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“Stunning... intoxicating... enthralling... beguiling... soaring!”

That's how the Worcester Telegram described CONCORA's recent performance of Bach cantatas in Worcester. You can be stunned, intoxicated, enthralled, and beguiled closer to home on March 25, when CONCORA presents Bach's masterpiece, the Saint Matthew Passion, in Hartford. Reserve your seats soon for this special event!
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Reserve tIckets now to hear CONCORA sing BACH's Saint Matthew Passion on March 25

BACH: Saint Matthew Passion
Sunday, March 25, 2018, 4:00PM
Immanuel Congregational Church
10 Woodland Street – Hartford CT

CONCORA has long been renowned for its masterful and moving performances of choral music by Johann Sebastian Bach. On March 25, the ensemble presents the monumental Saint Matthew Passion, one of two surviving settings by Bach of the Easter Passion story. During his lifetime, Bach conducted the Saint Matthew Passion in Holy Week services several times, and it was presented by his Leipzig successor a few more times. But it was only with Mendelssohn’s revival of the work in 1829 that this music burst into the larger world, and it has remained a foundational masterpiece ever since.

Calling for three choirs, soloists, and orchestra, the Saint Matthew Passion offers some of Bach’s grandest music, while exploring in the most intimate terms the very nature of faith and redemption.

Please join us on March 25 in the lovely, luminous sanctuary of Immanuel Congregational Church in Hartford when Artistic Director Chris Shepard leads CONCORA, vocal soloists, and members of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra Bach's Saint Matthew Passion.
 
Reserve tickets soon for this special event.
Order tickets 24/7 at CONCORA's secure ticket site, or contact the CONCORA office at contact@concora.org or 860-293-0567. Tickets will also be available at the door. Advance orders are recommended for preferred seating. Single tickets are $15-$65. Group rates are available for general admission adult and senior tickets when purchased in advance in groups of 8 or more.
Reserve tIckets now to hear CONCORA sing BACH's Saint Matthew Passion on March 25
Did you ever wish that you could have been a friend of J.S. Bach?

Though Bach is no longer with us, he has plenty of friends right here in Connecticut who make sure that we remember him - and his music. For more than twenty years, CONCORA's Friends of Bach has supported CONCORA’s performances of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach by raising funds to underwrite the annual Bach concert in Hartford, and by enhancing and informing our understanding of Bach and his music.
The Friends of Bach welcomes new members at any time - including you.

When you join the Friends of Bach by March 1, 2018, your name will be included on the "Friends of Bach" page in the program book for the March 25 concert, and you will be invited to a private reception following the concert, where you may visit with CONCORA's Artistic Director Chris Shepard and the musicians who will have just presented Bach's monumental Saint Matthew Passion.

Annual membership in the Friends of Bach is $100 for individuals and $150 for a family membership. Click HERE or on the button below to complete your membership at CONCORA’s secure donation site. You may also send a check made out to CONCORA to the CONCORA office at 233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT, 06103. Please mark Friends of Bach or FOB on the memo line. Thank you!

Did you forget to renew your membership? Don't be an un-Friend of Bach! Respond to the renewal reminder that will come your way soon, or renew online HERE or send your check to the CONCORA office.
 
Yes, I want to be a Friend of Bach!
Breathtaking... Moving... Magnificent!
That's what listeners had to say about CONCORA's concert of "Masses Ancient and Modern" on February 11 at Trinity College Chapel. It certainly was a thrilling experience to be in the soaring Gothic chapel surrounded by sublime Gregorian chant, Renaissance polyphony, and the searing Mass for Double Choir by Frank Martin. But the best part was seeing a sold-out crowd, many of whom drove a long way to hear this beautiful music.

Thank you to all who attended!  Your presence made the music all the more meaningful.
Join CONCORA for these April Events
You're in Luck!
CONCORA's Gala Fundraiser
Friday, April 13, 2018, 6:00-9:00PM
The Pond House in West Hartford, CT
Tickets are on sale now! Seating is limited, so don't wait to reserve your seats. More info here.
Mozart
Requiem
Sunday, April 29, 2018, 4:00PM
St James's Episcopal Church
West Hartford, CT
In forthcoming issues of this newsletter,  look for...

Profiles of the vocal soloists who will be featured in CONCORA's March 25 presentation of Bach's Saint Matthew Passion.

Insights from Artistic Director Chris Shepard about Bach's Saint Matthew Passion.

A preview of You're in Luck! CONCORA's April 13 gala fundraiser.

The story behind the photo used in the promotions for the March 25 concert, shown at the top of this email (Any guesses?) 
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CONCORA’s season is made possible by the generosity of the American Savings Foundation, the Greater Hartford Arts Council, the Richard P. Garmany Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the J. Walton Bissell Foundation, the Andrew J. Sloper Music Fund, the Saunders Foundation, The Edward C. & Ann T. Roberts Foundation, the Ensworth Charitable Foundation, Connecticut DECD Office of the Arts, The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation, the City of New Britain Commission on the Arts, and the Robert C. Vance Foundation, as well as many other foundations and individuals.