grant from

Mozart
Vesperae Solennes de Confessore
(K. 339)

with the
Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra
John Eells, Music Director

Mozart’s final composition for Salzburg Cathedral in 1780, before his permanent departure from his hometown in search of greater artistic opportunities of Vienna. In keeping with liturgical tradition, it includes settings of five psalms, including “Laudate Dominum”, the wonderful soprano aria with choral sections.
 

Saturday, March 6, 2010
8:00 pm
Lincoln Theater
at the University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford
(860) 975-3876
Tickets: $15 - General  
$12 - Seniors  
$7 - Students
Free for children under 12
accompanied by an adult


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Symphony Orchestra website

A Wee Bit Celtic

A program of blended material from Celtic Fire and Wild Notes’ special collection of acoustic music with roots in traditional Celtic, jazz and classical music. CitySingers will add sweet vocal harmonies to innovative instrumental arrangements in original arrangements of American folk songs, Irish ballads, and Scottish laments which will surely find a place in your heart.
 

Saturday, May 1, 2010
7:30 pm
 Wapping Community Church
1790 Ellington Rd., South Windsor
(860) 644-0833
*Tickets: $15 - Concert
 $10 - Dinner (6:00 pm)
Reservations are recommended and appreciated!


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Celtic Fire

The sacred Celtic tradition is a flame that ignites the imagination with captivating melodies and entrancing poetry. CitySingers of Hartford will explore this tradition and trace its evolution from ancient roots. Our musical journey will inspire our listeners with verse that reflects the Celtic spirit, and musical expression in chant, beautiful folk melodies and compositions by celebrated composers such as Turlough O'Carolan, Sean O'Riada, and Michael McGlynn.

Wild Notes - a Celtic instrumental ensemble, will add traditional color and style to the music with Irish harp, wooden flute, fiddle, mandolin, concertina, bodhran and double bass, along with pipe organ and highland pipes.

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Sunday, May 23, 2010
4:00 pm
South Congregational Church
1301 Forbes St., East Hartford 06118
(860) 568-5150
Followed by a reception with entertainment by
Wild Notes and singers
Tickets: $8 - General
$5 - Seniors & Students
Free for children under 12
accompanied by an adult

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Sunday, June 13, 2010
5:00 pm
Emmanuel Church
42 Dearborn St., Newport, RI
(401) 847-0675
Followed by a reception with entertainment by
Wild Notes and singers
Tickets: $15 - General
$10 - Seniors & Students
Free for children under 12
accompanied by an adult

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