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GMChorale to perform new major work by award-winning CT composer
"New Every Morning" by award-winning composer Peter Niedmann of Newington is the featured work in a program of "fresh choral classics"
As part of its commitment to presenting new and lesser-known choral music of great quality, the 80-voice GMChorale will open its 44th season on Sunday, November 10 at 4:00 p.m. with the Middletown premiere of New Every Morning, a newly-commissioned multi-movement choral work by the highly-regarded Connecticut composer Peter Niedmann.
“Peter Niedmann’s setting of joyful texts by two great English churchmen-poets and from two favorite Psalms is a rich musical tapestry that is by turns comforting, celebratory, and uplifting,” said the GMChorale’s Artistic Director Joseph D'Eugenio. “The music dances with pronounced rhythmic underpinnings and shifting meters, sublime harmonies and a cappella sections, and a virtuosic accompaniment that sparkles and enlivens the choral writing.” Soprano Melissa Clark is the featured vocal soloist.
The music of award-winning composer Peter Niedmann is widely performed throughout the United States and has garnered continued critical acclaim. His choral music has been sung at The White House and at a Papal Mass for Pope John Paul II. In the Ending of the Year, for chorus and orchestra, was singled out by American Record Guide magazine as the best new piece on Harvard University Choir’s CD, Carols from the Yard. The American Organist magazine has praised his music as “thoughtful, well-wrought, and appealing.” In 2019, Peter Niedmann won the Fyfe Prize—an international competition—for composition of a new anthem.
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The November 10 program by the GMChorale also includes evocative choral music written in the past fifty years by John Rutter, David Conte, Dan Forrest, and James Mulholland, composers whose works are already admired as contemporary classics. Pianist Alan Conway and violinist Christa Berezowskyj will accompany the singers.
The concert takes place on Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 4:00pm at the Santo Fragilio Performing Arts Center, Middletown High School, 200 La Rosa Lane, in Middletown. The site is fully accessible.
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A pre-concert talk will begin at 3:15 p.m.
Tickets are on sale now at www.gmchorale.org. Discounts are available for seniors, students, and groups of 8 or more adults. Season subscriptions are available until November 1.
EVENT DETAILS
What: “New Every Morning” – a concert of “fresh choral classics” featuring the local premiere of a newly-commissioned choral work by the award-winning Connecticut composer Peter Niedmann.
Who: The GMChorale, soprano Melissa Clark, violinist Christa Berezowskyj, and pianist Allan Conway, all conducted by the GMChorale’s Artistic Director Joseph D’Eugenio.
When: Sunday, November 10, 2019, 4:00pm. A pre-concert talk begins at 3:15pm.
Where: Santo Fragilio Performing Arts Center, Middletown High School, 200 La Rosa Lane, Middletown, CT. The site is fully accessible. There is ample free, off-street parking in the school lot.
Accessible: Yes
Admission: Tickets are $10-$45, on sale at www.gmchorale.org. Early-bird prices are in effect now. Season subscriptions are available until November 1.
Family Friendly: Yes
More Info: http://gmchorale.org/new-every... or gmcmedia@gmchorale.org