Join us on this profound journey of light and hope, as we consider how the idea of vigil can help us find peace.
Mark Your Calendars 📅
On October 24 & 25, join us by candlelight for a concert of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s beloved All-Night Vigil and Reena Esmail’s A Winter Breviary. The Vigil was one of Rachmaninoff’s favorite works, and he even requested the fifth movement (the Nunc dimittis) be sung at his funeral.
Esmail’s A Winter Breviary takes us from winter’s darkness to spring’s light. Its harmonic language is drawn from Indian Carnatic raags (melodic modes) that are associated with the hours of prayer from dusk to dawn. Poet Rebecca Gaye Howell, who wrote the text, speaks to the connection of these works directly: “For more than a thousand years, across the world and often without knowing, these two spiritual traditions have met, together, in song. Both raags and canonical prayers offer a constancy that marks a life by the well-loved day; they both act as a kind of clock for the soul.”
Join us on this profound journey of light and hope, as we consider how the idea of vigil – a period of wakefulness and watchfulness – can help us find peace in a chaotic world.
Register for tickets here. The concert is presented with “pay what you wish” tickets. Thank you for your support! You may also email info@clevelandchamberchoir.org to reserve tickets.
Inspired by musical themes of creating peace and community, a portion of all donations will be directed to Re:Source Cleveland, helping them further their mission of helping our newest neighbors to create roots within the community.
Vespers: Rachmaninoff’s All Night Vigil
Friday, October 24, 7:30pm at Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland
Saturday, October 25, 7:00pm at Fairchild Chapel, Oberlin
Charles Edward McGuire, PhD, from Oberlin College & Conservatory, will present a pre-concert talk 45 minutes prior to each performance.
The choir is grateful for the full season grant support provided by The Louise H. and David S. Ingalls Foundation and the Ohio Arts Council, and support by Trinity Cathedral as named Artist in Residence.
Showing Up Together 🤝
This fall, CCC is showing up with music of hope, beauty and light for our Northeastern Ohio audiences. You can also show up – with your presence at concerts, your kind words and feedback, and your generous financial support, which ensures the healing power of choral music remains accessible to everyone.
As we enter our 11th season, we need you, our friends and supporters, to keep showing up with us. Make a gift this fall to show you believe in the power of music to create good in this world, whether that’s adding new music to our repertoire ($200), supporting a singer for the entire season ($2,000), or joining as a sustaining monthly supporter. Any way you choose to show up matters.
