Connecticut Master Chorale

Our May concert was a celebration of our 10th Anniversary in which we performed works that are our favorites as well as yours. In the first decade that we have enjoyed bringing exciting and dynamic music to our ever-growing and enthusiastic audiences, we performed over 250 works in 10 languages. We asked our supporters to assist us in choosing their personal favorites from our first 10 years by voting on our website, and we reprised those selections for this concert.

The program featured steel drums, Russian folk songs, Verdi opera choruses, music from “Star Wars”, works by G.F. Handel, Karl Jenkins, John Rutter, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Williams, plus a few surprises.

• O Clap Your Hands - Ralph Vaughn Williams
• For the Beauty of the Earth - John Rutter
• Hallelujah, Amen (Judas Maccabæus) - George Frideric Handel
• I Believe / Ave Maria - Ervine Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl & Al Stillman
  arr. Stan Beard / Barry Tucker
• Sanctus (Missa Luba) - arr. Guido Haazan
• Pie Jesu (Requiem) - Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Ocho Kandelikas - Flora Jagoda,  arr. Joshua Jacobson
• A Welsh Lullaby (based on "Suo Gan") - arr K. Lee Scott
• Volga Boat Song - as sung by the Red Star Red Army Chorus
• Kalinka - arr. Tina Heidrich
• Triumphal Scene (Aida) - Guiseppe Verdi
• Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco) - Guiseppe Verdi
• The Prayer (Quest for Camelot) - Carole Bayer Sager & David Foster
  arr. Teena Chinn
• Palladio: I. Allegretto - Karl Jenkins
  (Theme of DeBeers Diamond Commercial - "Diamond Music")
• Adiemus - Karl Jenkins, SATB arr. Nicolas Hare, May Steinberg - Recorder
  (Theme of Delta Airlines Commercial)
• Santo (A Caribbean Mass) - Glenn McClure
• Dry Your Tears, Afrika (Amistad) - John Williams
• Duel of the Fates (Star Wars - The Phantom Menace) - John Williams
• When the Saints Go Marching In (Feel the Spirit) - John Rutter (Encore)

Thank you for helping us celebrate the Connecticut Master Chorale's 10th Anniversary!