KentTritle.com | ConductorKent Tritle is one of America’s leading choral conductors. Called “the brightest star in New York’s choral music world” by The New York Times, he is Director of Cathedral Music and Organist at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City; Music Director of Musica Sacra, the longest continuously performing professional chorus in New York; and Music Director of the Oratorio Society of New York, the acclaimed 200-voice volunteer chorus. In addition, Kent is Director of Choral Activities at the Manhattan School of Music and is a member of the graduate faculty of The Juilliard School. Also an acclaimed organ virtuoso, Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic and the American Symphony Orchestra and a member of the organ faculty of the Manhattan School of Music.
Monday, December 21, 2020, 8 PM
Premieres online at www.osny.org
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Joshua Blue, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
“The Grand Tradition Continues: OSNY Messiah 2020”
Selections from Handel’s Messiah
Tuesday, March 23, 2021, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Soloists to include:
Amy Justman, soprano
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
Lawrence Jones, tenor
Peter Stewart, baritone
J. S. BACH St. John Passion
Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
PAUL MORAVEC/MARK CAMPBELL A Nation of Others
World Premiere oratorio celebrating immigrants’ arrival at Ellis Island
ROBERT PATERSON Whitman’s America
Settings of poems from Whitman’s Leaves of Grass
Kent Tritle Stars in WIRED “Masterminds” Episode:
What Conductors Are Really Doing
Kent takes a star turn in the latest episode of WIRED “Masterminds,” a new series of online videos from the celebrated platform that explores the intersection of technology and culture. “Masterminds” spotlights experts in various fields who let the viewer inside the finer points of their work; earlier episodes included “Former CIA Operative Explains How Spies Use Disguises” and “Amazing Illusions: Using Human Bodies to Create Shadow Dances.” Watch “What Conductors Are Really Doing” now.
Mark your calendars for Dec. 21: “The Grand Tradition Continues: OSNY Messiah 2020” is a performance of selections from Handel’s "Messiah" that will debut for on-demand, free streaming on Monday, December 21, at 8:00 pm on the Oratorio Society of New York website, www.osny.org. Taped in October in the barn at Kent’s house in upstate New York, the performance features Kent leading 24 members of the Oratorio Society of New York chorus, a 12-member orchestra, and star soloists Susanna Phillips, Soprano, Heather Petrie, Joshua Blue, Tenor, and Baritone Sidney Outlaw.
In addition to most of the Christmas portion of the oratorio (Part 1), the performance includes the “Hallelujah” chorus performed by more than 80 members of the OSNY, each recorded separately and engineered together.
Just announced: The Naxos recording of the world premiere performance of "Sanctuary Road" by Paul Moravec, Composer and Mark Campbell, with Kent leading the Oratorio Society of New York and soloists Laquita Mitchell Soprano, Raehann Bryce-Davis, mezzo soprano, Joshua Blue, Tenor, Malcolm J. Merriweather, and Dashon Burton, Bass-Baritone has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Choral Performance category! See the full list of nominees here:
2021 GRAMMYs: Complete Nominees List
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The 63rd GRAMMY Awards are right around the corner, airing Sunday, Jan. 31, on CBS, but the nominations are here now! Find out who is nominated in each of the 83 categories in the full nominees list below.For Veteran's Day: Here is Kent leading the Cathedral Choir in an excerpt of Patrick Zimmerli's "Instrument of Destiny," recorded at the work's U.S. premiere last November.
"Under the Little Crosses" by Patrick Zimmerli
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"Under the Little Crosses" from Alan Seeger: Instrument of Destiny November 20, 2019 Patrick Zimmerli, composer Mirabelle Ordinaire, conception, libretto, tr...This coming Tuesday at 6! Watch the "Tuesday at 6" virtual concert from the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC, featuring a performance compilation of Kent playing favorites by J.S. Bach and the Toccata from "Suite Gothique" by Léon Boëllmann. Details here!
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Perhaps a trick, and definitely a treat! “All Hallows’ Eve: NY Phil at the Cathedral,” featuring small groups of NY Phil musicians - including Kent! - playing spooky classics that make you think of things that go bump in the night, all in the Gothic interior of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC. Tune in tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. EDT for our musical Halloween party!
The New York Philharmonic partners with the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC for this free, streamed performance of classically spooky compositions by Saint-Saëns and others, recorded in the Cathedral and streamed on their YouTube and Facebook pages on Saturday, October 31 at 6:00 PM ET: www.facebook.com/nyphilharmonic/?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mkt_20201030_pl...