Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale’s ‘Wintersong’ concert features Robert Frost’s poetry set to music

The Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale, now in its 41st season, will present “Wintersong 2026: Peace on Earth” concerts at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, and 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church, 149 W. Brush Hill Road in Elmhurst.

The chorale also will be introducing its new artistic music director, Jesse Borower, a Chicago-based conductor, singer, and educator. He serves as choir director at Loyola Academy in Wilmette and is an active church musician throughout the North Shore, most recently leading the choirs of the Village Church of Northbrook.

The cornerstone of the program will be “Frostiana,” which composer Randall Thompson set seven Robert Frost poems for chorus and chamber orchestra.

“It is absolute stunning music about more than just landscapes and the simple joys of life, but about choices. The poetry is full of inward reflection, and to practice that inwardness in unison with 60 other people has been weird and thrilling,” Borower said. “Listening, quietness, and intention are things we so rarely get to experience in the real world.”

The chorale will round out the concert with old and new favorites by composers like Ola Gjeilo, Rosephanye Powell, and Dan Forest.

Purchase tickets by 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, for $25, $20 for age 62 or older, or $15 for students; a $1 online handling fee is added to the price of each ticket. Tickets at the door are $27, $22 or $17. Visit gewchorale.org.

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