Con Brio

Apr 4, 2024 | zip06.com | Con Brio

Con Brio Choral Society will host two spring concerts, performed with full orchestra and soloists, on Friday, April 12, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 14, at 4 p.m. at Christ the King Church in Old Lyme. Featured on the program are Rutter’s Te Deum and a newly discovered Dixit Dominus by Vivaldi. The second half comprises a variety of smaller pieces in various styles.

Jan 18, 2024 | thisamericanlife.org | Ira Glass |Chana Joffe-Walt |Valerie Kipnis |Con Brio

Sometimes we don’t want to say what’s going on because putting it into words would make it real. At other times, words don’t seem to capture the weight of what we want to say. Susanna Fogel talks about her friend Margaret Riley, who died earlier this week. (6 minutes) The story of a woman from Gaza City who ran out of words. Seventy-two days into the war, Youmna stopped talking. (27 minutes)​​We first heard Youmna on Al Jazeera’s podcast The Take.