Author: Greenville Chorale

Dedicated to all those whom we have loved and lost
Guest Organist, Dr. Charles Tompkins

Sunday, April 28, 2024 3:00pm
First Baptist Church Greenville, Sanctuary
Adults $40 Students $20

This final concert of the 2023-2024 season includes two giant influences in choral music history: Maurice Duruflé’s setting of “Requiem,” and music from the repertoire of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Duruflé was a renowned virtuoso organist and composer when he was commissioned by his publisher to write a Requiem Mass in 1947. He dedicated this work “to the memory of my father.” The text of the “Mass for the Dead” is a comprehensive statement of prayerful hope, of anxiety in anticipation of the final judgment, of great comfort in time of grief, and of assurance of Paradise to come. Duruflé creates a unique and expressive musical statement by building modern sounds around ancient Gregorian Chant melodies…

Thursday, June 27, 2024 7:30pm
Furman Amphitheater, Furman University
Free to the Public

Greenville Chorale and Furman Lakeside Band collaborate on a program of patriotic and popular music. Admission is free. Come early and bring a picnic and enjoy old-timey outdoor band and choral music. The program lasts an hour…