Palm Sunday Concert 2025

Concert Program:

• The Prayer of St. Francis by ECSC Director, David McDavitt

• Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer
• Fauré Requiem Op.48

With

Eastern Connecticut Symphony Chorus

ECSO Music Director and Conductor, Toshiyuki Shimada

Daniel McDavitt, Director

Sarah Yanovitch Vitale, Soprano

Gregory Flower, Baritone

On Sunday, April 13 (Palm Sunday) at 7:30pm, the ECSO will perform a free concert at the Cathedral of St. Patrick in Norwich, CT conducted by ECSO Music Director and Conductor, Toshiyuki Shimada.

The evening will begin with a work by our very own Eastern Connecticut Symphony Chorus's Director, Daniel McDavitt, titled The Prayer of St. Francis.

Following this work will be Mendelssohn's Hear My Prayer, a gorgeous work that will be performed by the ECSO and Eastern Connecticut Symphony Chorus, under the direction of Toshiyuki Shimada.

Closing out the evening will be Fauré's Requiem Op.48, a truly special piece that will sound stunning in this Cathedral.

Thank you to the Edward and Mary Lord Foundation for their generous support of this event.

Donations collected at the event will benefit the ECSO and the St. Vincent de Paul Place in Norwich, CT.

Host or Publisher Lyman Allyn Art Museum & Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra