It begins with one A hundred A thousand A hundred thousand A million. A multitude of murmuring birds flying together A savant wave of wings Filling the sky with sound And human minds with meditations on migrations. We exist not in parts but wholes. Whole bodies Whole hearts Whole generations With whole dreams about their whole and holy future We exist not to flash but to sizzle to fight with a heat and love with a heat and live with a heat so strong it propels us upwards desp

We are very excited to be performing the “The Heart of the Singer” at First Congregational Church, 177 North Main Street, Concord on November 18th. This is the New Hampshire Master Chorale’s first performance at this beautiful and historic church, the first church in the settlement which came to be known as Concord. Parking is available for the 7PM concert in the church parking lot behind the building, accessible from the Washington Street side as well as the parking lot for

All living things are connected. This bond, whatever its identity, known by whatever name you choose, is undeniable, omnipotent, expressed by powerful emotion. For our upcoming concerts, Dan has chosen music which reflects our universal commonality. The centerpiece, The Wound in the Water, is by Norwegian composer Kim André Arnesen, with texts by European poet Euan Tait. As is often true of poetry, meaningful but curious ambiguity leaves room for interpretation. But there i

The Heart of the Singer: A Contemporary Lament And the Redeeming Power of Music By Richard Knox Master Chorale devotees won’t be surprised to encounter another concert with an edge. That’s a hallmark of Music Director Dan Perkins. In fact, there’s a good chance this program – in large part a lament for a damaged environment and humanity’s troubled psyche – may seem even edgier in retrospect as the 17th year of a new millennium limps to a close. You have to admit it’s hard to

The theme of this fall’s New Hampshire Master Chorale two-concert series is “The Heart of the Singer.” That’s also the title of the concluding section of the concerts’ centerpiece, The Wound in the Water, a new work for chorus and chamber orchestra that laments our damaged environment, humanity’s anxious and wounded psyche, and the redemptive power of music. The work is a collaboration between the rising young Norwegian composer Kim André Arnesen and Welsh librettist Euan Tai