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Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 7:00 PM (Manhattan)
New Listing
Manhattan Sacred Harp Sing (Open sing)
Singing from the 1991 Denson revision of The Sacred Harp, a much-beloved shape note songbook that has been in continuous use by singers since its original publication in 1844. Beginners are welcome, and books will be available for loan or purchase at the singing. Saint Peter's Church (Music Room), Lexington Avenue at 54th Street
Admission: Free
For more info: sacredharpnyc@gmail.com
Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 7:30 PM (Manhattan)
New York Choral Society (Summer sing)
Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass
Haydn: Te Deum
Bach: Magnificat Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater, Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway (at 95th Street)
Admission: $15. Sings sell out--purchase your ticket in advance.
For more info: 212-247-3878
Conductor: John Daly Goodwin.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 7:00 PM (Manhattan)
New Listing
Manhattan Sacred Harp Sing (Open sing)
Singing from the 1991 Denson revision of The Sacred Harp, a much-beloved shape note songbook that has been in continuous use by singers since its original publication in 1844. Beginners are welcome, and books will be available for loan or purchase at the singing. Saint Peter's Church (Music Room), Lexington Avenue at 54th Street
Admission: Free
For more info: sacredharpnyc@gmail.com
Saturday, September 11, 2010, 7:00 PM (Manhattan)
New Listing
New York Choral Society (Choir)
"A September 11th Remembrance Concert"
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Harry Belafonte: Turn the World Around
Jim Papoulis: Give Us Hope St. Patrick's Cathedral, Fifth Avenue at 51st Street
Admission: Free
For more info: 917-339-7183
Sponsored by the September Concert Foundation. With the Cathedral Choir.
Saturday, September 11, 2010, 7:00 PM (Suffolk)
New Listing
Long Island Voices (Choir)
"Benefit Concerts in Observance of 9/11"
Premiere performance of Michael Bussewitz-Quarm's Dies Magna along with other choral works. All proceeds to benefit the local not for profit group "9-1-1 Veterans". First Presbyterian Church of Port Jefferson, Main and South Streets, Port Jefferson, NY
Admission: $20; seniors / students / military (active or retired) $15.
For more info: 516-727-0970
Michael Bussewitz-Quarm, conductor. Carol Landis, organist; Bill Bensburg, pianist.
Sunday, September 12, 2010, 5:00 PM (Suffolk)
New Listing
Long Island Voices (Choir)
"Benefit Concerts in Observance of 9/11"
Premiere performance of Michael Bussewitz-Quarm's Dies Magna along with other choral works. All proceeds to benefit the local not for profit group "9-1-1 Veterans". First Presbyterian Church of Port Jefferson, Main and South Streets, Port Jefferson, NY
Admission: $20; seniors / students / military (active or retired) $15.
For more info: 516-727-0970
Michael Bussewitz-Quarm, conductor. Carol Landis, organist; Bill Bensburg, pianist.
Monday, September 13, 2010, 8:30 PM (Connecticut)
Herrsällskapet Men's Choir (Men's choir)
A program of sacred and secular Scandinavian choral music by this group of twelve male singers from Gävle, Sweden. Battell Chapel, College and Elm Streets, New Haven, CT
Admission: Free
For more info: 203-432-5180
Presented by Yale Institute of Sacred Music.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 7:30 PM (Manhattan)
New Listing
New York Metro Vocal Arts Ensemble (Vocal ensemble)
"SingThing"
Arias and excerpts by Massenet, Mozart, Catalani, Puccini, Meyerbeer, Donizetti, Wagner and more. Saint Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Avenue (at 54th Street)
Admission: Suggested donation $15.
For more info: 646-213-0090
Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 7:00 PM (Manhattan)
New Listing
Manhattan Sacred Harp Sing (Open sing)
Singing from the 1991 Denson revision of The Sacred Harp, a much-beloved shape note songbook that has been in continuous use by singers since its original publication in 1844. Beginners are welcome, and books will be available for loan or purchase at the singing. Saint Peter's Church (Music Room), Lexington Avenue at 54th Street
Admission: Free
For more info: sacredharpnyc@gmail.com
Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 7:00 PM (Manhattan)
New Listing
SoCorpo (Contemporary new music vocal duo)
"On Becoming"
An original music theatre work for two a cappella voices, recorded music, electronics and live instruments. This work explores the dimensions and dynamics of the self, and its perpetual capacity of transformation. The Tank, 354 West 45th Street
Admission: $10
For more info: 212-563- 6269
Sasha Bogdanowitsch, Sabrina Lastman, compositions and performance.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 7:00 PM (Manhattan)
New Listing
Manhattan Sacred Harp Sing (Open sing)
Singing from the 1991 Denson revision of The Sacred Harp, a much-beloved shape note songbook that has been in continuous use by singers since its original publication in 1844. Beginners are welcome, and books will be available for loan or purchase at the singing. Saint Peter's Church (Music Room), Lexington Avenue at 54th Street
Admission: Free
For more info: sacredharpnyc@gmail.com
Thursday, September 23, 2010, 8:00 PM (New Jersey)
Ridge Light Opera of New Jersey (Musical theatre and operetta)
"September Song 2010"
Operetta highlights from Gilbert & Sullivan's famous Pirates of Penzance, Johann Strauss's Die Fledermaus plus a large variety of Broadway classics. St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 140 South Finley Avenue, Basking Ridge, NJ
Admission: $25; students / seniors $20.
For more info: 908-580-0128
Friday, September 24, 2010, 8:00 PM (New Jersey)
Ridge Light Opera of New Jersey (Musical theatre and operetta)
"September Song 2010"
Operetta highlights from Gilbert & Sullivan's famous Pirates of Penzance, Johann Strauss's Die Fledermaus plus a large variety of Broadway classics. St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 140 South Finley Avenue, Basking Ridge, NJ
Admission: $25; students / seniors $20.
For more info: 908-580-0128
Friday, September 24, 2010, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Homay & The Mastan Ensemble (Iranian classical music ensemble)
"SARBAZAN, The Soldiers"
A soul-stirring, exhilarating musical creation with heart-rending lyrics, based on themes of awareness, compassion, and transformation, played on traditional Persian instruments. Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, Broadway at 65th Street
Admission: $55-$120
For more info: 212-721-6500
Parvaz Homay, vocals; Esfandiar Shahmir, daf; Sahab Torbati, tonbak; Pasha Hanjani, ney; Alireza Mehdizadeh, kamancheh; Sina Jahan Abadi, kamancheh; Azad Mirzapour, tar; Mahmood Nozari, santoor; Ali Pajooheshgar, barbat.
Saturday, September 25, 2010, 2:00 PM (New Jersey)
Ridge Light Opera of New Jersey (Musical theatre and operetta)
"September Song 2010"
Operetta highlights from Gilbert & Sullivan's famous Pirates of Penzance, Johann Strauss's Die Fledermaus plus a large variety of Broadway classics. St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 140 South Finley Avenue, Basking Ridge, NJ
Admission: $25; students / seniors $20.
For more info: 908-580-0128
Saturday, September 25, 2010, 8:00 PM (New Jersey)
Ridge Light Opera of New Jersey (Musical theatre and operetta)
"September Song 2010"
Operetta highlights from Gilbert & Sullivan's famous Pirates of Penzance, Johann Strauss's Die Fledermaus plus a large variety of Broadway classics. St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 140 South Finley Avenue, Basking Ridge, NJ
Admission: $25; students / seniors $20.
For more info: 908-580-0128
Saturday, September 25, 2010, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Amuse (Women's ensemble)
"Women of the New World"
A program of works by living composers from the US, Canada, South American, Australia and New Zealand. While not making their way across continents in covered wagons and fending off native settlers, each has forged a successful career and created a significant body of work, much of it for women's voices. Beginning with Patricia Van Ness's In Principio and ending with Benedetti's Ode to Women, the program will feature the works of Canadians Nancy Telfer and Eleanor Daley; Americans Lana Walter, Emma Lou Diemer, Michelle Roueche, Ellen Keating, Patricia Van Ness and New Yorker Catherine Aks; New Zealander Katherine Dienes, Australian Sandra Milliken and Brazilian Josefina Benedetti. Church of St. Ignatius of Antioch, 552 West End Avenue (at 87th Street)
Admission: $20 at the door; seniors $15. $15 advance purchase at www.amusesingers.org.
For more info: 212-877-6898
Sharon Bjorndal Lavery, conductor.
Sunday, September 26, 2010, 5:00 PM (Connecticut)
Yale Schola Cantorum (Choir)
"Choral Evensong"
Bach: Cantata BWV 149
Healy Willan: An Apostrophe to the Heavenly Host
Jan Dismas Zelenka: Magnificat Marquand Chapel, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT
Admission: Free
For more info: 203-432-5062
Presented by Yale Institute of Sacred Music.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 7:00 PM (Manhattan)
New Listing
Manhattan Sacred Harp Sing (Open sing)
Singing from the 1991 Denson revision of The Sacred Harp, a much-beloved shape note songbook that has been in continuous use by singers since its original publication in 1844. Beginners are welcome, and books will be available for loan or purchase at the singing. Saint Peter's Church (Music Room), Lexington Avenue at 54th Street
Admission: Free
For more info: sacredharpnyc@gmail.com
Sunday, October 3, 2010, 4:00 PM (Manhattan)
Lucille Gruber (Harpsichord)
"Chelsea Opera presents Lucille Gruber, Harpsichordist"
J.S. Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major and Partita No. 6 en Mi Mineur
Jacques Duphly: Rondeau
Jean-Phillippe Rameau: Les Tourbillons, L'Entretien des Muses, Les Cyclopes
Domenico Scarlatti sonatas St. Peter's Church, 346 West 20th Street
Admission: In advance: $20; seniors/students $12; at the door: $25 and $15.
For more info: 212-260-1796
Harpsichord by David Way, 1999. This concert benefits the Chelsea Opera production fund.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 6:30 PM (Manhattan)
Richard Tucker Music Foundation, Bryn Terfel, Stephanie Blythe and The St. Vincent Ferrer Chorale (Opera gala)
Guest artists Stephanie Blythe, Bryn Terfel performing operatic works. The St. Vincent Ferrer Chorale, under the direction of Mark Bani, performing sacred choral works. St. Vincent Ferrer Church, 869 Lexington Avenue (at 66t Street)
Admission: Free-will offering
For more info: 212-744-2080
Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 7:00 PM (Manhattan)
New Listing
Manhattan Sacred Harp Sing (Open sing)
Singing from the 1991 Denson revision of The Sacred Harp, a much-beloved shape note songbook that has been in continuous use by singers since its original publication in 1844. Beginners are welcome, and books will be available for loan or purchase at the singing. Saint Peter's Church (Music Room), Lexington Avenue at 54th Street
Admission: Free
For more info: sacredharpnyc@gmail.com
Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
The New York Virtuoso Singers (Choir)
"The Choral Music of William Schuman"
NYVS and musicians of Juilliard will perform a concert honoring composer William Schuman, president of Juilliard from 1945 to 1962 and the first president of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The concert is part of a year-long centenary celebration of the composer. Paul Recital Hall at The Juilliard School, Broadway at 65th Street
Admission: Free tickets are available at the Juilliard box office beginning Monday, September 27, 2010.
For more info: 914-763-3453
Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 7:00 PM (Manhattan)
New Listing
Manhattan Sacred Harp Sing (Open sing)
Singing from the 1991 Denson revision of The Sacred Harp, a much-beloved shape note songbook that has been in continuous use by singers since its original publication in 1844. Beginners are welcome, and books will be available for loan or purchase at the singing. Saint Peter's Church (Music Room), Lexington Avenue at 54th Street
Admission: Free
For more info: sacredharpnyc@gmail.com
Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 7:30 PM (Manhattan)
Orfeo Duo, St. Mary's Gospel Choir, Hullabaloo Chorus (Vocal and instrumental ensembles)
What a Neighborhood! presents "Composing The World We Long To Live In," an inspiring free concert of visionary music by composers from the School for Designing a Society in Urbana, Illinois including Elizabeth Adams, Jacob Barton, Mark Enslin, Andrew Heathwaite, Susan Parenti and Lysander Puccio. St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Manhattanville, 521 West 126th Street, (half block west of Amsterdam)
Admission: Free
For more info: 212-222-2101
Vita Wallace, violin; Ishmael Wallace, piano; Keith McKinney, actor. Open rehearsal at St. Mary's on Sunday, October 10 from 1 to 3 PM.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 7:30 PM (Manhattan)
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola (Choir and orchestra)
Handel: Jephtha Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue (at 84th Street)
Admission: $40-$50; students / seniors $30
For more info: 212-288-2520
Kent Tritle, conductor. Susanna Phillips, Iphis; Jamet Pittman, Angel; Matthew Shaw, Hamor; Charlotte Paulsen, Storgè; Thomas Cooley, Jephtha; Kelly Markgraf, Zebul;
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space.
Thursday, October 14, 2010, 7:30 PM (Manhattan)
New Listing
The Trinity Choir with the Trinity Baroque Orchestra (Choir with orchestra)
Handel: Israel in Egypt
The debut of Trinity's new principal conductor Julian Wachner. Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall Street
Admission: $20; seniors / students $10 (available only at the door).
For more info: 212-602-0800
Julian Wachner, conductor. Preview at 1 PM. The concert will be available for viewing via live webcast at www.trinitywallstreet.org.
Saturday, October 16, 2010, 7:15 PM (Manhattan)
Heights Singers (Open sing)
"Autumn Sing"
Bach: Mass in B Minor The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens, Pinehurst Avenue at 183rd Street
Admission: $5 (including score rental)
For more info: 212-781-7247
Charles Dodsley Walker, conductor. Steven Graff, accompanist; Melissa Sheehan, soprano; Margaret Crane, soprano; Lisa Schuldt, alto; Leopaolo Leal, tenor; Eric Hansen, baritone; Alec Spencer, bass.
Sunday, October 17, 2010, 4:00 PM (Upstate NY)
Schola Cantorum of Syracuse (Chamber choir)
"Jauchzet dern Herren, alle Welt: 17th Century German Sacred Music"
Works by Schütz, Pachelbel, Schelle, Buxtehude and others. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Admission: $15; seniors/students $10.
For more info: 315-446-1757
Barry Torres, director. Consort prelude at 3:30 PM.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 7:00 PM (Manhattan)
New Listing
Manhattan Sacred Harp Sing (Open sing)
Singing from the 1991 Denson revision of The Sacred Harp, a much-beloved shape note songbook that has been in continuous use by singers since its original publication in 1844. Beginners are welcome, and books will be available for loan or purchase at the singing. Saint Peter's Church (Music Room), Lexington Avenue at 54th Street
Admission: Free
For more info: sacredharpnyc@gmail.com
Saturday, October 23, 2010, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Musica Sacra (Choir and chamber orchestra)
Carissimi: Vanitas Vanitatum (Vanity of Vanities)
Charpentier: Filius Prodigus (The Prodigal Son)
Bach: Jesu, meine Freude (Jesus, My Joy) Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, Broadway at 65th Street
Admission: $25-$110
For more info: 212-330-7684
Kent Tritle, conductor. Kathryn Lewek and Jamet Pittman, sopranos; Kirsten Sollek, mezzo-soprano; Ryland Angel, countertenor; Joseph Mikolaj and Steven Fox, tenors; Steven Hrycelak, bass; Damian Savarino, bass.
Saturday, October 23, 2010, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Musica Sacra (Choir and orchestra)
Bach: Jesu, meine Freude (Jesus, my joy)
Charpentier: Filius Prodigus (The Prodigal Son)
Carissimi: Vanitas Vanitatum (Vanity of Vanities) Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, Broadway at 65th Street
Admission: $25-$110
For more info: 212-734-7688
Kent Tritle, conductor. Kathryn Lewek and Jamet Pittman, sopranos; Kirsten Sollek, mezzo-soprano; Ryland Angel, countertenor; Joseph Mikolaj and Steven Fox, tenors; Gregory Purnhagen, baritone; Steven Hegedus, bass.
Sunday, October 24, 2010, 5:00 PM (Manhattan)
Musica Viva of New York (Choir with instrumental ensemble)
"Early Music Concert"
Choral and instrumental works of the Baroque. All Souls Church, 1157 Lexington Avenue (at East 80th Street)
Admission: $30
For more info: 212-794-3646
Walter Klauss, conductor. Marion Verbruggen, recorder.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 7:00 PM (Manhattan)
New Listing
Manhattan Sacred Harp Sing (Open sing)
Singing from the 1991 Denson revision of The Sacred Harp, a much-beloved shape note songbook that has been in continuous use by singers since its original publication in 1844. Beginners are welcome, and books will be available for loan or purchase at the singing. Saint Peter's Church (Music Room), Lexington Avenue at 54th Street
Admission: Free
For more info: sacredharpnyc@gmail.com
Thursday, October 28, 2010, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Choir of Saint Luke in the Fields (Choir and orchestra)
"Requiem and Remembrance"
Heinrich Schütz: Musikalische Exequien
J.S. Bach: Jesu meine FreudeOther German Baroque masterpieces Church of Saint Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street
Admission: $30; students / seniors $20
For more info: 212-414-9419
David Shuler, director. Pre-concert lecture at 7 PM.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010, 7:30 PM (Manhattan)
St. Vincent Ferrer Chorale (Choir)
Josef Rheinberger: Requiem in D minor St. Vincent Ferrer Church, 869 Lexington Avenue (at 66th Street)
Admission: Free-will offering
For more info: 212-744-2080
Friday, November 5, 2010, 8:00 PM (New Jersey)
New Listing
Ars Musica Chorale (Choir)
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
Conrad Susa: Carols and Lullabies of the Southwest
Bobrowitz and Porter: The Creation
Warlock: Two Carols
Scott: A Welsh Lullaby West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 South Monroe Street, Ridgewood, NJ
Admission: $20; children 12 and under free.
For more info: 973-628-8793
Robert Long, conductor.
Saturday, November 6, 2010, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Early Music New York (Vocal and instrumental ensemble)
Medieval Mosaic: Martyrs, Meccas, Motets & Muses"
A musical pilgrimage to major European religious and cultural destinations -– cathedrals, monasteries and abbeys of Paris, Compostela, Canterbury, Limoges, Monserrat, Assisi -– stopping at major centers of learning where ungodly vagabond goliards commingle with pious and learned monks. A legacy of illuminated manuscripts –- Carmina Burana, Llibre Vermell, conducti from the scriptoriae of Notre Dame and St. Martial, devotional laude of lay singing societies inspired by the teachings St. Francis, along with foot stomping istanpittas (dances) -– are brought to light and life in Gotham's own glorious, gothic Cathedral. Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street
Admission: $40; students $20. Visit www.EarlyMusicNY.org or call 212-280-0330.
For more info: 212-749-6600
Frederick Renz, director.
Sunday, November 7, 2010, 2:00 PM (Manhattan)
Early Music New York (Vocal and instrumental ensemble)
Medieval Mosaic: Martyrs, Meccas, Motets & Muses"
A musical pilgrimage to major European religious and cultural destinations -– cathedrals, monasteries and abbeys of Paris, Compostela, Canterbury, Limoges, Monserrat, Assisi -– stopping at major centers of learning where ungodly vagabond goliards commingle with pious and learned monks. A legacy of illuminated manuscripts –- Carmina Burana, Llibre Vermell, conducti from the scriptoriae of Notre Dame and St. Martial, devotional laude of lay singing societies inspired by the teachings St. Francis, along with foot stomping istanpittas (dances) -– are brought to light and life in Gotham's own glorious, gothic Cathedral. Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street
Admission: $40; students $20. Visit www.EarlyMusicNY.org or call 212-280-0330.
For more info: 212-749-6600
Frederick Renz, director.
Sunday, November 7, 2010, 4:00 PM (Manhattan)
Diabolus in Musica (Singers with medieval instruments)
"Rose tre bele"
13th-century chansons by the trouvères, accompanied by strings, winds and percussion. Corpus Christi Church, 529 West 121st Street
Admission: $40/$20; students/seniors $35/$15.
For more info: 212-666-9266
Antoine Guerber, director. Presented by Music Before 1800.
Saturday, November 13, 2010, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
New Listing
Polyhymnia (Vocal ensemble)
"Clemens non Papa -- 500th (?) Birthday"
Missa Caro mea and motets, with additional works by Manchicourt and Vaet. The Church of St. Ignatius of Antioch, 552 West End Avenue (at West 87th Street)
Admission: $25; students/seniors / EMA members $15.
For more info: 917-838-4636
John Bradley, director.
Saturday, November 13, 2010, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Riverside Choral Society (Choir with organ)
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb St. Mary the Virgin, 145 West 46th Street
Admission: $20, $30 in advance; $25 at the door.
For more info: 212-780-2181
Patrick Gardner, conductor.
Sunday, November 14, 2010, 4:00 PM (Manhattan)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and NYC High School Choirs (High school choirs with orchestra and soloists)
"Too Hot to Handel: The Gospel Messiah"
Bob Christianson, Gary Anderson: Too Hot to Handel (original concept by Marin Alsop)
A mass choir of New York City students joins Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in this full-length work that has thrilled audiences across the country with its blend of the timeless brilliance of Handel's Messiah with an invigorating infusion of jazz, gospel, rock and R&B. Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall, 57th Street at Seventh Avenue
Admission: $19, $38, $50.
For more info: 212-247-7800
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, music director and conductor. Kecia Lewis-Evans, soprano; Vaneese Thomas, mezzo-soprano; Darius de Haas, tenor; Leslie Stifelman, music supervisor. Choirs from Bayside High School, Edward R. Murrow High School, Fordham High School for the Arts, Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, Songs of Solomon and Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts.
Sunday, November 14, 2010, 4:00 PM (Manhattan)
New Listing
The Canterbury Choral Society (Choir with orchestra and soloists)
"Bach Vs. Poulenc--The Rematch"
Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat (1723)
Francis Poulenc: Gloria (1959) The Church of the Heavenly Rest, Fifth Avenue at 90th Street
Admission: $20; seniors/students $15; children free. Group rates available.
For more info: 212-362-9271
Charles Dodsley Walker, conductor/director. Lauren Flanigan, soprano. New Haven Symphony Orchestra. Chorus of 100.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola (Choir and orchestra)
Franz Liszt: Missa Choralis
Viktor Kalabis: Canticum Cantoricum (North American premiere)
Juraj Filas: Concertino-Doppio Per Virtuosi "Salamandra immortale" for Violin and Cello (North American premiere) Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue (at 84th Street)
Admission: $40-$50; students / seniors $30
For more info: 212-288-2520
Kent Tritle, conductor. Jamet Pittman, soprano; Mary Phillips, mezzo-soprano; Matthew Garrett, tenor; Gregory Purnhagen, baritone; Peter Stewart, baritone; Jorge Ávila, violin; Arthur Fiacco, cello. Pre-concert organ recital at 7 PM by Renée Anne Louprette.
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space.
Sunday, November 21, 2010, 3:00 PM (Manhattan)
NYC High School Choirs (Choirs)
"Gospel Messiah Creative Learning Project"
Choirs from Bayside High School, Fordham High School for the Arts, Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts. Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, 57th Street at Seventh Avenue
Admission: Free (tickets must be picked up on day of concert from Box Office)
For more info: 212-247-7800
Sunday, November 21, 2010, 3:00 PM (Manhattan)
Saint Andrew Chorale & Orchestra (Choir with orchestra)
Mozart: Requiem
Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Avenue (at 73rd Street)
Admission: $25; students/seniors $20.
For more info: 212-288-8920
Andrew Henderson, conductor. Sarah Pillow, Katherine Wessinger, soprano; Desirée Baxter, alto; John Tiranno, tenor; Daniel Alexander, bass.
Sunday, November 21, 2010, 3:00 PM (Connecticut)
Connecticut Master Chorale (Choir and orchestra)
"Holiday Prelude Concert" St. Mary Church, 24 Dodgingtown Road, Bethel, CT
Admission: $25; in advance $20.
For more info: 203-743-0473
Tina Johns Heidrich, conductor.
Sunday, November 21, 2010, 4:00 PM (Manhattan)
Apollo's Fire (Solo singer with baroque orchestra)
"Fire and Folly: Myths of Love and Betrayal"
Cantatas by Handel and others; instrumental works by Vivaldi. Corpus Christi Church, 529 West 121st Street
Admission: $40/$20; students/seniors $35/$15.
For more info: 212-666-9266
Jeannette Sorrell, director. Sophie Daneman, soprano. Presented by Music Before 1800.
Thursday, December 2, 2010, 7:30 PM (Manhattan)
Down Town Glee Club (Male choir)
"Winter Concert"
A program of popular music. Saint Peter's Lutheran Church, 619 Lexington Avenue (at 54th Street)
Admission: $20; seniors / veterans / children / students $15.
For more info: 848-333-2203
Thursday, December 2, 2010, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Choir of Saint Luke in the Fields (Choir)
"A Sixteenth-Century Roman Christmas"
A cappella music for the Christmas season by Palestrina, Allegri, Anerio and Josquin Desprez. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street
Admission: $30; students / seniors $20
For more info: 212-414-9419
David Shuler, director. Pre-concert lecture at 7 PM.
Friday, December 3, 2010, 8:00 PM (New Jersey)
New Listing
Ars Musica Chorale (Choir)
Handel: Messiah (excerpts)
Music of the season, with an audience sing-along. West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 South Monroe Street, Ridgewood, NJ
Admission: $20; children 12 and under free.
For more info: 973-628-8793
Robert Long, conductor.
Saturday, December 4, 2010, 7:30 PM (New Jersey)
Cantabile Chamber Chorale (Chamber choir with instrumental ensemble)
"Psalms and Carols of Mystery and Majesty"
Tomas Luis de Victoria: O magnum Mysterium; O Regem coeli-Natus est nobis
Franz Schubert: Gott ist mein Hirt
Thomas Fielding: Behold the Dark and Bitter Night
Johann Sebastian Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Cantata BWV 140)
Lori Hope Baumel: This is the Day (Zeh Ha-Yom)
Leonard Berstein: Chichester Psalms Christ United Methodist Church, 485 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ
Admission: $20; seniors/students $15.
For more info: 732-560-7132
Rebecca Scott, director. Lynne Stallworth, piano; Dennis Dell, organ; Diane Michaels, harp.
Saturday, December 4, 2010, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Early Music New York (Vocal and instrumental ensemble)
Christmas Quilt: Colonial Fuguing tunes, Jigs & Reels"
Stirring 18th-century, New England shape-note anthems and hymns heartily sung by the men's vocal ensemble, generously spiked with English country dance tunes played by a lively band of fiddle, flute, bass and guitar. Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street
Admission: $40; students $20. Visit www.EarlyMusicNY.org or call 212-280-0330.
For more info: 212-749-6600
Frederick Renz, director.
Saturday, December 4, 2010, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Russian Chamber Chorus of New York (Chamber choir)
"Sprit of Old Russia"
This concert program will bring to life early znamenny and demestvenny chants, a cycle of several chants from the time of Peter the Great, arranged by Maestro Kachanov for male chorus, harpsichord, and wind instruments, and Yuri Shibanov's Ode, written in a neoclassic style, with an orchestration that evokes the triumphal and patriotic spirit of Petrine times, set to a 17th-century poem by Alexander Sumarokov, for mixed choir, bass soloist, and ten instruments. The program will also include peasant songs. Church of St. Ignatius of Antioch, 552 West End Avenue (at 87th Street)
Admission: $25; $20 in advance; students / seniors $15.
For more info: 718-445-5799
Nikolai Kachanov, artistic director.
Sunday, December 5, 2010, 2:00 PM (Manhattan)
Early Music New York (Vocal and instrumental ensemble)
Christmas Quilt: Colonial Fuguing tunes, Jigs & Reels"
Stirring 18th-century, New England shape-note anthems and hymns heartily sung by the men's vocal ensemble, generously spiked with English country dance tunes played by a lively band of fiddle, flute, bass and guitar. Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street
Admission: $40; students $20. Visit www.EarlyMusicNY.org or call 212-280-0330.
For more info: 212-749-6600
Frederick Renz, director.
Sunday, December 5, 2010, 3:00 PM (Manhattan)
St. Vincent Ferrer Chorale and Soloists (Choir)
Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Part I) St. Vincent Ferrer Church, 869 Lexington Avenue (at 66th Street)
Admission: $15; seniors / students $10.
For more info: 212-744-2080
Sunday, December 5, 2010, 3:30 PM (Manhattan)
Russian Chamber Chorus of New York (Chamber choir)
"Sprit of Old Russia"
This concert program will bring to life early znamenny and demestvenny chants, a cycle of several chants from the time of Peter the Great, arranged by Maestro Kachanov for male chorus, harpsichord, and wind instruments, and Yuri Shibanov's Ode, written in a neoclassic style, with an orchestration that evokes the triumphal and patriotic spirit of Petrine times, set to a 17th-century poem by Alexander Sumarokov, for mixed choir, bass soloist, and ten instruments. The program will also include peasant songs. St. Joseph's Church, 371 Sixth Avenue (between Waverly and Washington Place)
Admission: $25; $20 in advance; students / seniors $15.
For more info: 718-445-5799
Nikolai Kachanov, artistic director.
Sunday, December 5, 2010, 7:00 PM (New Jersey)
New Listing
Ars Musica Chorale (Choir)
Handel: Messiah (excerpts)
Music of the season, with an audience sing-along. Church of the Good Shepherd, Fort Lee, NJ
Admission: $20; children 12 and under free.
For more info: 973-628-8793
Robert Long, conductor.
Friday, December 10, 2010, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
New Amsterdam Singers (Choir)
"Bach to Betinis"
Major works for double chorus and exquisite a cappella miniatures.
J.S. Bach: Komm, Jesu, Komm
Abbie Betinis: The Babe of Bethlehem (New York premiere)
John Corigliano: Amen
Fenno Heath: The Lamb
Mark Kilstofte: Christmas Rounds (New York premiere)
Clare Maclean: Leise rieselt der Schnee (New York premiere)
Francis Poulenc: Hodie Christus Natus Est
Josef Rheinberger: Cantus Missae (Mass in E Flat)
Giuseppe Verdi: Ave Maria Immanuel Lutheran Church, 122 East 88th Street (at Lexington Avenue)
Admission: $25 at door; $20 by mail or online; seniors $15; students $10.
For more info: 212-568-5948
Clara Longstreth, conductor.
Saturday, December 11, 2010, 8:00 PM (Queens)
Queens College Choral Society (Choir with orchestra)
"70th Annual Winter Concert"
Handel: Messiah Colden Auditorium, Kupferberg Center for Performing Arts, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY
Admission: $20/$18; high school students or QC ID $5 (in advance only)
For more info: 718-997-3818
James John, conductor.
Sunday, December 12, 2010, 3:00 PM (Manhattan)
St. Vincent Ferrer Chorale (Choir)
"Ceremony of Advent and Christmas Lessons and Carols"
Advent and Christmas choral anthems as well as familiar Christmas carols for congegration. St. Vincent Ferrer Church, 869 Lexington Avenue (at 66th Street)
Admission: Free-will offering
For more info: 212-744-2080
Sunday, December 12, 2010, 3:00 PM (Westchester)
Westchester Choral Society (Chorus with organ and soloists)
"Festive Holiday Concert"
Benjamin Britten: Saint Nicolas
Other holiday music with audience participation, followed by reception. Valhalla United Methodist Church, 200 Columbus Avenue, Valhalla NY
Admission: $25
For more info: 914-285-9026
Frank Nemhauser, conductor.
Sunday, December 12, 2010, 4:00 PM (Manhattan)
New Amsterdam Singers (Choir)
"Bach to Betinis"
Major works for double chorus and exquisite a cappella miniatures.
J.S. Bach: Komm, Jesu, Komm
Abbie Betinis: The Babe of Bethlehem (New York premiere)
John Corigliano: Amen
Fenno Heath: The Lamb
Mark Kilstofte: Christmas Rounds (New York premiere)
Clare Maclean: Leise rieselt der Schnee (New York premiere)
Francis Poulenc: Hodie Christus Natus Est
Josef Rheinberger: Cantus Missae (Mass in E Flat)
Giuseppe Verdi: Ave Maria Immanuel Lutheran Church, 122 East 88th Street (at Lexington Avenue)
Admission: $25 at door; $20 by mail or online; seniors $15; students $10.
For more info: 212-568-5948
Clara Longstreth, conductor. Reception and caroling to follow.
Sunday, December 12, 2010, 4:00 PM (Manhattan)
Choirs and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola (Choir and orchestra)
"A Ceremony of Carols"
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
Carols and motets from around the world Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue (at 84th Street)
Admission: $50-$60; students / seniors $40.
For more info: 212-288-2520
Kent Tritle, Renée Anne Louprette, Nancianne Parrella, Robert Reuter and Mary Huff, directors. With the Parish Community Choir, High School Choir and Children's Choir.
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 7:00 PM (Manhattan)
Saint Andrew Chorale; Children's Choir of MAPC (Choir with instrumental ensemble)
"6th Annual Carol Sing"
Join us for an evening of seasonal readings and radiant choral music accompanied by strings and harp, including excerpts from Handel's Messiah. The audience is invited to join in the singing of hearty Christmas Carols in the seasonal resplendence of our decorated sanctuary. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Avenue (at 73rd Street)
Admission: Free
For more info: 212-288-8920
Andrew Henderson and Mary Huff, conductors.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
New Listing
The Dalton Chorale (Choir with orchestra)
"Winter Concert"
Mozart: Requiem Central Presbyterian Church, 593 Park Avenue (at 64th Street)
Admission: $25
For more info: 917-836-5347
Saturday, December 18, 2010, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
The Canticum Novum Singers (Choir and viols)
"O Marvel and Mystery"
The Canticum Novum Singers and Parthenia, the dynamic consort of viols hailed by The New Yorker as "one of the brightest lights in New York's early-music scene," collaborate once again after a sold-out performance last Christmas. Works by Byrd, Tye, Gibbons, Ravenscroft and others. St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, 552 West End Avenue (at West 87th Street)
Admission: $25; students / seniors 65+ $15.
For more info: Ticket Central 212-279-4200
Sunday, December 19, 2010, 2:00 PM (Manhattan)
The Canticum Novum Singers (Choir and viols)
"O Marvel and Mystery"
The Canticum Novum Singers and Parthenia, the dynamic consort of viols hailed by The New Yorker as "one of the brightest lights in New York's early-music scene," collaborate once again after a sold-out performance last Christmas. Works by Byrd, Tye, Gibbons, Ravenscroft and others. St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, 552 West End Avenue (at West 87th Street)
Admission: $25; students / seniors 65+ $15.
For more info: Ticket Central 212-279-4200
Sunday, December 19, 2010, 2:00 PM (Manhattan)
Early Music New York (Vocal and instrumental ensemble)
Christmas Quilt: Colonial Fuguing tunes, Jigs & Reels"
Stirring 18th-century, New England shape-note anthems and hymns heartily sung by the men's vocal ensemble, generously spiked with English country dance tunes played by a lively band of fiddle, flute, bass and guitar. Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street
Admission: $40; students $20. Visit www.EarlyMusicNY.org or call 212-280-0330.
For more info: 212-749-6600
Frederick Renz, director.
Sunday, December 19, 2010, 4:00 PM (Upstate NY)
Schola Cantorum of Syracuse (Chamber choir)
"Shepherds, Angels, Kings and a Star"
A potpourri of music for the season, for high and low, rich and poor--Ciconia's Gloria, Lasso's Cum natus esset Jesus, with carols, chants and chorales. Pebblehill Presbyterian Church, 5299 Jamesville Road, Dewitt, NY
Admission: $15; seniors/students $10.
For more info: 315-446-1757
Consort prelude at 3:30 PM.
Sunday, December 19, 2010, 4:00 PM (Manhattan)
Choirs and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola (Choir and orchestra)
"A Ceremony of Carols"
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
Carols and motets from around the world Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue (at 84th Street)
Admission: $50-$60; students / seniors $40.
For more info: 212-288-2520
Kent Tritle, Renée Anne Louprette, Nancianne Parrella, Robert Reuter and Mary Huff, directors. With the Parish Community Choir, High School Choir and Children's Choir.
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space.
Sunday, December 19, 2010, 4:00 PM (Manhattan)
Blue Heron (Choir with Renaissance instruments)
"Christmas at the Courts of 15th-Century France, Burgundy and Cyprus"
Music for Advent, Christmas and the New Year by Obrecht, Josquin, Du Fay, Mouton and Brumel, plus a rare medieval Cypriot motet. Corpus Christi Church, 529 West 121st Street
Admission: $40/$20; students/seniors $35/$15.
For more info: 212-666-9266
Scott Metcalfe, director. Presented by Music Before 1800.
Monday, December 20, 2010, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
The New York Virtuoso Singers (Choir)
"A Chromatic Christmas"
Deck the halls with this performance of yuletide favorites from standards to Broadway arranged in tight jazz harmonies! This one-of-a-kind Christmas concert puts a whole new twist on jolly ol' Saint Nick with dazzling arrangements fit for New York's top new music choir. Carols at the spinet never sounded so hip! St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, 552 West End Avenue (at West 87th Street)
Admission: $25; students / seniors 65+ $15.
For more info: Ticket Central 212-279-4200
Tuesday, December 21, 2010, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Musica Sacra (Choir and orchestra)
Handel: Messiah Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, 57th Street and Seventh Avenue
Admission: $25-$128
For more info: 212-734-7688
Kent Tritle, conductor. Jennifer Zetlan, soprano; Matthew Shaw, countertenor; Colin Balzer, tenor; Tyler Duncan, baritone.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Musica Sacra (Choir and orchestra)
Handel: Messiah Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, 57th Street at Seventh Avenue
Admission: $25-$128
For more info: 212-330-7684
Kent Tritle, conductor. Jennifer Zetlan, soprano; Matthew Shaw, countertenor; Colin Balzer, tenor; Tyler Duncan, baritone.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Musica Sacra (Choir and orchestra)
Handel: Messiah Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, 57th Street at Seventh Avenue
Admission: $25-$128
For more info: 212-330-7684
Kent Tritle, conductor. Jennifer Zetlan, soprano; Matthew Shaw, countertenor; Colin Balzer, tenor; Tyler Duncan, baritone.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Musica Sacra (Choir and orchestra)
Handel: Messiah Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, 57th Street and Seventh Avenue
Admission: $25-$128
For more info: 212-734-7688
Kent Tritle, conductor. Jennifer Zetlan, soprano; Matthew Shaw, countertenor; Colin Balzer, tenor; Tyler Duncan, baritone.
Saturday, December 25, 2010, 2:00 PM (Manhattan)
Early Music New York (Vocal and instrumental ensemble)
Christmas Quilt: Colonial Fuguing tunes, Jigs & Reels"
Stirring 18th-century, New England shape-note anthems and hymns heartily sung by the men's vocal ensemble, generously spiked with English country dance tunes played by a lively band of fiddle, flute, bass and guitar. Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street
Admission: $40; students $20. Visit www.EarlyMusicNY.org or call 212-280-0330.
For more info: 212-749-6600
Frederick Renz, director.
Sunday, December 26, 2010, 2:00 PM (Manhattan)
Early Music New York (Vocal and instrumental ensemble)
Christmas Quilt: Colonial Fuguing tunes, Jigs & Reels"
Stirring 18th-century, New England shape-note anthems and hymns heartily sung by the men's vocal ensemble, generously spiked with English country dance tunes played by a lively band of fiddle, flute, bass and guitar. Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street
Admission: $40; students $20. Visit www.EarlyMusicNY.org or call 212-280-0330.
For more info: 212-749-6600
Frederick Renz, director.
Sunday, January 16, 2011, 4:00 PM (Manhattan)
Choir of Corpus Christi Church (Chamber choir)
"Vox dilecti mei: Music of Palestrina and Lassus"
Works by Palestrina and Lassus compared, with Palestrina's Song of Songs featured. Corpus Christi Church, 529 West 121st Street
Admission: $40/$20; students/seniors $35/$15.
For more info: 212-666-9266
Louise Basbas, director. Presented by Music Before 1800.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola (Choir)
"A Cappella Extravaganza!"
Arr. Shaw-Parker: Wondrous Love
Arr. Parker: Hark, I hear the harp's eternal
Bruckner: Os Justi
Nicolai: Pater Noster
Casals: O Vos Omnes
Lotti: Crucifixus
Palestrina: Surge, Illuminare
Hill: Dominus Illuminatio
Dickau: O Nata Lux
Whitacre: Hope, Faith, Life, Love
Whitacre: I Thank You God for This Most Amazing Day
Arr. Warren: Ain't a that Good News
Arr. Warren: Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Arr. Hogan: Elijah Rock
Ritchie, arr. Erb: Now is the cool of the day
Gregorian chant and spirituals
Strauss: Deutsche Motette Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue (at 84th Street)
Admission: $40-$50; students / seniors $30
For more info: 212-288-2520
Kent Tritle, conductor. Melissa Kelley, soprano; Ory Brown, mezzo-soprano; Oliver Mercer, tenor; Matt Boehler, bass. Pre-concert organ recital at 7 PM by Christopher Creaghan.
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space.
Sunday, February 13, 2011, 3:00 PM (Manhattan)
Carnegie Hall Festival Chorus, Orchestra of St. Luke's, (Choir with orchestra)
"Carnegie Hall Festival Anniversary Chorus"
Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall, 57th Street and Seventh Avenue
Admission: $30, $35, $44, $58, $77, $85.
For more info: 212-247-7800
Robert Spano, conductor. Carnegie Hall Festival Chorus, National High School Festival Chorus, Orchestra of St. Luke's. Thomas Cooley, tenor; Norman Mackenzie, choral preparation.
Sunday, February 13, 2011, 4:00 PM (Manhattan)
Pomerium (Chamber choir)
"Musica Vaticana: Music for Renaissance Popes, 1431-1567"
Masses and motets by Du Fay, Josquin and Palestrina contrast with mannerist works by de Wert and Gesualdo. Corpus Christi Church, 529 West 121st Street
Admission: $40/$20; students/seniors $35/$15.
For more info: 212-666-9266
Alexander Blachly, director. Presented by Music Before 1800.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Musica Sacra (Choir and orchestra)
Handel: Israel in Egypt Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, 57th Street and Seventh Avenue
Admission: $25-$120
For more info: 212-734-7688
Kent Tritle, conductor. Leslie Fagan and Jamet Pittman, sopranos; Charlotte Paulsen, mezzo-soprano; Oliver Mercer, tenor; Tyler Duncan, baritone; Kevin Deas, bass.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Musica Sacra (Choir and orchestra)
Handel: Israel in Egypt Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, 57th Street at Seventh Avenue
Admission: $25-$120
For more info: 212-330-7684
Kent Tritle, conductor. Leslie Fagan and Jamet Pittman, sopranos; Charlotte Daw Paulsen, mezzo-soprano; Oliver Mercer, tenor; Tyler Duncan, baritone; Kevin Deas, bass.
Friday, February 25, 2011, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Women of the Riverside Choral Society (Choir with orchestra)
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, Broadway at 65th Street
Admission: $90, $70, $58 and $35
For more info: 212-721-6500
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, conductor.
Saturday, February 26, 2011, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
The Canticum Novum Singers (Choir)
"All-Bach (1685-1750)"
Choral motets and music for viola da gamba, organ and harpsichord. St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, 552 West End Avenue (at West 87th Street)
Admission: $25; students / seniors 65+ $15.
For more info: Ticket Central 212-279-4200
Gwendolyn Toth, organ and harpsichord; Motomi Igarashi, viola da gamba.
Thursday, March 3, 2011, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Choir of Saint Luke in the Fields (Choir)
Victoria: Missa Gaudeamus Church of Saint Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street
Admission: $30; students / seniors $20
For more info: 212-414-9419
David Shuler, director. Pre-concert lecture at 7 PM.
Sunday, March 6, 2011, 4:00 PM (Manhattan)
Constantinople (Vocal soloist with instrumental ensemble)
"Ay!! Amor..."
Exotic songs and dances from Persia, Armenia, Spain and medieval France. US debut. Corpus Christi Church, 529 West 121st Street
Admission: $40/$20; students/seniors $35/$15.
For more info: 212-666-9266
Kiya Tabassian, director. Presented by Music Before 1800.
Friday, March 11, 2011, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
New Amsterdam Singers (Choir and instrumental ensemble)
"Songs for the Changing Seasons"
The poetry of Robert Graves, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Sally Fisher in new works by New York City composers.
Thomas Beveridge: Give me the Splendid Silent Sun
Kitty Brazelton: O Joy (New York premiere)
Morten Lauridsen: Mid-Winter Songs
Paul Alan Levi: Dateless Calendar (world premiere performance, commissioned by New Amsterdam Singers)
Johannes Somary: Many-Colored Brooms The Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88th Street (between First and Second Avenues)
Admission: $25 at door; $20 by mail or online; seniors $15; students $10.
For more info: 212-568-5948
Clara Longstreth, conductor.
Saturday, March 12, 2011, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
New Listing
Polyhymnia (Vocal ensemble)
"A Mass for Patrick of Ireland"
John Taverner (c.1490-1545): Missa Gloria tibi trinitas
Chant from the Dublin Troper and Irish sources The Church of St. Ignatius of Antioch, 552 West End Avenue (at West 87th Street)
Admission: $25; students/seniors / EMA members $15.
For more info: 917-838-4636
John Bradley, director.
Sunday, March 13, 2011, 3:00 PM (Connecticut)
Connecticut Master Chorale (Choir and orchestra)
"Winter Concert"
K. Lee Scott: Requiem
Mack Wilberg: My Song in the Night--a Collection of 6 American Folk Hymns St. Rose of Lima Church, 46 Church Hill Road, Newtown, CT
Admission: $25; in advance $20.
For more info: 203-743-0473
Tina Johns Heidrich, conductor. Louise Fauteux, soprano.
Sunday, March 13, 2011, 4:00 PM (Manhattan)
New Amsterdam Singers (Choir and instrumental ensemble)
"Songs for the Changing Seasons"
The poetry of Robert Graves, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Sally Fisher in new works by New York City composers.
Thomas Beveridge: Give me the Splendid Silent Sun
Kitty Brazelton: O Joy (New York premiere)
Morten Lauridsen: Mid-Winter Songs
Paul Alan Levi: Dateless Calendar (world premiere performance, commissioned by New Amsterdam Singers)
Johannes Somary: Many-Colored Brooms The Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88th Street (between First and Second Avenues)
Admission: $25 at door; $20 by mail or online; seniors $15; students $10.
For more info: 212-568-5948
Clara Longstreth, conductor.
Friday, March 18, 2011, 8:00 PM (New Jersey)
New Listing
Ars Musica Chorale (Choir)
"Choruses from Operas Great and Light" West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 South Monroe Street, Ridgewood, NJ
Admission: $20; children 12 and under free.
For more info: 973-628-8793
Robert Long, conductor.
Sunday, March 20, 2011, 3:00 PM (Manhattan)
The New York Virtuoso Singers (Choir)
"Choral Composition Competition Awards Concert"
Four stunning unpublished works by Nicholas Reeves, Richard Rice, Frank Stemper and Kurt Leland were selected from over 400 entries by composers across the USA. Extra bonus: The New York premiere of the newly released Music for the Mass, a tonal masterpiece written by Milton Babbitt over 70 years ago, and just published in the G. Schirmer Harold Rosenbaum Choral Series. St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, 552 West End Avenue (at West 87th Street)
Admission: $25; students / seniors 65+ $15.
For more info: Ticket Central 212-279-4200
Sunday, April 3, 2011, 3:00 PM (Manhattan)
St. Vincent Ferrer Chorale and Soloists (Choir)
"A Lenten Choral Concert"
Handel: Messiah (Part II) St. Vincent Ferrer Church, 869 Lexington Avenue (at 66th Street)
Admission: $15; seniors / students $10.
For more info: 212-744-2080
Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola (Choir)
Antonio Caldara: Crucifixus
Domenico Scarlatti: Missa Quatuor Vocum
Antonio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater
Francesco Scarlatti: Miserere Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue (at 84th Street)
Admission: $40-$50; students / seniors $30
For more info: 212-288-2520
Kent Tritle, conductor. Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; Kathy Theil, soprano; Michèle Eaton, soprano; Katie Geissinger, mezzo-soprano; Steven Fox, tenor; Peter Stewart, baritone. Pre-concert organ recital at 7 PM by Nancianne Parrella.
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space.
Thursday, April 14, 2011, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Choir of Saint Luke in the Fields (Choir and orchestra)
C.P.E. Bach: St. Matthew Passion (New York premiere) Church of Saint Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street
Admission: $30; students / seniors $20
For more info: 212-414-9419
David Shuler, director. Pre-concert lecture at 7 PM.
Sunday, April 17, 2011, 3:00 PM (Manhattan)
Saint Andrew Chorale & Orchestra (Choir with orchestra)
Bach: St. John Passion
A Palm Sunday performance of Bach's stirring and monumental St. John Passion. The gospel account of Christ's passion and death from John's gospel account is presented through dramatically conceived recitatives and choruses, with moments of lyrical and poignant reflection in the solo arias and chorales. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Avenue (at 73rd Street)
Admission: $25; students/seniors $20.
For more info: 212-288-8920
Andrew Henderson, conductor. Oliver Mercer, tenor (Evangelist); Mark Risinger, bass (Jesus); Katherine Wessinger, soprano; Kirsten Sollek, alto; John Tiranno, tenor; Rod Gomez, bass.
Saturday, May 7, 2011, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Riverside Choral Society (Choir with orchestra)
Bach: Mass in B Minor Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, Broadway at 65th Street
Admission: $75, $45 and $25
For more info: 212-780-2181
Patrick Gardner, conductor.
Friday, May 13, 2011, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Musica Sacra (Choir)
"Messages to Myself"
New works by established and emerging composers.
Christopher Theofanidis: Messages to Myself (New York premiere)
Daniel Brewbaker: Title TBA (world premiere)
Zachary Patten: Magnificat (New York premiere) Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, Broadway at 65th Street
Admission: $25-$110
For more info: 212-734-7688
Kent Tritle, conductor.
Friday, May 13, 2011, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Musica Sacra (Choir)
Christopher Theofanidis: Messages To Myself (New York premiere)
Daniel Brewbaker: Mother, Father (world premiere)
Michael Gilbertson: Three Madrigals After Dowland (world premiere)
Zachary Patten: Magnificat (New York premiere)
Behzad Ranjbaran: We Are One (New York premiere)
Christina Whitten: Choral De Bêtes Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, Broadway at 65th Street
Admission: $25-$120
For more info: 212-330-7684
Kent Tritle, conductor.
Saturday, May 14, 2011, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
The Canticum Novum Singers (Choir)
"All-Josquin Des Prez (1445-1521)"
A stunning array of chansons, motets, and frottole, plus the glorious Missa La Sol Fa Re Mi, one of the most renowned examples of the soggetto cavato technique. This technique derived musical notes from the syllables of a phrase, in this case "Lascia fare mi" (Italian: "get lost"), a common phrase used by an unknown aristocrat to get people to stop pestering him with requests or complaints. St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, 552 West End Avenue (at West 87th Street)
Admission: $25; students / seniors 65+ $15.
For more info: Ticket Central 212-279-4200
Saturday, May 14, 2011, 8:00 PM (Queens)
Queens College Choral Society (Choir with orchestra)
"70th Annual Spring Concert"
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Colden Auditorium, Kupferberg Center for Performing Arts, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY
Admission: $20/$18; high school students or QC ID $5 (in advance only)
For more info: 718-997-3818
James John, conductor.
Sunday, May 15, 2011, 7:00 PM (Upstate NY)
Schola Cantorum of Syracuse (Chamber choir)
"Guillaume Dufay"
A sampling of the wonderful variety of music from the "Father of the Renaissance", featuring Missa L'homme armé with May songs and motets. Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church, 5299 Jamesville Road, Dewitt, NY
Admission: $15; seniors/students $10.
For more info: 315-446-1757
Consort prelude at 6:30 PM.
Saturday, May 21, 2011, 8:00 PM (Connecticut)
Connecticut Master Chorale (Choir and orchestra)
"Spring Concert: Around the Word in 80 Minutes -- Part II" St. Rose of Lima Church, 46 Church Hill Road, Newtown, CT
Admission: $25; in advance $20.
For more info: 203-743-0473
Tina Johns Heidrich, conductor.
Saturday, May 21, 2011, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
New Listing
Polyhymnia (Vocal ensemble)
"Misterios Ibéricos"
Music of Guerrero, Lobo, Morales, Victoria and Vivanco, in honor of Early Music America's 25th anniversary. The Church of St. Ignatius of Antioch, 552 West End Avenue (at West 87th Street)
Admission: $25; students/seniors / EMA members $15.
For more info: 917-838-4636
John Bradley, director.
Sunday, May 22, 2011, 3:00 PM (Manhattan)
The New York Virtuoso Singers (Choir)
"The World of the Spirit"
A co-presentation with The Society for Universal Sacred Music, this concert is a testament to the fruit of the spirit, which is Love, Peace and Compassion. Works by Bach, Britten, Dallapiccola and Davidson. St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, 552 West End Avenue (at West 87th Street)
Admission: $25; students / seniors 65+ $15.
For more info: Ticket Central 212-279-4200
Sunday, May 22, 2011, 3:00 PM (Manhattan)
Saint Andrew Chorale (Choir with instrumental ensemble)
Franck: Mass in A
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Belgian-born César Franck was among the most influential composers in France during the 19th Century. The Saint Andrew Chorale will present an arrangement of Franck's Mass in A by MAPC's Director of Music & Organist Emeritus, John Weaver, along with Fauré's lyrical Cantique de Jean Racine. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Avenue (at 73rd Street)
Admission: $25; students/seniors $20.
For more info: 212-288-8920
Andrew Henderson, conductor. John Weaver, organ; Michelle Gott, harp.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola (Choir and orchestra)
Beethoven: Christus am Olberg (Christ on the Mount of Olives)
Handel: Foundling Hospital Anthem Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue (at 84th Street)
Admission: $40-$50; students / seniors $30
For more info: 212-288-2520
Kent Tritle, conductor. Rachel Rosales, soprano; Paul Appleby, tenor; Charles Perry Sprawls, bass-baritone. Pre-concert organ recital at 7 PM by David Enlow.
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space.
Thursday, May 26, 2011, 8:00 PM (Manhattan)
New Amsterdam Singers (Choir)
"With a Lily in Your Hand"
Folk melodies for the twenty-first century and American works in the Romantic style.
Dominick Argento: Dover Beach Revisited
Abbie Betinis: Long time Trav'ling (American hymn, arranged)
Chen Yi: Shady Grove (American folk, arranged)
Derek Healey: Danse, Mon Moin, Danse! (Canadian folk, arranged)
Fenno Heath: Fern Hill
Mark Kilstofte: To Music (New York premiere)
Mark Kilstofte: Missa L'Homme on the Range (New York premiere)
Morten Lauridsen: Ov'e Lass', Il Bel Viso?
Kirke Mechem: Let us Break Bread Together (American hymn, arranged)
Kirke Mechem: Love and Pizen (American folk, arranged)
Eric Whitacre: With a Lily in your Hand
Mack Wilberg: O Whistle and I'll Come to Ye (Scottish folk, arranged) The Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88th Street (between lst and 2nd Avenues)
Admission: $25 at door; $20 by mail and online; seniors $15; students $10.
For more info: 212-568-5948
Clara Longstreth, conductor.
Friday, June 10, 2011, 8:00 PM (New Jersey)
New Listing
Ars Musica Chorale (Choir)
"Masterworks Concert"
Schubert: Mass in G
Handel: Solomon (excerpts)
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 South Monroe Street, Ridgewood, NJ
Admission: $25; children 12 and under free.
For more info: 973-628-8793
Robert Long, conductor.