Category: Our Season

Meet Scott Perkins
March 8, 2021
Learn about the creative composing process!

Hear Mr. Perkins describe how he goes about writing a commissioned work, including selection of text, orchestration and musical style, with particular emphasis on the Hartford Chorale Commission to commemorate the group’s 50th anniversary. Previously commissioned works also will be played and discussed.

All concerts in our virtual season will be conducted over ZOOM and are free to the public. No advance registration is required. A shareable ZOOM link will be available on the Hartford Chorale Facebook page 30 minutes prior to the start of each performance.

Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem
April 21, 2021
A Hartt School Production

Hear this powerful piece performed by a massed choir, including Hartford Chorale, in a concert from 2010. Described as “harrowing and mournful,” the Requiem was commissioned for the reconsecration of Coventry Cathedral after it had been destroyed by Nazi bombs in WWII. Recorded live at the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Christopher Zimmerman conducting.

All concerts in our virtual season will be conducted over ZOOM and are free to the public. No advance registration is required. A shareable ZOOM link will be available on the Hartford Chorale Facebook page 30 minutes prior to the start of each performance.

Join Hartford Chorale on Monday, July 20, at 7 pm for a virtual listening event with selections from past concerts (see attached flyer). Visit our facebook page 30 minutes prior to start time for a Zoom link, or contact a member or our office at admin@hartfordchorale.org.