New Haven Chorale lifts spirits with holiday Zoom concert on YouTube

Dec. 17, 2020Updated: Dec. 17, 2020 4:50 p.m. 1of2A screenshot of the holiday concert on NewHavenChorale.org and YouTube.Screenshot / YouTubeShow MoreShow Less 2of2The New Haven Chorale during last year’s holiday gathering.Alice Hummel / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less One of the many groups prevented from singing live this holiday season is the New Haven Chorale. But since a November release on YouTube, the group’s “Holiday Collage” virtual festival of song has been warming souls online. Led by Music Director Ed Bolkovac, the group was holding a watch party Friday, Dec. 18, at 8 p.m., with the YouTube video available free through Jan. 10 at NewHavenChorale.org. The Zoom video features a performance of “Hallelujah, Amen” by Handel. (It was the second virtual release, after “Silver Rain,” which was seen by 5,000 viewers online.) Chorale spokeswoman Alice Hummel said in an email that 3,000 have viewed the uplifting holiday offering so far. “As you can imagine the year has been a difficult one,” she said. “No in-person rehearsals, no live performances. The last time we sang together in a live performance was February 2020 just before everything came to a halt.” The Chorale, like other groups, had to reinvent itself. And Bolkovac had to…
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