Members of the Litchfield County Choral Union will gather for its 126th anniversary concert in the Music Shed at the Battell-Stoeckel Estate on July 27. This summer’s concert will be a particularly stimulating one with music chosen by music director, Gabriel Löfvall, to bring sunshine into dark times.

The concert, entitled “And Still We Sing! A Journey from Conflict Toward Compassion,” and will include Haydn’s “Nelson Mass” or Missa in angustiis (Mass for Troubled Times). Four works by contemporary women composers on the subjects of quietude and peace will also be performed. These are Tree of Peace and How Can I Keep from Singing by Gwyneth Walker; Peace by Sarah Quartet and Deep Peace by Elaine Hagenberg.

The concert will begin at 4 p.m. Tickets are general admission and can be purchased ahead of time at the LCCU website: litchfieldcountychoralunion.com or at the door before the concert.