Upcoming Concerts & Events

 
 
 

concerts & Events

 
 

Out of the north

Chorale’s 2024-25 season will kick off with a return to the a cappella music of Scandinavia and the Baltic countries, a repertoire we have explored frequently over the course of our 24-year history. Noted for its evocation of northern landscapes and of the lives of the people who have called this beautiful but harsh environment home for thousands of years, the music of far northern Europe has a haunting, spacious quality which sets it apart from other repertoires, leaving a lasting impression on listeners and performers alike.  We will sing music by composers Einojuhani Rautavaara, Edvard Grieg, Jan Sibelius, and Ēriks Ešenvalds, as well as folk song arrangements by Gunnar Ericsson.

 

Christmas Carol Sing-along with Chicago Chorale

Chicago Chorale is excited to bring the holiday tradition of community caroling to long-time and new audience members alike.  We invite you to join this convivial sing-along event that is sure to be a highlight of the holiday season. This event is free, with all proceeds from audience goodwill donations benefitting music programs at William H. Ray Elementary School in Hyde Park. After the sing-a-long, please join Artistic Director Bruce Tammen and members of the Chicago Chorale in the Hyde Park Union Church Social Hall for seasonal refreshments.

Suggested Donation: $10 per person

Event proceeds benefiting music programs at William H. Ray Elementary School in Hyde Park

 

Advent Vespers

In celebration of our long and fruitful relationship with Monastery of the Holy Cross, Chorale returns this fall to share our singing with the Benedictine monks in a service of Advent Vespers. Experience the timeless texts of this season of waiting and anticipation through plainchant, hymns, and motets, in the monastery chapel’s otherworldly acoustics. In the midst of what is often a stressful, rushed season, this service offers an island of quiet and peace, and an opportunity to meditate on the deeper meaning of the season.

 

Chicago Chorale and David JOnies, Organ

Our winter concert will return to the more familiar sounds of the English cathedral tradition.  Works will include Ralph Vaughan Williams’ magisterial Mass in G minor, one of the most important major choral works of the twentieth century, and two works accompanied by organ: Like as the Hart, by Herbert Howells, and Rejoice in the Lamb, by Benjamin Britten. Our guest organist will be David Jonies, Director of Music and Organist of Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral. Audience members will remember David’s virtuosic playing when Chorale presented the Duruflé Requiem at St. Thomas the Apostle several years ago, and won’t want to miss hearing him in this equally brilliant work.

 

The Four B’s: Bach, Bruckner, Brahms, and Bridges

In June, Chorale will present our regular pianist, Kit Bridges, in Johannes Brahms’ Four Quartets, Opus 92, for choir and piano, and in the final movement of the Neue Liebeslieder, “Nun, ihr Musen, genug!” This will be a rare treat for our audiences, who experience the results of Kit's musical leadership and profound musicality through our customary a cappella performances, but rarely actually hear him perform!  The program will also include a set of motets by Anton Bruckner, and open with three motets by J.S. Bach: Ich lasse dich nicht, Komm, Jesu, komm, and Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir. A veritable feast of the highest and best of Western European music.  

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