Summer Sings

Do you miss singing in a chorus over the summer? Are you an aspiring choral singer who needs to improve your sight reading? Do you wish you could sing some of the beautiful choruses in your favorite choral works? Are you a choral music buff, but don't have time to belong to a chorus? Do you let loose your voice in the shower?

If your answer to any of these is "yes," the New York Choral Society Summer Sings are for you! Each summer, we read through the most popular masterworks of the choral literature. Six different prominent choral conductors familiar in the New York area lead the Sings. We lend you scores for the evening, provide accompaniment, air-conditioning, and YOU are the chorus!

Individual Sings: $15 (available online)
Subscriptions: 6 Sings for $75 (must call box office)

2009 Summer Sings Schedule

Wednesday, July 22
7:30PM
Fauré, Requiem Vivaldi Gloria
David Randolph, conductor
The St. Cecilia Chorus

Vivaldi's Gloria is deservedly one of the most popular pieces in the choral literature. Never was the "Red Priest" (as Vivaldi was known) more exuberant than in this exciting work. The Fauré Requiem is far more demure and understated, its beauty coming through its luscious sounds in this classic Mass for the Dead.

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Wednesday, July 29
7:30PM
Orff, Carmina Burana
Michael Ciavaglia, conductor
New York Choral Society

Rollicking fun will be had as we sing these 23 songs of defrocked, and frequently inebriated, monks. The rhythmic music is catchy and the singing so expressive and dramatic it begs your attention. A favorite of singers and audiences.

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Wednesday, August 5
7:30PM
Mozart Requiem, Bernstein Chichester Psalms
Mark Shapiro, conductor
Cantori New York

Mozart's Requiem contains all the power for which the composer is famous in its vision of the finality of Death. The Chichester Psalms, in the original Hebrew, are alternately festive, as only Bernstein can be, and reflective, as in the 23rd Psalm of David seeking peace.

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Wednesday, August 12
7:30PM
Verdi Requiem
Patrick Gardner, conductor
Riverside Choral Society

Frequently called "Verdi's greatest opera," the Requiem surges with emotion and passion. From the vision of wrath in the Dies Irae to the beatific closing lines, the work is not to be missed. The premiere in 1874 was a triumph.

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Wednesday, August 19
7:30PM
Brahms A German Requiem
Robert De Cormier, conductor
Vermont Symphony Chorus & Orchestra
Music Director Emeritus, NYCS

This expansive piece demands excessive quantities of passion and drama, angst and sweetness, power and intimacy. Clara Schumann, in a letter to Brahms wrote, "It is a truly tremendous piece of art which moves the entire being in a way little else does."

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Wednesday, August 26
7:30PM
Handel Messiah
John Daly Goodwin, conductor
New York Choral Society

Messiah needs no introduction to choral aficionados. Its choruses range from the sublime to the mighty, capped off by everyone's favorite, Hallelujah. It is Handel's most famous creation and is among the most popular works in Western choral literature.

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