KentTritle.com | ConductorLiturgical Music at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
The services at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine are open to all:
Choral Eucharist with the Cathedral Choir – Sundays at 11 AM
The professional Cathedral Choir sings for this service 52 weeks a year, and throughout the school year the Choir is joined frequently by the Cathedral Choristers (grades 4-8) and volunteer Cathedral Chorale.
Evensong – Sundays at 4 PM
The traditional Anglican service of Evensong is offered every Sunday at 4 PM through Trinity Sunday on June 7.
- Click here for the Liturgical Music Schedule through June 2020
- Click here for more info on music at the Cathedral
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine is located at:
1047 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025
www.stjohndivine.org
Photo: Isadora Wilkenfeld
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After last week’s post of Kent playing the first movement of Bach’s Organ Concerto in A Minor, BWV 593, after Vivaldi, here he is playing the second and third movements of the piece.
As he says: "This week we hear the rest of the story! There is nothing like a Vivaldi slow movement - the repose, the melody and the pathos. This you hear first; following is the brilliant third movement, which typically is an allegro (which actually means ‘happy’, not necessarily ‘fast’!). Here is the concerto form, displayed as I move between the two keyboards. The lower keyboard represents the fuller orchestral ensemble, while the upper keyboard represents either the smaller group of soloists, or accompaniment to a solo voice played on the lower keyboard. The opening few bars are known as a ‘ritornello’ (literally, returning theme) - this figure returns in various forms between the sections for soloists (again, the upper keyboard usually). Enjoy!!"
Kent is a main source for this article about great pipe organs in @atlasobscura -
Understanding the Majesty and Complexity of Great Organs
www.atlasobscura.com
Notre Dame's famed instrument is being dismantled and restored following the 2019 fire.Here is Kent back at the organ of Christ the King Episcopal Church in Stone Ridge, NY, playing the first movement of Bach's Organ Concerto in A Minor, BWV 593 - transcribed by Bach from Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Violins in A Minor.
Kent is back from Iowa - he takes us on a little walk in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC, and plays the Air from Bach's Orchestral Suite in D Major, BWV 1068.
Kent is in his hometown of Spirit Lake, Iowa, for the wedding of his sister, Jennifer Tritle. Here he is in the family church, Spirit Lake United Methodist Church, to play the Prelude in C Major from Bach's "Well Tempered Clavier."