Hudson Chorale Spring Concert
Please join us for a thrilling afternoon as we present three inspiring works conducted by Artistic Director David Baranowski and Assistant Director Wilden Dannenberg.
Each of the works by the three composers on the program, Maurice Duruflé, Randall Thompson, and Ola Gjeilo, challenges the listener to face the worst and affirm the best in humanity.
In “Dark Night of the Soul,” composed in 2010, Gjeilo weaves the human voices of a double chorus into a voiced instrument in urgent conversation with piano and strings.
Thompson’s 1936 work, “The Peaceable Kingdom” braids the warlike poetry of Isaiah’s Biblical prophecy into a contemporary plea for peace.
In Duruflé’s 1948 “Requiem,” chorus, chamber orchestra, mezzo and baritone soloists, and organ summon traditional plainchant and the ritual of the Requiem Mass to reaffirm, today, the persistence of hope.
The concerts will be on Saturday, May 17 and Sunday, May 18 at 3pm at Irvington Presbyterian Church, 25 North Broadway, Irvington, NY 10533
Tickets can be purchased for $30 each from members of the Hudson Chorale, or at https://events.humanitix.com/hudson-chorale-spring-concert-2025
Half-price tickets for students will be available at the door.
For further information, please visit www.HudsonChorale.org or email us at [email protected]
Hudson Chorale concerts in 2025 are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Hudson Chorale is proud to be a grantee of ArtsWestchester with funding made possible by Westchester County government with the support of County Executive Ken Jenkins.
About Hudson Chorale
David Baranowski was named Artistic Director of the Hudson Chorale in 2020 after serving for years as Assistant Director and Accompanist. David is a highly versatile conductor and musician, performing with equal virtuosity on piano, keyboard, organ, and harpsichord. He has played and directed numerous chamber and choral concerts in New York and Connecticut, conducted Così fan tutte for Delaware Valley Opera, and musical directed and conducted The Wild Party and Crazy for You for the Musical Theater department at Western Connecticut State University. The largest mixed choir in the county, Hudson Chorale is a collegial group of men and women of all ages and musical backgrounds. Hudson Chorale selects its programs from a wide range of choral styles, from great oratorios to gospel. Recent concerts have featured works by composers including Haydn, Brahms, Bruckner, Mendelssohn, Fauré, Stravinsky, Bartok, Gershwin and Bernstein. For complete information about the chorus, current and past programming and membership, visit our website at http://www.hudsonchorale.org
Publicity Coordinator, Hudson Chorale