CT Choral Society Chamber Singers to Present Free Concert

The Chamber Singers of the Connecticut Choral Society will perform in a free concert at the Brookfield Library (182 Whisconier Road, Brookfield) on Sunday, October 19, beginning at 3:00 p.m. Admission is free; donations in support of future concerts are welcome. Refreshments will be provided by The Friends of The Brookfield Library.

The program will consist of an eclectic mix of folk songs, madrigals, spirituals, and sentimental favorites, including:

Let Your Heart be Joyful (madrigal)
The Gift to Be Simple
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye
Moon River
Jenny Rebecca
Music! Music! Music!
O, Rise and Shine
Three Hungarian Folk Songs
O, My Luve’s Like a Red, Red Rose
When I Fall in Love
If Ever I Would Leave You
I Wish You Love
The Ash Grove
Tears on My Pillow
Deep Peace (Gaelic Blessing)
Ashokan Farewell (from the PBS Civil War series)
You Are the New Day

The Chamber Singers, the Connecticut Choral Society’s outreach ensemble, is an a cappella group formed in 1988, which performs a repertoire which is varied and exciting, from classics to contemporary, sacred to spectacular. They perform at holiday festivals and at special events throughout the year including benefit concerts, cultural arts programs, libraries, school assemblies, and other gatherings, broadening the base of the CT Choral Society and “bringing music to the people.” For more information, call the Brookfield Library at 203-775-6241.