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Join us for founding Artistic Director Bruce Tammen’s final season!

Chorale's second major concert of the season features The Peaceable Kingdom, an extended choral work by American composer Randall Thompson.  Commissioned by the League of Composers in 1935, it was inspired by the primitivist painting “The Peaceable Kingdom” by Edward Hicks (1780-1849).  Thompson selected eight passages from the Book of Isaiah referencing themes of peace and vividly depicts stark contrasts between good and evil, peace and war, imaginative text-setting, appropriately dissonant harmonic passages, and large sections of recitative-like declamation with luscious, lyrical sections.  The concert will also feature motets by Briggs, Centeno, Clausen, Howells, Palestrina, Pärt, and Paulus.

Saturday, March 14 at 8pm St. Vincent de Paul Parish 1010 W Webster Avenue, Chicago

Sunday, March 15 at 3pm Hyde Park Union Church 5600 S Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago

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Chicago Chorale gives sensitive and thought-provoking performances of a diverse choral repertoire, from well-loved works to overlooked masterpieces to newly commissioned pieces. The ensemble performs music that will challenge and thrill listeners and performers alike, and maintains a commitment to artistic excellence and integrity.