Past Concerts

Friday, November 22, 2024, 7 PM
Miller Theatre at Columbia University, New York, NY
THE HARLEM CHAMBER PLAYERS
Kent Tritle, conductor
Davóne Tines, bass-baritone
Hassan Anderson, oboe
Claire Chan, violin

All-Bach program:
Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C Minor, BWV 1060R
Concerto for Oboe d’amore in A Major, BWV 1055
“Komm, süsses Kreuz, so will ich sagen” from St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
“Betrachte, meine Seel” from St. John Passion, BWV 245
“Quia fecit mihi magna” from Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243
“Mache dich, mein Herze rein” from St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Other works TBA

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Monday, November 11, 2024, 7 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor*
David Rosenmeyer, conductor
Eva Martinez, soprano
John Riesen, tenor
John Brancy, baritone
Choristers of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Bryan Zaros, director

LIBBY LARSEN  Invitation to Music
OLIVER CAPLAN  Cloud Anthem
JOHANNES BRAHMS  Liebeslieder, Op. 52 (selections)
CARL ORFF  Carmina Burana (orchestration for two pianos and percussion)*

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Saturday, November 2, 2024, 4 PM
The Town Hall, New York, NY
THE DESSOFF CHOIRS
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
Kent Tritle, James Bagwell, and Christopher Shepard, guest conductors
Will Liverman, baritone

JOHANNES BRAHMS  Requiem

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Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 7 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
CONCERT FOR THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH OF UKRAINE – A BENEFIT FOR DIRECT RELIEF
Orchestra for Ukraine
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Olga Kulchynska, soprano
Emily D’Angelo, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Vladyslav Buialskyi, bass-baritone
Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York
Oratorio Society of New York,
Kent Tritle, director
with Liev Schreiber, host

MYKHAILO VERBYTSKY  National Anthem of Ukraine
VALENTYN SILVESTROV Prayer for Ukraine (arr. Andreas Gies)
JOHN WILLIAMS Theme from Schindler’s List
JOHN WILLIAMS “Across the Stars” (Love Theme) from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

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Friday, October 18, 2024, 7 PM
Des Moines First United Methodist Church, IA
KENT TRITLE, organ

J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 547
RACHEL LAURIN  Berceuse à Pierre
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, Op. 37, No. 1
ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK  Fantasy on Brother James’ Air
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Sonata V in D Major, Op. 65, No. 5
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR Symphony VI: Intermezzo and Finale

Concert to benefit those who lost their homes in the Spencer, Iowa, flood

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Wed., October 16, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA: Radiant Dialogues
Kent Tritle, conductor
Michael Sheetz, conductor

J.S. BACH  Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229
JACOB BERANEK  Abendgebet (World premiere)
MENDELSSOHN  Heilig
JANET WHEELER  Beati Quorum Via
J.S. BACH  Lobet den Herrn, BWV 230
ARVO PÄRT  Two Slavic Psalms
TAVENER  Mother of God, here I stand
ARVO PÄRT Magnificat
TETIANA YASHVILI
Bless the Lord, O my soul (U.S. premiere)
Cherubic Song (U.S. premiere)
TAVENER  Svyati

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Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Jana McIntyre, soprano
Deepa Johnny, mezzo-soprano
María Valverde, narrator
Musica Sacra,
Kent Tritle, director

GABRIELA ORTIZ  New Work for Cello and Orchestra (NY Premiere)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61 (complete incidental music)

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Saturday, September 21, 2024, 3 PM
Marbletown Reformed Church, Stone Ridge, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ
Arthur Fiacco, Jr., cello

J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 547
ANTONIO VIVALDI  Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Continuo, RV47
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, Op. 37, No. 1
ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK  Fantasy on Brother James’ Air
RACHEL LAURIN  Berceuse à Pierre
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Sonata V in D Major, Op. 65, No. 5

Benefit for Musica Sacra. Performed on a historic J.W. Steere & Son organ, 1896

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Saturday, September 14, 2024, 3:30 PM
The Smithfield Church, Amenia, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ
Arthur Fiacco, Jr., cello

J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 547
ANTONIO VIVALDI  Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Continuo, RV47
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, Op. 37, No. 1
ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK  Fantasy on Brother James’ Air
RACHEL LAURIN  Berceuse à Pierre
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Sonata V in D Major, Op. 65, No. 5

Benefit for the Oratorio Society of New York. Performed on a historic Johnson & Johnson organ, 1893

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July 7-14, 2024
Union College, Schenectady, NY
AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORAL WORKSHOP
Kent Tritle, director

Repertoire will include two pieces by Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611): Motet and Missa O Quam Gloriosum for choir with organ, as well as Agostino Steffani (1654–1728): Stabat Mater for choir and strings.

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June 6-8, 2024
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, soprano
Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzo-soprano
New York Philharmonic Chorus, Malcolm J. Merriweather, director

GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”

Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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May 28–June 2, 2024
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
NEW YORK CITY BALLET

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Musica Sacra, Kent Tritle, director, is featured in performances of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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May 23, 24, 25 & 28, 2024
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Cecelia Hall, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone
Antoine Tamestit, viola
Musica Sacra, Kent Tritle, director

SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Viola Concerto
W.A. MOZART Requiem*

*Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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Monday, May 6, 2024, 7 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Mary Beth Nelson, mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Jones, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone

G.F. HANDEL  Samson

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Saturday, April 20, 2024, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
VIVALDI, HAYDN AND MONTEVERDI
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Bryan Zaros, conductor**
Eva Martinez, soprano
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
Paul D’Arcy, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI  Laetatus sum (1650)*
ANTONIO VIVALDI  Beatus Vir, RV 597**
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN  Missa in Angustiis, “Lord Nelson Mass,” Hob XXIII No. 11 in D Minor

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM: SHARED PATHWAYS”
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Nina Stern, recorders and chalumeau
Daphna Mor, vocalist
Ara Dinkjian, oud
Arthur Fiacco, cello
Tamer Pinarbasi, kanun
Shane Shanahan, percussion

The world/early music group Rose of the Compass, with musicians on recorder, oud, kanun, percussion and cello, combines with the voices of the Cathedral Choir. Hear music spanning over 1,000 years seated below Anne Patterson’s glorious Divine Pathways art installation.

Longing for Peace
Gregorian chant Da pacem, Domine
MOHAMED ABDELFATAH (b.1962) Ai-yu
Trad. Hebrew prayer Shalom Aleichem
FAIRUZ (b. 1935) Wa Habibi
SUBARAM RAMAN (b. 1986) Al-Amira wa al Gharaji

The Dance of Life
14th c. English Petrone
SADI ISTAY (1899–1969) Sultaniyegah Longa
SULTAN ABDÜLAZIZ (1830-1876) Hicaz Mandra
Trad. Armenian dance Donagan Bar

Celebration of Common Connections!
ARA DINKJIAN (b. 1958) Rest Peacefully
DAVID LANG (b. 1957) Make Peace
ARA DINKJIAN Common Creed
Trad. Hebrew blessing, arr. Elliot Z. Levine (b.1948) Sim Shalom
Trad. Sephardic song Kuando el rei Nimrod
SAYYID DARWISH (1892-1923) El-Helwa Di
Trad. Turkish folk song Ben Giderim Batum’a

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
SCHÜTZ & HANDEL
Kent Tritle, conductor
Elisse Albian and Emily Donato, sopranos
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
Richard Pittsinger, tenor
Nathaniel Sullivan, baritone
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone
Musica Sacra Chorus & Orchestra

HEINRICH SCHÜTZ Musikalische Exequien
G.F. HANDEL Dixit Dominus

7 PM: Pre-concert discussion with artist Anne Patterson and Kent Tritle

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 7 PM
St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
150th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Joshua Blue, tenor
Tyler Duncan, baritone
David Briggs, organ

L.V. BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 9, finale: “Ode to Joy” (arr. David Briggs)
GUSTAV MAHLER  Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection,” choral finale (arr. David Briggs)
KAREN P. THOMAS  Le Stelle

This special program features the choral finales of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 transcribed for chorus and organ by David Briggs, and a work chosen from a call for scores by the OSNY.

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February 8-13, 2024
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor
Baiba Skride, violin

LEONARD BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium)
RICHARD STRAUSS Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony)*

*Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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Sunday, December 31, 2023, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE”
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Harry Smith, host
Judy Collins, special guest
Kent Tritle and Bryan Zaros, conductors
Diane Lesser, oboe
Alex Fortes, violin
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Katie Geissinger, mezzo-soprano
Rose of the Compass – Nina Stern, recorder and chalumeau; Daphne Mor, recorder and vocals; Ara Dinkjian, oud; Tamer Pinabarsi, kanun; Zafer Tawil, violin and oud; Shane Shanahan, percussion

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December 24 & 25
CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICES AT THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE

In-person and livestreams:
Sunday, December 24, Christmas Eve
10:30 AM – Advent IV
4 PM – Lessons and Carols
10 PM – Prelude and Festal Eucharist

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Monday, December 25, Christmas Day
10:30 AM – Christmas Day Mass

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Clifton Massey, countertenor
Steven Wilson, tenor
Joseph Parrish, bass-baritone

G.F. HANDEL Messiah

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Monday, December 18, 2023, 7 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Daniel Moody, countertenor
Martin Bakari, tenor
John Brancy, baritone

G.F. HANDEL Messiah

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December 12-16, 2023
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Fabio Biondi, conductor
Hera Hyesang Park, soprano
Hannah Ludwig, alto
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Joshua Conyers, baritone
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus,
Jonathan Cohen, Artistic Director

G.F. HANDEL Messiah

Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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December 6-9, 2023
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Edgar Moreau, cello

PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN Cello Concerto No. 1
BÉLA BARTÓK The Miraculous Mandarin Suite*
GEORGE ENESCU Romanian Rhapsody Op. 11, No. 1

*Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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Saturday, December 9, 2023, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS: PEACE ON EARTH”
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle & Bryan Zaros, conductors

Music by Amy Beach, Franz Biebl, and Hannah Kendall, J.S. Bach’s Gloria in Excelsis, and Christmas carols sung by all.

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November 22-25, 2023
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano

GYORGY LIGETI  Atmosphères
JULIA PERRY  Stabat mater
GUSTAV HOLST The Planets*

*Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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November 9-12, 2023
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider,violin
Kent Tritle, organ

CARLOS SIMON Fate Now Conquers
L.V. BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
CAMILLE SAINT-SÄENS Symphony No. 3, “Organ”*

*Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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Monday, November 6, 2023, 7 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Lucia Bradford, mezzo-soprano
Eric Carey, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass

J.S. BACH Magnificat
W.A. MOZART Requiem

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October 25-26, 2023
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Amanda Forsythe and Sonya Headlam, sopranos
Cody Bowers, countertenor
Jacob Perry, tenor
Edward Vogel, baritone
Apollo’s Singers (Chorus of Apollo’s Fire),
Jeannette Sorrell, artistic director

G.F. HANDEL Israel in Egypt

Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
SurRound
Kent Tritle, conductor

WILLIAM BYRD  “Christie, qui lux es”
ANTONIO LOTTI  “Crucifixus”
PABLO CASALS  “O Vos Omnes”
FLORENCE PRICE  “Resignation”
JOHN TAVENER  “Funeral Ikos”
BENJAMIN BRITTEN  “Hymn to the Virgin”
CARLOTTA FERRARI  “Songs for Hildegard”
DAVID LANG  “make peace”
ERIC WHITACRE  “Nox Aurumque”
ROBERT A. HARRIS  “How can I keep from singing? “
Trad. American folk song, arr. Erb  “Shenandoah”
Gregorian chant

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Sunday, September 24, 2023, 5 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

DANIEL PINKHAM  A Prophecy
J.S. BACH Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596 (after Antonio Vivaldi)
EUGENE HANCOCK  Fantasy
CHARLES D. COLEMAN Passacaglia (from Organ Sonata I: Dedicated to Eugene Hancock)
MARCEL DUPRÉ Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, Op. 7

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023, 6:30 PM
Grace United Methodist Church
Spencer, IA
KENT TRITLE, organ

DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE  Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne, BuxWV 137
EUGENE HANCOCK  Fantasy
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in G Minor, BuxWV 149
CHARLES D. COLEMAN  Passacaglia (from Organ Sonata I: Dedicated to Eugene Hancock)
J.S. BACH  Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Sonata IV in B-flat Major, Op. 65
MARCEL DUPRÉ Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, Op. 7

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Saturday, September 9, 2023, 3:30 PM
The Smithfield Church, Amenia, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE  Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne, BuxWV 137
EUGENE HANCOCK  Fantasy
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in G Minor, BuxWV 149
CHARLES D. COLEMAN  Passacaglia (from Organ Sonata I: Dedicated to Eugene Hancock)
J.S. BACH  Selections from Orgelbüchlein
J.S. BACH  Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596

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August 10-20, 2023
CATHEDRAL CHORISTERS, CHORAL, AND CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE

Tour of England with the combined Choristers, Chorale and Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine, with Associate Music Director and Choirmaster Bryan Zaros; the group will sing at Evensong services and Eucharists during residencies at Westminster Abbey in London and the cathedrals of Ely, Lincoln, and Liverpool.

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July 9-16, 2023
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Amherst Early Music Festival Choral Workshop

The 2023 Choral Workshop will explore Henry Purcell’s “Welcome to All the Pleasures,” the first of three Odes for St. Cecilia’s Day, and “Funeral Sentences,” plus G.F. Handel’s Chandos Anthem: “My song shall be always” – culminating in a performance.

The Choral Workshop, led by Kent Tritle, is designed to give the serious amateur choral singer an opportunity to learn and perform masterworks of the Renaissance and Baroque.

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Thursday, May 25, 1 PM & 2 PM
Oculus at World Trade Center, New York, NY
Mostly Modern Projects and Sing for Hope Piano
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Amir Farid, piano

MOSES HOGAN  I’m Gonna Sing ‘til the Spirit Moves in My Heart
ROBERT PATERSON  Graffiti Canons
JOHANNES BRAHMS  Vocal Quartets, Op. 112, Nos. 1 & 2:
Sehnsucht
Nächtens
RANI ARBO Crossing the Bar
ROBERT PATERSON  Look to the Sky

Free admission

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Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
Kent Tritle & Nina Stern, music directors

“Venice: City of Light”
A concert celebrating Venice as a commercial crossroads, highlighting the diversity of the city’s cultural fabric, with music of the Armenian, Turkish and Jewish communities alongside that of Cipriano de Rore, Giovanni Gabrieli, and their contemporaries.

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Monday, May 8, 2023, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Emily Donato, soprano
Lucia Bradford, mezzo-soprano
Brian Giebler, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone

J.S. BACH  Mass in B Minor

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May 4, 5 & 6, 2023
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

Program to include:
OTTORINO RESPIGHI  Roman Festivals

Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“MULTITUDE OF VOYCES”*
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

ISABELLA LEONARDA (1620-1704)  Alma Redemptoris Mater
KERENSA BRIGGS (b.1991)  Hear my prayer (New York premiere)
SISTER SULPITIA CESIS (1577-c.1619)  Stabat Mater
MARIA XAVERIA PERUCHONA (c.1652-p.1709)  Cessate tympany, cessate praelia
ETHYL SMYTH (1858-1944)  Komm süsser Tod
AMY BEACH (1867-1944)  Lord, now lettest thou (Nunc dimittis)
MELANIE DEMORE (b. 1955)  Blessed be!
RANI ARBO (b. 1968)  Crossing the Bar
J.S. BACH (1685-1750)  Jesu, meine Freude
UNDINE SMITH MOORE (1904-1989)  We shall walk through the valley

*Presented in collaboration with Multitude of Voyces CIC, a British publisher of music by women composers

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Sunday, April 16, 2023, 5 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

J.S. BACH  Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542
DAVID HURD  Partita on Detroit (1992)
CÉSAR FRANCK  Chorale No. 3 in A Minor

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March 23, 24 & 25, 2023
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Nicholas Phan, tenor (Evangelist)
Davóne Tines, bass
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano
Paul Appleby, tenor
Philippe Sly, bass-baritone
Musica Sacra,
Kent Tritle, director

J.S. BACH  St. Matthew Passion

Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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Sunday, March 19, 2023, 8 PM
Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, UT
CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF THE CATHEDRAL OF THE MADELEINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Heather Petrie, contralto
Christopher Oglesby, tenor
Seth Keeton, bass-baritone

EDWARD ELGAR  The Dream of Gerontius

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Friday, March 10, 2023, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Monica, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

J.S. BACH  Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor, BWV
NICOLAS DEGRIGNY  Récit de Tierce en taille
DAVID HURD  Partita on Detroit (1992)
STEPHEN PAULUS  Triptych (2000): “Still Be My Vision” (movement II)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 65
CÉSAR FRANCK  Pastorale, Op. 19
CÉSAR FRANCK  Chorale No. 3 in A Minor

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“LIGHT OF PARADISE”
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Bryan Zaros, conductor**
Halley Gilbert, soprano
Andrew Fuchs, tenor
Orchestra of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine

DAVID BRIGGS  Stabat Mater for soloists, chorus, organ, and orchestra (World premiere)*
GEORGE WALKER  Lyric for Strings*
MORTEN LAURIDSEN  Lux Aeterna**

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Saturday, January 28, 2023
Christ Cathedral, Garden Grove, CA
CHRIST CATHEDRAL INTERFAITH CHORAL FESTIVAL
Kent Tritle, conductor clinician

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Friday, December 31, 2022, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE”
CATHEDRAL CHOIR & ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle & Bryan Zaros, conductors
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Greg Purnhagen, baritone
Harry Smith, host

GUSTAV HOLST  St. Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2
DAVID LANG  Make Peace
WANG JIE  The Name That Never Dies
JOSEPH TURRIN  Lullaby for Vaska – Dedicated to the people of Ukraine (World premiere)
PHILIP HERBERT  Elegy: in memoriam

The program also includes works by Daniel Ficarri, Christopher DeBlasio, and Amy Summers, culminating with the African American Spiritual “This Little Light of Mine,” sung by all.

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CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICES AT THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE

Saturday, December 24, 2022
4 PM – Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols
10 PM – Christmas Eve Festal Eucharist
Sunday, December 25, 2022
10:30 AM – Christmas Day Holy Eucharist – in-person and livestreamed

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Wednesday, December 21, 2022, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Joshua Blue, tenor
Enrico Lagasca, bass-baritone

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Messiah

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Monday, December 19, 2022, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Maria Brea, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Joshua Blue, tenor
Jesse Blumberg, baritone

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL  Messiah

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Friday, December 9, 2022, 7 PM
Saturday, December 10, 2022, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS”
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS & ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle & Bryan Zaros, conductors
Eva Martinez & Halley Gilbert, sopranos
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
Austin Cody, tenor
Andrew Jurden, bass-baritone

ANTONIO VIVALDI  Magnificat, RV 610
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Fantasia on Christmas Carols
YSHANI PERINPANAYAGAM  “In Bethlehem Above”
SHEENA PHILIPS  “The Christmas Bird”
Christmas favorites by Giulio Caccini, John Rutter, Donald Fraser, and selections from Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols sung by the Cathedral Choristers
Christmas carols sung by all

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Maeve Höglund, soprano
Raehann Bryce-Davis, mezzo-soprano
Martin Bakari, tenor
Steven Eddy, baritone
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone

PAUL MORAVEC/MARK CAMPBELL  A Nation of Others (World premiere, OSNY commission)
ROBERT PATERSON Whitman’s America (2016)

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“MUSIC FOR A GOTHIC SPACE”
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

A concert featuring music from 14th century England and France, including works written for the Feast of St. Crispin, and excerpts from Missa de pluribus martyribus; extra tempus paschale (Gregorian chant) as well as music by living composers Janet Wheeler, Amy Summers, Olivia Sparkhall, and Sarah McDonald.

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Sunday, October 16, 2022, 5 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

J. S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544
CÉSAR FRANCK Pastorale, Op. 19
STEPHEN PAULUS Tryptich for Organ (2000)

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October 12, 13, 15, 18, 2022
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Jaap van Zweden, conductor

Program to include:
OTTORINO RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
(Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic)

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Sunday, October 9, 2022, 4 PM
First United Methodist Church, Des Moines, IA
KENT TRITLE, organ

VINCENT LÜBECK  Preambulum and Fugue in C Minor
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI  Toccata Sesta
J. S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544
J. S. BACH  Nun Danket alle Gott, BWV 657
DAVID HURD  Partita on Detroit (1992)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Sonata III in A Major, Op. 65
CÉSAR FRANCK  Pastorale, Op. 19
STEPHEN PAULUS  Tryptich for Organ (2000)

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Friday, September 30, 2022, 7:30 PM
Christ Church Episcopal, Westerly, RI
KENT TRITLE, organ

VINCENT LÜBECK  Preambulum and Fugue in C Minor
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI  Toccata Sesta
J. S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544
J. S. BACH  Nun Danket alle Gott, BWV 657
DAVID HURD  Partita on Detroit (1992)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Sonata III in A Major, Op. 65
CÉSAR FRANCK  Pastorale, Op. 19
STEPHEN PAULUS Tryptich for Organ (2000)

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August 14-22, 2022
Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA
AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORAL WORKSHOP
The Choral Workshop will explore J. S. Bach Cantatas Nos. 4 and 106.

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May 21-29, 2022
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, NYC
NEW YORK CITY BALLET
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, Music Director

George Balanchine’s ballet to Felix Mendelssohn’s score of A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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Monday, May 23, 2022, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
“CALEIDOSCÓPIO! UNSUNG VOICES FROM PORTUGAL”
Rose of the Compass
Parthenia
Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine
Kent Tritle, Nina Stern & Raymond Nagem, music directors

An exploration of rarely heard works from Portugal including the 13th-century female-voiced “Cantigas de Amigo,” symphonies of the converso Jewish heiress Isabella Duarte, and sacred and secular works of the 16th-century Black composer Vicente Lusitano.

Underwritten by a generous grant from Lois and Richard Pace

(This concert had originally been announced to take place on February 22, 2022.)

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Monday, May 9, 2022, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Lucia Bradford, mezzo-soprano
Isaiah Bell, tenor
Justin Austin, baritone
Orchestra of the Society

FELIX MENDELSSOHN     Elijah

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Bernard Holcomb, tenor
Enrico Lagasca, bass
Musica Sacra Orchestra

J. S. BACH Magnificat
MOZART Great Mass in C minor

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Bryan Zaros, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Tracy Cowart, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Fuchs, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone

ANTONIO VIVALDI  Concerto in D Minor, RV 565
ALISSA FIRSOVA  Stabat Mater (New York City premiere)
FRANCIS POULENC  Litanies à la Vierge Noire (1947 version orchestrated with strings and timpani)
JOSÉ MAURÍCIO NUNES GARCIA Requiem

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Thursday, March 31, 2022, 7:30 PM
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
JUILLIARD ORCHESTRA
Barbara Hannigan, conductor
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, Music Director

Program to include:
CLAUDE DEBUSSY  La damoiselle élue

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Manhattan School of Music – Neidorf-Karpati Hall
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS AND CHAMBER PHILHARMONIA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Ronnie Oliver, conductor
Eva Martinez, soprano
Henry Griffin, baritone

Arr. UNDINE MOORE  “Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord”
MOSES HOGAN  “Hear My Prayer”
MOSES HOGAN  “Elijah Rock”
GABRIEL FAURÉ  Requiem

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Nicole Joy Mitchell, contralto
John Riesen, tenor
Musica Sacra Orchestra

VIKTOR KALABIS  Canticum Canticorum
ARVO PÄRT  Te Deum
WANG JIE The Name That Never Dies (World premiere, Musica Sacra commission)
JOHANNES BRAHMS  Schaffe in mir, Gott, Op. 29, No. 2

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Saturday, February 19, 2022, 7:30 PM | watch now
Dordt University, Sioux Center, IA
KENT TRITLE, organ

NICHOLAUS BRUHNS  Praeludium in E Minor
NICHOLAS DE GRIGNY  Tierce en taille
J. S. BACH  Piece d’orgue, BWV 572
JOHANNES BRAHMS  O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, Op.122, No.3
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Sonata IV in B-Flat
GEORGE CRUMB  Pastoral Drone
FRANZ LISZT  Prelude and Fugue on BACH
(Kent will conduct a master class on Friday, Feb. 18, at 3 PM)

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Saturday, February 12, 2022, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
Ronnie Oliver, conductor
*Rong Zhang, conductor

MEREDITH MONK  Nightfall
JOHANNES BRAHMS  Liebeslieder Waltzes
Chinese folk songs

*DMA candidate in conducting

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Monday, January 31, 2022, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
Musica Sacra; Kent Tritle, Music Director

Program to include:
GUSTAV HOLST  The Planets

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Friday, December 31, 2021, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine  |  watch video
NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE
Kent Tritle, Bryan Zaros, and Jie Yi, conductors
Harry Smith, commentator
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Cathedral Choir and Orchestra

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL  Water Music Suite in D

The program also includes Joel Thompson’s “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed,” “Glory” by Common and John Legend featured in the motion picture Selma, David Hurd’s “When Night Fell,” works from Asian composers including Chen Yi, “Dona Nobis Pacem” from J. S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor, and “This Little Light of Mine.”

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Monday, December 20, 2021, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Joshua Blue, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
Orchestra of the Society

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL  Messiah Part I (complete) with highlights from Parts II & III

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December 14, 15, 17, 18, 2021
Riverside Church
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Jeannette Sorel, conductor

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL  Messiah
(Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic)

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Friday, December 10, 2021, 7 PM
Saturday, December 11, 2021, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Cathedral Choirs and Orchestra
Kent Tritle, conductor
Bryan Zaros, conductor
Halley Gilbert, soprano
Katie Geissinger, mezzo-soprano

BENJAMIN BRITTEN  A Ceremony of Carols
ANTONIO VIVALDI  Gloria
Christmas carols

These performances of Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols are underwritten by Dr. Gwen Zornberg in honor of the life of Judge Deborah A. Batts.

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 7 PM
Church of St. Monica, 413 East 79th Street, NYC

Mozart Requiem
Orchestra of St. Monica-St. Elizabeth of Hungary-St. Stephen of Hungary Church
Kent Tritle, conductor
Lianne Coble, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Bradley King, tenor
Peter Stewart, baritone
Choir of the Cathedral of St John the Divine

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Monday, November 22, 2021, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music – Neidorf Karpati Hall
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY AND SYMPHONIC CHORUS
Kent Tritle, conductor
Rosario Hernandez Armas, soprano

JOSÉ MAURÍCIO NUNES GARCIA Stabat Mater
MANUEL DE FALLA  Siete Canciones
W. A. MOZART Requiem

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Friday, November 19, 2021, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Lauren Snouffer, soprano
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Haji, tenor
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, Music Director

W.A. MOZART   Requiem (Robert Levin completion)
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN   Te Deum in C

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Thursday, November 11, 2021, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC ORCHESTRA AND VOCAL ARTS ENSEMBLE
George Manahan, conductor
Kent Tritle, Director of Choral Activities

Program to include:
GUSTAV HOLST The Planets

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Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
David Rosenmeyer, conductor
William Janiszewski, conductor
Raymond Nagem, organ

BENJAMIN BRITTEN  Festival Te Deum and Rejoice in the Lamb
ARVO PÄRT  Berliner Messe and Two Slavonic Psalms
GIOVANNI GABRIELI  Jubilate Deo, omnis terra (a 8)

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Friday, November 5, 2021, 7:30 PM
The Actors’ Chapel, NYC
AMERICAN MODERN ENSEMBLE: TINTINNABULI
Featuring:
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, conductor

Program to include these works performed by Musica Sacra conducted by Kent Tritle:

ROBERT PATERSON  Graffiti Canons for choir (New York premiere)
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA Motets:
Surge, illuminare, Jerusalem
Sicut Cervus
Exsultate Deo

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Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 6:45 PM (service at 7:30 PM)
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

A National Service of Remembrance, including a presentation of Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem performed by the Cathedral Choir and Orchestra of St. John the Divine conducted by Kent Tritle. Free to the public, this event culminates three days celebrating the reopening of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

(On Sunday, October 31 at 5 PM, Festal Evensong for All Saints, Kent conducts the Cathedral Choirs, brass and timpani in the world premiere of a Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by the Cathedral’s new Associate Organist, Daniel Ficarri.)

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MUSICA SACRA
Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra
Kent Tritle, conductor
Michael Sheetz, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Helen Karloski, mezzo-soprano
James Reese, tenor
Peter Stewart, baritone
Sato Moughalian, flute

J. S. BACH  Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor
J. S. BACH  Cantata 78, Jesu, der du meine Seele
JOHANN MICHAEL BACH  Halt, was du hast
JOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH  Fürchte dich nicht

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
DAVID BRIGGS, organ
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Kirsten Sollek, alto
Bernard Holcomb, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass

L. V. BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 (World premiere of a transcription for organ by David Briggs)

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Tuesday, September 28, 2021, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
KENT TRITLE, organ

GEORGE CRUMB Pastoral Drone
J. S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 549
CÉSAR FRANCK Cantabile
MAURICE DURUFLÉ  Suite, Opus 5

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021, 7 PM EDT
Musica Sacra with Rose of the Compass Digital Concert
A full-length concert recorded and filmed at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Join Musica Sacra on June 15, 2021 at 7 PM for You are the light: a full-length digital concert recorded and filmed at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Music Director and conductor Kent Tritle leads the Musica Sacra choir with instrumental ensemble Rose of the Compass in this stunning program that includes the world premiere of Duncan Patton’s There Will Come a Time, the concert premiere of Ara Dinkjian’s You are the light, Robert Sirota’s Immigrant Songs, and Armenian music performed by Rose of the Compass.

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Saturday, May 8, 2021, 2 PM
Grant’s Tomb, 122nd St. and Riverside Drive, NYC
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC VOCAL ENSEMBLES & CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Conductors: Kent Tritle, Ronnie Oliver, Michael Sheetz, John Verkuilen, Alejandro Zuleta, and Jose Juan Marzal Fernandez
Works by Mozart, Haydn, Hassler, Gibbons, Britten, Monteverdi, and Pärt

Note: Due to the weather, this performance has been moved indoors and is not a public event.

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Great Music in a Great Space: St. John Passion at St. John the Divine

MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2021, 7 – 9 PM
LIVESTREAM

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine’s Great Music in a Great Space concert series continues with a virtual performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. John Passion. “St. John at St. John” has become a signature production of the Cathedral Choir and Ensemble 1047 under Director of Music Kent Tritle, a tradition all the more beloved during a time when musical expression is most needed. Andrew Fuchs, Joseph Beutel, Amy Justman, Kirsten Sollek, Lawrence Jones, and Peter Stewart will appear as soloists.

PROGRAM
Johann Sebastian Bach
St. John Passion, BWV 245

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Monday, December 21, 2020, 8 PM
Available to watch on-demand 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

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Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 6-7 PM ET
Online Event
MUSICA SACRA

You’re invited to an online event featuring three extraordinary artists coming together to support Musica Sacra. Music Director Kent Tritle is joined by Susanna Phillips (Metropolitan Opera), Amy Justman (Broadway and classical crossover star) and Jamet Pittman (soloist and singer with Musica Sacra and board member). These singers will share their experience with Musica Sacra and lend some musical inspiration including Mozart’s Laudate Dominum, Rodger and Hammerstein’s You’ll Never Walk Alone, and A City Called Heaven.

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Sunday, June 28, 2020, 4 PM
First United Methodist Church, Des Moines, IA
KENT TRITLE, organ

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Andrew Fuchs as the Evangelist
Joseph Beutel as Jesu
Amy Justman, soprano
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
Lawrence Jones, tenor
Peter Stewart, baritone

J. S. BACH  St. John Passion

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Monday, March 2, 2020, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Takaoki Onishi, baritone

JOHANNES BRAHMS  A German Requiem (U.S. premiere of a new critical edition)
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020, 7:30 PM
Neidorff‐Karpati Hall, Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS & CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor

FRANZ SCHUBERT  Mass in E‐flat Major
J. S. BACH  Magnificat
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Monday, February 10, 2020, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor

This Fragile Earth – A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
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Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

NICOLAUS BRUHNS  Praeludium in E minor
J. S. BACH  Adagio from Trio Sonata No. 5 in C Major, BWV 529
J. S. BACH  Pièce d’orgue, BWV 572
CÉSAR FRANCK Cantabile and Pièce Héroïque from Trois Pièces
LOUIS VIERNE   Cantilène, Adagio and Final from Symphonie No. 3, Op. 28
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Sunday, January 19, 2020, 4:30 PM
Church of the Redeemer Episcopal
Sarasota, FL

J. S. BACH  Pièce d’orgue, BWV 572
CÉSAR FRANCK Cantabile from Trois Pièces
CÉSAR FRANCK  Choral No. 3 in A minor
LOUIS VIERNE  Adagio and Final from Symphonie No. 3, Op. 28

5:30 PM Evensong:
Anthem: Hail Gladdening Light – Charles Wood
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B minor – Herbert Howell
Preces and Responses – Philip Radcliffe
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Tuesday, December 31, 2019, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE
Kent Tritle, conductor

With special guests Paul Winter, David Briggs, Jason Robert Brown, Jamet Pittman, and host Harry Smith, with the Cathedral Choir and Orchestra
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Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY

4 PM: Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols
10:30 PM: Christmas Eve Festal Eucharist
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Monday, December 23, 2019, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Amy Justman, soprano
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
Joshua Blue, tenor
Adam Lau, bass

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL  Messiah
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Thursday, December 19, 2019, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Brian Giebler, tenor
Adam Lau, bass

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL  Messiah
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Saturday, December 14, 2019, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
FANTASIAS AND CAROLS: A CATHEDRAL CHRISTMAS
Kent Tritle, conductor
Bryan Zaros, conductor
Combined Cathedral Choirs, Orchestra, and Soloists

Works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Giovanni Gabrieli, George Frideric Handel
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Sat., December 7, 2019, 7 PM
Sun., December 8, 2019, 4 PM
COLLEGIUM CINCINNATI
Kent Tritle, conductor

HANDEL  Messiah
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Wednesday, November 20, 2019, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Alex Richardson, tenor
Thomas Enhco, piano
David Rozenblatt, percussion

PATRICK ZIMMERLI  Instrument of Destiny (U.S. Premiere)
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Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 7:30 PM
Gordon K. and Harriet Greenfield Hall
Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
Graduate student conductors:
Alejandro Zuleta
Rong Zhang

“Look at the Stars”
Cunctipotens genitor Deus (10th century, Milan)
PEROTIN  Sederunt
“Adinu” (Sufi song)
NURIT HIRSCH  “Oseh Shalom”
CHRISTINA WHITTEN  Choral de Bêtes
LEE HOIBY  “Last Letter Home”
KEVIN OLDHAM  Boulding Chorale ‐ “My Lord, thou art in every breath I take”
“Elijah Rock” (Traditional spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan)
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Tuesday, November 5, 2019, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
John Riesen, tenor
David Pike, baritone
Arthur Fiacco, Jr., cello

David Briggs, organ SERGEI RACHMANINOFF  Vespers (excerpts)
MAURICE DURUFLÉ  Requiem
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Saturday, October 26, 2019, 4 PM
Christ the King Episcopal Church, Stone Ridge, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

J.S. BACH  Pièce d’Orgue, BWV 572
BRAHMS   Two Chorales, Op. 122
Herzliebster Jesu
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
BRUHNS  Praeludium in E minor
J.S. BACH  An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653
MENDELSSOHN  Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Opus 37, No. 1
FRANCK  Chorale No. 3 in A minor
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Monday, October 21, 2019, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

“Music for a Gothic Space”
GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT  Messe de Nostre Dame
JOSQUIN DES PRES  Motets
Gregorian Chant
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Saturday, September 14, 2019, 3:30 PM
Smithfield Church, Amenia, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in C, BuxWV 137
J.S. BACH  Pièce d’Orgue, BWV 572
JOHANNES BRAHMS  Three Chorales, Op.122
J.S. BACH  Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C, BWV 564
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Op. 37, No. 1
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Wednesday & Thursday, September 11 & 12, 2019, 7:30 PM
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Richard Kaufman, conductor
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, music director

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The Art of the Score
JOHN WILLIAMS  Close Encounters of the Third Kind
July 14-21, 2019, 11:15 AM
Connecticut College, New London, CT
AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORAL WORKSHOP

The Choral Workshop at the Amherst Music Festival, led by Kent Tritle, is designed to give the serious amateur choral singer an opportunity to learn and perform masterworks. The 2019 workshop will focus on Monteverdi’s Magnificat for six voices and motets Adoramus te and Cantate Domino, and Carissimi’s Jephte. The performance takes place Saturday, July 20, at 11:15 AM.

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Friday, June 7, 2019, 7 PM
Kyoto Concert Hall, Kyoto, Japan
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Soloists including Leslie Fagan and Takaoki Onishi

HANDEL  Messiah (excerpts)

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Monday, May 20, 2019, 6:30 PM
MUSICA SACRA’S SPRING SOIRÉE
Concert at 7 PM

This intimate concert will include members of the Choir of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine singing Brahms’s delightful Liebeslieder Waltzes. Kent Tritle will perform J.S. Bach’s tour-de-force “wedge” Prelude and Fugue, plus a movement from Felix Mendelssohn’s brilliant Organ Sonata in B-flat. Michael Sheetz and Amir Farid join at the piano. Enjoy wine & champagne at a beautiful private home in downtown Manhattan.
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Thursday, May 9, 2019, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Elizabeth de Trejo, soprano
Raehann Bryce-Davis, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Blue, tenor
Adam Lau, bass

VERDI  Requiem
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
John Brancy, baritone

FAURÉ  Requiem
POULENC  Litanies à la Vierge noire
POULENC  Quatre petites prières de Saint Françoise d’Assise
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Friday, March 22, 2019, 7:30 PM
First Congregational Church of Ridgefield, CT
KENT TRITLE, organ

BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in E Major, BuxWV 141
J.S. BACH  An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653
J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548
MENDELSSOHN  Sonata IV in B-flat
BRAHMS  O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, Op. 122, No. 3
LISZT  Prelude and Fugue on BACH
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Friday, March 8, 2019, 7:30 PM
First Congregational United Church of Christ, Sarasota, FL
KENT TRITLE, organ

BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in E Major, BuxWV 141
J.S. BACH  An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653
J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548
MENDELSSOHN  Sonata IV in B-flat
BRAHMS  O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, Op. 122, No. 3
LISZT  Prelude and Fugue on BACH
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Tuesday, March 5, 2019, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Arthur Fiacco, cello

BYRD  Mass for Five Voices
TAVENER  The Lamb
PAULUS  Pilgrim’s Hymn
GILBERTSON  Migration for choir and cello with poetry by Kai Hoffman-Krull (World premiere)

Pre-Concert Recital by the Newark Boys Chorus at 7:00 PM
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Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC WOMEN’S CHORUS
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Ronnie Oliver, conductor**
MSM Graduate Conductors

BRAHMS  Vier Gesänge*
HOLST  Hymns from the Rig Veda
PAULUS  The Earth Sings
PERSICHETTI  Winter Cantata**
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Monday, February 25, 2019, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
David Rosenmeyer, conductor*
Johanna Rusanen, soprano
Takakoki Onishi, baritone
Members of the Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus

BERLIOZ  La mort d’Ophelie*
DEBUSSY  “Sirènes” from Nocturnes
SIBELIUS  Kullervo
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Friday, January 18, 2019, 1 PM
“Pipes at One” at Trinity Church Wall Street, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ
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Monday, December 31, 2018, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
With guests Paul Winter, Jason Robert Brown, and host Harry Smith

WILLIAM BOYCE  Symphony No. 1
MOZART  Symphony No. 29
CONVERY  I have a dream
OQUIN  Alleluia (New York premiere)
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Wednesday, December 19, 2018, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Daniel Moody, countertenor
Brian Giebler, tenor
John Brancy, baritone

HANDEL  Messiah
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Monday, December 17, 2018, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Daniel Moody, countertenor
Isaiah Bell, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass

HANDEL  Messiah
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Friday, December 14, 2018, 5 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Kent Tritle leads a special performance of Bach’s Cantata No. 140, “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme,” in celebration of the 50th wedding anniversary of William McKeown and Constance Coles. Soloists are Lianne Coble, soprano; Emerson Sieverts, tenor and Peter Stewart, baritone. The performance is free and open to the public.
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Saturday, December 8, 2018, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Combined Cathedral Choirs, Orchestra, and Soloists
Kent Tritle, conductor
Bryan Zaros, conductor

GABRIELI  In ecclesiis
GABRIELI  O Magnum Mysterium
PINKHAM  Christmas Cantata
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Sunday, November 18, 2018, 4 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
A Service of Dedication: 125th Anniversary
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Sunday, November 11, 2018, 2 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Ewa Plonka, mezzo-soprano
Jesse Blumberg, baritoneGORECKI  Euntes Ibant et Flebant
SZYMANOWSKI  Stabat Mater
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Dona nobis pacem
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Monday, November 5, 2018, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Raymond Nagem, conductor“Armenia 1918/2018: Armistice & Independence – A Centennial Celebration”
A program celebrating the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day and Armenian independence, specifically honoring those who were killed in the Armenian genocide, a direct result of WWI, with a tribute of traditional and sacred music to the Armenian cleric and composer Gomidas.
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Saturday, October 20, 2018, 5 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
Installation and Institution of The Right Reverend Clifton Daniel III, 10th Dean, and A Celebration of All Cathedral Ministries
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Michael Sheetz, conductor**J.S. BACH Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225*
BUXTEHUDE  Cantate Domino**
SCARLATTI  Te Deum**
SCARLATTI  Stabat Mater*Pre-Concert Recital by the Newark Boys Chorus at 7:00 PM
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Friday, September 21, 2018
University of Michigan North Campus, Ann Arbor, MI
University Musical Society
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Robert Ziegler, conductor
Musica Sacra,
Kent Tritle, Music Director2001: A Space Odyssey  – screening with live score performance
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September 14 & 15, 2018
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
André de Ridder, conductor
Musica Sacra,
Kent Tritle, Music DirectorThe Art of the Score:
2001: A Space Odyssey – screening with live score performance
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Saturday, September 8, 2018, 3:30 PM
The Smithfield Church, Amenia, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ
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Sunday, August 5, 2018, 3 PM
Grace United Methodist Church, Spencer, IA
KENT TRITLE, organ
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Sunday, July 29, 2018
Himmerod Abbey, Grosslittgen, Germany
KENT TRITLE, organ
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Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Erlöserkirche, Munich, Germany
KENT TRITLE, organ
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Sunday, July 22, 2018, 6 PM
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail, CO
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC at Bravo! Vail
David Robertson, conductor
George Li, piano
Kent Tritle, organ
Hank Gutman, conductor (Tchaikovsky)

TCHAIKOVSKY  Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
COPLAND  An Outdoor Overture
MENDELSSOHN  Piano Concerto No. 1
SAINT-SAËNS  Symphony  No. 3,“Organ”
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July 8-15, 2018
Connecticut College, New London, CT
AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORAL WORKSHOP

The Choral Workshop at the Amherst Music Festival, led by Kent Tritle, is designed to give the serious amateur choral singer an opportunity to learn and perform masterworks.  The 2018 workshop will focus on Machaut’s Messe de Nostre Dame, Motets for Five Voices of Lassus, and Charpentier’s  Le Reniement de St. Pierre. The performance takes place Saturday, July 14, at 11 AM.
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Saturday, June 16, 2018, 7:30 PM
Arthur Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

MOSTLY MODERN FESTIVAL:
AMERICAN MODERN ORCHESTRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Larry Pine, narrator
Caitlin Lynch, soprano
Chad Sloan, baritone
Philip Payton, viola
Albany Pro Musica Masterworks Chorus

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Flos Campi (Flower of the Field), Suite for viola, chorus, and orchestra
ROBERT PATERSON  Walt’s America for soprano, baritone, chorus, and orchestra
ROBERT PATERSON  A New Eaarth for narrator, chorus, and orchestra
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Friday, May 18, 2018, 1 PM
Pipes at One at St. Paul’s Chapel of Trinity Church Wall Street, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

MARCHAND  Grand Dialogue
DE GRIGNY  Recit de Tierce en taille
BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in E, BuxWV 141
MENDELSSOHN  Organ Sonata in A Major, Op. 65, No. 3
LANGLAIS  Chant de Paix
J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548, “The Wedge”
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Musica Sacra 2018 Spring Soirée
Synod Hall, Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Amsterdam Avenue, just north of 110th Street

6:30 PM Wine & Hors d’oeuvres
7:00 PM Performance

Kent Tritle will lead members of the Musica Sacra Orchestra with baritone Jacob Scharfman in music of Bach and Mozart, including J.S. Bach’s Cantata 82, “Ich habe genug.” Tickets start at $200 and extend to the Conductor’s Circle.
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Monday, May 7, 2018, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Laquita Mitchell, soprano
Raehann Bryce-Davis, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Blue, tenor
Malcolm Merriweather, baritone
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone

MORAVEC  Sanctuary Road (World premiere, OSNY commission)
RANJBARAN  We Are One (World premiere)
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Monday, April 9, 2018, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
Kent Tritle, conductor

An international spectrum of works celebrating the history of immigration in New York, ranging from folk music of Ireland and the Baltic region to choral music of Rachmaninoff, Persichetti, Rebecca Clarke, Tarik O’Regan, F. Melius Christiansen, and Jean Berger, culminating in the world premiere for these combined ensembles of Immigrant Songs by Robert Sirota, libretto by Victoria Sirota. To register for the pre-concert tour of the Chapels of the Tongues, email Stephen Biegner at [email protected].
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Thursday, March 22, 2018, 7:30 PM
Riverside Church, New York, NY
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir
Manhattan School of Music Women’s Chorus
Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus
Manhattan School of Music Symphony
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Ronnie Oliver, conductor
Jie Yi, conductor

MENDELSSOHN  Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise)*
HOLST  Hymns from the Rig Veda (selections)
Music by Mozart and Mendelssohn to be announced
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Amber Evans, soprano
Daniel Moody, countertenor
Marc Day, tenor
Michael Steinberger, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass
Raymond Nagem, organ

STRAVINSKY  Bogoroditse Dyevo (Ave Maria)
STRAVINSKY  Otche nash’ (Our Father)
STRAVINSKY  Anthem: The Dove Descending Breaks the Air
KODÁLY  Laudes Organi for choir and organ
PÄRT  Miserere
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

Light of Light: Music of Lassus, Lauridsen, with Gregorian Chant
LASSUS  Missa super Osculetur me
LASSUS  Motet Surgens Jesus
JOSQUIN  Ave Maria
LAURIDSEN  O nata lux
OLDHAM  My Lord, thou art in every breath I take
Gregorian Mass for Quasi modo Sunday
Victimae paschali laudes
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir
Manhattan School of Music Chamber Ensemble
Kent Tritle, conductor

VICTORIA  O quam gloriosum
VICTORIA  Missa O quam gloriosum
CHARPENTIER  Le Reniement de Saint Pierre, H. 424
CARISSIMI  Jephte
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Sunday, February 11, 2018, 4:30 PM
Neighborhood Music School, New Haven, CT
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SINGING
MASTER CLASS WITH KENT TRITLE
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February 8, 9, 10, 2018
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Antonio Pappano, conductor
Leif Ove-Andsnes, piano
Kent Tritle, organ

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
BRITTEN  Piano Concerto
SAINT-SAËNS  Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
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Tuesday, February 6, 2018, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

MARCHAND  Grand Dialogue
DE GRIGNY  Recit de Tierce en taille
COUPERIN  Convent Mass: Offertoire
ALAIN  Le Jardin Suspendu
ALAIN  Litanies
GUILMANT  Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 80
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Sunday, December 31, 2017, 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE
Cathedral Choir and Orchestra of St. John the Divine
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Arthur Fiacco, Jr., cello
With guests Judy Collins, Jason Robert Brown, and host Harry Smith

RUPERT LANG  “Earth Teach Me”
FRANK TICHELI  “Earth Song”
LUCAS WIEGERINK  “See the Wretched Strangers” (2016, U.S. premiere)
HAYDN  Te Deum in C Major
BERNSTEIN  Selections from Mass including Chorales and “Simple Song”
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Thursday, December 21, 2017, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Samantha Hankey, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Blue, tenor
Adam Lau, bass

HANDEL  Messiah
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Monday, December 18, 2017, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Jones, tenor
Dashon Burton, bass

HANDEL  Messiah
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Saturday, December 9, 2017, 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Kent Tritle, conductor
Bryan Zaros, conductor
Dayen Booker, treble chorister
Halley Gilbert, soprano
Michele Kennedy, soprano
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Allison Cheeseman, mezzo-soprano
Katie Geissinger, mezzo-soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto

VIVALDI  Gloria
JAMES BASSI   Quem pastores laudavere
BRITTEN  Ceremony of Carols
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017, 7:30 PM
Riverside Church, New York, NY
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus
Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir
Manhattan School of Music Symphony
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Billy Janiszewski, conductor
Jie Yi, conductor
Bryan Zaros, conductor

MOZART  Requiem*
HANDEL  Coronation Anthems (selections)
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Monday, November 6, 2017, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
John Chest, baritone

BRAHMS  Schicksalslied, Op. 54
BRAHMS  Ein Deutsches Requiem
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Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

J.S. BACH  Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf
J.S. BACH  Fürchte dich nicht
SCHÜTZ  Three selections from Psalmen Davids
BRAHMS  Fest und Gedenksprüche
BRAHMS  Ich aber bin elend
BRUCKNER  Ave Maria
BRUCKNER  Virga Jesse
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Sunday, October 22, 2017, 3 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

MARCHAND  Grand Dialogue
PAULUS  Tryptich (selection) (2000)
J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543
MENDELSSOHN  Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 65
BRAHMS  Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (selections)
GUILMANT  Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 80
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Sunday, October 15, 2017, 4 PM
Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC
CATHEDRAL CHORAL SOCIETY
Kent Tritle, conductor
Danielle Talamantes, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Matt Boehler, bass

MOZART  Requiem
LAURIDSEN  Lux Aeterna
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Saturday, September 9, 2017, 3:30 PM
Smithfield Church, Amenia , NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543
MENDELSSOHN  Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 65
GUILMANT  Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 80
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Sunday, August 27, 2017
Stiftskirche, Kyllburg, Germany
KENT TRITLE, organ

J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543
MENDELSSOHN  Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 65
PINKHAM  A Prophecy for Organ (1971)
GUILMANT  Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 80
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July 16-23, 2017
Connecticut College, New London, CT
AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORAL WORKSHOP

The Choral Workshop at the Amherst Music Festival, led by Kent Tritle, is designed to give the serious amateur choral singer an opportunity to learn and perform masterworks.  The 2017 workshop will focus on William Byrd’s The Great Service along with works of Thomas Tallis and Robert Parsons. The workshop concludes with a performance.
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July 9-16, 2017
Berkshire School, Sheffield, MA
BERKSHIRE CHORAL INTERNATIONAL
Rachel Rosales, soprano
Kara Shay Thomson, soprano
Emily Misch, soprano (Mater Gloriosa)
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Mary Phillips, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Jesse Blumberg, baritone
Adam Lau, bass

Kent Tritle leads a week-long workshop in, and performance of, Mahler’s Symphony No. 8.
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Friday, June 9, 2017, 7:30 PM
Church of the Little Flower, Bethesda, MD
THE APOLLO ORCHESTRA
Stephen Czarkowski, conductor
Kent Tritle, organ

Program to include:
SAINT-SAËNS Organ Symphony
Monday, May 8, 2017, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Christopher Ainsley, countertenor
Lawrence Jones, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone

BACH  Mass in B Minor
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Thursday & Friday, April 6 & April 7, 2017, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY AND SYMPHONIC CHORUS
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Matthew Worth, baritone
The Cathedral Choristers,
Bryan Zaros, director

BRITTEN  War Requiem
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March 14 & 15, 2017
Teatro Solis, Montevideo, Uruguay
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Orquesta Filarmonica de Montevideo
Kent Tritle, conductor

MOZART  “Great” Mass in C Minor
BRUCKNER  Te Deum
ORFF  Carmina Burana (selection from Part I)
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Wednesday, March 8, 2017, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

BACH  Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
BRITTEN  Festival Te Deum
BRAHMS  Schaffe in mir, Gott
BRITTEN  Rejoice in the Lamb
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Sunday, February 26, 2017, 3 PM
Church of the Palms, Sarasota, FL
KENT TRITLE, organ

J.S. BACH  Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
ROREM  Views from the Oldest House
FRANCK  Grand Pièce Symphonique, Op. 17
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AND CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kirsten Sollek, mezzo-soprano
Arthur Fiacco, cello
Raymond Nagem, organ

DURUFLÉ  Requiem
DURUFLÉ  Four Motets
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Sunday, February 19, 2017, 7-8:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

#refugeinmusic
Instrumentalists, singers and music lovers are invited to participate or take refuge in the sounds of Bach, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Fauré. This community gathering will be a show of support for refugees and reaffirm our commitment that immigrants make America great. Sponsored by the Music Department at the Cathedral of St John the Divine, the event will feature Kent Tritle, Anna Lenti, Raymond Nagem, Bryan Zaros, Stephen Biegner, Arthur Fiacco, Jorge Avila and the Cathedral Choirs. Free and open to all.
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Thursday, February 16, 2017, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Erin Morley, soprano
Florian Boesch, baritone
Musica Sacra,
Kent Tritle, Music Director

LUTOSŁAWSKI  Musique funèbre
BRAHMS  Ein deutsches Requiem
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
KENT TRITLE, organ

J.S. BACH  Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
ROREM  Views from the Oldest House
FRANCK  Grand Pièce Symphonique, Op. 17
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Sunday, January 22, 2017, 4 PM
St. Thomas Reformed Church, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
KENT TRITLE, organ
Arthur Fiacco, cello

J.S. BACH  Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
VIVALDI  Cello Sonata No.1 in B flat
ROREM  Selections from Views from the Oldest House
DEBUSSY  Romance
J.S. BACH  Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor
SIBELIUS  Walse Triste
FRANCK  Pièce Héroïque
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Saturday, December 31, 2016, 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE
Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine & Orchestra
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jamet Pittman, soprano
With guests Judy Collins, Jason Robert Brown and host Harry Smith

MORAVEC  Light Shall Lift Us (New York premiere)
BARBER  Adagio for Strings, “Let down the bars, O Death,” “Sure on this shining night”
BACH  Mass in B Minor: “Gloria/et in terra pax,” “Laudamus te,” “Gratias agimus tibi,” “Dona nobis pacem”
HAILSTORK  “Motherless Child”
DAWSON  “Balm in Gilead”
HOGAN  “Walk together, children”
Traditional  “This little light of mine”

Light Shall Lift Us is a musical response by Paul Moravec (music) and Mark Campbell (lyrics) to the tragedy that occurred at Pulse nightclub in Orlando on June 12, 2016 – the largest mass shooting in U.S history. The inspirational work was premiered in “One Voice Orlando,” a benefit concert Campbell helped organize with Opera Orlando, that sought to reunite and heal the city during a very difficult time.
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Thursday, December 22, 2016, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Jakub Józef Orliński, countertenor
Colin Balzer, tenor
Scott Dispensa, baritone

HANDEL  Messiah
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Jakub Józef Orliński, countertenor
William Ferguson, tenor
Adam Lau, bass

HANDEL  Messiah
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Saturday, December 10, 2016, 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Combined Cathedral Choirs, Orchestra, and Soloists
Kent Tritle, conductor
Bryan Zaros, director, Cathedral Choristers

POULENC Organ Concerto
POULENC Four Christmas Motets
CHARPENTIER  In Nativitatem Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Canticum
Selections by Willcocks, Britten, Rutter, and Fraser performed by Cathedral Choristers
Christmas Carols
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Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Halley Gilbert, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo soprano
Malcolm Merriweather, baritone
Marc Day, tenor
Matt Boehler, bass

RAUTAVAARA  Vigilia (All Night Vigil In Memory of St. John the Baptist) – New York Premiere
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November 9, 10, 11, 12, 2016
David Geffen Hall
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus and Chamber Choir,
Kent Tritle, director

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé
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Thursday, November 3, 2016, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
Helen Karloski, mezzo-soprano
Alex Richardson, tenor
Philip Cutlip, baritone

MOZART  “Great” Mass in C Minor
BRUCKNER  Te Deum
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
Kent Tritle, conductor

“The Glory of Constantinople”
A musical exploration of the cultural evolution in this seat of the Ottoman Empire: chants and motets composed upon its 1453 transfer from Christian to Muslim hands (including Dufay’s poignant Balsamus et unda cera), modern-day arrangements of indigenous Turkish folksongs, and more
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Thursday, October 13, 2016, 7 PM
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Savannah, GA
KENT TRITLE, organ

BACH  Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
BACH  Partita on “O Gott, du frommer Gott,” BWV 767
MENDELSSOHN  Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 65
ROREM  Views from the Oldest House (1981)
FRANCK  Pièce Héroïque
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

“The Savior of Church Music and the Mystics”
PALESTRINA  Missa Papae Marcelli
PÄRT  Magnificat
TAVENER  Funeral Ikos
TAVENER  Ikon of Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
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Thursday, September 29, 2016, 7:30 PM
Stetson University, DeLand, FL
KENT TRITLE, organ
(Residence also includes a choral workshop on September 28)

BACH  Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
BACH  Partita on “O Gott, du frommer Gott,” BWV 767
MENDELSSOHN  Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 65
ROREM  Views from the Oldest House (1981)
FRANCK  Pièce Héroïque

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August 19-28, 2016
Kent leads a tour with Cathedral Choristers, Scholars and members of the Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine: they sing services at Dublin’s Christ Church Cathedral on August 21, and are in residence singing services at London’s Westminster Abbey from August 23-28.
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Monday, August 15, 2016, 7:30 PM
Alice Tully Hall

Mostly Mozart 50th Anniversary Season
FREIBURG BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
Louis Langrée, conductor
Lenneke Ruiten, Fiordiligi
Kate Lindsey, Dorabella
Sandrine Piau, Despina
Joel Prieto, Ferrando
Nahuel di Pierro, Guglielmo
Rod Gilfry, Don Alfonso
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, director

MOZART  Così fan tutte

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Saturday, July 30, 2016, 7:30 PM
Great Mountains Music Festival and School
Alpensia Resort, PyeongChang, South Korea

THE NATIONAL CHORUS OF KOREA
GMMFS ORCHESTRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Elizabeth De Trejo, soprano
Sunhae Im, sopranos
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano
Dong Won Kim, tenor
Heungu Bahk, bass

BEETHOVEN  Coriolan Overture
BELLINI  Selected opera arias
BEETHOVEN  Mass in C Major
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July 10-17, 2016
AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORAL WORKSHOP
The Choral Workshop at the Amherst Music Festival, led by Kent Tritle, is designed to give the serious amateur choral singer an opportunity to learn and perform masterworks.  The 2016 workshop will focus on 17th century German works.

SCHÜTZ  Musikalische Exequien, SWV 279-281 (German Requiem)
JOHANN MICHAEL BACH  Halt, was du hast
J. S. BACH  Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229

May 26-28, 2016
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
David Robertson, conductor
Women of the Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, Music Director

Programs including:
HOLST  The Planets

May 24-29, 2016
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
NEW YORK CITY BALLET

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

featuring Musica Sacra, Kent Tritle, Music Director

Monday, May 9, 2016, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Rachel Rosales, soprano
Rachel Calloway, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Philip Cutlip, baritone

MERRYMAN  Jonah (New York Premiere)
HAYDN  Nelson Mass – Missa in Angustiis

Thursday, May 5, 2016, 7 PM
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall 125th Anniversary Gala
Martina Arroyo
Emanuel Ax
Michael Feinstein
Renée Fleming
Marilyn Horne
Lang Lang
Isabel Leonard
Yo-Yo Ma
Jessye Norman
Itzhak Perlman
James Taylor
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor
Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, Music Director

Thursday, April 7, 2016, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS & WOMEN’S CHORUS
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
DAVID BRIGGS, organ
Kent Tritle, conductor
Rachel Rosales, soprano
Bryn Holdsworth, soprano
Jana McIntyre, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Noragh Devlin, mezzo-soprano
John Tiranno, tenor
Timothy Murray, baritone
Adam Lau, bass
Cathedral Choristers of St. John the Divine

MAHLER  Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”
Arrangement by David Briggs for chorus, soloists, and organ – World premiere

Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Amy Justman & Michele Kennedy, sopranos
Katie Geissinger & Kirsten Sollek, mezzo-sopranos
Michael Steinberger & Marc Day, tenors
Malcolm J. Merriweather & Peter Stewart, baritones

J.S. BACH  Cantata No. 4, “Christ lag in Todesbanden”
SCHÜTZ  Musikalische Exequien
VIVALDI  Stabat Mater

Wednesday, March 9, 2016, 7:30 PM
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Lianne Coble, soprano
Helen Karloski, mezzo-soprano
Marc Day, tenor
Kevin Deas, bass

EVAN FEIN  Deborah (World Premiere)
MOZART  Solemn Vespers, K.339

Wednesday, February 24, 2016, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS, WOMEN’S CHORUS, AND ORCHESTRA
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Angel Azzarra, soprano
Bryn Holdsworth, soprano
Jana McIntyre, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Noragh Devlin, mezzo-soprano
John Tiranno, tenor
Timothy Murray, baritone
Adam Lau, bass
Cathedral Choristers of St. John the Divine

MAHLER  Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”

Thursday, February 25, 2016, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS, WOMEN’S CHORUS, AND ORCHESTRA
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Angel Azzarra, soprano
Bryn Holdsworth, soprano
Jana McIntyre, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Noragh Devlin, mezzo-soprano
John Tiranno, tenor
Timothy Murray, baritone
Adam Lau, bass
Cathedral Choristers of St. John the Divine

MAHLER  Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”

(In a related event, organist David Briggs presents the world premiere of his arrangement of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 for chorus, soloists, and organ on the Cathedral’s “Great Organ” series on Thursday, April 7, 2016)

January 27-31, 2016
SIBELIUS ACADEMY

A residency at Helsinki’s Sibelius Academy, at which Kent will teach choral conducting and organ performance. The repertoire will include Telemann’s Deus Judicium Tuum.

January 22-24, 2016
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Jacques Lacombe, conductor
Bernard Uzan, narrator
Symphonic Chorus of Manhattan School of Music
Kent Tritle, director

BERLIOZ  Symphonie fantastique
BERLIOZ  Lélio

Thursday, December 31, 2015, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Judy Collins, special guest
Harry Smith, special guest
Jamet Pittman, soprano

“New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace”
ROBERT & VICTORIA SIROTA   Prelude and Spiritual for Mother Emanuel (World premiere)
Chichester Psalms

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Christopher Ainslie, countertenor
Mingjie Lei, tenor
Matt Boehler, bass

HANDEL  Messiah

Monday, December 21, 2015, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Matt Boehler, bass

HANDEL  Messiah (arrangement by Mozart)

Saturday, December 12, 2015, 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor

Jamet Pittman, and Michele Kennedy, sopranos
Katie Geissinger and Kirsten Sollek, mezzo-sopranos
Marc Day, tenor
Hans Tashjian, bass
Cathedral Choristers,
Malcolm Merriweather, director

“A Cathedral Christmas”
J.S. BACH  Magnificat
Carols by Benjamin Britten, John Rutter, and Gregg Smith

Wednesday, November 18, 2015, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
KENT TRITLE, Organ

BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in C Major, BUX 137
DE GRIGNY  Récit de Tierce en taille
BACH  Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582
WIDOR  Symphonie VI, Op. 42, No. 2 – Allegro (Mvt. I)
PINKHAM  A Prophecy for Organ
FRANCK  Cantabile
DURUFLÉ  Prelude and Fugue “sur le nom d’Alain,” Op. 7

Saturday, November 14, 2015, 2 PM & 7:30 PM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Tan Dun, conductor
Stephen Bryant, baritone
Elizabeth Keusch, soprano
Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir
Kent Tritle, director
Ronnie Oliver, associate director

TAN DUN’S WATER PASSION

Thursday, November 5, 2015, 7 PM
Carnegie Hall
ISRAEL PHILARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Zubin Mehta, conductor

MAHLER  Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”

Monday, November 2, 2015, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Matthew Plenk, tenor
John Moore, baritone

FILAS  Requiem “Oratio Spei” (2002)

Monday, October 26, 2015, 6:30 PM
First United Methodist Church, Iowa City, IA
KENT TRITLE, organ

BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in C Major, BUX 137
DE GRIGNY  Récit de Tierce en taille
BACH  Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582
WIDOR  Symphonie VI, Op. 42, No. 2 – Allegro (Mvt. I)
PINKHAM  A Prophecy for Organ
FRANCK  Cantabile
DURUFLÉ  Prelude and Fugue “sur le nom d’Alain,” Op. 7

Saturday, October 24, 2015, 7 PM
Trinity United Methodist Church, Waverly, IA
KENT TRITLE, organ

PAULUS Tryptich
DURUFLÉ Prelude and Fugue “sur le nom d’Alain”
FRANCK Cantabile
WIDOR Symphony No. 7 in A Minor, Op. 42, No. 3

Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

TALLIS  Spem in Alium
STRAUSS  Deutsche Motette
BRUCKNER  Os Justi
ALICE PARKER  An American Kedusha
ROBERT CONVERY  The Lamb
RANDALL THOMPSON  Alleluia

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
St. James Chapel
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
Nina Stern, director
Kent Tritle, conductor

“Four Quarters of Jerusalem”
Celebrating the simultaneous release of a recording of the concert, made earlier this year, by the Pro Organo label, the program features choral settings of Sufi songs, Coptic chant and Renaissance works relating to the Holy Land, as well as joyous dance music of Armenian, Sephardic, and Islamic cultures.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015, 7 PM
First United Methodist Church, Newnan, GA
KENT TRITLE, organ

BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in C Major, BUX 137
DE GRIGNY  Récit de Tierce en taille
BACH  Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582
WIDOR  Symphonie VI, Op. 42, No. 2 – Allegro (Mvt. I)
FRANCK  Cantabile
DURUFLÉ  Prelude and Fugue “sur le nom d’Alain,” Op. 7

Saturday, September 19, 2015, 3:30 PM
The Smithfield Church, Amenia, NY

A Benefit for the Oratorio Society of New York
KENT TRITLE, Organ

Works by Bach, Brahms, Walther and Bach contemporaries

September 15, 2015, 7:30 PM
Stetson University, Deland, FL
KENT TRITLE, organ

BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in C Major, BUX 137
DE GRIGNY  Récit de Tierce en taille
BACH  Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582
WIDOR  Symphonie VI, Op. 42, No. 2 – Allegro (Mvt. I)
FRANCK  Cantabile
DURUFLÉ  Prelude and Fugue “sur le nom d’Alain,” Op. 7

July 20-24, 2015
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Summer@Eastman ADVANCED CHORAL CONDUCTING INSTITUTE

Kent Tritle and William Weinert lead in-depth analysis and rehearsal of Mozart Requiem, Coronation Mass, and shorter sacred works of Mozart, and recent research on issues of choral and instrumental performance practice in the Classical era.

July 5-12, 2015
AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORAL WORKSHOP

The 2015 Choral Workshop at the Amherst Music Festival, led by Kent Tritle, is designed to give the serious amateur choral singer an opportunity to learn and perform masterworks of the Renaissance and Baroque, with a focus on works by Palestrina, Victoria, and Monteverdi.

Thursday, May 14, 2015, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine – Chapel of St. James

CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
Nina Stern, director
Kent Tritle, conductor

“The Wingèd Lion: Venice and the Orient”
Music by Gabrieli and Monteverdi, and traditional music from Armenia, Turkey, and the eastern Mediterranean

Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor*
David Rosenmeyer, conductor**
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
Peter Tantsits, tenor
Takaoki Onishi, baritone

BERNSTEIN  Chichester Psalms**
ORFF  Carmina Burana*

April-May 2015

European tour with the NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC, playing organ in Bartók’s The Miraculous Mandarin

Saturday, March 14, 2015, 8 PM
Sunday, March 22, 2015, 2 PM
Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 7 PM
Friday, March 27, 2015, 8 PM
David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center

PAUL TAYLOR’S AMERICAN MODERN DANCE
Kent Tritle will be the organ soloist in the Limón Dance Company’s performances of Doris Humphrey’s
Passacaglia, which is set to Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582

Thursday, March 26, 2015, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine – The Great Choir

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Lori Guilbeau, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Alex Richardson, tenor
Mathew Anchel, bass

VERDI Requiem

Sunday, March 22, 2015, 7 PM
Peter Norton Symphony Space

THE DESSOFF CHOIRS
James Bagwell, conductor
Amy Kaiser, conductor
Kent Tritle, conductor

90th Anniversary Concert
Program to include works by Mendelssohn and selections from Frank Martin’s Mass for Double Chorus A Cappella conducted by Kent Tritle

Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Michael Sheetz, conductor*
Lianne Coble, soprano
John Tiranno, tenor
Malcolm Merriweather, baritone
Arthur Fiacco, cello
Walter Hilse and Raymond Nagem, organists

JURAJ FILAS  Wisdom of the Wise Old Man – World premiere
MICHAEL GILBERTSON  Returning – World premiere
ROBERT PATERSON  Lux Aeterna – World premiere
JUDITH ZAIMONT  Parable, A Tale of Abram and Isaac*

Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine – Chapel of St. James
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor

MACHAUT  Messe de Nostre Dame
JOSQUIN DES PRES  Motets
HEINRICH ISAAC  Motets
Gregorian Chant Propers for the Feast of the Annunciation

Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 6 PM
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage  – Terrace Theater
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
Malcolm Merriweather, conductor*

DAVID LANG  Little Match Girl Passion
GREGG SMITH  Selected works*

Cancelled due to weather

Wednesday, December 31, 2014, 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine – in the Crossing
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Gregory Purnhagen, baritone
Guest artists: Judy Collins and Jason Robert Brown
Host: Harry Smith
“New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace”
Program to include:
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS   Dona nobis pacem, excerpts
BACH   “Dona nobis pacem” from Mass in B Minor
HANDEL   “Foundling Hospital Anthem”

Tuesday, December 23, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Lianne Coble, soprano
Silvie Jensen, mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Jones, tenor
John Brancy, baritone

HANDEL   Messiah

Monday, December 22, 2014, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Emalie Savoy, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano (Winner of 2013 Oratorio Solo Competition)
Mingjie Lei, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone

HANDEL Messiah

Saturday, December 20, 2014, 3 PM
Performing Arts Center at Purchase College
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Lianne Coble, soprano
Silvie Jensen, mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Jones, tenor
John Brancy, baritone

HANDEL Messiah

Saturday, December 13, 2014, 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine – in the Crossing
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Malcolm Merriweather, conductor*

“A Cathedral Christmas”
BACH   Gloria in excelsis deo, Christmas Cantata BWV 191
ERIC WHITACRE   Lux Arumque
WAYNE OQUIN   O magnum mysterium
POULENC   Hodie Christus natus est
Works by Britten, Rutter, and Smith sung by the Cathedral Choristers
led by Malcolm Merriweather*
A selection of Christmas carols

Wednesday, December 3, 2014, 7 PM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
DAVID LANG   Little Match Girl Passion
PHILIPS   O Beatam et sacrosanctam Diem
JOSQUIN DES PRES   Ave Maria
VICTORIA   Ne Timeas
VICTORIA   O Magnum
SWEELINCK   Hodie

Friday, November 21, 2014, 7:30 PM
All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, Texas
KENT TRITLE, Organ
BACH  Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544
SCHEIDEMANN  Magnificat octavi toni
BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548
DURUFLÉ  Suite, Op. 5

Tuesday, November 18, 2014, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
KENT TRITLE, Organ
BACH  Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544
SCHEIDEMANN  Magnificat octavi toni
BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548
DURUFLÉ  Suite, Op. 5

Sunday, November 16, 3 PM
First Presbyterian Church of Rutherford, New Jersey
KENT TRITLE, Organ

BACH  Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544
SCHEIDEMANN  Magnificat octavi toni
BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548
DURUFLÉ  Suite, Op. 5

Wednesday, November 12, 2014, 7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium, Manhattan School of Music
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER SINFONIA, SYMPHONIC CHORUS AND CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Ronald Oliver, conductor**
Malcolm Merriweather, conductor***

MOZART Mass in C Minor, K. 427*
BRAHMS Four Songs for Women’s Chorus, Two Horns and Harp, Op. 17**
HAYDN Te Deum for the Empress Marie Therese Hob. XXIIIc:2***

Thursday, November 6, 2014, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Elizabeth DeShong, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Kaiser, tenor
Luca Pisaroni, bass-baritone
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, music director

PURCELL  Suite from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
TCHAIKOVSKY  The Tempest
DALLAPICCOLA  Piccola musica notturna (version for chamber ensemble, 1961)
MENDELSSOHN  Die erste Walpurgisnacht

Monday, November 3, 2014, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Aaron Blake, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
Orchestra of the Society

HAYDN  The Creation (Die Schöpfung)

Wednesday, October 15, 2014, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine – at the Great Choir steps
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Patrick Jee, cello
Peter Stewart, baritone
“Pärt Te Deum”
MENDELSSOHN “Heilig”
TAVENER Sviaty
PÄRT Te Deum
HANDL Duo Seraphim
BLOCH  “Kedusha” from Sacred Service

Saturday, August 2, 2014, 7:30 PM
BERKSHIRE CHORAL FESTIVAL
Kent Tritle, conductor
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
John Bellemer, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
ELGAR  Dream of Gerontius (English)

Monday, June 9, 2014, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Paul the Apostle
NEW YORK CHORAL CONSORTIUM – “THE BIG SING”
Kent Tritle & Deborah Simpkin King, Hosts
Various conductors
BRAHMS  Requiem

Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Nicholas Phan, tenor (Evangelist)
Kevin Deas, bass (Christus)
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano
Mathew Plenk, tenor
Kelly Markgraf, baritone
BACH  St. Matthew Passion

Friday, May 9, 2014
Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA
KENT TRITLE, Organ

BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in G Minor, Bux 149
J.S. BACH  Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654
J.S. BACH  Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
MENDELSSOHN  Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, Op.37, No.1
PINKHAM  A Prophecy
FRANCK  Chorale No. 3 in A Minor

Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Lawrence Jones, tenor (Evangelist)
Neil Netherly, bass-baritone (Christus)
Amy Justman, soprano
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
John Tiranno, tenor
Peter Stewart, baritone
BACH  St. John Passion

Friday, April 4, 2014, 7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium, Manhattan School of Music
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS AND CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
Ronald Oliver, conductor (Stravinsky)
HONEGGER  King David
STRAVINSKY  Mass

Wednesday, March 26, 2014, 6:30 PM
The Bruno Walter Auditorium, 111 Amsterdam Ave. at 65th St.
MUSICA SACRA
A Conversation with Kent Tritle and Composers Meredith Monk & Jocelyn Hagen
Moderator:  Nancy Shear

Thursday, March 6, 2014, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S
Sir Roger Norrington, conductor
Susan Gritton, soprano
Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano
Michael Schade, tenor
Nathan Berg, bass-baritone
Oratorio Society of New York, Kent Tritle, director
BEETHOVEN  Missa Solemnis

Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at 7 and 9 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
with Rose of the Compass
Nina Stern, recorder and chalumeau
Glen Velez, percussion
Ara Dinkjian, oud
Tamer Pinarbasi, kanun
Arthur Fiacco, Jr., cello
“The Ornament of the World”
Music from Renaissance Spain, including the Ladino tradition

Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at 7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium, Manhattan School of Music
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY, SYMPHONIC CHORUS, AND CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
BACH  Mass in B Minor

Tuesday, December 31, 2013, at 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jamet Pittman, soprano
John Michael Moore, baritone
Raymond Nagem, organ
Guest artist:  Judy Collins
Host:  Harry Smith
“New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace”
HANDEL  Organ Concerto in F Major, Op. 4, No. 4
MOZART  Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”
Traditional spirituals arranged by Moses Hogan
HAYDN  Creation (excerpts)

Monday, December 23, 2013, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Rebecca Ringle, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
HANDEL  Messiah

Thursday, December 12, 2013, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Ian Howell, countertenor
Colin Balzer, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
HANDEL  Messiah

Saturday, December 14, 2013, at 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Nacole Palmer, soprano (Angel)
Katie Geissinger, mezzo-soprano (Mary)
Marc Day, tenor (Joseph)
“Cathedral Christmas Concert”
RESPIGHI  Laud to the Nativity
Renaissance motets and Christmas carols

Sunday, December 15, 2013, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Ian Howell, countertenor
Colin Balzer, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
HANDEL  Messiah

Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
“Most Elevating of Voices”
The Musical Legacy of Andrew Carnegie:  A Transatlantic Celebration
MENDELSSOHN   “Thanks be to God” from Elijah
HANDEL   “Worthy is the Lamb” from Messiah
Works by Herbert Howells and Edgar Leslie Bainton

Tudor anthems by William Byrd, Peter Phillips, Thomas Tallis, and Thomas Weelkes
Organ music of J.S. Bach and Mendelssohn performed by Raymond Nagem and Kent Tritle

Monday, November 4, 2013, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
Jennifer Feinstein, mezzo-soprano
Aaron Blake, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
Soloman Howard, bass
MENDELSSOHN  Die Erste Walpurgisnacht
MOZART  Requiem

Wednesday, October 23, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Special event for subscribers Cathedral of St. John the Divine – Chapel of St. James

MUSICA SACRA Kent Tritle, conductor

BYRD  Mass for 5 Voices Motets by Thomas Weelkes and Orlando Gibbons

Sunday, October 20, 2013, at 3 PM
First Congregational Church, Spencer, Iowa
KENT TRITLE, organ
MENDELSSOHN   Sonata IV in B flat major
BACH  Fantasy and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 537
LISZT  Prelude and Fugue on BACH
WIDOR  Symphonie V in F minor

Friday, October 18, 2013, at 7:30 PM
St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Columbia, Missouri
KENT TRITLE, organ
MENDELSSOHN   Sonata IV in B flat major
BACH  Fantasy and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 537
LISZT  Prelude and Fugue on BACH
WIDOR  Symphonie V in F minor

Wednesday, October 16, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
KENT TRITLE, organ
MENDELSSOHN   Sonata IV in B flat major
BACH  Fantasy and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 537
LISZT  Prelude and Fugue on BACH
WIDOR  Symphonie V in F minor

October 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 2013
Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Alan Gilbert, conductor

Participating artists to include:
Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus, Kent Tritle, director

MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE  Frieze (U.S. premiere)
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 9

September 25, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
“Prayers of the Animals:  All Creatures Great and Small”
CHRISTINA WHITTEN THOMAS  “Choral de Bêtes” (“Songs of the Animals”)
ROBERT CONVERY  “The Lamb”
IVOR DAVIES  “Prayers from the Ark”
JOHN TAVENER  “The Lamb”
ERIC WHITACRE  “I thank you, god”
Madrigals and motets of the high French, Italian, and English Renaissance based on imagery from the animal kingdom.

September 20 & 21, 2013, at 8 PM
Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Musica Sacra, Kent Tritle, director

The Art of the Score: Film Week at the Philharmonic
2001: A Space Odyssey (with screening of complete film)

July 17, 2013, at 7:30 PM
St. Vitus, Prague

KENT TRITLE, Organ

Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at 8 PM
Church of St. Paul the Apostle, 60th St. & Columbus Avenue

MUSICA SACRA

Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor

“The Soul Rejoices”
Magnificats of Monteverdi and Pärt, and music of Mendelssohn and Tavener

Thursday, May 9, 2013, at 6 PM
St. John’s Memorial Chapel, Cambridge, MA

ALASTAIR CASSELS-BROWN MEMORIAL ORGAN CONCERT
Kent Tritle,Organ

Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at 7:30 PM

Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE & ROSE OF THE COMPASS

Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Rose of the Compass
Nina Stern, Recorders and Chalumeau
Ara Dinkjian, Oud
Tamer Pinarbasi, Kanun
Glen Velez, Percussion

“The Holy Land: Jerusalem”
A rich mosaic of songs and instrumental selections combines the spiritual wisdom of Judeo, Christian, and Islamic traditions.

Sunday, April 28, 2013, at 3 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

CELEBRATION OF THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MANDER ORGAN
Kent Tritle with Scott Warren, Nancianne Parrella, Andrew Henderson

Monday, April 22, 2013, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK

Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Emalie Savoy, Soprano
John Matthew Myers, Tenor
Jesse Blumberg, Baritone

BRITTEN    War Requiem

Saturday, April 20, 2013, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL FESTIVAL CONCERT

Orchestra of St. Luke’s
John Nelson, Conductor
Kent Tritle, Choral Preparer

MOZART    Requiem

April 17-20, 2013
Carnegie Hall

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL FESTIVAL
A choral experience, guided by Kent Tritle, that culminates in a performance of Mozart’s Requiem at Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and conductor John Nelson

Saturday, April 13, 2013, at 1:30 PM
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall

LYNDON WOODSIDE ORATORIO SOLO COMPETITION
Of the Oratorio Society of New York

Friday, April 12, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space

Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS AND DAVID BRIGGS, ORGAN
Kent Tritle, Conductor
MAHLER    Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection,” transcription for organ, chorus, and soloists (Commissioned by the Cathedral)

Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR AND CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Kent Tritle, Conductor

MONTEVERDI    Vespers of 1610

Thursday, March 28, 2013, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S
Ivan Fischer, Conductor
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, Music Director

BACH     St. Matthew Passion

Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at 7:30 PM

Great Music in a Great Space at the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE

Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Jamet Pittman, Soprano
Philip Cutlip, Baritone

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS   Mass in G Minor
FAURÉ    Requiem

February-March 2013
Travels to four U.S. high schools for one-day preparation sessions for Carnegie Hall’s National High School Choral Festival

Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY AND SYMPHONIC CHORUS
Kent Tritle, Conductor

MENDELSSOHN    Elijah

Monday, February 11, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY AND SYMPHONIC CHORUS
Philippe Entremont, Conductor
Kent Tritle, Organ

POULENC   Gloria
SAINT-SAËNS   Symphony No. 3, “Organ”

Tuesday, January 29, 2013,  7 PM
First United Methodist Church
Sarasota, Florida
KENT TRITLE, Organ

Monday, January 28, 2013
Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning
Sarasota, Florida
Musical Conversation: Kent Tritle

Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

KENT TRITLE, Organ

DUPRÉ   Magnificat Antiphons
WIDOR   Symphony No. 6 for Organ in G Minor, Op. 42, No. 2
(This program will be recorded by the Pro Organo label)

Monday, December 31, 2012, at 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE

Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Harry Smith, Host
Special guest Judy Collins
Cathedral Choir and Orchestra of St. John the Divine
Jamet Pittman, Soprano
Kirsten Sollek, Contralto
Steven Fox, Tenor
Peter Stewart, Baritone
Anna Shelest, Piano

MOZART    Coronation Mass
BEETHOVEN    Choral Fantasy
BRUCKNER    Motets

Sunday, December 23, 2012, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Kathryn Lewek, Soprano
Kirsten Sollek, Mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, Tenor
Matt Boehler, Bass

HANDEL    Messiah

Friday, December 21, 2012, at 6 PM

MAKE MUSIC NEW YORK 2012 “Pilgrimage”

Early Music singers led by conductor Kent Tritle walk from the Upper East Side to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine,
carrying lanterns through Central Park while singing medieval melodies once sung along the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela.

Thursday, December 20, 2012, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Kathryn Lewek, Soprano
Kirsten Sollek, Mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, Tenor
Matt Boehler, Bass

HANDEL    Messiah

Monday, December 17, 2012, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Nacole Palmer, Soprano (2012 Lyndon Woodside Solo Oratorio Competition prize winner)
Hai-Ting Chinn, Mezzo-soprano
Matthew Garrett, Tenor
Philip Cutlip, Baritone

HANDEL    Messiah

Sunday, December 9, 2012, at 6:30 & 8:30 PM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Met Museum Presents

CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor

“O Magnum Mysterium: O Great Mystery”
A program of settings of the “O Magnum Mysterium” text by T.L. da Victoria, Morton Lauridsen, and Francis Poulenc; works by Byrd, Biebl, and Hassler; as well as music by Eric Whitacre

Saturday, December 8, 2012, at 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

CATHEDRAL CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Michele Kennedy, Soprano
Amanda Sidebottom, Soprano
Gregory Purnhagen, Baritone

“A Ceremony of Carols”
BRITTEN   A Ceremony of Carols
HANDEL   Organ Concerto Op. 4, No. 2
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS   Fantasia on Greensleeves
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS   Fantasia on Christmas Carols
GABRIELI   Canzoni
GABRIELI   “Angelus ad pastores ait”
LAURIDSEN   “O Magnum Mysterium”
BIEBL   “Ave Maria”
Carols sung by all

Saturday, December 1, 2012, at 7:30 PM
Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor, and student conductors

Choral music from China, Estonia, and the U.S., including works by Eric Whitacre and Arvo Pärt

Saturday & Sunday, November 17 & 18, 2012
Mary W. Sommerveld Hall
Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD

SOUTH DAKOTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Kent Tritle, Conductor

BACH   Brandenburg Concertos (Complete)

Monday, October 22, 2012, at 8 PM
Alice Tully Hall

MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Susanna Phillips, Soprano
Anna Shelest, Piano

MOZART   Exsultate, jubilate
HAYDN   “Lord Nelson” Mass
BEETHOVEN   Choral Fantasy

Sunday, October 14, 2012, at 3:00 PM
Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center

The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation 38th Anniversary
Gala Concert and Dinner
Winners of the 2012 International Vocal Competition

Musica Sacra Orchestra
Kent Tritle, Conductor

Wednesday, October 10, 2012
7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine

CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE

Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Amy Justman, Soprano
Katie Geissinger, Mezzo-soprano
Oliver Mercer, Tenor
Kelly Markgraf, Baritone

BACH    Mass in B Minor

August 17 & 18, 2012
Auditorio Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Orquestra Filarmônica de São Carlos
Kent Tritle and David Rosenmeyer, Conductors

MOZART   Credo Mass in C Major, K. 257
COPLAND   Old American Songs
RICARDO CALDERONI  Um Cais Para o Caos (A Quay to Chaos) for Chorus, Four Soloists, and Orchestra (2012)
RICARDO CALDERONI  Concerto Chameleon for Guitar, Clarinet, and Orchestra

Sunday, August 12, 2012, 10 AM
Sosnoff Theater, Bard College

Bard SummerScape 2012: “Saint-Saëns and His World”

“THE ORGAN, KING OF INSTRUMENTS”
KENT TRITLE, Organ
Yulia Van Doren, Soprano
Jonathan Spitz, Cello

VIERNE   Toccata in B-flat Minor from Pièces de fantaisie
GOUNOD   “Ave Maria” for soprano and organ (after J.S. Bach)
SAINT-SAËNS   Fantaisie for Organ in E-flat Major
ADAM   Cantique de Noël for voice and organ
FRANCK   Chorale No. 3 in A Minor
SAINT-SAËNS   Priere, Op. 158
WIDOR   Symphony No. 6 for Organ in G Minor, Op. 42, No. 2

June 29 & 30, 2012, 8 PM
Park Avenue Armory

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – PHILHARMONIC 360
Alan Gilbert, Conductor
Magnus Lindberg, Conductor (Gruppen)
Matthias Pintscher, Conductor (Gruppen)
Vocal Soloists
Oratorio Society of New York
Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir
Kent Tritle, Director

Pierre Boulez: Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna
Mozart: Finale of Act I from Don Giovanni
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Gruppen
Ives: The Unanswered Question

June 6, 2012, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
KENT TRITLE, ORGAN

MENDELSSOHN  Sonata in F Minor, Op. 65, No. 1
J.S. BACH  Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542
NICOLAS DE GRIGNY Recit de Tierce in taille
FRANCK  Chorale No. 3 in A Minor
PERSICHETTI  Shimah B’Koli
DURUFLÉ  Prelude and Fugue on Alain, Op. 7

May 1, 2012, 7:30 PM
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine

CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH
OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Nina Stern, Recorders and Chalumeau
Ara Dinkjian, Oud
Arthur Fiacco, Cello
Tamer Pinarbasi, Kanun
Glen Velez, Percussion

Music from Eastern Europe and Armenia

April 26, 2012, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, Conductor

DVORÁK  Stabat Mater
JURAJ FILAS  Song of Solomon (World Premiere)
(Part of Carnegie Hall’s 120th Anniversary Celebration)

April 23, 2012, 8 PM
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Anna Shelest, Piano

Songs and Romances: The Romance of Brahms, Schubert, and Schumann
BRAHMS  Four Songs for Women’s Chorus, Two Horns and Harp, Op. 17
BRAHMS  Ziguenerlieder, Op. 103
SCHUBERT  Songs for Male Chorus
SCHUMANN  Quartets for Chorus and Piano
SCHUMANN  Piano Sonata in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 11

April 18, 2012, 6:30 PM

METROPOLITAN OPERA GUILD
Master Class with Kent Tritle: “Music for the Masses”

April 10, 2012, 7:30 PM
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS AND BRASS ENSEMBLE
Kent Tritle, Conductor, with student conductors
JONGEN  Mass for Choir, Organ and Brass, Op. 130 (1945)
BRUCKNER  Ecce sacerdos magnus*
GABRIELI  Angelus ad pastores ait for 12 voices*
BRUCKNER  Os justi*
BAIRSTOW  Sing ye to the Lord*
DUPRE  Quatre Motets, Op. 9*
SCHÜTZ  Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt (Psalm 100), SWV 36
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  O Clap Your Hands

April 3, 2012, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor, with student conductors*

BRAHMS  Gesänge für Frauenchor, Op. 17*
BRAHMS  Nänie, Op. 82
MENDELSSOHN  Abendlied*
MENDELSSOHN Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich*
BRAHMS  O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf, Op. 74, No. 2*
BRAHMS  Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz, Op. 29, No. 2*
MARJORIE MERRYMAN  Beauty, Grief and Grandeur
SCHUMANN Schön-Rohtraut, Op. 67, No. 2*

March 28, 2012, 7:30 PM
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine

CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, Conductor

SCARLATTI  Stabat Mater
BACH  Jesu meine Freude

February 23, 2012, 8 PM
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Bach Family Notebook: Works by J.S. Bach and his forebears

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH  Movements from the Partita Sei gregüsset, Jesu gütig
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH   Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH   Selections from the Cello Suites
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH   Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf
JOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH   Fürchte dich nicht
JOHANN BACH  Unser Leben ist ein Schatten
JOHANN MICHAEL BACH  Halt, was du hast
JOHANN LUDWIG BACH  Das ist meine Freude
JOHANN LUDWIG BACH  Das Blut Jesu Christi
JOHANN LUDWIG BACH  Sei nun wieder zufrieden, meine Seele

December 20, 2011, 8 PM
December 21, 2011, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Leslie Fagan, Soprano
Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-soprano
Patrick Cullen Gandy, Tenor
Kevin Deas, Baritone
HANDEL: Messiah

December 19, 2011, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Emalie Savoy, Soprano
Mary Phillips, Mezzo-soprano
Aaron Blake, Tenor
Kevin Deas, Baritone
HANDEL: Messiah (arrangement by Mozart)

December 10, 2011, 7:30 PM
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine

CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, Conductor

CHARPENTIER: Te Deum
VIVALDI: Gloria
Music of Schütz and Gabrieli

November 22, 2011, 7:30 PM
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine

KENT TRITLE, ORGAN

CRUMB: Pastoral Drone
LARRY KING: Resurrection
ROREM: Views from the Oldest House
JULIUS REUBKE: Sonata on the 94th Psalm

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November 9, 2011, 7:30 PM
Papal Basilica of St. John Lateran

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS, CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor
HAYDN: The Creation

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October 29, 2011, 9 PM
Papal Basilica of St. John Lateran, Rome

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC AND ART
Orchestra del Festival di Musica e Arte Sacra
Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, Conductor and Organ
David Rosenmeyer, Conductor
POULENC: Organ Concerto
SAINT-SAENS: Requiem

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October 26, 2011, 5 PM
Papal Basilica of St. Peter’s in The Vatican, Rome

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC AND ART
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, Conductor
(Prelude: Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor;
Kent Tritle, organ)
VIVALDI: “Et in terra pax” from Gloria
MOZART: “Laudate Dominum” from Solemn Vespers
MOZART: Ave Verum Corpus
HANDEL: “Hallelujah, Amen” from Judas Maccabeus

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October 17, 2011, 8 PM
Park Avenue Methodist Church, New York City

KENT TRITLE, ORGAN
CRUMB: Pastoral Drone
LARRY KING: Resurrection
ROREM: Views from the Oldest House
JULIUS REUBKE: Sonata on the 94th Psalm

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October 12, 2011, 8 PM
Church of St. Paul the Apostle
Columbus Ave. at 60th St.

MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, Conductor
RACHMANINOV: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 (Vespers)
(Part of Carnegie Hall’s 120th Anniversary Celebration)

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September 25, 2011, 4 PM
St. Francis Episcopal Church
Stamford, CT
KENT TRITLE, ORGAN
Benefit event for Musica Sacra
CRUMB: Pastoral Drone
LARRY KING: Resurrection
ROREM: Views from the Oldest House
JULIUS REUBKE: Sonata on the 94th Psalm

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September 14, 2011, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Susanna Phillips, Soprano
John Tiranno, Tenor
John Michael Moore, Baritone
JURAJ FILAS: Oratio Spei (U.S. Premiere)

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September 9, 2011, 7 PM
The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space
“Decade 9/11: Music of Reflection and Resilience”
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, Conductor
A cappella and accompanied works by Bach, Mendelssohn, and Tallis
CHRIS DE BLASIO: The Best Beloved

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August 21, 2011
Kremnica Castle, Slovak Republic
EUROPEAN ORGAN FESTIVAL

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July 31-August 6, 2011
Sheffield, MA
BERKSHIRE CHORAL FESTIVAL
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Monteverdi: Vespers

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June 21, 2011, 6:30-7:30 PM
Gansevoort Plaza, Manhattan

MAKE MUSIC NEW YORK
Mass Appeal Mass, a sing-it-yourself performance of Mozart’s Coronation Mass and selections from Handel’s Messiah
Kent Tritle, Conductor

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June 14, 2011, 7 PM
Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, WQXR
New York, NY
The Choral Mix Live: Brahms in Love and Loss
Hosted by KENT TRITLE
with performances by New York Choral Consortium

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May 25, 2011, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Rachel Rosales, Soprano
Paul Appleby, Tenor
Charles Perry Sprawls, Bass-Baritone
BEETHOVEN: Christus am Olberg
(Christ on the Mount of Olives)
HANDEL: Organ Concerto No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 4
HANDEL: Foundling Hospital Anthem

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May 13, 2011, 8 PM
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center

Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Messages to Myself: New works by established and emerging composers
CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS: Messages to Myself (New York Premiere)
DANIEL BREWBAKER: Mother, Father (World Premiere)
ZACHARY PATTEN: Magnificat (New York Premiere)
MICHAEL GILBERTSON: Three Madrigals after Dowland (World Premiere)
BEHZAD RANJBARAN: We Are One (New York Premiere)

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April 27, 2011, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Emalie Savoy, Soprano
Mary Phillips, Mezzo-Soprano
Nicholas Phan, Tenor
Sidney Outlaw, Baritone

Mendelssohn: Elijah

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April 14, 2011, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor, with students
Voices of New Spain
Works of Ziploli, Ginastera and de Padilla

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April 13, 2011, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Kirsten Sollek, Mezzo-Soprano
Kathy Theil, Soprano
Michèle Eaton, Soprano
Katie Geissinger, Mezzo-Soprano
Steven Fox, Tenor
Peter Stewart, Baritone

CALDARA: Crucifixus
D. SCARLATTI: Missa Quatuor Vocum
VIVALDI: Stabat Mater
F. SCARLATTI: Miserere (U.S. Premiere)

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April 8, 2011, 7 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Americas Society
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Voices of New Spain
Works by Ziploli, Ginastera and de Padilla

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April 6, 2011, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY & SYMPHONIC CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle

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March 30, 2011

METROPOLITAN OPERA GUILD MASTER CLASS

Requiem Masses of Mozart, Verdi, Fauré

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March 24-26, 2011
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Kent Tritle, Organ

Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin

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March 23, 2011, 6 PM
Morse Hall, Juilliard School
Lincoln Center
ORATORIO PRACTICUM SONGBOOK
Free and open to the public

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March 18, 19, 22, 2011
Avery Fisher Hall

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC (Organ)
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Kent Tritle, Organ

BARTÓK: Bluebeard’s Castle

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March 11-13, 2011
Fort Worth, TX

KENT TRITLE: Choral Conducting Workshop
American Guild of Organists

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March 7, 2011, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Leslie Fagan, Soprano
Mary Phillips, Mezzo-Soprano
Thomas Cooley, Tenor
Matt Boehler, Bass
Poulenc: Gloria
Saint-Saëns: Requiem
Debussy: Nocturnes

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February 25, 2011, 6 PM
Terrace Theater
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Kennedy Center Conservatory Project
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor

Works by Ginastera, De Padilla, Zipoli, De Victoria, Vivaldi and Aguiar

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February 23, 2011, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Leslie Fagan and Jamet Pittman, Sopranos
Charlotte Paulsen, Mezzo-Soprano
Oliver Mercer, Tenor
Tyler Duncan, Baritone
Kevin Deas, Bass
HANDEL: Israel in Egypt

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February 15, 2011, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor
JOSÉ MAURICIO NUNES GARCIA: Requiem in D Minor (New York Premiere)
MOZART: Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter” (Robert Mann, conductor)

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February 9, 2011, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle and Robert Reuter, Conductors
Melissa Kelley, Soprano
Ory Brown, Mezzo-Soprano
Oliver Mercer, Tenor
Matt Boehler, Bass
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

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January 30, 2011, 4 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Organ Recital and Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
JEHAN ALAIN CELEBRATION
Featuring organists Kent Tritle, Renée Anne Louprette and Nancianne Parrella
Organ and choral works from one of the greatest organ composers of the 20th century, Jehan Alain (1911-1940)

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December 21 & 22, 2010, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Jennifer Zetlan, Soprano
Matthew Shaw, Countertenor
Colin Balzer, Tenor
Tyler Duncan, Baritone
HANDEL: Messiah

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December 20, 2010, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Jennifer Zetlan, Soprano
Matthew Shaw, Countertenor
Colin Balzer, Tenor
Tyler Duncan, Baritone
HANDEL: Messiah

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December 19, 2010, 4 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Parish Community Choir, High School Choir, Children’s Choir
Kent Tritle, Renée Anne Louprette, Nancianne Parrella, Robert Reuter, and Mary Huff, Directors
BRITTEN: A Ceremony of Carols
Carols and motets from around the world

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December 14-18, 2010
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Bernard Labadie, Conductor
Kent Tritle, Organ
HANDEL: Messiah

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December 12, 2010, 4 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Parish Community Choir
High School Choir
Children’s Choir
Kent Tritle, Renée Anne Louprette, Nancianne Parrella, Robert Reuter, and Mary Huff, Directors
BRITTEN: A Ceremony of Carols
Carols and motets from around the world

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November 30, 2010, 7 PM
Mannes College of Music
MASTER CLASS ON HANDEL’S MESSIAH

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November 17, 2010, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Jorge Ávila, Violin
Arthur Fiacco, Cello
Jamet Pittman, Soprano
Mary Phillips, Mezzo-Soprano
Matthew Garrett, Tenor
Gregory Purnhagen, Baritone
Peter Stewart, Baritone
LISZT: Missa Choralis
KALABIS: Canticum Cantoricum (North American Premiere)
FILAS: Concertino-Doppio Per Virtuosi “Salamandra immortale” for Violin and Cello (North American Premiere)

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November 10, 11, 13, 2010
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Alan Gilbert, Conductor
Kent Tritle, Organ

Mendelssohn: Elijah

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November 3, 2010, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY AND SYMPHONIC CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem

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October 23, 2010, 8 PM
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center

MUSICA SACRA CHORUS AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
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

J.S. BACH: Jesu, meine Freude (Jesus, my joy)
CHARPENTIER: Filius Prodigus (The Prodigal Son)
CARISSIMI: Vanitas Vanitatum (Vanity of Vanities)
*First Place winner of the 2010 Oratorio Society Solo Competition

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October 18, 2010, 7 PM
Sami Bedell Center for the Performing Arts
Spirit Lake, IA
HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR CONSORTIUM CHORAL WORKSHOP CONCERT

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October 17, 2010, 3 PM
Spirit Lake United Methodist Church
Spirit Lake, IA
KENT TRITLE, Organ

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October 13, 2010, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Susanna Phillips, Iphis
Jamet Pittman, Angel
Ian Howell, Hamor
Charlotte Paulsen, Storgè
Thomas Cooley, Jephtha
Kelly Markgraf, Zebul

HANDEL: Jephtha

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October 3, 2010, 3 PM & 5 PM
Old Dutch Church
Sleepy Hollow, New York
KENT TRITLE, Organ

Works by Buxtehude, Walther, Sweelinck and J.S. Bach

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September 26, 2010, 4 PM
Historic Smithfield Presbyterian Church
Amenia, New York
KENT TRITLE, Organ

Works by Buxtehude, Walther, Sweelinck and J.S. Bach

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September 18, 2010, 8 PM
First Presbyterian Church
Anaheim, California
KENT TRITLE, Organ

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September 12, 2010, 4 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
ORGAN RECITAL: Kent Tritle, Organ
BUXTEHUDE: Praeludium in E Minor, Bux. 142
SWEELINCK: Hexachord Fantasy
J.S. BACH: Chorale-Partita, “Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig,” BWV 768
J.S. BACH: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, BWV 552
REGER: Benedictus
MENDELSSOHN: Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 65
Con moto maestoso

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August 26, 2010
St. Bonifatius Kirche, Wiesbaden, Germany
Kent Tritle, Organ

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August 21, 2010, 8 PM
Fisher Center
Sosnoff Theater at Bard College
BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL
MODERNISM AND ITS DISCONTENT
Kent Tritle, Organ

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August 20, 2010, 8 PM
Fisher Center
Sosnoff Theater at Bard College
BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL
“No Critics Allowed”: The Society for Private Performances
Kent Tritle, Harmonium

Works of Ravel, Bartok, Szymanowski, Stravinsky, Hauer, Berg, Debussy and Reger

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August 15, 2010, 5:30 PM
Fisher Center
Sosnoff Theater at Bard College
BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL
THE ORCHESTRA REIMAGINED
Kent Tritle, Harmonium

Works of Berg, Busoni, Schoenberg and Hindemith

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August 13, 2010, 8 PM
Fisher Center
Sosnoff Theater at Bard College
BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL
ALBAN BERG: THE PATH OF EXPRESSIVE INTENSITY
Kent Tritle, Harmonium

Works of Alban Berg and Johann Strauss II

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July 20, 2010, 8 PM
Avery Fisher Hall
LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL
Varèse: (R)evolution
Alan Gilbert, Conductor
Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, Chorus Master
Part II Program:
Ionisation, Octandre, Tuning Up, Arcana, Nocturnal, Ameriques

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July 19, 2010, 8 PM
Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater
LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL
Varèse: (R)evolution
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
Steven Schick, Conductor
So Percussion
Musica Sacra; Kent Tritle, Chorus Master
Part I Program:
Poème Électronique, Un Grand Sommeil Noir, Hyperprism, Offrandes, Integrales, Ecuatorial,
Dance for Burgess, Etude pour Espace, Density 21.5, Deserts

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July 15, 2010, 8 PM
Detroit, Michigan
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PASTORAL MUSICIANS
CHORAL INSTITUTE CONCERT
Kent Tritle, conductor

Program to include Bach’s Jesu, Meine Freude with Renaissance and 20th century motets and spiritual arrangements including Tavener’s The Lamb

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June 23-26, 2010
Avery Fisher Hall
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Alan Gilbert, conductor

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

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June 3-5, 2010
Avery Fisher Hall
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor
Kent Tritle, organ

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, “Organ”

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May 29, 2010, 3-4:15 PM
Marriott Marquis Hotel

NYC CLASSICAL SINGER CONVENTION
Oratorio Master Class

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May 27-29, 2010
Avery Fisher Hall

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Alan Gilbert, Conductor

Ligeti: Le Grande Macabre

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May 22, 2010, 4:15 PM
Hofkirche, Dresden, Germany

ORGAN RECITAL (no tickets available)
On the famed 1755 Silbermann Organ: Bach and Buxtehude

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May 10, 2010, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Emalie Savoy, soprano
Holly Sorensen, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Garrett, tenor
Ian Greenlaw, baritone

Mendelssohn: Paulus

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May 5, 2010, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Virginia Warnken, alto
Oliver Mercer, tenor
Scott Murphree, tenor
Peter Stewart, baritone
Matt Boehler, bass
Vincent Carr, organ

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI: Laetatus sum
IGOR STRAVINSKY: Mass
ARVO PÄRT: Miserere

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April 26, 2010, 5 PM
Manhattan School of Music
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHORUS
Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes and Ziguenerlieder
Works by Schubert and Schumann

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April 23, 2010, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA
Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra
Anna Shelest, piano
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Virginia Warnken, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Garrett, tenor
Kevin Deas, bass
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488
Mozart: “Grand” Mass in C Minor, K. 427

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April 11, 2010, 4 PM

METROPOLITAN OPERA GUILD MASTER CLASS
“Bach to the Beginning: Baroque Oratorio”

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March 25, 2010, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY & SYMPHONIC CHOIR
Kenneth Keisler, conductor

Mahler: Symphony No. 2

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March 24, 2010, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Rachel Rosales, soprano
Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano
Brian Stucki, tenor
Matt Boehler, bass
Hervé Duteil, organ
Mozart: Requiem
Martin: Mass for Double Choir

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March 8, 2010, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
David Rosenmeyer, associate conductor
Tyler Duncan, baritone
Cherubini: Requiem
Britten: Te Deum in C Major (D. Rosenmeyer, conductor)
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs

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February 26, 2010
Kean University, Union, NJ

MASTER CLASS

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February 10, 2010, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Michèle Eaton, soprano
Katie Geissinger, mezzo-soprano
Ory Brown, mezzo-soprano
Steven Fox, tenor
Michael Steinberger, tenor
Peter Stewart, baritone
Steven Hrycelak, bass
Steffani: Stabat Mater
Bach: Cantata No. 12, “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Sagen”
Bach: Cantata No. 4, “Christ lag in Todesbanden”

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February 8, 2010, 7 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Let’s Hear More! Lecture and Reception
“Bach Borrowing Bach”

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January 28, 2010, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Director of Choral Activities
Philippe Entremont, conductor
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloë

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January 17, 2010
Reformed Church of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

KENT TRITLE, organ
ARTHUR FIACCO, cello

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December 21-22, 2009, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA
Music Sacra Chorus and Orchestra
Handel: Messiah

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December 20, 2009, 4 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS!
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Pinkham: Christmas Cantata
G. Gabrieli: O Magnum Mysterium
Traditional Carols

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December 15-18, 19, 2009
Avery Fisher Hall
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Helmuth Rilling, conductor
Handel: Messiah

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December 14, 2009, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Handel: Messiah

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December 13, 2009, 4 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS!
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Pinkham: Christmas Cantata
G. Gabrieli: O Magnum Mysterium
Traditional Carols

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November 13, 2009, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS & CHAMBER SINFONIA
Mozart: Requiem
Schubert: Mass in G Major

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November 11, 2009, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Melissa Kelley, soprano
Matthew Shaw, countertenor
Michael Kelly, tenor
Jesse Blumberg, baritone
Charles Perry Sprawls, bass-baritone
Nancianne Parrella, organ
Purcell: Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day (1692)
Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 1: Zadok the Priest
Howells: Antiphon
Howells: Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing

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November 5, 6, 7, 10, 2009
Avery Fisher Hall

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Neeme Järvi, conductor
Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony

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October 24, 2009, 8 PM
Alice Tully Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra
Jonathan Michie, baritone
Scarlatti: Stabat Mater
Bach: Motets: “Komm, Jesu, komm” and “Singet dem Herrn”
Bach: Cantata No. 82, “Ich habe genug”

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October 7, 2009, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
Matthew Garrett, tenor
Arthur Fiacco, cello
Tavener: Requiem (U.S. Premiere)
Silvestrov: Diptychon  (U.S. Premiere)
Tavener: The Veil of the Temple (excerpts)
Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (excerpts)

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October 5, 2009, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Let’s Hear More! Lecture and Reception
Tavener: Requiem (U.S. Premiere)

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September 20, 2009, 4 PM
West End Collegiate Church
ORGAN RECITAL
Lübeck: Praembulum in C minor
J.S. Bach: An Wasserflüssen Babylonis
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E minor,
“The Wedge”, BWV 548
Guilmant: Sonata V in C minor, Op. 80: Allegro
Appassionato; Adagio; Chorale et Fugue

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September 16, 2009, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE – Organ
Buxtehude: Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in C, BuxWV 137
J.S. Bach: Wenn wir in höchsten Nothen sein, BWV 641
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, “The Wedge”, BWV 548
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Op. 37
Guilmant: Sonata V in C minor, Op. 80

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September 6, 2009, 5 PM
Stone Church, Cragsmoor, NY
ORGAN RECITAL
Lübeck: Preambulum in C minor
Pachelbel: Arietta with Variations in F Major
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E minor,
“The Wedge”, BWV 548
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Op. 37
Guilmant: Sonata V in C minor, Op. 80: Allegro
Appassionato; Adagio; Choral et Fugue

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June 24, 25, 26, 27, 2009
Avery Fisher Hall

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”

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June 11, 12, 13, 2009
Avery Fisher Hall

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Britten: War Requiem

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor
Handel: Dixit Dominus

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHOIR
Bach: Jesu, meine Freude
Vierne: Messe solennelle
Bruckner: Motets

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April 22, 23, 24, 25, 2009
Avery Fisher Hall

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Riccardo Muti, conductor

Respighi: Pines of Rome

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Monday, April 20, 2009, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK

Bach: Mass in B minor

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Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Choirs and
Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola

Bach: St. Matthew Passion

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Monday, March 30, 2009, 7 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Let’s Hear More!  Kent Tritle examines the harmonic intricacies of the chorales in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion

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Friday, March 20, 2009, 8 PM
Rose Theater/Jazz@Lincoln Center

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Couperin: Tenebrae Lessons
(conducted by Renée Anne Louprette)
Charpentier: The Denial of St. Peter
Carissimi: Jephte

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Sunday, February 22, 2009, 4 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Kent Tritle, Organ

Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Bach: An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653
Alessandro Cadario: Iam surgit hora tertia (U.S. premiere)
Bach: “Little” Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
Charles-Marie Widor: Symphony No. 7 in A minor

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Wed., October 16, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA: Radiant Dialogues
Kent Tritle, conductor
Michael Sheetz, conductor

J.S. BACH  Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229
JACOB BERANEK  Abendgebet (World premiere)
MENDELSSOHN  Heilig
JANET WHEELER  Beati Quorum Via
J.S. BACH  Lobet den Herrn, BWV 230
ARVO PÄRT  Two Slavic Psalms
TAVENER  Mother of God, here I stand
ARVO PÄRT Magnificat
TETIANA YASHVILI
Bless the Lord, O my soul (U.S. premiere)
Cherubic Song (U.S. premiere)
TAVENER  Svyati

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Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Jana McIntyre, soprano
Deepa Johnny, mezzo-soprano
María Valverde, narrator
Musica Sacra,
Kent Tritle, director

GABRIELA ORTIZ  New Work for Cello and Orchestra (NY Premiere)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61 (complete incidental music)

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Saturday, September 21, 2024, 3 PM
Marbletown Reformed Church, Stone Ridge, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ
Arthur Fiacco, Jr., cello

J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 547
ANTONIO VIVALDI  Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Continuo, RV47
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, Op. 37, No. 1
ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK  Fantasy on Brother James’ Air
RACHEL LAURIN  Berceuse à Pierre
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Sonata V in D Major, Op. 65, No. 5

Benefit for Musica Sacra. Performed on a historic J.W. Steere & Son organ, 1896

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Saturday, September 14, 2024, 3:30 PM
The Smithfield Church, Amenia, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ
Arthur Fiacco, Jr., cello

J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 547
ANTONIO VIVALDI  Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Continuo, RV47
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, Op. 37, No. 1
ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK  Fantasy on Brother James’ Air
RACHEL LAURIN  Berceuse à Pierre
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Sonata V in D Major, Op. 65, No. 5

Benefit for the Oratorio Society of New York. Performed on a historic Johnson & Johnson organ, 1893

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July 7-14, 2024
Union College, Schenectady, NY
AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORAL WORKSHOP
Kent Tritle, director

Repertoire will include two pieces by Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611): Motet and Missa O Quam Gloriosum for choir with organ, as well as Agostino Steffani (1654–1728): Stabat Mater for choir and strings.

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June 6-8, 2024
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, soprano
Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzo-soprano
New York Philharmonic Chorus, Malcolm J. Merriweather, director

GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”

Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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May 28–June 2, 2024
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
NEW YORK CITY BALLET

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Musica Sacra, Kent Tritle, director, is featured in performances of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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May 23, 24, 25 & 28, 2024
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Cecelia Hall, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone
Antoine Tamestit, viola
Musica Sacra, Kent Tritle, director

SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Viola Concerto
W.A. MOZART Requiem*

*Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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Monday, May 6, 2024, 7 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Mary Beth Nelson, mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Jones, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone

G.F. HANDEL  Samson

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Saturday, April 20, 2024, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
VIVALDI, HAYDN AND MONTEVERDI
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Bryan Zaros, conductor**
Eva Martinez, soprano
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
Paul D’Arcy, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI  Laetatus sum (1650)*
ANTONIO VIVALDI  Beatus Vir, RV 597**
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN  Missa in Angustiis, “Lord Nelson Mass,” Hob XXIII No. 11 in D Minor

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM: SHARED PATHWAYS”
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Nina Stern, recorders and chalumeau
Daphna Mor, vocalist
Ara Dinkjian, oud
Arthur Fiacco, cello
Tamer Pinarbasi, kanun
Shane Shanahan, percussion

The world/early music group Rose of the Compass, with musicians on recorder, oud, kanun, percussion and cello, combines with the voices of the Cathedral Choir. Hear music spanning over 1,000 years seated below Anne Patterson’s glorious Divine Pathways art installation.

Longing for Peace
Gregorian chant Da pacem, Domine
MOHAMED ABDELFATAH (b.1962) Ai-yu
Trad. Hebrew prayer Shalom Aleichem
FAIRUZ (b. 1935) Wa Habibi
SUBARAM RAMAN (b. 1986) Al-Amira wa al Gharaji

The Dance of Life
14th c. English Petrone
SADI ISTAY (1899–1969) Sultaniyegah Longa
SULTAN ABDÜLAZIZ (1830-1876) Hicaz Mandra
Trad. Armenian dance Donagan Bar

Celebration of Common Connections!
ARA DINKJIAN (b. 1958) Rest Peacefully
DAVID LANG (b. 1957) Make Peace
ARA DINKJIAN Common Creed
Trad. Hebrew blessing, arr. Elliot Z. Levine (b.1948) Sim Shalom
Trad. Sephardic song Kuando el rei Nimrod
SAYYID DARWISH (1892-1923) El-Helwa Di
Trad. Turkish folk song Ben Giderim Batum’a

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
SCHÜTZ & HANDEL
Kent Tritle, conductor
Elisse Albian and Emily Donato, sopranos
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
Richard Pittsinger, tenor
Nathaniel Sullivan, baritone
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone
Musica Sacra Chorus & Orchestra

HEINRICH SCHÜTZ Musikalische Exequien
G.F. HANDEL Dixit Dominus

7 PM: Pre-concert discussion with artist Anne Patterson and Kent Tritle

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 7 PM
St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
150th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Joshua Blue, tenor
Tyler Duncan, baritone
David Briggs, organ

L.V. BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 9, finale: “Ode to Joy” (arr. David Briggs)
GUSTAV MAHLER  Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection,” choral finale (arr. David Briggs)
KAREN P. THOMAS  Le Stelle

This special program features the choral finales of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 transcribed for chorus and organ by David Briggs, and a work chosen from a call for scores by the OSNY.

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February 8-13, 2024
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor
Baiba Skride, violin

LEONARD BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium)
RICHARD STRAUSS Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony)*

*Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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Sunday, December 31, 2023, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE”
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Harry Smith, host
Judy Collins, special guest
Kent Tritle and Bryan Zaros, conductors
Diane Lesser, oboe
Alex Fortes, violin
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Katie Geissinger, mezzo-soprano
Rose of the Compass – Nina Stern, recorder and chalumeau; Daphne Mor, recorder and vocals; Ara Dinkjian, oud; Tamer Pinabarsi, kanun; Zafer Tawil, violin and oud; Shane Shanahan, percussion

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December 24 & 25
CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICES AT THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE

In-person and livestreams:
Sunday, December 24, Christmas Eve
10:30 AM – Advent IV
4 PM – Lessons and Carols
10 PM – Prelude and Festal Eucharist

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Monday, December 25, Christmas Day
10:30 AM – Christmas Day Mass

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Clifton Massey, countertenor
Steven Wilson, tenor
Joseph Parrish, bass-baritone

G.F. HANDEL Messiah

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Monday, December 18, 2023, 7 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Daniel Moody, countertenor
Martin Bakari, tenor
John Brancy, baritone

G.F. HANDEL Messiah

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December 12-16, 2023
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Fabio Biondi, conductor
Hera Hyesang Park, soprano
Hannah Ludwig, alto
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Joshua Conyers, baritone
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus,
Jonathan Cohen, Artistic Director

G.F. HANDEL Messiah

Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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December 6-9, 2023
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Edgar Moreau, cello

PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN Cello Concerto No. 1
BÉLA BARTÓK The Miraculous Mandarin Suite*
GEORGE ENESCU Romanian Rhapsody Op. 11, No. 1

*Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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Saturday, December 9, 2023, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS: PEACE ON EARTH”
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle & Bryan Zaros, conductors

Music by Amy Beach, Franz Biebl, and Hannah Kendall, J.S. Bach’s Gloria in Excelsis, and Christmas carols sung by all.

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November 22-25, 2023
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano

GYORGY LIGETI  Atmosphères
JULIA PERRY  Stabat mater
GUSTAV HOLST The Planets*

*Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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November 9-12, 2023
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider,violin
Kent Tritle, organ

CARLOS SIMON Fate Now Conquers
L.V. BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
CAMILLE SAINT-SÄENS Symphony No. 3, “Organ”*

*Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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Monday, November 6, 2023, 7 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Lucia Bradford, mezzo-soprano
Eric Carey, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass

J.S. BACH Magnificat
W.A. MOZART Requiem

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October 25-26, 2023
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Amanda Forsythe and Sonya Headlam, sopranos
Cody Bowers, countertenor
Jacob Perry, tenor
Edward Vogel, baritone
Apollo’s Singers (Chorus of Apollo’s Fire),
Jeannette Sorrell, artistic director

G.F. HANDEL Israel in Egypt

Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
SurRound
Kent Tritle, conductor

WILLIAM BYRD  “Christie, qui lux es”
ANTONIO LOTTI  “Crucifixus”
PABLO CASALS  “O Vos Omnes”
FLORENCE PRICE  “Resignation”
JOHN TAVENER  “Funeral Ikos”
BENJAMIN BRITTEN  “Hymn to the Virgin”
CARLOTTA FERRARI  “Songs for Hildegard”
DAVID LANG  “make peace”
ERIC WHITACRE  “Nox Aurumque”
ROBERT A. HARRIS  “How can I keep from singing? “
Trad. American folk song, arr. Erb  “Shenandoah”
Gregorian chant

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Sunday, September 24, 2023, 5 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

DANIEL PINKHAM  A Prophecy
J.S. BACH Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596 (after Antonio Vivaldi)
EUGENE HANCOCK  Fantasy
CHARLES D. COLEMAN Passacaglia (from Organ Sonata I: Dedicated to Eugene Hancock)
MARCEL DUPRÉ Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, Op. 7

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023, 6:30 PM
Grace United Methodist Church
Spencer, IA
KENT TRITLE, organ

DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE  Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne, BuxWV 137
EUGENE HANCOCK  Fantasy
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in G Minor, BuxWV 149
CHARLES D. COLEMAN  Passacaglia (from Organ Sonata I: Dedicated to Eugene Hancock)
J.S. BACH  Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Sonata IV in B-flat Major, Op. 65
MARCEL DUPRÉ Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, Op. 7

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Saturday, September 9, 2023, 3:30 PM
The Smithfield Church, Amenia, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE  Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne, BuxWV 137
EUGENE HANCOCK  Fantasy
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in G Minor, BuxWV 149
CHARLES D. COLEMAN  Passacaglia (from Organ Sonata I: Dedicated to Eugene Hancock)
J.S. BACH  Selections from Orgelbüchlein
J.S. BACH  Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596

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August 10-20, 2023
CATHEDRAL CHORISTERS, CHORAL, AND CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE

Tour of England with the combined Choristers, Chorale and Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine, with Associate Music Director and Choirmaster Bryan Zaros; the group will sing at Evensong services and Eucharists during residencies at Westminster Abbey in London and the cathedrals of Ely, Lincoln, and Liverpool.

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July 9-16, 2023
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Amherst Early Music Festival Choral Workshop

The 2023 Choral Workshop will explore Henry Purcell’s “Welcome to All the Pleasures,” the first of three Odes for St. Cecilia’s Day, and “Funeral Sentences,” plus G.F. Handel’s Chandos Anthem: “My song shall be always” – culminating in a performance.

The Choral Workshop, led by Kent Tritle, is designed to give the serious amateur choral singer an opportunity to learn and perform masterworks of the Renaissance and Baroque.

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Thursday, May 25, 1 PM & 2 PM
Oculus at World Trade Center, New York, NY
Mostly Modern Projects and Sing for Hope Piano
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Amir Farid, piano

MOSES HOGAN  I’m Gonna Sing ‘til the Spirit Moves in My Heart
ROBERT PATERSON  Graffiti Canons
JOHANNES BRAHMS  Vocal Quartets, Op. 112, Nos. 1 & 2:
Sehnsucht
Nächtens
RANI ARBO Crossing the Bar
ROBERT PATERSON  Look to the Sky

Free admission

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Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
Kent Tritle & Nina Stern, music directors

“Venice: City of Light”
A concert celebrating Venice as a commercial crossroads, highlighting the diversity of the city’s cultural fabric, with music of the Armenian, Turkish and Jewish communities alongside that of Cipriano de Rore, Giovanni Gabrieli, and their contemporaries.

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Monday, May 8, 2023, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Emily Donato, soprano
Lucia Bradford, mezzo-soprano
Brian Giebler, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone

J.S. BACH  Mass in B Minor

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May 4, 5 & 6, 2023
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

Program to include:
OTTORINO RESPIGHI  Roman Festivals

Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“MULTITUDE OF VOYCES”*
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

ISABELLA LEONARDA (1620-1704)  Alma Redemptoris Mater
KERENSA BRIGGS (b.1991)  Hear my prayer (New York premiere)
SISTER SULPITIA CESIS (1577-c.1619)  Stabat Mater
MARIA XAVERIA PERUCHONA (c.1652-p.1709)  Cessate tympany, cessate praelia
ETHYL SMYTH (1858-1944)  Komm süsser Tod
AMY BEACH (1867-1944)  Lord, now lettest thou (Nunc dimittis)
MELANIE DEMORE (b. 1955)  Blessed be!
RANI ARBO (b. 1968)  Crossing the Bar
J.S. BACH (1685-1750)  Jesu, meine Freude
UNDINE SMITH MOORE (1904-1989)  We shall walk through the valley

*Presented in collaboration with Multitude of Voyces CIC, a British publisher of music by women composers

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Sunday, April 16, 2023, 5 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

J.S. BACH  Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542
DAVID HURD  Partita on Detroit (1992)
CÉSAR FRANCK  Chorale No. 3 in A Minor

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March 23, 24 & 25, 2023
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Nicholas Phan, tenor (Evangelist)
Davóne Tines, bass
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano
Paul Appleby, tenor
Philippe Sly, bass-baritone
Musica Sacra,
Kent Tritle, director

J.S. BACH  St. Matthew Passion

Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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Sunday, March 19, 2023, 8 PM
Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, UT
CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF THE CATHEDRAL OF THE MADELEINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Heather Petrie, contralto
Christopher Oglesby, tenor
Seth Keeton, bass-baritone

EDWARD ELGAR  The Dream of Gerontius

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Friday, March 10, 2023, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Monica, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

J.S. BACH  Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor, BWV
NICOLAS DEGRIGNY  Récit de Tierce en taille
DAVID HURD  Partita on Detroit (1992)
STEPHEN PAULUS  Triptych (2000): “Still Be My Vision” (movement II)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 65
CÉSAR FRANCK  Pastorale, Op. 19
CÉSAR FRANCK  Chorale No. 3 in A Minor

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“LIGHT OF PARADISE”
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Bryan Zaros, conductor**
Halley Gilbert, soprano
Andrew Fuchs, tenor
Orchestra of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine

DAVID BRIGGS  Stabat Mater for soloists, chorus, organ, and orchestra (World premiere)*
GEORGE WALKER  Lyric for Strings*
MORTEN LAURIDSEN  Lux Aeterna**

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Saturday, January 28, 2023
Christ Cathedral, Garden Grove, CA
CHRIST CATHEDRAL INTERFAITH CHORAL FESTIVAL
Kent Tritle, conductor clinician

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Friday, December 31, 2022, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE”
CATHEDRAL CHOIR & ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle & Bryan Zaros, conductors
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Greg Purnhagen, baritone
Harry Smith, host

GUSTAV HOLST  St. Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2
DAVID LANG  Make Peace
WANG JIE  The Name That Never Dies
JOSEPH TURRIN  Lullaby for Vaska – Dedicated to the people of Ukraine (World premiere)
PHILIP HERBERT  Elegy: in memoriam

The program also includes works by Daniel Ficarri, Christopher DeBlasio, and Amy Summers, culminating with the African American Spiritual “This Little Light of Mine,” sung by all.

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CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICES AT THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE

Saturday, December 24, 2022
4 PM – Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols
10 PM – Christmas Eve Festal Eucharist
Sunday, December 25, 2022
10:30 AM – Christmas Day Holy Eucharist – in-person and livestreamed

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Wednesday, December 21, 2022, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Joshua Blue, tenor
Enrico Lagasca, bass-baritone

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Messiah

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Monday, December 19, 2022, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Maria Brea, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Joshua Blue, tenor
Jesse Blumberg, baritone

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL  Messiah

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Friday, December 9, 2022, 7 PM
Saturday, December 10, 2022, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS”
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS & ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle & Bryan Zaros, conductors
Eva Martinez & Halley Gilbert, sopranos
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
Austin Cody, tenor
Andrew Jurden, bass-baritone

ANTONIO VIVALDI  Magnificat, RV 610
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Fantasia on Christmas Carols
YSHANI PERINPANAYAGAM  “In Bethlehem Above”
SHEENA PHILIPS  “The Christmas Bird”
Christmas favorites by Giulio Caccini, John Rutter, Donald Fraser, and selections from Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols sung by the Cathedral Choristers
Christmas carols sung by all

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Maeve Höglund, soprano
Raehann Bryce-Davis, mezzo-soprano
Martin Bakari, tenor
Steven Eddy, baritone
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone

PAUL MORAVEC/MARK CAMPBELL  A Nation of Others (World premiere, OSNY commission)
ROBERT PATERSON Whitman’s America (2016)

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“MUSIC FOR A GOTHIC SPACE”
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

A concert featuring music from 14th century England and France, including works written for the Feast of St. Crispin, and excerpts from Missa de pluribus martyribus; extra tempus paschale (Gregorian chant) as well as music by living composers Janet Wheeler, Amy Summers, Olivia Sparkhall, and Sarah McDonald.

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Sunday, October 16, 2022, 5 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

J. S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544
CÉSAR FRANCK Pastorale, Op. 19
STEPHEN PAULUS Tryptich for Organ (2000)

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October 12, 13, 15, 18, 2022
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Jaap van Zweden, conductor

Program to include:
OTTORINO RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
(Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic)

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Sunday, October 9, 2022, 4 PM
First United Methodist Church, Des Moines, IA
KENT TRITLE, organ

VINCENT LÜBECK  Preambulum and Fugue in C Minor
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI  Toccata Sesta
J. S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544
J. S. BACH  Nun Danket alle Gott, BWV 657
DAVID HURD  Partita on Detroit (1992)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Sonata III in A Major, Op. 65
CÉSAR FRANCK  Pastorale, Op. 19
STEPHEN PAULUS  Tryptich for Organ (2000)

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Friday, September 30, 2022, 7:30 PM
Christ Church Episcopal, Westerly, RI
KENT TRITLE, organ

VINCENT LÜBECK  Preambulum and Fugue in C Minor
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI  Toccata Sesta
J. S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544
J. S. BACH  Nun Danket alle Gott, BWV 657
DAVID HURD  Partita on Detroit (1992)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Sonata III in A Major, Op. 65
CÉSAR FRANCK  Pastorale, Op. 19
STEPHEN PAULUS Tryptich for Organ (2000)

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August 14-22, 2022
Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA
AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORAL WORKSHOP
The Choral Workshop will explore J. S. Bach Cantatas Nos. 4 and 106.

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May 21-29, 2022
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, NYC
NEW YORK CITY BALLET
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, Music Director

George Balanchine’s ballet to Felix Mendelssohn’s score of A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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Monday, May 23, 2022, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
“CALEIDOSCÓPIO! UNSUNG VOICES FROM PORTUGAL”
Rose of the Compass
Parthenia
Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine
Kent Tritle, Nina Stern & Raymond Nagem, music directors

An exploration of rarely heard works from Portugal including the 13th-century female-voiced “Cantigas de Amigo,” symphonies of the converso Jewish heiress Isabella Duarte, and sacred and secular works of the 16th-century Black composer Vicente Lusitano.

Underwritten by a generous grant from Lois and Richard Pace

(This concert had originally been announced to take place on February 22, 2022.)

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Monday, May 9, 2022, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Lucia Bradford, mezzo-soprano
Isaiah Bell, tenor
Justin Austin, baritone
Orchestra of the Society

FELIX MENDELSSOHN     Elijah

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Bernard Holcomb, tenor
Enrico Lagasca, bass
Musica Sacra Orchestra

J. S. BACH Magnificat
MOZART Great Mass in C minor

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Bryan Zaros, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Tracy Cowart, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Fuchs, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone

ANTONIO VIVALDI  Concerto in D Minor, RV 565
ALISSA FIRSOVA  Stabat Mater (New York City premiere)
FRANCIS POULENC  Litanies à la Vierge Noire (1947 version orchestrated with strings and timpani)
JOSÉ MAURÍCIO NUNES GARCIA Requiem

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Thursday, March 31, 2022, 7:30 PM
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
JUILLIARD ORCHESTRA
Barbara Hannigan, conductor
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, Music Director

Program to include:
CLAUDE DEBUSSY  La damoiselle élue

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Manhattan School of Music – Neidorf-Karpati Hall
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS AND CHAMBER PHILHARMONIA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Ronnie Oliver, conductor
Eva Martinez, soprano
Henry Griffin, baritone

Arr. UNDINE MOORE  “Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord”
MOSES HOGAN  “Hear My Prayer”
MOSES HOGAN  “Elijah Rock”
GABRIEL FAURÉ  Requiem

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Nicole Joy Mitchell, contralto
John Riesen, tenor
Musica Sacra Orchestra

VIKTOR KALABIS  Canticum Canticorum
ARVO PÄRT  Te Deum
WANG JIE The Name That Never Dies (World premiere, Musica Sacra commission)
JOHANNES BRAHMS  Schaffe in mir, Gott, Op. 29, No. 2

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Saturday, February 19, 2022, 7:30 PM | watch now
Dordt University, Sioux Center, IA
KENT TRITLE, organ

NICHOLAUS BRUHNS  Praeludium in E Minor
NICHOLAS DE GRIGNY  Tierce en taille
J. S. BACH  Piece d’orgue, BWV 572
JOHANNES BRAHMS  O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, Op.122, No.3
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Sonata IV in B-Flat
GEORGE CRUMB  Pastoral Drone
FRANZ LISZT  Prelude and Fugue on BACH
(Kent will conduct a master class on Friday, Feb. 18, at 3 PM)

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Saturday, February 12, 2022, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
Ronnie Oliver, conductor
*Rong Zhang, conductor

MEREDITH MONK  Nightfall
JOHANNES BRAHMS  Liebeslieder Waltzes
Chinese folk songs

*DMA candidate in conducting

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Monday, January 31, 2022, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
Musica Sacra; Kent Tritle, Music Director

Program to include:
GUSTAV HOLST  The Planets

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Friday, December 31, 2021, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine  |  watch video
NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE
Kent Tritle, Bryan Zaros, and Jie Yi, conductors
Harry Smith, commentator
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Cathedral Choir and Orchestra

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL  Water Music Suite in D

The program also includes Joel Thompson’s “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed,” “Glory” by Common and John Legend featured in the motion picture Selma, David Hurd’s “When Night Fell,” works from Asian composers including Chen Yi, “Dona Nobis Pacem” from J. S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor, and “This Little Light of Mine.”

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Monday, December 20, 2021, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Joshua Blue, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
Orchestra of the Society

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL  Messiah Part I (complete) with highlights from Parts II & III

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December 14, 15, 17, 18, 2021
Riverside Church
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Jeannette Sorel, conductor

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL  Messiah
(Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic)

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Friday, December 10, 2021, 7 PM
Saturday, December 11, 2021, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Cathedral Choirs and Orchestra
Kent Tritle, conductor
Bryan Zaros, conductor
Halley Gilbert, soprano
Katie Geissinger, mezzo-soprano

BENJAMIN BRITTEN  A Ceremony of Carols
ANTONIO VIVALDI  Gloria
Christmas carols

These performances of Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols are underwritten by Dr. Gwen Zornberg in honor of the life of Judge Deborah A. Batts.

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 7 PM
Church of St. Monica, 413 East 79th Street, NYC

Mozart Requiem
Orchestra of St. Monica-St. Elizabeth of Hungary-St. Stephen of Hungary Church
Kent Tritle, conductor
Lianne Coble, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Bradley King, tenor
Peter Stewart, baritone
Choir of the Cathedral of St John the Divine

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Monday, November 22, 2021, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music – Neidorf Karpati Hall
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY AND SYMPHONIC CHORUS
Kent Tritle, conductor
Rosario Hernandez Armas, soprano

JOSÉ MAURÍCIO NUNES GARCIA Stabat Mater
MANUEL DE FALLA  Siete Canciones
W. A. MOZART Requiem

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Friday, November 19, 2021, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Lauren Snouffer, soprano
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Haji, tenor
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, Music Director

W.A. MOZART   Requiem (Robert Levin completion)
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN   Te Deum in C

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Thursday, November 11, 2021, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC ORCHESTRA AND VOCAL ARTS ENSEMBLE
George Manahan, conductor
Kent Tritle, Director of Choral Activities

Program to include:
GUSTAV HOLST The Planets

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Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
David Rosenmeyer, conductor
William Janiszewski, conductor
Raymond Nagem, organ

BENJAMIN BRITTEN  Festival Te Deum and Rejoice in the Lamb
ARVO PÄRT  Berliner Messe and Two Slavonic Psalms
GIOVANNI GABRIELI  Jubilate Deo, omnis terra (a 8)

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Friday, November 5, 2021, 7:30 PM
The Actors’ Chapel, NYC
AMERICAN MODERN ENSEMBLE: TINTINNABULI
Featuring:
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, conductor

Program to include these works performed by Musica Sacra conducted by Kent Tritle:

ROBERT PATERSON  Graffiti Canons for choir (New York premiere)
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA Motets:
Surge, illuminare, Jerusalem
Sicut Cervus
Exsultate Deo

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Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 6:45 PM (service at 7:30 PM)
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

A National Service of Remembrance, including a presentation of Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem performed by the Cathedral Choir and Orchestra of St. John the Divine conducted by Kent Tritle. Free to the public, this event culminates three days celebrating the reopening of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

(On Sunday, October 31 at 5 PM, Festal Evensong for All Saints, Kent conducts the Cathedral Choirs, brass and timpani in the world premiere of a Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by the Cathedral’s new Associate Organist, Daniel Ficarri.)

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MUSICA SACRA
Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra
Kent Tritle, conductor
Michael Sheetz, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Helen Karloski, mezzo-soprano
James Reese, tenor
Peter Stewart, baritone
Sato Moughalian, flute

J. S. BACH  Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor
J. S. BACH  Cantata 78, Jesu, der du meine Seele
JOHANN MICHAEL BACH  Halt, was du hast
JOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH  Fürchte dich nicht

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
DAVID BRIGGS, organ
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Kirsten Sollek, alto
Bernard Holcomb, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass

L. V. BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 (World premiere of a transcription for organ by David Briggs)

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Tuesday, September 28, 2021, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
KENT TRITLE, organ

GEORGE CRUMB Pastoral Drone
J. S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 549
CÉSAR FRANCK Cantabile
MAURICE DURUFLÉ  Suite, Opus 5

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021, 7 PM EDT
Musica Sacra with Rose of the Compass Digital Concert
A full-length concert recorded and filmed at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Join Musica Sacra on June 15, 2021 at 7 PM for You are the light: a full-length digital concert recorded and filmed at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Music Director and conductor Kent Tritle leads the Musica Sacra choir with instrumental ensemble Rose of the Compass in this stunning program that includes the world premiere of Duncan Patton’s There Will Come a Time, the concert premiere of Ara Dinkjian’s You are the light, Robert Sirota’s Immigrant Songs, and Armenian music performed by Rose of the Compass.

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Saturday, May 8, 2021, 2 PM
Grant’s Tomb, 122nd St. and Riverside Drive, NYC
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC VOCAL ENSEMBLES & CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Conductors: Kent Tritle, Ronnie Oliver, Michael Sheetz, John Verkuilen, Alejandro Zuleta, and Jose Juan Marzal Fernandez
Works by Mozart, Haydn, Hassler, Gibbons, Britten, Monteverdi, and Pärt

Note: Due to the weather, this performance has been moved indoors and is not a public event.

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Great Music in a Great Space: St. John Passion at St. John the Divine

MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2021, 7 – 9 PM
LIVESTREAM

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine’s Great Music in a Great Space concert series continues with a virtual performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. John Passion. “St. John at St. John” has become a signature production of the Cathedral Choir and Ensemble 1047 under Director of Music Kent Tritle, a tradition all the more beloved during a time when musical expression is most needed. Andrew Fuchs, Joseph Beutel, Amy Justman, Kirsten Sollek, Lawrence Jones, and Peter Stewart will appear as soloists.

PROGRAM
Johann Sebastian Bach
St. John Passion, BWV 245

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Monday, December 21, 2020, 8 PM
Available to watch on-demand 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

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Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 6-7 PM ET
Online Event
MUSICA SACRA

You’re invited to an online event featuring three extraordinary artists coming together to support Musica Sacra. Music Director Kent Tritle is joined by Susanna Phillips (Metropolitan Opera), Amy Justman (Broadway and classical crossover star) and Jamet Pittman (soloist and singer with Musica Sacra and board member). These singers will share their experience with Musica Sacra and lend some musical inspiration including Mozart’s Laudate Dominum, Rodger and Hammerstein’s You’ll Never Walk Alone, and A City Called Heaven.

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Sunday, June 28, 2020, 4 PM
First United Methodist Church, Des Moines, IA
KENT TRITLE, organ

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Andrew Fuchs as the Evangelist
Joseph Beutel as Jesu
Amy Justman, soprano
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
Lawrence Jones, tenor
Peter Stewart, baritone

J. S. BACH  St. John Passion

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Monday, March 2, 2020, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Takaoki Onishi, baritone

JOHANNES BRAHMS  A German Requiem (U.S. premiere of a new critical edition)
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020, 7:30 PM
Neidorff‐Karpati Hall, Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS & CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor

FRANZ SCHUBERT  Mass in E‐flat Major
J. S. BACH  Magnificat
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Monday, February 10, 2020, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor

This Fragile Earth – A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
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Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

NICOLAUS BRUHNS  Praeludium in E minor
J. S. BACH  Adagio from Trio Sonata No. 5 in C Major, BWV 529
J. S. BACH  Pièce d’orgue, BWV 572
CÉSAR FRANCK Cantabile and Pièce Héroïque from Trois Pièces
LOUIS VIERNE   Cantilène, Adagio and Final from Symphonie No. 3, Op. 28
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Sunday, January 19, 2020, 4:30 PM
Church of the Redeemer Episcopal
Sarasota, FL

J. S. BACH  Pièce d’orgue, BWV 572
CÉSAR FRANCK Cantabile from Trois Pièces
CÉSAR FRANCK  Choral No. 3 in A minor
LOUIS VIERNE  Adagio and Final from Symphonie No. 3, Op. 28

5:30 PM Evensong:
Anthem: Hail Gladdening Light – Charles Wood
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B minor – Herbert Howell
Preces and Responses – Philip Radcliffe
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Tuesday, December 31, 2019, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE
Kent Tritle, conductor

With special guests Paul Winter, David Briggs, Jason Robert Brown, Jamet Pittman, and host Harry Smith, with the Cathedral Choir and Orchestra
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Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY

4 PM: Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols
10:30 PM: Christmas Eve Festal Eucharist
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Monday, December 23, 2019, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Amy Justman, soprano
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
Joshua Blue, tenor
Adam Lau, bass

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL  Messiah
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Thursday, December 19, 2019, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Brian Giebler, tenor
Adam Lau, bass

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL  Messiah
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Saturday, December 14, 2019, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
FANTASIAS AND CAROLS: A CATHEDRAL CHRISTMAS
Kent Tritle, conductor
Bryan Zaros, conductor
Combined Cathedral Choirs, Orchestra, and Soloists

Works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Giovanni Gabrieli, George Frideric Handel
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Sat., December 7, 2019, 7 PM
Sun., December 8, 2019, 4 PM
COLLEGIUM CINCINNATI
Kent Tritle, conductor

HANDEL  Messiah
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Wednesday, November 20, 2019, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Alex Richardson, tenor
Thomas Enhco, piano
David Rozenblatt, percussion

PATRICK ZIMMERLI  Instrument of Destiny (U.S. Premiere)
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Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 7:30 PM
Gordon K. and Harriet Greenfield Hall
Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
Graduate student conductors:
Alejandro Zuleta
Rong Zhang

“Look at the Stars”
Cunctipotens genitor Deus (10th century, Milan)
PEROTIN  Sederunt
“Adinu” (Sufi song)
NURIT HIRSCH  “Oseh Shalom”
CHRISTINA WHITTEN  Choral de Bêtes
LEE HOIBY  “Last Letter Home”
KEVIN OLDHAM  Boulding Chorale ‐ “My Lord, thou art in every breath I take”
“Elijah Rock” (Traditional spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan)
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Tuesday, November 5, 2019, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
John Riesen, tenor
David Pike, baritone
Arthur Fiacco, Jr., cello

David Briggs, organ SERGEI RACHMANINOFF  Vespers (excerpts)
MAURICE DURUFLÉ  Requiem
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Saturday, October 26, 2019, 4 PM
Christ the King Episcopal Church, Stone Ridge, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

J.S. BACH  Pièce d’Orgue, BWV 572
BRAHMS   Two Chorales, Op. 122
Herzliebster Jesu
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
BRUHNS  Praeludium in E minor
J.S. BACH  An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653
MENDELSSOHN  Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Opus 37, No. 1
FRANCK  Chorale No. 3 in A minor
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Monday, October 21, 2019, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

“Music for a Gothic Space”
GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT  Messe de Nostre Dame
JOSQUIN DES PRES  Motets
Gregorian Chant
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Saturday, September 14, 2019, 3:30 PM
Smithfield Church, Amenia, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in C, BuxWV 137
J.S. BACH  Pièce d’Orgue, BWV 572
JOHANNES BRAHMS  Three Chorales, Op.122
J.S. BACH  Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C, BWV 564
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Op. 37, No. 1
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Wednesday & Thursday, September 11 & 12, 2019, 7:30 PM
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Richard Kaufman, conductor
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, music director

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The Art of the Score
JOHN WILLIAMS  Close Encounters of the Third Kind
July 14-21, 2019, 11:15 AM
Connecticut College, New London, CT
AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORAL WORKSHOP

The Choral Workshop at the Amherst Music Festival, led by Kent Tritle, is designed to give the serious amateur choral singer an opportunity to learn and perform masterworks. The 2019 workshop will focus on Monteverdi’s Magnificat for six voices and motets Adoramus te and Cantate Domino, and Carissimi’s Jephte. The performance takes place Saturday, July 20, at 11:15 AM.

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Friday, June 7, 2019, 7 PM
Kyoto Concert Hall, Kyoto, Japan
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Soloists including Leslie Fagan and Takaoki Onishi

HANDEL  Messiah (excerpts)

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Monday, May 20, 2019, 6:30 PM
MUSICA SACRA’S SPRING SOIRÉE
Concert at 7 PM

This intimate concert will include members of the Choir of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine singing Brahms’s delightful Liebeslieder Waltzes. Kent Tritle will perform J.S. Bach’s tour-de-force “wedge” Prelude and Fugue, plus a movement from Felix Mendelssohn’s brilliant Organ Sonata in B-flat. Michael Sheetz and Amir Farid join at the piano. Enjoy wine & champagne at a beautiful private home in downtown Manhattan.
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Thursday, May 9, 2019, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Elizabeth de Trejo, soprano
Raehann Bryce-Davis, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Blue, tenor
Adam Lau, bass

VERDI  Requiem
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
John Brancy, baritone

FAURÉ  Requiem
POULENC  Litanies à la Vierge noire
POULENC  Quatre petites prières de Saint Françoise d’Assise
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Friday, March 22, 2019, 7:30 PM
First Congregational Church of Ridgefield, CT
KENT TRITLE, organ

BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in E Major, BuxWV 141
J.S. BACH  An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653
J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548
MENDELSSOHN  Sonata IV in B-flat
BRAHMS  O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, Op. 122, No. 3
LISZT  Prelude and Fugue on BACH
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Friday, March 8, 2019, 7:30 PM
First Congregational United Church of Christ, Sarasota, FL
KENT TRITLE, organ

BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in E Major, BuxWV 141
J.S. BACH  An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653
J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548
MENDELSSOHN  Sonata IV in B-flat
BRAHMS  O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, Op. 122, No. 3
LISZT  Prelude and Fugue on BACH
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Tuesday, March 5, 2019, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Arthur Fiacco, cello

BYRD  Mass for Five Voices
TAVENER  The Lamb
PAULUS  Pilgrim’s Hymn
GILBERTSON  Migration for choir and cello with poetry by Kai Hoffman-Krull (World premiere)

Pre-Concert Recital by the Newark Boys Chorus at 7:00 PM
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Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC WOMEN’S CHORUS
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Ronnie Oliver, conductor**
MSM Graduate Conductors

BRAHMS  Vier Gesänge*
HOLST  Hymns from the Rig Veda
PAULUS  The Earth Sings
PERSICHETTI  Winter Cantata**
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Monday, February 25, 2019, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
David Rosenmeyer, conductor*
Johanna Rusanen, soprano
Takakoki Onishi, baritone
Members of the Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus

BERLIOZ  La mort d’Ophelie*
DEBUSSY  “Sirènes” from Nocturnes
SIBELIUS  Kullervo
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Friday, January 18, 2019, 1 PM
“Pipes at One” at Trinity Church Wall Street, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ
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Monday, December 31, 2018, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
With guests Paul Winter, Jason Robert Brown, and host Harry Smith

WILLIAM BOYCE  Symphony No. 1
MOZART  Symphony No. 29
CONVERY  I have a dream
OQUIN  Alleluia (New York premiere)
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Wednesday, December 19, 2018, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Daniel Moody, countertenor
Brian Giebler, tenor
John Brancy, baritone

HANDEL  Messiah
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Monday, December 17, 2018, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Daniel Moody, countertenor
Isaiah Bell, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass

HANDEL  Messiah
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Friday, December 14, 2018, 5 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Kent Tritle leads a special performance of Bach’s Cantata No. 140, “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme,” in celebration of the 50th wedding anniversary of William McKeown and Constance Coles. Soloists are Lianne Coble, soprano; Emerson Sieverts, tenor and Peter Stewart, baritone. The performance is free and open to the public.
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Saturday, December 8, 2018, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Combined Cathedral Choirs, Orchestra, and Soloists
Kent Tritle, conductor
Bryan Zaros, conductor

GABRIELI  In ecclesiis
GABRIELI  O Magnum Mysterium
PINKHAM  Christmas Cantata
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Sunday, November 18, 2018, 4 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
A Service of Dedication: 125th Anniversary
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Sunday, November 11, 2018, 2 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Ewa Plonka, mezzo-soprano
Jesse Blumberg, baritoneGORECKI  Euntes Ibant et Flebant
SZYMANOWSKI  Stabat Mater
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Dona nobis pacem
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Monday, November 5, 2018, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Raymond Nagem, conductor“Armenia 1918/2018: Armistice & Independence – A Centennial Celebration”
A program celebrating the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day and Armenian independence, specifically honoring those who were killed in the Armenian genocide, a direct result of WWI, with a tribute of traditional and sacred music to the Armenian cleric and composer Gomidas.
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Saturday, October 20, 2018, 5 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
Installation and Institution of The Right Reverend Clifton Daniel III, 10th Dean, and A Celebration of All Cathedral Ministries
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Michael Sheetz, conductor**J.S. BACH Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225*
BUXTEHUDE  Cantate Domino**
SCARLATTI  Te Deum**
SCARLATTI  Stabat Mater*Pre-Concert Recital by the Newark Boys Chorus at 7:00 PM
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Friday, September 21, 2018
University of Michigan North Campus, Ann Arbor, MI
University Musical Society
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Robert Ziegler, conductor
Musica Sacra,
Kent Tritle, Music Director2001: A Space Odyssey  – screening with live score performance
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September 14 & 15, 2018
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
André de Ridder, conductor
Musica Sacra,
Kent Tritle, Music DirectorThe Art of the Score:
2001: A Space Odyssey – screening with live score performance
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Saturday, September 8, 2018, 3:30 PM
The Smithfield Church, Amenia, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ
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Sunday, August 5, 2018, 3 PM
Grace United Methodist Church, Spencer, IA
KENT TRITLE, organ
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Sunday, July 29, 2018
Himmerod Abbey, Grosslittgen, Germany
KENT TRITLE, organ
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Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Erlöserkirche, Munich, Germany
KENT TRITLE, organ
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Sunday, July 22, 2018, 6 PM
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail, CO
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC at Bravo! Vail
David Robertson, conductor
George Li, piano
Kent Tritle, organ
Hank Gutman, conductor (Tchaikovsky)

TCHAIKOVSKY  Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
COPLAND  An Outdoor Overture
MENDELSSOHN  Piano Concerto No. 1
SAINT-SAËNS  Symphony  No. 3,“Organ”
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July 8-15, 2018
Connecticut College, New London, CT
AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORAL WORKSHOP

The Choral Workshop at the Amherst Music Festival, led by Kent Tritle, is designed to give the serious amateur choral singer an opportunity to learn and perform masterworks.  The 2018 workshop will focus on Machaut’s Messe de Nostre Dame, Motets for Five Voices of Lassus, and Charpentier’s  Le Reniement de St. Pierre. The performance takes place Saturday, July 14, at 11 AM.
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Saturday, June 16, 2018, 7:30 PM
Arthur Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

MOSTLY MODERN FESTIVAL:
AMERICAN MODERN ORCHESTRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Larry Pine, narrator
Caitlin Lynch, soprano
Chad Sloan, baritone
Philip Payton, viola
Albany Pro Musica Masterworks Chorus

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Flos Campi (Flower of the Field), Suite for viola, chorus, and orchestra
ROBERT PATERSON  Walt’s America for soprano, baritone, chorus, and orchestra
ROBERT PATERSON  A New Eaarth for narrator, chorus, and orchestra
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Friday, May 18, 2018, 1 PM
Pipes at One at St. Paul’s Chapel of Trinity Church Wall Street, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

MARCHAND  Grand Dialogue
DE GRIGNY  Recit de Tierce en taille
BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in E, BuxWV 141
MENDELSSOHN  Organ Sonata in A Major, Op. 65, No. 3
LANGLAIS  Chant de Paix
J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548, “The Wedge”
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Musica Sacra 2018 Spring Soirée
Synod Hall, Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Amsterdam Avenue, just north of 110th Street

6:30 PM Wine & Hors d’oeuvres
7:00 PM Performance

Kent Tritle will lead members of the Musica Sacra Orchestra with baritone Jacob Scharfman in music of Bach and Mozart, including J.S. Bach’s Cantata 82, “Ich habe genug.” Tickets start at $200 and extend to the Conductor’s Circle.
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Monday, May 7, 2018, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Laquita Mitchell, soprano
Raehann Bryce-Davis, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Blue, tenor
Malcolm Merriweather, baritone
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone

MORAVEC  Sanctuary Road (World premiere, OSNY commission)
RANJBARAN  We Are One (World premiere)
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Monday, April 9, 2018, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
Kent Tritle, conductor

An international spectrum of works celebrating the history of immigration in New York, ranging from folk music of Ireland and the Baltic region to choral music of Rachmaninoff, Persichetti, Rebecca Clarke, Tarik O’Regan, F. Melius Christiansen, and Jean Berger, culminating in the world premiere for these combined ensembles of Immigrant Songs by Robert Sirota, libretto by Victoria Sirota. To register for the pre-concert tour of the Chapels of the Tongues, email Stephen Biegner at [email protected].
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Thursday, March 22, 2018, 7:30 PM
Riverside Church, New York, NY
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir
Manhattan School of Music Women’s Chorus
Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus
Manhattan School of Music Symphony
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Ronnie Oliver, conductor
Jie Yi, conductor

MENDELSSOHN  Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise)*
HOLST  Hymns from the Rig Veda (selections)
Music by Mozart and Mendelssohn to be announced
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Amber Evans, soprano
Daniel Moody, countertenor
Marc Day, tenor
Michael Steinberger, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass
Raymond Nagem, organ

STRAVINSKY  Bogoroditse Dyevo (Ave Maria)
STRAVINSKY  Otche nash’ (Our Father)
STRAVINSKY  Anthem: The Dove Descending Breaks the Air
KODÁLY  Laudes Organi for choir and organ
PÄRT  Miserere
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

Light of Light: Music of Lassus, Lauridsen, with Gregorian Chant
LASSUS  Missa super Osculetur me
LASSUS  Motet Surgens Jesus
JOSQUIN  Ave Maria
LAURIDSEN  O nata lux
OLDHAM  My Lord, thou art in every breath I take
Gregorian Mass for Quasi modo Sunday
Victimae paschali laudes
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir
Manhattan School of Music Chamber Ensemble
Kent Tritle, conductor

VICTORIA  O quam gloriosum
VICTORIA  Missa O quam gloriosum
CHARPENTIER  Le Reniement de Saint Pierre, H. 424
CARISSIMI  Jephte
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Sunday, February 11, 2018, 4:30 PM
Neighborhood Music School, New Haven, CT
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SINGING
MASTER CLASS WITH KENT TRITLE
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February 8, 9, 10, 2018
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Antonio Pappano, conductor
Leif Ove-Andsnes, piano
Kent Tritle, organ

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
BRITTEN  Piano Concerto
SAINT-SAËNS  Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
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Tuesday, February 6, 2018, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

MARCHAND  Grand Dialogue
DE GRIGNY  Recit de Tierce en taille
COUPERIN  Convent Mass: Offertoire
ALAIN  Le Jardin Suspendu
ALAIN  Litanies
GUILMANT  Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 80
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Sunday, December 31, 2017, 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE
Cathedral Choir and Orchestra of St. John the Divine
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Arthur Fiacco, Jr., cello
With guests Judy Collins, Jason Robert Brown, and host Harry Smith

RUPERT LANG  “Earth Teach Me”
FRANK TICHELI  “Earth Song”
LUCAS WIEGERINK  “See the Wretched Strangers” (2016, U.S. premiere)
HAYDN  Te Deum in C Major
BERNSTEIN  Selections from Mass including Chorales and “Simple Song”
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Thursday, December 21, 2017, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Samantha Hankey, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Blue, tenor
Adam Lau, bass

HANDEL  Messiah
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Monday, December 18, 2017, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Jones, tenor
Dashon Burton, bass

HANDEL  Messiah
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Saturday, December 9, 2017, 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Kent Tritle, conductor
Bryan Zaros, conductor
Dayen Booker, treble chorister
Halley Gilbert, soprano
Michele Kennedy, soprano
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Allison Cheeseman, mezzo-soprano
Katie Geissinger, mezzo-soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto

VIVALDI  Gloria
JAMES BASSI   Quem pastores laudavere
BRITTEN  Ceremony of Carols
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017, 7:30 PM
Riverside Church, New York, NY
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus
Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir
Manhattan School of Music Symphony
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Billy Janiszewski, conductor
Jie Yi, conductor
Bryan Zaros, conductor

MOZART  Requiem*
HANDEL  Coronation Anthems (selections)
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Monday, November 6, 2017, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
John Chest, baritone

BRAHMS  Schicksalslied, Op. 54
BRAHMS  Ein Deutsches Requiem
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Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

J.S. BACH  Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf
J.S. BACH  Fürchte dich nicht
SCHÜTZ  Three selections from Psalmen Davids
BRAHMS  Fest und Gedenksprüche
BRAHMS  Ich aber bin elend
BRUCKNER  Ave Maria
BRUCKNER  Virga Jesse
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Sunday, October 22, 2017, 3 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

MARCHAND  Grand Dialogue
PAULUS  Tryptich (selection) (2000)
J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543
MENDELSSOHN  Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 65
BRAHMS  Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (selections)
GUILMANT  Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 80
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Sunday, October 15, 2017, 4 PM
Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC
CATHEDRAL CHORAL SOCIETY
Kent Tritle, conductor
Danielle Talamantes, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Matt Boehler, bass

MOZART  Requiem
LAURIDSEN  Lux Aeterna
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Saturday, September 9, 2017, 3:30 PM
Smithfield Church, Amenia , NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543
MENDELSSOHN  Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 65
GUILMANT  Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 80
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Sunday, August 27, 2017
Stiftskirche, Kyllburg, Germany
KENT TRITLE, organ

J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543
MENDELSSOHN  Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 65
PINKHAM  A Prophecy for Organ (1971)
GUILMANT  Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 80
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July 16-23, 2017
Connecticut College, New London, CT
AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORAL WORKSHOP

The Choral Workshop at the Amherst Music Festival, led by Kent Tritle, is designed to give the serious amateur choral singer an opportunity to learn and perform masterworks.  The 2017 workshop will focus on William Byrd’s The Great Service along with works of Thomas Tallis and Robert Parsons. The workshop concludes with a performance.
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July 9-16, 2017
Berkshire School, Sheffield, MA
BERKSHIRE CHORAL INTERNATIONAL
Rachel Rosales, soprano
Kara Shay Thomson, soprano
Emily Misch, soprano (Mater Gloriosa)
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Mary Phillips, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Jesse Blumberg, baritone
Adam Lau, bass

Kent Tritle leads a week-long workshop in, and performance of, Mahler’s Symphony No. 8.
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Friday, June 9, 2017, 7:30 PM
Church of the Little Flower, Bethesda, MD
THE APOLLO ORCHESTRA
Stephen Czarkowski, conductor
Kent Tritle, organ

Program to include:
SAINT-SAËNS Organ Symphony
Monday, May 8, 2017, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Christopher Ainsley, countertenor
Lawrence Jones, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone

BACH  Mass in B Minor
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Thursday & Friday, April 6 & April 7, 2017, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY AND SYMPHONIC CHORUS
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Matthew Worth, baritone
The Cathedral Choristers,
Bryan Zaros, director

BRITTEN  War Requiem
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March 14 & 15, 2017
Teatro Solis, Montevideo, Uruguay
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Orquesta Filarmonica de Montevideo
Kent Tritle, conductor

MOZART  “Great” Mass in C Minor
BRUCKNER  Te Deum
ORFF  Carmina Burana (selection from Part I)
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Wednesday, March 8, 2017, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

BACH  Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
BRITTEN  Festival Te Deum
BRAHMS  Schaffe in mir, Gott
BRITTEN  Rejoice in the Lamb
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Sunday, February 26, 2017, 3 PM
Church of the Palms, Sarasota, FL
KENT TRITLE, organ

J.S. BACH  Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
ROREM  Views from the Oldest House
FRANCK  Grand Pièce Symphonique, Op. 17
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AND CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kirsten Sollek, mezzo-soprano
Arthur Fiacco, cello
Raymond Nagem, organ

DURUFLÉ  Requiem
DURUFLÉ  Four Motets
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Sunday, February 19, 2017, 7-8:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

#refugeinmusic
Instrumentalists, singers and music lovers are invited to participate or take refuge in the sounds of Bach, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Fauré. This community gathering will be a show of support for refugees and reaffirm our commitment that immigrants make America great. Sponsored by the Music Department at the Cathedral of St John the Divine, the event will feature Kent Tritle, Anna Lenti, Raymond Nagem, Bryan Zaros, Stephen Biegner, Arthur Fiacco, Jorge Avila and the Cathedral Choirs. Free and open to all.
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Thursday, February 16, 2017, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Erin Morley, soprano
Florian Boesch, baritone
Musica Sacra,
Kent Tritle, Music Director

LUTOSŁAWSKI  Musique funèbre
BRAHMS  Ein deutsches Requiem
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
KENT TRITLE, organ

J.S. BACH  Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
ROREM  Views from the Oldest House
FRANCK  Grand Pièce Symphonique, Op. 17
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Sunday, January 22, 2017, 4 PM
St. Thomas Reformed Church, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
KENT TRITLE, organ
Arthur Fiacco, cello

J.S. BACH  Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
VIVALDI  Cello Sonata No.1 in B flat
ROREM  Selections from Views from the Oldest House
DEBUSSY  Romance
J.S. BACH  Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor
SIBELIUS  Walse Triste
FRANCK  Pièce Héroïque
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Saturday, December 31, 2016, 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE
Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine & Orchestra
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jamet Pittman, soprano
With guests Judy Collins, Jason Robert Brown and host Harry Smith

MORAVEC  Light Shall Lift Us (New York premiere)
BARBER  Adagio for Strings, “Let down the bars, O Death,” “Sure on this shining night”
BACH  Mass in B Minor: “Gloria/et in terra pax,” “Laudamus te,” “Gratias agimus tibi,” “Dona nobis pacem”
HAILSTORK  “Motherless Child”
DAWSON  “Balm in Gilead”
HOGAN  “Walk together, children”
Traditional  “This little light of mine”

Light Shall Lift Us is a musical response by Paul Moravec (music) and Mark Campbell (lyrics) to the tragedy that occurred at Pulse nightclub in Orlando on June 12, 2016 – the largest mass shooting in U.S history. The inspirational work was premiered in “One Voice Orlando,” a benefit concert Campbell helped organize with Opera Orlando, that sought to reunite and heal the city during a very difficult time.
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Thursday, December 22, 2016, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Jakub Józef Orliński, countertenor
Colin Balzer, tenor
Scott Dispensa, baritone

HANDEL  Messiah
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Jakub Józef Orliński, countertenor
William Ferguson, tenor
Adam Lau, bass

HANDEL  Messiah
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Saturday, December 10, 2016, 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Combined Cathedral Choirs, Orchestra, and Soloists
Kent Tritle, conductor
Bryan Zaros, director, Cathedral Choristers

POULENC Organ Concerto
POULENC Four Christmas Motets
CHARPENTIER  In Nativitatem Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Canticum
Selections by Willcocks, Britten, Rutter, and Fraser performed by Cathedral Choristers
Christmas Carols
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Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Halley Gilbert, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo soprano
Malcolm Merriweather, baritone
Marc Day, tenor
Matt Boehler, bass

RAUTAVAARA  Vigilia (All Night Vigil In Memory of St. John the Baptist) – New York Premiere
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November 9, 10, 11, 12, 2016
David Geffen Hall
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus and Chamber Choir,
Kent Tritle, director

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé
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Thursday, November 3, 2016, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
Helen Karloski, mezzo-soprano
Alex Richardson, tenor
Philip Cutlip, baritone

MOZART  “Great” Mass in C Minor
BRUCKNER  Te Deum
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
Kent Tritle, conductor

“The Glory of Constantinople”
A musical exploration of the cultural evolution in this seat of the Ottoman Empire: chants and motets composed upon its 1453 transfer from Christian to Muslim hands (including Dufay’s poignant Balsamus et unda cera), modern-day arrangements of indigenous Turkish folksongs, and more
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Thursday, October 13, 2016, 7 PM
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Savannah, GA
KENT TRITLE, organ

BACH  Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
BACH  Partita on “O Gott, du frommer Gott,” BWV 767
MENDELSSOHN  Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 65
ROREM  Views from the Oldest House (1981)
FRANCK  Pièce Héroïque
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

“The Savior of Church Music and the Mystics”
PALESTRINA  Missa Papae Marcelli
PÄRT  Magnificat
TAVENER  Funeral Ikos
TAVENER  Ikon of Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
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Thursday, September 29, 2016, 7:30 PM
Stetson University, DeLand, FL
KENT TRITLE, organ
(Residence also includes a choral workshop on September 28)

BACH  Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
BACH  Partita on “O Gott, du frommer Gott,” BWV 767
MENDELSSOHN  Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 65
ROREM  Views from the Oldest House (1981)
FRANCK  Pièce Héroïque

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August 19-28, 2016
Kent leads a tour with Cathedral Choristers, Scholars and members of the Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine: they sing services at Dublin’s Christ Church Cathedral on August 21, and are in residence singing services at London’s Westminster Abbey from August 23-28.
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Monday, August 15, 2016, 7:30 PM
Alice Tully Hall

Mostly Mozart 50th Anniversary Season
FREIBURG BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
Louis Langrée, conductor
Lenneke Ruiten, Fiordiligi
Kate Lindsey, Dorabella
Sandrine Piau, Despina
Joel Prieto, Ferrando
Nahuel di Pierro, Guglielmo
Rod Gilfry, Don Alfonso
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, director

MOZART  Così fan tutte

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Saturday, July 30, 2016, 7:30 PM
Great Mountains Music Festival and School
Alpensia Resort, PyeongChang, South Korea

THE NATIONAL CHORUS OF KOREA
GMMFS ORCHESTRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Elizabeth De Trejo, soprano
Sunhae Im, sopranos
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano
Dong Won Kim, tenor
Heungu Bahk, bass

BEETHOVEN  Coriolan Overture
BELLINI  Selected opera arias
BEETHOVEN  Mass in C Major
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July 10-17, 2016
AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORAL WORKSHOP
The Choral Workshop at the Amherst Music Festival, led by Kent Tritle, is designed to give the serious amateur choral singer an opportunity to learn and perform masterworks.  The 2016 workshop will focus on 17th century German works.

SCHÜTZ  Musikalische Exequien, SWV 279-281 (German Requiem)
JOHANN MICHAEL BACH  Halt, was du hast
J. S. BACH  Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229

May 26-28, 2016
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
David Robertson, conductor
Women of the Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, Music Director

Programs including:
HOLST  The Planets

May 24-29, 2016
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
NEW YORK CITY BALLET

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

featuring Musica Sacra, Kent Tritle, Music Director

Monday, May 9, 2016, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Rachel Rosales, soprano
Rachel Calloway, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Philip Cutlip, baritone

MERRYMAN  Jonah (New York Premiere)
HAYDN  Nelson Mass – Missa in Angustiis

Thursday, May 5, 2016, 7 PM
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall 125th Anniversary Gala
Martina Arroyo
Emanuel Ax
Michael Feinstein
Renée Fleming
Marilyn Horne
Lang Lang
Isabel Leonard
Yo-Yo Ma
Jessye Norman
Itzhak Perlman
James Taylor
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor
Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, Music Director

Thursday, April 7, 2016, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS & WOMEN’S CHORUS
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
DAVID BRIGGS, organ
Kent Tritle, conductor
Rachel Rosales, soprano
Bryn Holdsworth, soprano
Jana McIntyre, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Noragh Devlin, mezzo-soprano
John Tiranno, tenor
Timothy Murray, baritone
Adam Lau, bass
Cathedral Choristers of St. John the Divine

MAHLER  Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”
Arrangement by David Briggs for chorus, soloists, and organ – World premiere

Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Amy Justman & Michele Kennedy, sopranos
Katie Geissinger & Kirsten Sollek, mezzo-sopranos
Michael Steinberger & Marc Day, tenors
Malcolm J. Merriweather & Peter Stewart, baritones

J.S. BACH  Cantata No. 4, “Christ lag in Todesbanden”
SCHÜTZ  Musikalische Exequien
VIVALDI  Stabat Mater

Wednesday, March 9, 2016, 7:30 PM
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Lianne Coble, soprano
Helen Karloski, mezzo-soprano
Marc Day, tenor
Kevin Deas, bass

EVAN FEIN  Deborah (World Premiere)
MOZART  Solemn Vespers, K.339

Wednesday, February 24, 2016, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS, WOMEN’S CHORUS, AND ORCHESTRA
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Angel Azzarra, soprano
Bryn Holdsworth, soprano
Jana McIntyre, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Noragh Devlin, mezzo-soprano
John Tiranno, tenor
Timothy Murray, baritone
Adam Lau, bass
Cathedral Choristers of St. John the Divine

MAHLER  Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”

Thursday, February 25, 2016, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS, WOMEN’S CHORUS, AND ORCHESTRA
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Angel Azzarra, soprano
Bryn Holdsworth, soprano
Jana McIntyre, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Noragh Devlin, mezzo-soprano
John Tiranno, tenor
Timothy Murray, baritone
Adam Lau, bass
Cathedral Choristers of St. John the Divine

MAHLER  Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”

(In a related event, organist David Briggs presents the world premiere of his arrangement of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 for chorus, soloists, and organ on the Cathedral’s “Great Organ” series on Thursday, April 7, 2016)

January 27-31, 2016
SIBELIUS ACADEMY

A residency at Helsinki’s Sibelius Academy, at which Kent will teach choral conducting and organ performance. The repertoire will include Telemann’s Deus Judicium Tuum.

January 22-24, 2016
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Jacques Lacombe, conductor
Bernard Uzan, narrator
Symphonic Chorus of Manhattan School of Music
Kent Tritle, director

BERLIOZ  Symphonie fantastique
BERLIOZ  Lélio

Thursday, December 31, 2015, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Judy Collins, special guest
Harry Smith, special guest
Jamet Pittman, soprano

“New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace”
ROBERT & VICTORIA SIROTA   Prelude and Spiritual for Mother Emanuel (World premiere)
Chichester Psalms

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Christopher Ainslie, countertenor
Mingjie Lei, tenor
Matt Boehler, bass

HANDEL  Messiah

Monday, December 21, 2015, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Matt Boehler, bass

HANDEL  Messiah (arrangement by Mozart)

Saturday, December 12, 2015, 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor

Jamet Pittman, and Michele Kennedy, sopranos
Katie Geissinger and Kirsten Sollek, mezzo-sopranos
Marc Day, tenor
Hans Tashjian, bass
Cathedral Choristers,
Malcolm Merriweather, director

“A Cathedral Christmas”
J.S. BACH  Magnificat
Carols by Benjamin Britten, John Rutter, and Gregg Smith

Wednesday, November 18, 2015, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
KENT TRITLE, Organ

BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in C Major, BUX 137
DE GRIGNY  Récit de Tierce en taille
BACH  Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582
WIDOR  Symphonie VI, Op. 42, No. 2 – Allegro (Mvt. I)
PINKHAM  A Prophecy for Organ
FRANCK  Cantabile
DURUFLÉ  Prelude and Fugue “sur le nom d’Alain,” Op. 7

Saturday, November 14, 2015, 2 PM & 7:30 PM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Tan Dun, conductor
Stephen Bryant, baritone
Elizabeth Keusch, soprano
Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir
Kent Tritle, director
Ronnie Oliver, associate director

TAN DUN’S WATER PASSION

Thursday, November 5, 2015, 7 PM
Carnegie Hall
ISRAEL PHILARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Zubin Mehta, conductor

MAHLER  Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”

Monday, November 2, 2015, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Matthew Plenk, tenor
John Moore, baritone

FILAS  Requiem “Oratio Spei” (2002)

Monday, October 26, 2015, 6:30 PM
First United Methodist Church, Iowa City, IA
KENT TRITLE, organ

BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in C Major, BUX 137
DE GRIGNY  Récit de Tierce en taille
BACH  Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582
WIDOR  Symphonie VI, Op. 42, No. 2 – Allegro (Mvt. I)
PINKHAM  A Prophecy for Organ
FRANCK  Cantabile
DURUFLÉ  Prelude and Fugue “sur le nom d’Alain,” Op. 7

Saturday, October 24, 2015, 7 PM
Trinity United Methodist Church, Waverly, IA
KENT TRITLE, organ

PAULUS Tryptich
DURUFLÉ Prelude and Fugue “sur le nom d’Alain”
FRANCK Cantabile
WIDOR Symphony No. 7 in A Minor, Op. 42, No. 3

Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

TALLIS  Spem in Alium
STRAUSS  Deutsche Motette
BRUCKNER  Os Justi
ALICE PARKER  An American Kedusha
ROBERT CONVERY  The Lamb
RANDALL THOMPSON  Alleluia

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
St. James Chapel
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
Nina Stern, director
Kent Tritle, conductor

“Four Quarters of Jerusalem”
Celebrating the simultaneous release of a recording of the concert, made earlier this year, by the Pro Organo label, the program features choral settings of Sufi songs, Coptic chant and Renaissance works relating to the Holy Land, as well as joyous dance music of Armenian, Sephardic, and Islamic cultures.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015, 7 PM
First United Methodist Church, Newnan, GA
KENT TRITLE, organ

BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in C Major, BUX 137
DE GRIGNY  Récit de Tierce en taille
BACH  Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582
WIDOR  Symphonie VI, Op. 42, No. 2 – Allegro (Mvt. I)
FRANCK  Cantabile
DURUFLÉ  Prelude and Fugue “sur le nom d’Alain,” Op. 7

Saturday, September 19, 2015, 3:30 PM
The Smithfield Church, Amenia, NY

A Benefit for the Oratorio Society of New York
KENT TRITLE, Organ

Works by Bach, Brahms, Walther and Bach contemporaries

September 15, 2015, 7:30 PM
Stetson University, Deland, FL
KENT TRITLE, organ

BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in C Major, BUX 137
DE GRIGNY  Récit de Tierce en taille
BACH  Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582
WIDOR  Symphonie VI, Op. 42, No. 2 – Allegro (Mvt. I)
FRANCK  Cantabile
DURUFLÉ  Prelude and Fugue “sur le nom d’Alain,” Op. 7

July 20-24, 2015
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Summer@Eastman ADVANCED CHORAL CONDUCTING INSTITUTE

Kent Tritle and William Weinert lead in-depth analysis and rehearsal of Mozart Requiem, Coronation Mass, and shorter sacred works of Mozart, and recent research on issues of choral and instrumental performance practice in the Classical era.

July 5-12, 2015
AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORAL WORKSHOP

The 2015 Choral Workshop at the Amherst Music Festival, led by Kent Tritle, is designed to give the serious amateur choral singer an opportunity to learn and perform masterworks of the Renaissance and Baroque, with a focus on works by Palestrina, Victoria, and Monteverdi.

Thursday, May 14, 2015, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine – Chapel of St. James

CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
Nina Stern, director
Kent Tritle, conductor

“The Wingèd Lion: Venice and the Orient”
Music by Gabrieli and Monteverdi, and traditional music from Armenia, Turkey, and the eastern Mediterranean

Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor*
David Rosenmeyer, conductor**
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
Peter Tantsits, tenor
Takaoki Onishi, baritone

BERNSTEIN  Chichester Psalms**
ORFF  Carmina Burana*

April-May 2015

European tour with the NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC, playing organ in Bartók’s The Miraculous Mandarin

Saturday, March 14, 2015, 8 PM
Sunday, March 22, 2015, 2 PM
Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 7 PM
Friday, March 27, 2015, 8 PM
David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center

PAUL TAYLOR’S AMERICAN MODERN DANCE
Kent Tritle will be the organ soloist in the Limón Dance Company’s performances of Doris Humphrey’s
Passacaglia, which is set to Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582

Thursday, March 26, 2015, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine – The Great Choir

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Lori Guilbeau, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Alex Richardson, tenor
Mathew Anchel, bass

VERDI Requiem

Sunday, March 22, 2015, 7 PM
Peter Norton Symphony Space

THE DESSOFF CHOIRS
James Bagwell, conductor
Amy Kaiser, conductor
Kent Tritle, conductor

90th Anniversary Concert
Program to include works by Mendelssohn and selections from Frank Martin’s Mass for Double Chorus A Cappella conducted by Kent Tritle

Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Michael Sheetz, conductor*
Lianne Coble, soprano
John Tiranno, tenor
Malcolm Merriweather, baritone
Arthur Fiacco, cello
Walter Hilse and Raymond Nagem, organists

JURAJ FILAS  Wisdom of the Wise Old Man – World premiere
MICHAEL GILBERTSON  Returning – World premiere
ROBERT PATERSON  Lux Aeterna – World premiere
JUDITH ZAIMONT  Parable, A Tale of Abram and Isaac*

Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine – Chapel of St. James
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor

MACHAUT  Messe de Nostre Dame
JOSQUIN DES PRES  Motets
HEINRICH ISAAC  Motets
Gregorian Chant Propers for the Feast of the Annunciation

Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 6 PM
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage  – Terrace Theater
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
Malcolm Merriweather, conductor*

DAVID LANG  Little Match Girl Passion
GREGG SMITH  Selected works*

Cancelled due to weather

Wednesday, December 31, 2014, 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine – in the Crossing
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Gregory Purnhagen, baritone
Guest artists: Judy Collins and Jason Robert Brown
Host: Harry Smith
“New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace”
Program to include:
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS   Dona nobis pacem, excerpts
BACH   “Dona nobis pacem” from Mass in B Minor
HANDEL   “Foundling Hospital Anthem”

Tuesday, December 23, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Lianne Coble, soprano
Silvie Jensen, mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Jones, tenor
John Brancy, baritone

HANDEL   Messiah

Monday, December 22, 2014, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Emalie Savoy, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano (Winner of 2013 Oratorio Solo Competition)
Mingjie Lei, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone

HANDEL Messiah

Saturday, December 20, 2014, 3 PM
Performing Arts Center at Purchase College
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Lianne Coble, soprano
Silvie Jensen, mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Jones, tenor
John Brancy, baritone

HANDEL Messiah

Saturday, December 13, 2014, 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine – in the Crossing
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Malcolm Merriweather, conductor*

“A Cathedral Christmas”
BACH   Gloria in excelsis deo, Christmas Cantata BWV 191
ERIC WHITACRE   Lux Arumque
WAYNE OQUIN   O magnum mysterium
POULENC   Hodie Christus natus est
Works by Britten, Rutter, and Smith sung by the Cathedral Choristers
led by Malcolm Merriweather*
A selection of Christmas carols

Wednesday, December 3, 2014, 7 PM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
DAVID LANG   Little Match Girl Passion
PHILIPS   O Beatam et sacrosanctam Diem
JOSQUIN DES PRES   Ave Maria
VICTORIA   Ne Timeas
VICTORIA   O Magnum
SWEELINCK   Hodie

Friday, November 21, 2014, 7:30 PM
All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, Texas
KENT TRITLE, Organ
BACH  Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544
SCHEIDEMANN  Magnificat octavi toni
BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548
DURUFLÉ  Suite, Op. 5

Tuesday, November 18, 2014, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
KENT TRITLE, Organ
BACH  Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544
SCHEIDEMANN  Magnificat octavi toni
BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548
DURUFLÉ  Suite, Op. 5

Sunday, November 16, 3 PM
First Presbyterian Church of Rutherford, New Jersey
KENT TRITLE, Organ

BACH  Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544
SCHEIDEMANN  Magnificat octavi toni
BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548
DURUFLÉ  Suite, Op. 5

Wednesday, November 12, 2014, 7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium, Manhattan School of Music
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER SINFONIA, SYMPHONIC CHORUS AND CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Ronald Oliver, conductor**
Malcolm Merriweather, conductor***

MOZART Mass in C Minor, K. 427*
BRAHMS Four Songs for Women’s Chorus, Two Horns and Harp, Op. 17**
HAYDN Te Deum for the Empress Marie Therese Hob. XXIIIc:2***

Thursday, November 6, 2014, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Elizabeth DeShong, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Kaiser, tenor
Luca Pisaroni, bass-baritone
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, music director

PURCELL  Suite from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
TCHAIKOVSKY  The Tempest
DALLAPICCOLA  Piccola musica notturna (version for chamber ensemble, 1961)
MENDELSSOHN  Die erste Walpurgisnacht

Monday, November 3, 2014, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Aaron Blake, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
Orchestra of the Society

HAYDN  The Creation (Die Schöpfung)

Wednesday, October 15, 2014, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine – at the Great Choir steps
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Patrick Jee, cello
Peter Stewart, baritone
“Pärt Te Deum”
MENDELSSOHN “Heilig”
TAVENER Sviaty
PÄRT Te Deum
HANDL Duo Seraphim
BLOCH  “Kedusha” from Sacred Service

Saturday, August 2, 2014, 7:30 PM
BERKSHIRE CHORAL FESTIVAL
Kent Tritle, conductor
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
John Bellemer, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
ELGAR  Dream of Gerontius (English)

Monday, June 9, 2014, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Paul the Apostle
NEW YORK CHORAL CONSORTIUM – “THE BIG SING”
Kent Tritle & Deborah Simpkin King, Hosts
Various conductors
BRAHMS  Requiem

Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Nicholas Phan, tenor (Evangelist)
Kevin Deas, bass (Christus)
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano
Mathew Plenk, tenor
Kelly Markgraf, baritone
BACH  St. Matthew Passion

Friday, May 9, 2014
Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA
KENT TRITLE, Organ

BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in G Minor, Bux 149
J.S. BACH  Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654
J.S. BACH  Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
MENDELSSOHN  Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, Op.37, No.1
PINKHAM  A Prophecy
FRANCK  Chorale No. 3 in A Minor

Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Lawrence Jones, tenor (Evangelist)
Neil Netherly, bass-baritone (Christus)
Amy Justman, soprano
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
John Tiranno, tenor
Peter Stewart, baritone
BACH  St. John Passion

Friday, April 4, 2014, 7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium, Manhattan School of Music
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS AND CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
Ronald Oliver, conductor (Stravinsky)
HONEGGER  King David
STRAVINSKY  Mass

Wednesday, March 26, 2014, 6:30 PM
The Bruno Walter Auditorium, 111 Amsterdam Ave. at 65th St.
MUSICA SACRA
A Conversation with Kent Tritle and Composers Meredith Monk & Jocelyn Hagen
Moderator:  Nancy Shear

Thursday, March 6, 2014, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S
Sir Roger Norrington, conductor
Susan Gritton, soprano
Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano
Michael Schade, tenor
Nathan Berg, bass-baritone
Oratorio Society of New York, Kent Tritle, director
BEETHOVEN  Missa Solemnis

Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at 7 and 9 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
with Rose of the Compass
Nina Stern, recorder and chalumeau
Glen Velez, percussion
Ara Dinkjian, oud
Tamer Pinarbasi, kanun
Arthur Fiacco, Jr., cello
“The Ornament of the World”
Music from Renaissance Spain, including the Ladino tradition

Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at 7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium, Manhattan School of Music
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY, SYMPHONIC CHORUS, AND CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
BACH  Mass in B Minor

Tuesday, December 31, 2013, at 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jamet Pittman, soprano
John Michael Moore, baritone
Raymond Nagem, organ
Guest artist:  Judy Collins
Host:  Harry Smith
“New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace”
HANDEL  Organ Concerto in F Major, Op. 4, No. 4
MOZART  Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”
Traditional spirituals arranged by Moses Hogan
HAYDN  Creation (excerpts)

Monday, December 23, 2013, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Rebecca Ringle, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
HANDEL  Messiah

Thursday, December 12, 2013, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Ian Howell, countertenor
Colin Balzer, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
HANDEL  Messiah

Saturday, December 14, 2013, at 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Nacole Palmer, soprano (Angel)
Katie Geissinger, mezzo-soprano (Mary)
Marc Day, tenor (Joseph)
“Cathedral Christmas Concert”
RESPIGHI  Laud to the Nativity
Renaissance motets and Christmas carols

Sunday, December 15, 2013, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Ian Howell, countertenor
Colin Balzer, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
HANDEL  Messiah

Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
“Most Elevating of Voices”
The Musical Legacy of Andrew Carnegie:  A Transatlantic Celebration
MENDELSSOHN   “Thanks be to God” from Elijah
HANDEL   “Worthy is the Lamb” from Messiah
Works by Herbert Howells and Edgar Leslie Bainton

Tudor anthems by William Byrd, Peter Phillips, Thomas Tallis, and Thomas Weelkes
Organ music of J.S. Bach and Mendelssohn performed by Raymond Nagem and Kent Tritle

Monday, November 4, 2013, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
Jennifer Feinstein, mezzo-soprano
Aaron Blake, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
Soloman Howard, bass
MENDELSSOHN  Die Erste Walpurgisnacht
MOZART  Requiem

Wednesday, October 23, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Special event for subscribers Cathedral of St. John the Divine – Chapel of St. James

MUSICA SACRA Kent Tritle, conductor

BYRD  Mass for 5 Voices Motets by Thomas Weelkes and Orlando Gibbons

Sunday, October 20, 2013, at 3 PM
First Congregational Church, Spencer, Iowa
KENT TRITLE, organ
MENDELSSOHN   Sonata IV in B flat major
BACH  Fantasy and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 537
LISZT  Prelude and Fugue on BACH
WIDOR  Symphonie V in F minor

Friday, October 18, 2013, at 7:30 PM
St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Columbia, Missouri
KENT TRITLE, organ
MENDELSSOHN   Sonata IV in B flat major
BACH  Fantasy and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 537
LISZT  Prelude and Fugue on BACH
WIDOR  Symphonie V in F minor

Wednesday, October 16, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
KENT TRITLE, organ
MENDELSSOHN   Sonata IV in B flat major
BACH  Fantasy and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 537
LISZT  Prelude and Fugue on BACH
WIDOR  Symphonie V in F minor

October 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 2013
Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Alan Gilbert, conductor

Participating artists to include:
Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus, Kent Tritle, director

MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE  Frieze (U.S. premiere)
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 9

September 25, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
“Prayers of the Animals:  All Creatures Great and Small”
CHRISTINA WHITTEN THOMAS  “Choral de Bêtes” (“Songs of the Animals”)
ROBERT CONVERY  “The Lamb”
IVOR DAVIES  “Prayers from the Ark”
JOHN TAVENER  “The Lamb”
ERIC WHITACRE  “I thank you, god”
Madrigals and motets of the high French, Italian, and English Renaissance based on imagery from the animal kingdom.

September 20 & 21, 2013, at 8 PM
Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Musica Sacra, Kent Tritle, director

The Art of the Score: Film Week at the Philharmonic
2001: A Space Odyssey (with screening of complete film)

July 17, 2013, at 7:30 PM
St. Vitus, Prague

KENT TRITLE, Organ

Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at 8 PM
Church of St. Paul the Apostle, 60th St. & Columbus Avenue

MUSICA SACRA

Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor

“The Soul Rejoices”
Magnificats of Monteverdi and Pärt, and music of Mendelssohn and Tavener

Thursday, May 9, 2013, at 6 PM
St. John’s Memorial Chapel, Cambridge, MA

ALASTAIR CASSELS-BROWN MEMORIAL ORGAN CONCERT
Kent Tritle,Organ

Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at 7:30 PM

Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE & ROSE OF THE COMPASS

Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Rose of the Compass
Nina Stern, Recorders and Chalumeau
Ara Dinkjian, Oud
Tamer Pinarbasi, Kanun
Glen Velez, Percussion

“The Holy Land: Jerusalem”
A rich mosaic of songs and instrumental selections combines the spiritual wisdom of Judeo, Christian, and Islamic traditions.

Sunday, April 28, 2013, at 3 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

CELEBRATION OF THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MANDER ORGAN
Kent Tritle with Scott Warren, Nancianne Parrella, Andrew Henderson

Monday, April 22, 2013, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK

Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Emalie Savoy, Soprano
John Matthew Myers, Tenor
Jesse Blumberg, Baritone

BRITTEN    War Requiem

Saturday, April 20, 2013, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL FESTIVAL CONCERT

Orchestra of St. Luke’s
John Nelson, Conductor
Kent Tritle, Choral Preparer

MOZART    Requiem

April 17-20, 2013
Carnegie Hall

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL FESTIVAL
A choral experience, guided by Kent Tritle, that culminates in a performance of Mozart’s Requiem at Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and conductor John Nelson

Saturday, April 13, 2013, at 1:30 PM
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall

LYNDON WOODSIDE ORATORIO SOLO COMPETITION
Of the Oratorio Society of New York

Friday, April 12, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space

Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS AND DAVID BRIGGS, ORGAN
Kent Tritle, Conductor
MAHLER    Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection,” transcription for organ, chorus, and soloists (Commissioned by the Cathedral)

Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR AND CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Kent Tritle, Conductor

MONTEVERDI    Vespers of 1610

Thursday, March 28, 2013, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S
Ivan Fischer, Conductor
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, Music Director

BACH     St. Matthew Passion

Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at 7:30 PM

Great Music in a Great Space at the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE

Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Jamet Pittman, Soprano
Philip Cutlip, Baritone

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS   Mass in G Minor
FAURÉ    Requiem

February-March 2013
Travels to four U.S. high schools for one-day preparation sessions for Carnegie Hall’s National High School Choral Festival

Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY AND SYMPHONIC CHORUS
Kent Tritle, Conductor

MENDELSSOHN    Elijah

Monday, February 11, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY AND SYMPHONIC CHORUS
Philippe Entremont, Conductor
Kent Tritle, Organ

POULENC   Gloria
SAINT-SAËNS   Symphony No. 3, “Organ”

Tuesday, January 29, 2013,  7 PM
First United Methodist Church
Sarasota, Florida
KENT TRITLE, Organ

Monday, January 28, 2013
Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning
Sarasota, Florida
Musical Conversation: Kent Tritle

Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

KENT TRITLE, Organ

DUPRÉ   Magnificat Antiphons
WIDOR   Symphony No. 6 for Organ in G Minor, Op. 42, No. 2
(This program will be recorded by the Pro Organo label)

Monday, December 31, 2012, at 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE

Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Harry Smith, Host
Special guest Judy Collins
Cathedral Choir and Orchestra of St. John the Divine
Jamet Pittman, Soprano
Kirsten Sollek, Contralto
Steven Fox, Tenor
Peter Stewart, Baritone
Anna Shelest, Piano

MOZART    Coronation Mass
BEETHOVEN    Choral Fantasy
BRUCKNER    Motets

Sunday, December 23, 2012, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Kathryn Lewek, Soprano
Kirsten Sollek, Mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, Tenor
Matt Boehler, Bass

HANDEL    Messiah

Friday, December 21, 2012, at 6 PM

MAKE MUSIC NEW YORK 2012 “Pilgrimage”

Early Music singers led by conductor Kent Tritle walk from the Upper East Side to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine,
carrying lanterns through Central Park while singing medieval melodies once sung along the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela.

Thursday, December 20, 2012, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Kathryn Lewek, Soprano
Kirsten Sollek, Mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, Tenor
Matt Boehler, Bass

HANDEL    Messiah

Monday, December 17, 2012, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Nacole Palmer, Soprano (2012 Lyndon Woodside Solo Oratorio Competition prize winner)
Hai-Ting Chinn, Mezzo-soprano
Matthew Garrett, Tenor
Philip Cutlip, Baritone

HANDEL    Messiah

Sunday, December 9, 2012, at 6:30 & 8:30 PM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Met Museum Presents

CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor

“O Magnum Mysterium: O Great Mystery”
A program of settings of the “O Magnum Mysterium” text by T.L. da Victoria, Morton Lauridsen, and Francis Poulenc; works by Byrd, Biebl, and Hassler; as well as music by Eric Whitacre

Saturday, December 8, 2012, at 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

CATHEDRAL CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Michele Kennedy, Soprano
Amanda Sidebottom, Soprano
Gregory Purnhagen, Baritone

“A Ceremony of Carols”
BRITTEN   A Ceremony of Carols
HANDEL   Organ Concerto Op. 4, No. 2
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS   Fantasia on Greensleeves
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS   Fantasia on Christmas Carols
GABRIELI   Canzoni
GABRIELI   “Angelus ad pastores ait”
LAURIDSEN   “O Magnum Mysterium”
BIEBL   “Ave Maria”
Carols sung by all

Saturday, December 1, 2012, at 7:30 PM
Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor, and student conductors

Choral music from China, Estonia, and the U.S., including works by Eric Whitacre and Arvo Pärt

Saturday & Sunday, November 17 & 18, 2012
Mary W. Sommerveld Hall
Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD

SOUTH DAKOTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Kent Tritle, Conductor

BACH   Brandenburg Concertos (Complete)

Monday, October 22, 2012, at 8 PM
Alice Tully Hall

MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Susanna Phillips, Soprano
Anna Shelest, Piano

MOZART   Exsultate, jubilate
HAYDN   “Lord Nelson” Mass
BEETHOVEN   Choral Fantasy

Sunday, October 14, 2012, at 3:00 PM
Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center

The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation 38th Anniversary
Gala Concert and Dinner
Winners of the 2012 International Vocal Competition

Musica Sacra Orchestra
Kent Tritle, Conductor

Wednesday, October 10, 2012
7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine

CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE

Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Amy Justman, Soprano
Katie Geissinger, Mezzo-soprano
Oliver Mercer, Tenor
Kelly Markgraf, Baritone

BACH    Mass in B Minor

August 17 & 18, 2012
Auditorio Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Orquestra Filarmônica de São Carlos
Kent Tritle and David Rosenmeyer, Conductors

MOZART   Credo Mass in C Major, K. 257
COPLAND   Old American Songs
RICARDO CALDERONI  Um Cais Para o Caos (A Quay to Chaos) for Chorus, Four Soloists, and Orchestra (2012)
RICARDO CALDERONI  Concerto Chameleon for Guitar, Clarinet, and Orchestra

Sunday, August 12, 2012, 10 AM
Sosnoff Theater, Bard College

Bard SummerScape 2012: “Saint-Saëns and His World”

“THE ORGAN, KING OF INSTRUMENTS”
KENT TRITLE, Organ
Yulia Van Doren, Soprano
Jonathan Spitz, Cello

VIERNE   Toccata in B-flat Minor from Pièces de fantaisie
GOUNOD   “Ave Maria” for soprano and organ (after J.S. Bach)
SAINT-SAËNS   Fantaisie for Organ in E-flat Major
ADAM   Cantique de Noël for voice and organ
FRANCK   Chorale No. 3 in A Minor
SAINT-SAËNS   Priere, Op. 158
WIDOR   Symphony No. 6 for Organ in G Minor, Op. 42, No. 2

June 29 & 30, 2012, 8 PM
Park Avenue Armory

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – PHILHARMONIC 360
Alan Gilbert, Conductor
Magnus Lindberg, Conductor (Gruppen)
Matthias Pintscher, Conductor (Gruppen)
Vocal Soloists
Oratorio Society of New York
Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir
Kent Tritle, Director

Pierre Boulez: Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna
Mozart: Finale of Act I from Don Giovanni
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Gruppen
Ives: The Unanswered Question

June 6, 2012, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
KENT TRITLE, ORGAN

MENDELSSOHN  Sonata in F Minor, Op. 65, No. 1
J.S. BACH  Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542
NICOLAS DE GRIGNY Recit de Tierce in taille
FRANCK  Chorale No. 3 in A Minor
PERSICHETTI  Shimah B’Koli
DURUFLÉ  Prelude and Fugue on Alain, Op. 7

May 1, 2012, 7:30 PM
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine

CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH
OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Nina Stern, Recorders and Chalumeau
Ara Dinkjian, Oud
Arthur Fiacco, Cello
Tamer Pinarbasi, Kanun
Glen Velez, Percussion

Music from Eastern Europe and Armenia

April 26, 2012, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, Conductor

DVORÁK  Stabat Mater
JURAJ FILAS  Song of Solomon (World Premiere)
(Part of Carnegie Hall’s 120th Anniversary Celebration)

April 23, 2012, 8 PM
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Anna Shelest, Piano

Songs and Romances: The Romance of Brahms, Schubert, and Schumann
BRAHMS  Four Songs for Women’s Chorus, Two Horns and Harp, Op. 17
BRAHMS  Ziguenerlieder, Op. 103
SCHUBERT  Songs for Male Chorus
SCHUMANN  Quartets for Chorus and Piano
SCHUMANN  Piano Sonata in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 11

April 18, 2012, 6:30 PM

METROPOLITAN OPERA GUILD
Master Class with Kent Tritle: “Music for the Masses”

April 10, 2012, 7:30 PM
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS AND BRASS ENSEMBLE
Kent Tritle, Conductor, with student conductors
JONGEN  Mass for Choir, Organ and Brass, Op. 130 (1945)
BRUCKNER  Ecce sacerdos magnus*
GABRIELI  Angelus ad pastores ait for 12 voices*
BRUCKNER  Os justi*
BAIRSTOW  Sing ye to the Lord*
DUPRE  Quatre Motets, Op. 9*
SCHÜTZ  Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt (Psalm 100), SWV 36
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  O Clap Your Hands

April 3, 2012, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor, with student conductors*

BRAHMS  Gesänge für Frauenchor, Op. 17*
BRAHMS  Nänie, Op. 82
MENDELSSOHN  Abendlied*
MENDELSSOHN Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich*
BRAHMS  O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf, Op. 74, No. 2*
BRAHMS  Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz, Op. 29, No. 2*
MARJORIE MERRYMAN  Beauty, Grief and Grandeur
SCHUMANN Schön-Rohtraut, Op. 67, No. 2*

March 28, 2012, 7:30 PM
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine

CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, Conductor

SCARLATTI  Stabat Mater
BACH  Jesu meine Freude

February 23, 2012, 8 PM
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Bach Family Notebook: Works by J.S. Bach and his forebears

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH  Movements from the Partita Sei gregüsset, Jesu gütig
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH   Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH   Selections from the Cello Suites
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH   Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf
JOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH   Fürchte dich nicht
JOHANN BACH  Unser Leben ist ein Schatten
JOHANN MICHAEL BACH  Halt, was du hast
JOHANN LUDWIG BACH  Das ist meine Freude
JOHANN LUDWIG BACH  Das Blut Jesu Christi
JOHANN LUDWIG BACH  Sei nun wieder zufrieden, meine Seele

December 20, 2011, 8 PM
December 21, 2011, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Leslie Fagan, Soprano
Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-soprano
Patrick Cullen Gandy, Tenor
Kevin Deas, Baritone
HANDEL: Messiah

December 19, 2011, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Emalie Savoy, Soprano
Mary Phillips, Mezzo-soprano
Aaron Blake, Tenor
Kevin Deas, Baritone
HANDEL: Messiah (arrangement by Mozart)

December 10, 2011, 7:30 PM
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine

CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, Conductor

CHARPENTIER: Te Deum
VIVALDI: Gloria
Music of Schütz and Gabrieli

November 22, 2011, 7:30 PM
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine

KENT TRITLE, ORGAN

CRUMB: Pastoral Drone
LARRY KING: Resurrection
ROREM: Views from the Oldest House
JULIUS REUBKE: Sonata on the 94th Psalm

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November 9, 2011, 7:30 PM
Papal Basilica of St. John Lateran

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS, CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor
HAYDN: The Creation

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October 29, 2011, 9 PM
Papal Basilica of St. John Lateran, Rome

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC AND ART
Orchestra del Festival di Musica e Arte Sacra
Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, Conductor and Organ
David Rosenmeyer, Conductor
POULENC: Organ Concerto
SAINT-SAENS: Requiem

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October 26, 2011, 5 PM
Papal Basilica of St. Peter’s in The Vatican, Rome

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC AND ART
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, Conductor
(Prelude: Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor;
Kent Tritle, organ)
VIVALDI: “Et in terra pax” from Gloria
MOZART: “Laudate Dominum” from Solemn Vespers
MOZART: Ave Verum Corpus
HANDEL: “Hallelujah, Amen” from Judas Maccabeus

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October 17, 2011, 8 PM
Park Avenue Methodist Church, New York City

KENT TRITLE, ORGAN
CRUMB: Pastoral Drone
LARRY KING: Resurrection
ROREM: Views from the Oldest House
JULIUS REUBKE: Sonata on the 94th Psalm

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October 12, 2011, 8 PM
Church of St. Paul the Apostle
Columbus Ave. at 60th St.

MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, Conductor
RACHMANINOV: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 (Vespers)
(Part of Carnegie Hall’s 120th Anniversary Celebration)

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September 25, 2011, 4 PM
St. Francis Episcopal Church
Stamford, CT
KENT TRITLE, ORGAN
Benefit event for Musica Sacra
CRUMB: Pastoral Drone
LARRY KING: Resurrection
ROREM: Views from the Oldest House
JULIUS REUBKE: Sonata on the 94th Psalm

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September 14, 2011, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Susanna Phillips, Soprano
John Tiranno, Tenor
John Michael Moore, Baritone
JURAJ FILAS: Oratio Spei (U.S. Premiere)

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September 9, 2011, 7 PM
The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space
“Decade 9/11: Music of Reflection and Resilience”
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, Conductor
A cappella and accompanied works by Bach, Mendelssohn, and Tallis
CHRIS DE BLASIO: The Best Beloved

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August 21, 2011
Kremnica Castle, Slovak Republic
EUROPEAN ORGAN FESTIVAL

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July 31-August 6, 2011
Sheffield, MA
BERKSHIRE CHORAL FESTIVAL
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Monteverdi: Vespers

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June 21, 2011, 6:30-7:30 PM
Gansevoort Plaza, Manhattan

MAKE MUSIC NEW YORK
Mass Appeal Mass, a sing-it-yourself performance of Mozart’s Coronation Mass and selections from Handel’s Messiah
Kent Tritle, Conductor

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June 14, 2011, 7 PM
Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, WQXR
New York, NY
The Choral Mix Live: Brahms in Love and Loss
Hosted by KENT TRITLE
with performances by New York Choral Consortium

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May 25, 2011, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Rachel Rosales, Soprano
Paul Appleby, Tenor
Charles Perry Sprawls, Bass-Baritone
BEETHOVEN: Christus am Olberg
(Christ on the Mount of Olives)
HANDEL: Organ Concerto No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 4
HANDEL: Foundling Hospital Anthem

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May 13, 2011, 8 PM
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center

Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Messages to Myself: New works by established and emerging composers
CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS: Messages to Myself (New York Premiere)
DANIEL BREWBAKER: Mother, Father (World Premiere)
ZACHARY PATTEN: Magnificat (New York Premiere)
MICHAEL GILBERTSON: Three Madrigals after Dowland (World Premiere)
BEHZAD RANJBARAN: We Are One (New York Premiere)

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April 27, 2011, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Emalie Savoy, Soprano
Mary Phillips, Mezzo-Soprano
Nicholas Phan, Tenor
Sidney Outlaw, Baritone

Mendelssohn: Elijah

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April 14, 2011, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor, with students
Voices of New Spain
Works of Ziploli, Ginastera and de Padilla

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April 13, 2011, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Kirsten Sollek, Mezzo-Soprano
Kathy Theil, Soprano
Michèle Eaton, Soprano
Katie Geissinger, Mezzo-Soprano
Steven Fox, Tenor
Peter Stewart, Baritone

CALDARA: Crucifixus
D. SCARLATTI: Missa Quatuor Vocum
VIVALDI: Stabat Mater
F. SCARLATTI: Miserere (U.S. Premiere)

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April 8, 2011, 7 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Americas Society
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Voices of New Spain
Works by Ziploli, Ginastera and de Padilla

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April 6, 2011, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY & SYMPHONIC CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle

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March 30, 2011

METROPOLITAN OPERA GUILD MASTER CLASS

Requiem Masses of Mozart, Verdi, Fauré

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March 24-26, 2011
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Kent Tritle, Organ

Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin

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March 23, 2011, 6 PM
Morse Hall, Juilliard School
Lincoln Center
ORATORIO PRACTICUM SONGBOOK
Free and open to the public

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March 18, 19, 22, 2011
Avery Fisher Hall

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC (Organ)
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Kent Tritle, Organ

BARTÓK: Bluebeard’s Castle

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March 11-13, 2011
Fort Worth, TX

KENT TRITLE: Choral Conducting Workshop
American Guild of Organists

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March 7, 2011, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Leslie Fagan, Soprano
Mary Phillips, Mezzo-Soprano
Thomas Cooley, Tenor
Matt Boehler, Bass
Poulenc: Gloria
Saint-Saëns: Requiem
Debussy: Nocturnes

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February 25, 2011, 6 PM
Terrace Theater
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Kennedy Center Conservatory Project
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor

Works by Ginastera, De Padilla, Zipoli, De Victoria, Vivaldi and Aguiar

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February 23, 2011, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Leslie Fagan and Jamet Pittman, Sopranos
Charlotte Paulsen, Mezzo-Soprano
Oliver Mercer, Tenor
Tyler Duncan, Baritone
Kevin Deas, Bass
HANDEL: Israel in Egypt

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February 15, 2011, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor
JOSÉ MAURICIO NUNES GARCIA: Requiem in D Minor (New York Premiere)
MOZART: Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter” (Robert Mann, conductor)

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February 9, 2011, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle and Robert Reuter, Conductors
Melissa Kelley, Soprano
Ory Brown, Mezzo-Soprano
Oliver Mercer, Tenor
Matt Boehler, Bass
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

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January 30, 2011, 4 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Organ Recital and Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
JEHAN ALAIN CELEBRATION
Featuring organists Kent Tritle, Renée Anne Louprette and Nancianne Parrella
Organ and choral works from one of the greatest organ composers of the 20th century, Jehan Alain (1911-1940)

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December 21 & 22, 2010, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Jennifer Zetlan, Soprano
Matthew Shaw, Countertenor
Colin Balzer, Tenor
Tyler Duncan, Baritone
HANDEL: Messiah

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December 20, 2010, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Jennifer Zetlan, Soprano
Matthew Shaw, Countertenor
Colin Balzer, Tenor
Tyler Duncan, Baritone
HANDEL: Messiah

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December 19, 2010, 4 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Parish Community Choir, High School Choir, Children’s Choir
Kent Tritle, Renée Anne Louprette, Nancianne Parrella, Robert Reuter, and Mary Huff, Directors
BRITTEN: A Ceremony of Carols
Carols and motets from around the world

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December 14-18, 2010
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Bernard Labadie, Conductor
Kent Tritle, Organ
HANDEL: Messiah

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December 12, 2010, 4 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Parish Community Choir
High School Choir
Children’s Choir
Kent Tritle, Renée Anne Louprette, Nancianne Parrella, Robert Reuter, and Mary Huff, Directors
BRITTEN: A Ceremony of Carols
Carols and motets from around the world

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November 30, 2010, 7 PM
Mannes College of Music
MASTER CLASS ON HANDEL’S MESSIAH

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November 17, 2010, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Jorge Ávila, Violin
Arthur Fiacco, Cello
Jamet Pittman, Soprano
Mary Phillips, Mezzo-Soprano
Matthew Garrett, Tenor
Gregory Purnhagen, Baritone
Peter Stewart, Baritone
LISZT: Missa Choralis
KALABIS: Canticum Cantoricum (North American Premiere)
FILAS: Concertino-Doppio Per Virtuosi “Salamandra immortale” for Violin and Cello (North American Premiere)

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November 10, 11, 13, 2010
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Alan Gilbert, Conductor
Kent Tritle, Organ

Mendelssohn: Elijah

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November 3, 2010, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY AND SYMPHONIC CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem

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October 23, 2010, 8 PM
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center

MUSICA SACRA CHORUS AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
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

J.S. BACH: Jesu, meine Freude (Jesus, my joy)
CHARPENTIER: Filius Prodigus (The Prodigal Son)
CARISSIMI: Vanitas Vanitatum (Vanity of Vanities)
*First Place winner of the 2010 Oratorio Society Solo Competition

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October 18, 2010, 7 PM
Sami Bedell Center for the Performing Arts
Spirit Lake, IA
HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR CONSORTIUM CHORAL WORKSHOP CONCERT

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October 17, 2010, 3 PM
Spirit Lake United Methodist Church
Spirit Lake, IA
KENT TRITLE, Organ

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October 13, 2010, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Susanna Phillips, Iphis
Jamet Pittman, Angel
Ian Howell, Hamor
Charlotte Paulsen, Storgè
Thomas Cooley, Jephtha
Kelly Markgraf, Zebul

HANDEL: Jephtha

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October 3, 2010, 3 PM & 5 PM
Old Dutch Church
Sleepy Hollow, New York
KENT TRITLE, Organ

Works by Buxtehude, Walther, Sweelinck and J.S. Bach

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September 26, 2010, 4 PM
Historic Smithfield Presbyterian Church
Amenia, New York
KENT TRITLE, Organ

Works by Buxtehude, Walther, Sweelinck and J.S. Bach

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September 18, 2010, 8 PM
First Presbyterian Church
Anaheim, California
KENT TRITLE, Organ

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September 12, 2010, 4 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
ORGAN RECITAL: Kent Tritle, Organ
BUXTEHUDE: Praeludium in E Minor, Bux. 142
SWEELINCK: Hexachord Fantasy
J.S. BACH: Chorale-Partita, “Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig,” BWV 768
J.S. BACH: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, BWV 552
REGER: Benedictus
MENDELSSOHN: Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 65
Con moto maestoso

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August 26, 2010
St. Bonifatius Kirche, Wiesbaden, Germany
Kent Tritle, Organ

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August 21, 2010, 8 PM
Fisher Center
Sosnoff Theater at Bard College
BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL
MODERNISM AND ITS DISCONTENT
Kent Tritle, Organ

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August 20, 2010, 8 PM
Fisher Center
Sosnoff Theater at Bard College
BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL
“No Critics Allowed”: The Society for Private Performances
Kent Tritle, Harmonium

Works of Ravel, Bartok, Szymanowski, Stravinsky, Hauer, Berg, Debussy and Reger

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August 15, 2010, 5:30 PM
Fisher Center
Sosnoff Theater at Bard College
BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL
THE ORCHESTRA REIMAGINED
Kent Tritle, Harmonium

Works of Berg, Busoni, Schoenberg and Hindemith

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August 13, 2010, 8 PM
Fisher Center
Sosnoff Theater at Bard College
BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL
ALBAN BERG: THE PATH OF EXPRESSIVE INTENSITY
Kent Tritle, Harmonium

Works of Alban Berg and Johann Strauss II

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July 20, 2010, 8 PM
Avery Fisher Hall
LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL
Varèse: (R)evolution
Alan Gilbert, Conductor
Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, Chorus Master
Part II Program:
Ionisation, Octandre, Tuning Up, Arcana, Nocturnal, Ameriques

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July 19, 2010, 8 PM
Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater
LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL
Varèse: (R)evolution
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
Steven Schick, Conductor
So Percussion
Musica Sacra; Kent Tritle, Chorus Master
Part I Program:
Poème Électronique, Un Grand Sommeil Noir, Hyperprism, Offrandes, Integrales, Ecuatorial,
Dance for Burgess, Etude pour Espace, Density 21.5, Deserts

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July 15, 2010, 8 PM
Detroit, Michigan
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PASTORAL MUSICIANS
CHORAL INSTITUTE CONCERT
Kent Tritle, conductor

Program to include Bach’s Jesu, Meine Freude with Renaissance and 20th century motets and spiritual arrangements including Tavener’s The Lamb

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June 23-26, 2010
Avery Fisher Hall
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Alan Gilbert, conductor

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

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June 3-5, 2010
Avery Fisher Hall
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor
Kent Tritle, organ

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, “Organ”

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May 29, 2010, 3-4:15 PM
Marriott Marquis Hotel

NYC CLASSICAL SINGER CONVENTION
Oratorio Master Class

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May 27-29, 2010
Avery Fisher Hall

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Alan Gilbert, Conductor

Ligeti: Le Grande Macabre

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May 22, 2010, 4:15 PM
Hofkirche, Dresden, Germany

ORGAN RECITAL (no tickets available)
On the famed 1755 Silbermann Organ: Bach and Buxtehude

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May 10, 2010, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Emalie Savoy, soprano
Holly Sorensen, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Garrett, tenor
Ian Greenlaw, baritone

Mendelssohn: Paulus

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May 5, 2010, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Virginia Warnken, alto
Oliver Mercer, tenor
Scott Murphree, tenor
Peter Stewart, baritone
Matt Boehler, bass
Vincent Carr, organ

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI: Laetatus sum
IGOR STRAVINSKY: Mass
ARVO PÄRT: Miserere

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April 26, 2010, 5 PM
Manhattan School of Music
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHORUS
Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes and Ziguenerlieder
Works by Schubert and Schumann

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April 23, 2010, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA
Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra
Anna Shelest, piano
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Virginia Warnken, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Garrett, tenor
Kevin Deas, bass
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488
Mozart: “Grand” Mass in C Minor, K. 427

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April 11, 2010, 4 PM

METROPOLITAN OPERA GUILD MASTER CLASS
“Bach to the Beginning: Baroque Oratorio”

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March 25, 2010, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY & SYMPHONIC CHOIR
Kenneth Keisler, conductor

Mahler: Symphony No. 2

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March 24, 2010, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Rachel Rosales, soprano
Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano
Brian Stucki, tenor
Matt Boehler, bass
Hervé Duteil, organ
Mozart: Requiem
Martin: Mass for Double Choir

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March 8, 2010, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
David Rosenmeyer, associate conductor
Tyler Duncan, baritone
Cherubini: Requiem
Britten: Te Deum in C Major (D. Rosenmeyer, conductor)
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs

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February 26, 2010
Kean University, Union, NJ

MASTER CLASS

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February 10, 2010, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Michèle Eaton, soprano
Katie Geissinger, mezzo-soprano
Ory Brown, mezzo-soprano
Steven Fox, tenor
Michael Steinberger, tenor
Peter Stewart, baritone
Steven Hrycelak, bass
Steffani: Stabat Mater
Bach: Cantata No. 12, “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Sagen”
Bach: Cantata No. 4, “Christ lag in Todesbanden”

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February 8, 2010, 7 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Let’s Hear More! Lecture and Reception
“Bach Borrowing Bach”

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January 28, 2010, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Director of Choral Activities
Philippe Entremont, conductor
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloë

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January 17, 2010
Reformed Church of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

KENT TRITLE, organ
ARTHUR FIACCO, cello

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December 21-22, 2009, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA
Music Sacra Chorus and Orchestra
Handel: Messiah

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December 20, 2009, 4 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS!
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Pinkham: Christmas Cantata
G. Gabrieli: O Magnum Mysterium
Traditional Carols

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December 15-18, 19, 2009
Avery Fisher Hall
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Helmuth Rilling, conductor
Handel: Messiah

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December 14, 2009, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Handel: Messiah

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December 13, 2009, 4 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS!
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Pinkham: Christmas Cantata
G. Gabrieli: O Magnum Mysterium
Traditional Carols

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November 13, 2009, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS & CHAMBER SINFONIA
Mozart: Requiem
Schubert: Mass in G Major

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November 11, 2009, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Melissa Kelley, soprano
Matthew Shaw, countertenor
Michael Kelly, tenor
Jesse Blumberg, baritone
Charles Perry Sprawls, bass-baritone
Nancianne Parrella, organ
Purcell: Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day (1692)
Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 1: Zadok the Priest
Howells: Antiphon
Howells: Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing

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November 5, 6, 7, 10, 2009
Avery Fisher Hall

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Neeme Järvi, conductor
Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony

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October 24, 2009, 8 PM
Alice Tully Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra
Jonathan Michie, baritone
Scarlatti: Stabat Mater
Bach: Motets: “Komm, Jesu, komm” and “Singet dem Herrn”
Bach: Cantata No. 82, “Ich habe genug”

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October 7, 2009, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
Matthew Garrett, tenor
Arthur Fiacco, cello
Tavener: Requiem (U.S. Premiere)
Silvestrov: Diptychon  (U.S. Premiere)
Tavener: The Veil of the Temple (excerpts)
Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (excerpts)

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October 5, 2009, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Let’s Hear More! Lecture and Reception
Tavener: Requiem (U.S. Premiere)

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September 20, 2009, 4 PM
West End Collegiate Church
ORGAN RECITAL
Lübeck: Praembulum in C minor
J.S. Bach: An Wasserflüssen Babylonis
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E minor,
“The Wedge”, BWV 548
Guilmant: Sonata V in C minor, Op. 80: Allegro
Appassionato; Adagio; Chorale et Fugue

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September 16, 2009, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE – Organ
Buxtehude: Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in C, BuxWV 137
J.S. Bach: Wenn wir in höchsten Nothen sein, BWV 641
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, “The Wedge”, BWV 548
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Op. 37
Guilmant: Sonata V in C minor, Op. 80

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September 6, 2009, 5 PM
Stone Church, Cragsmoor, NY
ORGAN RECITAL
Lübeck: Preambulum in C minor
Pachelbel: Arietta with Variations in F Major
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E minor,
“The Wedge”, BWV 548
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Op. 37
Guilmant: Sonata V in C minor, Op. 80: Allegro
Appassionato; Adagio; Choral et Fugue

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June 24, 25, 26, 27, 2009
Avery Fisher Hall

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”

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June 11, 12, 13, 2009
Avery Fisher Hall

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Britten: War Requiem

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor
Handel: Dixit Dominus

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHOIR
Bach: Jesu, meine Freude
Vierne: Messe solennelle
Bruckner: Motets

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April 22, 23, 24, 25, 2009
Avery Fisher Hall

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Riccardo Muti, conductor

Respighi: Pines of Rome

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Monday, April 20, 2009, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK

Bach: Mass in B minor

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Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Choirs and
Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola

Bach: St. Matthew Passion

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Monday, March 30, 2009, 7 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Let’s Hear More!  Kent Tritle examines the harmonic intricacies of the chorales in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion

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Friday, March 20, 2009, 8 PM
Rose Theater/Jazz@Lincoln Center

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Couperin: Tenebrae Lessons
(conducted by Renée Anne Louprette)
Charpentier: The Denial of St. Peter
Carissimi: Jephte

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Sunday, February 22, 2009, 4 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Kent Tritle, Organ

Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Bach: An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653
Alessandro Cadario: Iam surgit hora tertia (U.S. premiere)
Bach: “Little” Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
Charles-Marie Widor: Symphony No. 7 in A minor

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Wed., October 16, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA: Radiant Dialogues
Kent Tritle, conductor
Michael Sheetz, conductor

J.S. BACH  Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229
JACOB BERANEK  Abendgebet (World premiere)
MENDELSSOHN  Heilig
JANET WHEELER  Beati Quorum Via
J.S. BACH  Lobet den Herrn, BWV 230
ARVO PÄRT  Two Slavic Psalms
TAVENER  Mother of God, here I stand
ARVO PÄRT Magnificat
TETIANA YASHVILI
Bless the Lord, O my soul (U.S. premiere)
Cherubic Song (U.S. premiere)
TAVENER  Svyati

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Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Jana McIntyre, soprano
Deepa Johnny, mezzo-soprano
María Valverde, narrator
Musica Sacra,
Kent Tritle, director

GABRIELA ORTIZ  New Work for Cello and Orchestra (NY Premiere)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61 (complete incidental music)

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Saturday, September 21, 2024, 3 PM
Marbletown Reformed Church, Stone Ridge, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ
Arthur Fiacco, Jr., cello

J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 547
ANTONIO VIVALDI  Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Continuo, RV47
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, Op. 37, No. 1
ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK  Fantasy on Brother James’ Air
RACHEL LAURIN  Berceuse à Pierre
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Sonata V in D Major, Op. 65, No. 5

Benefit for Musica Sacra. Performed on a historic J.W. Steere & Son organ, 1896

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Saturday, September 14, 2024, 3:30 PM
The Smithfield Church, Amenia, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ
Arthur Fiacco, Jr., cello

J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 547
ANTONIO VIVALDI  Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Continuo, RV47
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, Op. 37, No. 1
ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK  Fantasy on Brother James’ Air
RACHEL LAURIN  Berceuse à Pierre
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Sonata V in D Major, Op. 65, No. 5

Benefit for the Oratorio Society of New York. Performed on a historic Johnson & Johnson organ, 1893

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July 7-14, 2024
Union College, Schenectady, NY
AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORAL WORKSHOP
Kent Tritle, director

Repertoire will include two pieces by Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611): Motet and Missa O Quam Gloriosum for choir with organ, as well as Agostino Steffani (1654–1728): Stabat Mater for choir and strings.

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June 6-8, 2024
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, soprano
Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzo-soprano
New York Philharmonic Chorus, Malcolm J. Merriweather, director

GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”

Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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May 28–June 2, 2024
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
NEW YORK CITY BALLET

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Musica Sacra, Kent Tritle, director, is featured in performances of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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May 23, 24, 25 & 28, 2024
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Cecelia Hall, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone
Antoine Tamestit, viola
Musica Sacra, Kent Tritle, director

SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Viola Concerto
W.A. MOZART Requiem*

*Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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Monday, May 6, 2024, 7 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Mary Beth Nelson, mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Jones, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone

G.F. HANDEL  Samson

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Saturday, April 20, 2024, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
VIVALDI, HAYDN AND MONTEVERDI
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Bryan Zaros, conductor**
Eva Martinez, soprano
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
Paul D’Arcy, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI  Laetatus sum (1650)*
ANTONIO VIVALDI  Beatus Vir, RV 597**
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN  Missa in Angustiis, “Lord Nelson Mass,” Hob XXIII No. 11 in D Minor

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM: SHARED PATHWAYS”
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Nina Stern, recorders and chalumeau
Daphna Mor, vocalist
Ara Dinkjian, oud
Arthur Fiacco, cello
Tamer Pinarbasi, kanun
Shane Shanahan, percussion

The world/early music group Rose of the Compass, with musicians on recorder, oud, kanun, percussion and cello, combines with the voices of the Cathedral Choir. Hear music spanning over 1,000 years seated below Anne Patterson’s glorious Divine Pathways art installation.

Longing for Peace
Gregorian chant Da pacem, Domine
MOHAMED ABDELFATAH (b.1962) Ai-yu
Trad. Hebrew prayer Shalom Aleichem
FAIRUZ (b. 1935) Wa Habibi
SUBARAM RAMAN (b. 1986) Al-Amira wa al Gharaji

The Dance of Life
14th c. English Petrone
SADI ISTAY (1899–1969) Sultaniyegah Longa
SULTAN ABDÜLAZIZ (1830-1876) Hicaz Mandra
Trad. Armenian dance Donagan Bar

Celebration of Common Connections!
ARA DINKJIAN (b. 1958) Rest Peacefully
DAVID LANG (b. 1957) Make Peace
ARA DINKJIAN Common Creed
Trad. Hebrew blessing, arr. Elliot Z. Levine (b.1948) Sim Shalom
Trad. Sephardic song Kuando el rei Nimrod
SAYYID DARWISH (1892-1923) El-Helwa Di
Trad. Turkish folk song Ben Giderim Batum’a

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
SCHÜTZ & HANDEL
Kent Tritle, conductor
Elisse Albian and Emily Donato, sopranos
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
Richard Pittsinger, tenor
Nathaniel Sullivan, baritone
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone
Musica Sacra Chorus & Orchestra

HEINRICH SCHÜTZ Musikalische Exequien
G.F. HANDEL Dixit Dominus

7 PM: Pre-concert discussion with artist Anne Patterson and Kent Tritle

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 7 PM
St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
150th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Joshua Blue, tenor
Tyler Duncan, baritone
David Briggs, organ

L.V. BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 9, finale: “Ode to Joy” (arr. David Briggs)
GUSTAV MAHLER  Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection,” choral finale (arr. David Briggs)
KAREN P. THOMAS  Le Stelle

This special program features the choral finales of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 transcribed for chorus and organ by David Briggs, and a work chosen from a call for scores by the OSNY.

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February 8-13, 2024
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor
Baiba Skride, violin

LEONARD BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium)
RICHARD STRAUSS Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony)*

*Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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Sunday, December 31, 2023, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE”
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Harry Smith, host
Judy Collins, special guest
Kent Tritle and Bryan Zaros, conductors
Diane Lesser, oboe
Alex Fortes, violin
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Katie Geissinger, mezzo-soprano
Rose of the Compass – Nina Stern, recorder and chalumeau; Daphne Mor, recorder and vocals; Ara Dinkjian, oud; Tamer Pinabarsi, kanun; Zafer Tawil, violin and oud; Shane Shanahan, percussion

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December 24 & 25
CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICES AT THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE

In-person and livestreams:
Sunday, December 24, Christmas Eve
10:30 AM – Advent IV
4 PM – Lessons and Carols
10 PM – Prelude and Festal Eucharist

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Monday, December 25, Christmas Day
10:30 AM – Christmas Day Mass

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Clifton Massey, countertenor
Steven Wilson, tenor
Joseph Parrish, bass-baritone

G.F. HANDEL Messiah

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Monday, December 18, 2023, 7 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Daniel Moody, countertenor
Martin Bakari, tenor
John Brancy, baritone

G.F. HANDEL Messiah

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December 12-16, 2023
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Fabio Biondi, conductor
Hera Hyesang Park, soprano
Hannah Ludwig, alto
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Joshua Conyers, baritone
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus,
Jonathan Cohen, Artistic Director

G.F. HANDEL Messiah

Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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December 6-9, 2023
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Edgar Moreau, cello

PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN Cello Concerto No. 1
BÉLA BARTÓK The Miraculous Mandarin Suite*
GEORGE ENESCU Romanian Rhapsody Op. 11, No. 1

*Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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Saturday, December 9, 2023, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS: PEACE ON EARTH”
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle & Bryan Zaros, conductors

Music by Amy Beach, Franz Biebl, and Hannah Kendall, J.S. Bach’s Gloria in Excelsis, and Christmas carols sung by all.

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November 22-25, 2023
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano

GYORGY LIGETI  Atmosphères
JULIA PERRY  Stabat mater
GUSTAV HOLST The Planets*

*Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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November 9-12, 2023
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider,violin
Kent Tritle, organ

CARLOS SIMON Fate Now Conquers
L.V. BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
CAMILLE SAINT-SÄENS Symphony No. 3, “Organ”*

*Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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Monday, November 6, 2023, 7 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Lucia Bradford, mezzo-soprano
Eric Carey, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass

J.S. BACH Magnificat
W.A. MOZART Requiem

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October 25-26, 2023
David Geffen Hall, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Amanda Forsythe and Sonya Headlam, sopranos
Cody Bowers, countertenor
Jacob Perry, tenor
Edward Vogel, baritone
Apollo’s Singers (Chorus of Apollo’s Fire),
Jeannette Sorrell, artistic director

G.F. HANDEL Israel in Egypt

Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
SurRound
Kent Tritle, conductor

WILLIAM BYRD  “Christie, qui lux es”
ANTONIO LOTTI  “Crucifixus”
PABLO CASALS  “O Vos Omnes”
FLORENCE PRICE  “Resignation”
JOHN TAVENER  “Funeral Ikos”
BENJAMIN BRITTEN  “Hymn to the Virgin”
CARLOTTA FERRARI  “Songs for Hildegard”
DAVID LANG  “make peace”
ERIC WHITACRE  “Nox Aurumque”
ROBERT A. HARRIS  “How can I keep from singing? “
Trad. American folk song, arr. Erb  “Shenandoah”
Gregorian chant

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Sunday, September 24, 2023, 5 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

DANIEL PINKHAM  A Prophecy
J.S. BACH Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596 (after Antonio Vivaldi)
EUGENE HANCOCK  Fantasy
CHARLES D. COLEMAN Passacaglia (from Organ Sonata I: Dedicated to Eugene Hancock)
MARCEL DUPRÉ Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, Op. 7

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023, 6:30 PM
Grace United Methodist Church
Spencer, IA
KENT TRITLE, organ

DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE  Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne, BuxWV 137
EUGENE HANCOCK  Fantasy
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in G Minor, BuxWV 149
CHARLES D. COLEMAN  Passacaglia (from Organ Sonata I: Dedicated to Eugene Hancock)
J.S. BACH  Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Sonata IV in B-flat Major, Op. 65
MARCEL DUPRÉ Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, Op. 7

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Saturday, September 9, 2023, 3:30 PM
The Smithfield Church, Amenia, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE  Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne, BuxWV 137
EUGENE HANCOCK  Fantasy
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in G Minor, BuxWV 149
CHARLES D. COLEMAN  Passacaglia (from Organ Sonata I: Dedicated to Eugene Hancock)
J.S. BACH  Selections from Orgelbüchlein
J.S. BACH  Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596

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August 10-20, 2023
CATHEDRAL CHORISTERS, CHORAL, AND CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE

Tour of England with the combined Choristers, Chorale and Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine, with Associate Music Director and Choirmaster Bryan Zaros; the group will sing at Evensong services and Eucharists during residencies at Westminster Abbey in London and the cathedrals of Ely, Lincoln, and Liverpool.

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July 9-16, 2023
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Amherst Early Music Festival Choral Workshop

The 2023 Choral Workshop will explore Henry Purcell’s “Welcome to All the Pleasures,” the first of three Odes for St. Cecilia’s Day, and “Funeral Sentences,” plus G.F. Handel’s Chandos Anthem: “My song shall be always” – culminating in a performance.

The Choral Workshop, led by Kent Tritle, is designed to give the serious amateur choral singer an opportunity to learn and perform masterworks of the Renaissance and Baroque.

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Thursday, May 25, 1 PM & 2 PM
Oculus at World Trade Center, New York, NY
Mostly Modern Projects and Sing for Hope Piano
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Amir Farid, piano

MOSES HOGAN  I’m Gonna Sing ‘til the Spirit Moves in My Heart
ROBERT PATERSON  Graffiti Canons
JOHANNES BRAHMS  Vocal Quartets, Op. 112, Nos. 1 & 2:
Sehnsucht
Nächtens
RANI ARBO Crossing the Bar
ROBERT PATERSON  Look to the Sky

Free admission

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Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
Kent Tritle & Nina Stern, music directors

“Venice: City of Light”
A concert celebrating Venice as a commercial crossroads, highlighting the diversity of the city’s cultural fabric, with music of the Armenian, Turkish and Jewish communities alongside that of Cipriano de Rore, Giovanni Gabrieli, and their contemporaries.

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Monday, May 8, 2023, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Emily Donato, soprano
Lucia Bradford, mezzo-soprano
Brian Giebler, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone

J.S. BACH  Mass in B Minor

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May 4, 5 & 6, 2023
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

Program to include:
OTTORINO RESPIGHI  Roman Festivals

Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“MULTITUDE OF VOYCES”*
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

ISABELLA LEONARDA (1620-1704)  Alma Redemptoris Mater
KERENSA BRIGGS (b.1991)  Hear my prayer (New York premiere)
SISTER SULPITIA CESIS (1577-c.1619)  Stabat Mater
MARIA XAVERIA PERUCHONA (c.1652-p.1709)  Cessate tympany, cessate praelia
ETHYL SMYTH (1858-1944)  Komm süsser Tod
AMY BEACH (1867-1944)  Lord, now lettest thou (Nunc dimittis)
MELANIE DEMORE (b. 1955)  Blessed be!
RANI ARBO (b. 1968)  Crossing the Bar
J.S. BACH (1685-1750)  Jesu, meine Freude
UNDINE SMITH MOORE (1904-1989)  We shall walk through the valley

*Presented in collaboration with Multitude of Voyces CIC, a British publisher of music by women composers

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Sunday, April 16, 2023, 5 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

J.S. BACH  Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542
DAVID HURD  Partita on Detroit (1992)
CÉSAR FRANCK  Chorale No. 3 in A Minor

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March 23, 24 & 25, 2023
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Nicholas Phan, tenor (Evangelist)
Davóne Tines, bass
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano
Paul Appleby, tenor
Philippe Sly, bass-baritone
Musica Sacra,
Kent Tritle, director

J.S. BACH  St. Matthew Passion

Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

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Sunday, March 19, 2023, 8 PM
Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, UT
CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF THE CATHEDRAL OF THE MADELEINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Heather Petrie, contralto
Christopher Oglesby, tenor
Seth Keeton, bass-baritone

EDWARD ELGAR  The Dream of Gerontius

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Friday, March 10, 2023, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Monica, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

J.S. BACH  Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor, BWV
NICOLAS DEGRIGNY  Récit de Tierce en taille
DAVID HURD  Partita on Detroit (1992)
STEPHEN PAULUS  Triptych (2000): “Still Be My Vision” (movement II)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 65
CÉSAR FRANCK  Pastorale, Op. 19
CÉSAR FRANCK  Chorale No. 3 in A Minor

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“LIGHT OF PARADISE”
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Bryan Zaros, conductor**
Halley Gilbert, soprano
Andrew Fuchs, tenor
Orchestra of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine

DAVID BRIGGS  Stabat Mater for soloists, chorus, organ, and orchestra (World premiere)*
GEORGE WALKER  Lyric for Strings*
MORTEN LAURIDSEN  Lux Aeterna**

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Saturday, January 28, 2023
Christ Cathedral, Garden Grove, CA
CHRIST CATHEDRAL INTERFAITH CHORAL FESTIVAL
Kent Tritle, conductor clinician

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Friday, December 31, 2022, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE”
CATHEDRAL CHOIR & ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle & Bryan Zaros, conductors
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Greg Purnhagen, baritone
Harry Smith, host

GUSTAV HOLST  St. Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2
DAVID LANG  Make Peace
WANG JIE  The Name That Never Dies
JOSEPH TURRIN  Lullaby for Vaska – Dedicated to the people of Ukraine (World premiere)
PHILIP HERBERT  Elegy: in memoriam

The program also includes works by Daniel Ficarri, Christopher DeBlasio, and Amy Summers, culminating with the African American Spiritual “This Little Light of Mine,” sung by all.

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CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICES AT THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE

Saturday, December 24, 2022
4 PM – Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols
10 PM – Christmas Eve Festal Eucharist
Sunday, December 25, 2022
10:30 AM – Christmas Day Holy Eucharist – in-person and livestreamed

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Wednesday, December 21, 2022, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Joshua Blue, tenor
Enrico Lagasca, bass-baritone

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Messiah

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Monday, December 19, 2022, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Maria Brea, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Joshua Blue, tenor
Jesse Blumberg, baritone

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL  Messiah

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Friday, December 9, 2022, 7 PM
Saturday, December 10, 2022, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS”
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS & ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle & Bryan Zaros, conductors
Eva Martinez & Halley Gilbert, sopranos
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
Austin Cody, tenor
Andrew Jurden, bass-baritone

ANTONIO VIVALDI  Magnificat, RV 610
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Fantasia on Christmas Carols
YSHANI PERINPANAYAGAM  “In Bethlehem Above”
SHEENA PHILIPS  “The Christmas Bird”
Christmas favorites by Giulio Caccini, John Rutter, Donald Fraser, and selections from Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols sung by the Cathedral Choristers
Christmas carols sung by all

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Maeve Höglund, soprano
Raehann Bryce-Davis, mezzo-soprano
Martin Bakari, tenor
Steven Eddy, baritone
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone

PAUL MORAVEC/MARK CAMPBELL  A Nation of Others (World premiere, OSNY commission)
ROBERT PATERSON Whitman’s America (2016)

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“MUSIC FOR A GOTHIC SPACE”
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

A concert featuring music from 14th century England and France, including works written for the Feast of St. Crispin, and excerpts from Missa de pluribus martyribus; extra tempus paschale (Gregorian chant) as well as music by living composers Janet Wheeler, Amy Summers, Olivia Sparkhall, and Sarah McDonald.

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Sunday, October 16, 2022, 5 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

J. S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544
CÉSAR FRANCK Pastorale, Op. 19
STEPHEN PAULUS Tryptich for Organ (2000)

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October 12, 13, 15, 18, 2022
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Jaap van Zweden, conductor

Program to include:
OTTORINO RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
(Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic)

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Sunday, October 9, 2022, 4 PM
First United Methodist Church, Des Moines, IA
KENT TRITLE, organ

VINCENT LÜBECK  Preambulum and Fugue in C Minor
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI  Toccata Sesta
J. S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544
J. S. BACH  Nun Danket alle Gott, BWV 657
DAVID HURD  Partita on Detroit (1992)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Sonata III in A Major, Op. 65
CÉSAR FRANCK  Pastorale, Op. 19
STEPHEN PAULUS  Tryptich for Organ (2000)

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Friday, September 30, 2022, 7:30 PM
Christ Church Episcopal, Westerly, RI
KENT TRITLE, organ

VINCENT LÜBECK  Preambulum and Fugue in C Minor
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI  Toccata Sesta
J. S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544
J. S. BACH  Nun Danket alle Gott, BWV 657
DAVID HURD  Partita on Detroit (1992)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Sonata III in A Major, Op. 65
CÉSAR FRANCK  Pastorale, Op. 19
STEPHEN PAULUS Tryptich for Organ (2000)

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August 14-22, 2022
Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA
AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORAL WORKSHOP
The Choral Workshop will explore J. S. Bach Cantatas Nos. 4 and 106.

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May 21-29, 2022
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, NYC
NEW YORK CITY BALLET
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, Music Director

George Balanchine’s ballet to Felix Mendelssohn’s score of A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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Monday, May 23, 2022, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
“CALEIDOSCÓPIO! UNSUNG VOICES FROM PORTUGAL”
Rose of the Compass
Parthenia
Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine
Kent Tritle, Nina Stern & Raymond Nagem, music directors

An exploration of rarely heard works from Portugal including the 13th-century female-voiced “Cantigas de Amigo,” symphonies of the converso Jewish heiress Isabella Duarte, and sacred and secular works of the 16th-century Black composer Vicente Lusitano.

Underwritten by a generous grant from Lois and Richard Pace

(This concert had originally been announced to take place on February 22, 2022.)

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Monday, May 9, 2022, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Lucia Bradford, mezzo-soprano
Isaiah Bell, tenor
Justin Austin, baritone
Orchestra of the Society

FELIX MENDELSSOHN     Elijah

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Bernard Holcomb, tenor
Enrico Lagasca, bass
Musica Sacra Orchestra

J. S. BACH Magnificat
MOZART Great Mass in C minor

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Bryan Zaros, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Tracy Cowart, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Fuchs, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone

ANTONIO VIVALDI  Concerto in D Minor, RV 565
ALISSA FIRSOVA  Stabat Mater (New York City premiere)
FRANCIS POULENC  Litanies à la Vierge Noire (1947 version orchestrated with strings and timpani)
JOSÉ MAURÍCIO NUNES GARCIA Requiem

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Thursday, March 31, 2022, 7:30 PM
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
JUILLIARD ORCHESTRA
Barbara Hannigan, conductor
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, Music Director

Program to include:
CLAUDE DEBUSSY  La damoiselle élue

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Manhattan School of Music – Neidorf-Karpati Hall
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS AND CHAMBER PHILHARMONIA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Ronnie Oliver, conductor
Eva Martinez, soprano
Henry Griffin, baritone

Arr. UNDINE MOORE  “Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord”
MOSES HOGAN  “Hear My Prayer”
MOSES HOGAN  “Elijah Rock”
GABRIEL FAURÉ  Requiem

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Nicole Joy Mitchell, contralto
John Riesen, tenor
Musica Sacra Orchestra

VIKTOR KALABIS  Canticum Canticorum
ARVO PÄRT  Te Deum
WANG JIE The Name That Never Dies (World premiere, Musica Sacra commission)
JOHANNES BRAHMS  Schaffe in mir, Gott, Op. 29, No. 2

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Saturday, February 19, 2022, 7:30 PM | watch now
Dordt University, Sioux Center, IA
KENT TRITLE, organ

NICHOLAUS BRUHNS  Praeludium in E Minor
NICHOLAS DE GRIGNY  Tierce en taille
J. S. BACH  Piece d’orgue, BWV 572
JOHANNES BRAHMS  O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, Op.122, No.3
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Sonata IV in B-Flat
GEORGE CRUMB  Pastoral Drone
FRANZ LISZT  Prelude and Fugue on BACH
(Kent will conduct a master class on Friday, Feb. 18, at 3 PM)

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Saturday, February 12, 2022, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
Ronnie Oliver, conductor
*Rong Zhang, conductor

MEREDITH MONK  Nightfall
JOHANNES BRAHMS  Liebeslieder Waltzes
Chinese folk songs

*DMA candidate in conducting

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Monday, January 31, 2022, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
Musica Sacra; Kent Tritle, Music Director

Program to include:
GUSTAV HOLST  The Planets

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Friday, December 31, 2021, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine  |  watch video
NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE
Kent Tritle, Bryan Zaros, and Jie Yi, conductors
Harry Smith, commentator
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Cathedral Choir and Orchestra

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL  Water Music Suite in D

The program also includes Joel Thompson’s “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed,” “Glory” by Common and John Legend featured in the motion picture Selma, David Hurd’s “When Night Fell,” works from Asian composers including Chen Yi, “Dona Nobis Pacem” from J. S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor, and “This Little Light of Mine.”

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Monday, December 20, 2021, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Joshua Blue, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
Orchestra of the Society

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL  Messiah Part I (complete) with highlights from Parts II & III

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December 14, 15, 17, 18, 2021
Riverside Church
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Jeannette Sorel, conductor

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL  Messiah
(Kent Tritle is the organist of the New York Philharmonic)

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Friday, December 10, 2021, 7 PM
Saturday, December 11, 2021, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Cathedral Choirs and Orchestra
Kent Tritle, conductor
Bryan Zaros, conductor
Halley Gilbert, soprano
Katie Geissinger, mezzo-soprano

BENJAMIN BRITTEN  A Ceremony of Carols
ANTONIO VIVALDI  Gloria
Christmas carols

These performances of Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols are underwritten by Dr. Gwen Zornberg in honor of the life of Judge Deborah A. Batts.

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 7 PM
Church of St. Monica, 413 East 79th Street, NYC

Mozart Requiem
Orchestra of St. Monica-St. Elizabeth of Hungary-St. Stephen of Hungary Church
Kent Tritle, conductor
Lianne Coble, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Bradley King, tenor
Peter Stewart, baritone
Choir of the Cathedral of St John the Divine

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Monday, November 22, 2021, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music – Neidorf Karpati Hall
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY AND SYMPHONIC CHORUS
Kent Tritle, conductor
Rosario Hernandez Armas, soprano

JOSÉ MAURÍCIO NUNES GARCIA Stabat Mater
MANUEL DE FALLA  Siete Canciones
W. A. MOZART Requiem

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Friday, November 19, 2021, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Lauren Snouffer, soprano
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Haji, tenor
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, Music Director

W.A. MOZART   Requiem (Robert Levin completion)
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN   Te Deum in C

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Thursday, November 11, 2021, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC ORCHESTRA AND VOCAL ARTS ENSEMBLE
George Manahan, conductor
Kent Tritle, Director of Choral Activities

Program to include:
GUSTAV HOLST The Planets

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Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
David Rosenmeyer, conductor
William Janiszewski, conductor
Raymond Nagem, organ

BENJAMIN BRITTEN  Festival Te Deum and Rejoice in the Lamb
ARVO PÄRT  Berliner Messe and Two Slavonic Psalms
GIOVANNI GABRIELI  Jubilate Deo, omnis terra (a 8)

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Friday, November 5, 2021, 7:30 PM
The Actors’ Chapel, NYC
AMERICAN MODERN ENSEMBLE: TINTINNABULI
Featuring:
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, conductor

Program to include these works performed by Musica Sacra conducted by Kent Tritle:

ROBERT PATERSON  Graffiti Canons for choir (New York premiere)
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA Motets:
Surge, illuminare, Jerusalem
Sicut Cervus
Exsultate Deo

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Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 6:45 PM (service at 7:30 PM)
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

A National Service of Remembrance, including a presentation of Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem performed by the Cathedral Choir and Orchestra of St. John the Divine conducted by Kent Tritle. Free to the public, this event culminates three days celebrating the reopening of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

(On Sunday, October 31 at 5 PM, Festal Evensong for All Saints, Kent conducts the Cathedral Choirs, brass and timpani in the world premiere of a Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by the Cathedral’s new Associate Organist, Daniel Ficarri.)

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MUSICA SACRA
Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra
Kent Tritle, conductor
Michael Sheetz, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Helen Karloski, mezzo-soprano
James Reese, tenor
Peter Stewart, baritone
Sato Moughalian, flute

J. S. BACH  Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor
J. S. BACH  Cantata 78, Jesu, der du meine Seele
JOHANN MICHAEL BACH  Halt, was du hast
JOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH  Fürchte dich nicht

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
DAVID BRIGGS, organ
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Kirsten Sollek, alto
Bernard Holcomb, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass

L. V. BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 (World premiere of a transcription for organ by David Briggs)

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Tuesday, September 28, 2021, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
KENT TRITLE, organ

GEORGE CRUMB Pastoral Drone
J. S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 549
CÉSAR FRANCK Cantabile
MAURICE DURUFLÉ  Suite, Opus 5

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021, 7 PM EDT
Musica Sacra with Rose of the Compass Digital Concert
A full-length concert recorded and filmed at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Join Musica Sacra on June 15, 2021 at 7 PM for You are the light: a full-length digital concert recorded and filmed at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Music Director and conductor Kent Tritle leads the Musica Sacra choir with instrumental ensemble Rose of the Compass in this stunning program that includes the world premiere of Duncan Patton’s There Will Come a Time, the concert premiere of Ara Dinkjian’s You are the light, Robert Sirota’s Immigrant Songs, and Armenian music performed by Rose of the Compass.

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Saturday, May 8, 2021, 2 PM
Grant’s Tomb, 122nd St. and Riverside Drive, NYC
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC VOCAL ENSEMBLES & CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Conductors: Kent Tritle, Ronnie Oliver, Michael Sheetz, John Verkuilen, Alejandro Zuleta, and Jose Juan Marzal Fernandez
Works by Mozart, Haydn, Hassler, Gibbons, Britten, Monteverdi, and Pärt

Note: Due to the weather, this performance has been moved indoors and is not a public event.

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Great Music in a Great Space: St. John Passion at St. John the Divine

MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2021, 7 – 9 PM
LIVESTREAM

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine’s Great Music in a Great Space concert series continues with a virtual performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. John Passion. “St. John at St. John” has become a signature production of the Cathedral Choir and Ensemble 1047 under Director of Music Kent Tritle, a tradition all the more beloved during a time when musical expression is most needed. Andrew Fuchs, Joseph Beutel, Amy Justman, Kirsten Sollek, Lawrence Jones, and Peter Stewart will appear as soloists.

PROGRAM
Johann Sebastian Bach
St. John Passion, BWV 245

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Monday, December 21, 2020, 8 PM
Available to watch on-demand 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

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Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 6-7 PM ET
Online Event
MUSICA SACRA

You’re invited to an online event featuring three extraordinary artists coming together to support Musica Sacra. Music Director Kent Tritle is joined by Susanna Phillips (Metropolitan Opera), Amy Justman (Broadway and classical crossover star) and Jamet Pittman (soloist and singer with Musica Sacra and board member). These singers will share their experience with Musica Sacra and lend some musical inspiration including Mozart’s Laudate Dominum, Rodger and Hammerstein’s You’ll Never Walk Alone, and A City Called Heaven.

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Sunday, June 28, 2020, 4 PM
First United Methodist Church, Des Moines, IA
KENT TRITLE, organ

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Andrew Fuchs as the Evangelist
Joseph Beutel as Jesu
Amy Justman, soprano
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
Lawrence Jones, tenor
Peter Stewart, baritone

J. S. BACH  St. John Passion

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Monday, March 2, 2020, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Takaoki Onishi, baritone

JOHANNES BRAHMS  A German Requiem (U.S. premiere of a new critical edition)
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020, 7:30 PM
Neidorff‐Karpati Hall, Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS & CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor

FRANZ SCHUBERT  Mass in E‐flat Major
J. S. BACH  Magnificat
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Monday, February 10, 2020, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor

This Fragile Earth – A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
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Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

NICOLAUS BRUHNS  Praeludium in E minor
J. S. BACH  Adagio from Trio Sonata No. 5 in C Major, BWV 529
J. S. BACH  Pièce d’orgue, BWV 572
CÉSAR FRANCK Cantabile and Pièce Héroïque from Trois Pièces
LOUIS VIERNE   Cantilène, Adagio and Final from Symphonie No. 3, Op. 28
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Sunday, January 19, 2020, 4:30 PM
Church of the Redeemer Episcopal
Sarasota, FL

J. S. BACH  Pièce d’orgue, BWV 572
CÉSAR FRANCK Cantabile from Trois Pièces
CÉSAR FRANCK  Choral No. 3 in A minor
LOUIS VIERNE  Adagio and Final from Symphonie No. 3, Op. 28

5:30 PM Evensong:
Anthem: Hail Gladdening Light – Charles Wood
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B minor – Herbert Howell
Preces and Responses – Philip Radcliffe
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Tuesday, December 31, 2019, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE
Kent Tritle, conductor

With special guests Paul Winter, David Briggs, Jason Robert Brown, Jamet Pittman, and host Harry Smith, with the Cathedral Choir and Orchestra
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Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY

4 PM: Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols
10:30 PM: Christmas Eve Festal Eucharist
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Monday, December 23, 2019, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Amy Justman, soprano
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
Joshua Blue, tenor
Adam Lau, bass

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL  Messiah
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Thursday, December 19, 2019, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Brian Giebler, tenor
Adam Lau, bass

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL  Messiah
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Saturday, December 14, 2019, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
FANTASIAS AND CAROLS: A CATHEDRAL CHRISTMAS
Kent Tritle, conductor
Bryan Zaros, conductor
Combined Cathedral Choirs, Orchestra, and Soloists

Works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Giovanni Gabrieli, George Frideric Handel
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Sat., December 7, 2019, 7 PM
Sun., December 8, 2019, 4 PM
COLLEGIUM CINCINNATI
Kent Tritle, conductor

HANDEL  Messiah
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Wednesday, November 20, 2019, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Alex Richardson, tenor
Thomas Enhco, piano
David Rozenblatt, percussion

PATRICK ZIMMERLI  Instrument of Destiny (U.S. Premiere)
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Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 7:30 PM
Gordon K. and Harriet Greenfield Hall
Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
Graduate student conductors:
Alejandro Zuleta
Rong Zhang

“Look at the Stars”
Cunctipotens genitor Deus (10th century, Milan)
PEROTIN  Sederunt
“Adinu” (Sufi song)
NURIT HIRSCH  “Oseh Shalom”
CHRISTINA WHITTEN  Choral de Bêtes
LEE HOIBY  “Last Letter Home”
KEVIN OLDHAM  Boulding Chorale ‐ “My Lord, thou art in every breath I take”
“Elijah Rock” (Traditional spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan)
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Tuesday, November 5, 2019, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
John Riesen, tenor
David Pike, baritone
Arthur Fiacco, Jr., cello

David Briggs, organ SERGEI RACHMANINOFF  Vespers (excerpts)
MAURICE DURUFLÉ  Requiem
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Saturday, October 26, 2019, 4 PM
Christ the King Episcopal Church, Stone Ridge, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

J.S. BACH  Pièce d’Orgue, BWV 572
BRAHMS   Two Chorales, Op. 122
Herzliebster Jesu
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
BRUHNS  Praeludium in E minor
J.S. BACH  An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653
MENDELSSOHN  Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Opus 37, No. 1
FRANCK  Chorale No. 3 in A minor
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Monday, October 21, 2019, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

“Music for a Gothic Space”
GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT  Messe de Nostre Dame
JOSQUIN DES PRES  Motets
Gregorian Chant
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Saturday, September 14, 2019, 3:30 PM
Smithfield Church, Amenia, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in C, BuxWV 137
J.S. BACH  Pièce d’Orgue, BWV 572
JOHANNES BRAHMS  Three Chorales, Op.122
J.S. BACH  Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C, BWV 564
FELIX MENDELSSOHN  Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Op. 37, No. 1
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Wednesday & Thursday, September 11 & 12, 2019, 7:30 PM
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Richard Kaufman, conductor
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, music director

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The Art of the Score
JOHN WILLIAMS  Close Encounters of the Third Kind
July 14-21, 2019, 11:15 AM
Connecticut College, New London, CT
AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORAL WORKSHOP

The Choral Workshop at the Amherst Music Festival, led by Kent Tritle, is designed to give the serious amateur choral singer an opportunity to learn and perform masterworks. The 2019 workshop will focus on Monteverdi’s Magnificat for six voices and motets Adoramus te and Cantate Domino, and Carissimi’s Jephte. The performance takes place Saturday, July 20, at 11:15 AM.

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Friday, June 7, 2019, 7 PM
Kyoto Concert Hall, Kyoto, Japan
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Soloists including Leslie Fagan and Takaoki Onishi

HANDEL  Messiah (excerpts)

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Monday, May 20, 2019, 6:30 PM
MUSICA SACRA’S SPRING SOIRÉE
Concert at 7 PM

This intimate concert will include members of the Choir of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine singing Brahms’s delightful Liebeslieder Waltzes. Kent Tritle will perform J.S. Bach’s tour-de-force “wedge” Prelude and Fugue, plus a movement from Felix Mendelssohn’s brilliant Organ Sonata in B-flat. Michael Sheetz and Amir Farid join at the piano. Enjoy wine & champagne at a beautiful private home in downtown Manhattan.
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Thursday, May 9, 2019, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Elizabeth de Trejo, soprano
Raehann Bryce-Davis, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Blue, tenor
Adam Lau, bass

VERDI  Requiem
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
John Brancy, baritone

FAURÉ  Requiem
POULENC  Litanies à la Vierge noire
POULENC  Quatre petites prières de Saint Françoise d’Assise
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Friday, March 22, 2019, 7:30 PM
First Congregational Church of Ridgefield, CT
KENT TRITLE, organ

BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in E Major, BuxWV 141
J.S. BACH  An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653
J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548
MENDELSSOHN  Sonata IV in B-flat
BRAHMS  O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, Op. 122, No. 3
LISZT  Prelude and Fugue on BACH
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Friday, March 8, 2019, 7:30 PM
First Congregational United Church of Christ, Sarasota, FL
KENT TRITLE, organ

BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in E Major, BuxWV 141
J.S. BACH  An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653
J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548
MENDELSSOHN  Sonata IV in B-flat
BRAHMS  O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, Op. 122, No. 3
LISZT  Prelude and Fugue on BACH
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Tuesday, March 5, 2019, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Arthur Fiacco, cello

BYRD  Mass for Five Voices
TAVENER  The Lamb
PAULUS  Pilgrim’s Hymn
GILBERTSON  Migration for choir and cello with poetry by Kai Hoffman-Krull (World premiere)

Pre-Concert Recital by the Newark Boys Chorus at 7:00 PM
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Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC WOMEN’S CHORUS
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Ronnie Oliver, conductor**
MSM Graduate Conductors

BRAHMS  Vier Gesänge*
HOLST  Hymns from the Rig Veda
PAULUS  The Earth Sings
PERSICHETTI  Winter Cantata**
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Monday, February 25, 2019, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
David Rosenmeyer, conductor*
Johanna Rusanen, soprano
Takakoki Onishi, baritone
Members of the Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus

BERLIOZ  La mort d’Ophelie*
DEBUSSY  “Sirènes” from Nocturnes
SIBELIUS  Kullervo
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Friday, January 18, 2019, 1 PM
“Pipes at One” at Trinity Church Wall Street, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ
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Monday, December 31, 2018, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
With guests Paul Winter, Jason Robert Brown, and host Harry Smith

WILLIAM BOYCE  Symphony No. 1
MOZART  Symphony No. 29
CONVERY  I have a dream
OQUIN  Alleluia (New York premiere)
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Wednesday, December 19, 2018, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Daniel Moody, countertenor
Brian Giebler, tenor
John Brancy, baritone

HANDEL  Messiah
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Monday, December 17, 2018, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Daniel Moody, countertenor
Isaiah Bell, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass

HANDEL  Messiah
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Friday, December 14, 2018, 5 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Kent Tritle leads a special performance of Bach’s Cantata No. 140, “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme,” in celebration of the 50th wedding anniversary of William McKeown and Constance Coles. Soloists are Lianne Coble, soprano; Emerson Sieverts, tenor and Peter Stewart, baritone. The performance is free and open to the public.
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Saturday, December 8, 2018, 7 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Combined Cathedral Choirs, Orchestra, and Soloists
Kent Tritle, conductor
Bryan Zaros, conductor

GABRIELI  In ecclesiis
GABRIELI  O Magnum Mysterium
PINKHAM  Christmas Cantata
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Sunday, November 18, 2018, 4 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
A Service of Dedication: 125th Anniversary
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Sunday, November 11, 2018, 2 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Ewa Plonka, mezzo-soprano
Jesse Blumberg, baritoneGORECKI  Euntes Ibant et Flebant
SZYMANOWSKI  Stabat Mater
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Dona nobis pacem
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Monday, November 5, 2018, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Raymond Nagem, conductor“Armenia 1918/2018: Armistice & Independence – A Centennial Celebration”
A program celebrating the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day and Armenian independence, specifically honoring those who were killed in the Armenian genocide, a direct result of WWI, with a tribute of traditional and sacred music to the Armenian cleric and composer Gomidas.
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Saturday, October 20, 2018, 5 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
Installation and Institution of The Right Reverend Clifton Daniel III, 10th Dean, and A Celebration of All Cathedral Ministries
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Michael Sheetz, conductor**J.S. BACH Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225*
BUXTEHUDE  Cantate Domino**
SCARLATTI  Te Deum**
SCARLATTI  Stabat Mater*Pre-Concert Recital by the Newark Boys Chorus at 7:00 PM
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Friday, September 21, 2018
University of Michigan North Campus, Ann Arbor, MI
University Musical Society
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Robert Ziegler, conductor
Musica Sacra,
Kent Tritle, Music Director2001: A Space Odyssey  – screening with live score performance
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September 14 & 15, 2018
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
André de Ridder, conductor
Musica Sacra,
Kent Tritle, Music DirectorThe Art of the Score:
2001: A Space Odyssey – screening with live score performance
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Saturday, September 8, 2018, 3:30 PM
The Smithfield Church, Amenia, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ
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Sunday, August 5, 2018, 3 PM
Grace United Methodist Church, Spencer, IA
KENT TRITLE, organ
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Sunday, July 29, 2018
Himmerod Abbey, Grosslittgen, Germany
KENT TRITLE, organ
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Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Erlöserkirche, Munich, Germany
KENT TRITLE, organ
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Sunday, July 22, 2018, 6 PM
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail, CO
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC at Bravo! Vail
David Robertson, conductor
George Li, piano
Kent Tritle, organ
Hank Gutman, conductor (Tchaikovsky)

TCHAIKOVSKY  Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
COPLAND  An Outdoor Overture
MENDELSSOHN  Piano Concerto No. 1
SAINT-SAËNS  Symphony  No. 3,“Organ”
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July 8-15, 2018
Connecticut College, New London, CT
AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORAL WORKSHOP

The Choral Workshop at the Amherst Music Festival, led by Kent Tritle, is designed to give the serious amateur choral singer an opportunity to learn and perform masterworks.  The 2018 workshop will focus on Machaut’s Messe de Nostre Dame, Motets for Five Voices of Lassus, and Charpentier’s  Le Reniement de St. Pierre. The performance takes place Saturday, July 14, at 11 AM.
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Saturday, June 16, 2018, 7:30 PM
Arthur Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

MOSTLY MODERN FESTIVAL:
AMERICAN MODERN ORCHESTRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Larry Pine, narrator
Caitlin Lynch, soprano
Chad Sloan, baritone
Philip Payton, viola
Albany Pro Musica Masterworks Chorus

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Flos Campi (Flower of the Field), Suite for viola, chorus, and orchestra
ROBERT PATERSON  Walt’s America for soprano, baritone, chorus, and orchestra
ROBERT PATERSON  A New Eaarth for narrator, chorus, and orchestra
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Friday, May 18, 2018, 1 PM
Pipes at One at St. Paul’s Chapel of Trinity Church Wall Street, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

MARCHAND  Grand Dialogue
DE GRIGNY  Recit de Tierce en taille
BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in E, BuxWV 141
MENDELSSOHN  Organ Sonata in A Major, Op. 65, No. 3
LANGLAIS  Chant de Paix
J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548, “The Wedge”
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Musica Sacra 2018 Spring Soirée
Synod Hall, Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Amsterdam Avenue, just north of 110th Street

6:30 PM Wine & Hors d’oeuvres
7:00 PM Performance

Kent Tritle will lead members of the Musica Sacra Orchestra with baritone Jacob Scharfman in music of Bach and Mozart, including J.S. Bach’s Cantata 82, “Ich habe genug.” Tickets start at $200 and extend to the Conductor’s Circle.
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Monday, May 7, 2018, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Laquita Mitchell, soprano
Raehann Bryce-Davis, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Blue, tenor
Malcolm Merriweather, baritone
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone

MORAVEC  Sanctuary Road (World premiere, OSNY commission)
RANJBARAN  We Are One (World premiere)
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Monday, April 9, 2018, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
Kent Tritle, conductor

An international spectrum of works celebrating the history of immigration in New York, ranging from folk music of Ireland and the Baltic region to choral music of Rachmaninoff, Persichetti, Rebecca Clarke, Tarik O’Regan, F. Melius Christiansen, and Jean Berger, culminating in the world premiere for these combined ensembles of Immigrant Songs by Robert Sirota, libretto by Victoria Sirota. To register for the pre-concert tour of the Chapels of the Tongues, email Stephen Biegner at [email protected].
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Thursday, March 22, 2018, 7:30 PM
Riverside Church, New York, NY
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir
Manhattan School of Music Women’s Chorus
Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus
Manhattan School of Music Symphony
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Ronnie Oliver, conductor
Jie Yi, conductor

MENDELSSOHN  Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise)*
HOLST  Hymns from the Rig Veda (selections)
Music by Mozart and Mendelssohn to be announced
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Amber Evans, soprano
Daniel Moody, countertenor
Marc Day, tenor
Michael Steinberger, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass
Raymond Nagem, organ

STRAVINSKY  Bogoroditse Dyevo (Ave Maria)
STRAVINSKY  Otche nash’ (Our Father)
STRAVINSKY  Anthem: The Dove Descending Breaks the Air
KODÁLY  Laudes Organi for choir and organ
PÄRT  Miserere
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

Light of Light: Music of Lassus, Lauridsen, with Gregorian Chant
LASSUS  Missa super Osculetur me
LASSUS  Motet Surgens Jesus
JOSQUIN  Ave Maria
LAURIDSEN  O nata lux
OLDHAM  My Lord, thou art in every breath I take
Gregorian Mass for Quasi modo Sunday
Victimae paschali laudes
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir
Manhattan School of Music Chamber Ensemble
Kent Tritle, conductor

VICTORIA  O quam gloriosum
VICTORIA  Missa O quam gloriosum
CHARPENTIER  Le Reniement de Saint Pierre, H. 424
CARISSIMI  Jephte
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Sunday, February 11, 2018, 4:30 PM
Neighborhood Music School, New Haven, CT
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SINGING
MASTER CLASS WITH KENT TRITLE
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February 8, 9, 10, 2018
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Antonio Pappano, conductor
Leif Ove-Andsnes, piano
Kent Tritle, organ

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
BRITTEN  Piano Concerto
SAINT-SAËNS  Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
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Tuesday, February 6, 2018, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

MARCHAND  Grand Dialogue
DE GRIGNY  Recit de Tierce en taille
COUPERIN  Convent Mass: Offertoire
ALAIN  Le Jardin Suspendu
ALAIN  Litanies
GUILMANT  Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 80
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Sunday, December 31, 2017, 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE
Cathedral Choir and Orchestra of St. John the Divine
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Arthur Fiacco, Jr., cello
With guests Judy Collins, Jason Robert Brown, and host Harry Smith

RUPERT LANG  “Earth Teach Me”
FRANK TICHELI  “Earth Song”
LUCAS WIEGERINK  “See the Wretched Strangers” (2016, U.S. premiere)
HAYDN  Te Deum in C Major
BERNSTEIN  Selections from Mass including Chorales and “Simple Song”
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Thursday, December 21, 2017, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Samantha Hankey, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Blue, tenor
Adam Lau, bass

HANDEL  Messiah
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Monday, December 18, 2017, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Jones, tenor
Dashon Burton, bass

HANDEL  Messiah
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Saturday, December 9, 2017, 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
CATHEDRAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Kent Tritle, conductor
Bryan Zaros, conductor
Dayen Booker, treble chorister
Halley Gilbert, soprano
Michele Kennedy, soprano
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Allison Cheeseman, mezzo-soprano
Katie Geissinger, mezzo-soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto

VIVALDI  Gloria
JAMES BASSI   Quem pastores laudavere
BRITTEN  Ceremony of Carols
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017, 7:30 PM
Riverside Church, New York, NY
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus
Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir
Manhattan School of Music Symphony
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Billy Janiszewski, conductor
Jie Yi, conductor
Bryan Zaros, conductor

MOZART  Requiem*
HANDEL  Coronation Anthems (selections)
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Monday, November 6, 2017, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
John Chest, baritone

BRAHMS  Schicksalslied, Op. 54
BRAHMS  Ein Deutsches Requiem
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Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

J.S. BACH  Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf
J.S. BACH  Fürchte dich nicht
SCHÜTZ  Three selections from Psalmen Davids
BRAHMS  Fest und Gedenksprüche
BRAHMS  Ich aber bin elend
BRUCKNER  Ave Maria
BRUCKNER  Virga Jesse
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Sunday, October 22, 2017, 3 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, New York, NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

MARCHAND  Grand Dialogue
PAULUS  Tryptich (selection) (2000)
J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543
MENDELSSOHN  Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 65
BRAHMS  Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (selections)
GUILMANT  Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 80
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Sunday, October 15, 2017, 4 PM
Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC
CATHEDRAL CHORAL SOCIETY
Kent Tritle, conductor
Danielle Talamantes, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Matt Boehler, bass

MOZART  Requiem
LAURIDSEN  Lux Aeterna
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Saturday, September 9, 2017, 3:30 PM
Smithfield Church, Amenia , NY
KENT TRITLE, organ

J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543
MENDELSSOHN  Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 65
GUILMANT  Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 80
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Sunday, August 27, 2017
Stiftskirche, Kyllburg, Germany
KENT TRITLE, organ

J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543
MENDELSSOHN  Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 65
PINKHAM  A Prophecy for Organ (1971)
GUILMANT  Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 80
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July 16-23, 2017
Connecticut College, New London, CT
AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORAL WORKSHOP

The Choral Workshop at the Amherst Music Festival, led by Kent Tritle, is designed to give the serious amateur choral singer an opportunity to learn and perform masterworks.  The 2017 workshop will focus on William Byrd’s The Great Service along with works of Thomas Tallis and Robert Parsons. The workshop concludes with a performance.
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July 9-16, 2017
Berkshire School, Sheffield, MA
BERKSHIRE CHORAL INTERNATIONAL
Rachel Rosales, soprano
Kara Shay Thomson, soprano
Emily Misch, soprano (Mater Gloriosa)
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Mary Phillips, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Jesse Blumberg, baritone
Adam Lau, bass

Kent Tritle leads a week-long workshop in, and performance of, Mahler’s Symphony No. 8.
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Friday, June 9, 2017, 7:30 PM
Church of the Little Flower, Bethesda, MD
THE APOLLO ORCHESTRA
Stephen Czarkowski, conductor
Kent Tritle, organ

Program to include:
SAINT-SAËNS Organ Symphony
Monday, May 8, 2017, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Christopher Ainsley, countertenor
Lawrence Jones, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone

BACH  Mass in B Minor
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Thursday & Friday, April 6 & April 7, 2017, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY AND SYMPHONIC CHORUS
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Matthew Worth, baritone
The Cathedral Choristers,
Bryan Zaros, director

BRITTEN  War Requiem
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March 14 & 15, 2017
Teatro Solis, Montevideo, Uruguay
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Orquesta Filarmonica de Montevideo
Kent Tritle, conductor

MOZART  “Great” Mass in C Minor
BRUCKNER  Te Deum
ORFF  Carmina Burana (selection from Part I)
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Wednesday, March 8, 2017, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

BACH  Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
BRITTEN  Festival Te Deum
BRAHMS  Schaffe in mir, Gott
BRITTEN  Rejoice in the Lamb
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Sunday, February 26, 2017, 3 PM
Church of the Palms, Sarasota, FL
KENT TRITLE, organ

J.S. BACH  Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
ROREM  Views from the Oldest House
FRANCK  Grand Pièce Symphonique, Op. 17
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AND CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kirsten Sollek, mezzo-soprano
Arthur Fiacco, cello
Raymond Nagem, organ

DURUFLÉ  Requiem
DURUFLÉ  Four Motets
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Sunday, February 19, 2017, 7-8:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

#refugeinmusic
Instrumentalists, singers and music lovers are invited to participate or take refuge in the sounds of Bach, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Fauré. This community gathering will be a show of support for refugees and reaffirm our commitment that immigrants make America great. Sponsored by the Music Department at the Cathedral of St John the Divine, the event will feature Kent Tritle, Anna Lenti, Raymond Nagem, Bryan Zaros, Stephen Biegner, Arthur Fiacco, Jorge Avila and the Cathedral Choirs. Free and open to all.
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Thursday, February 16, 2017, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Erin Morley, soprano
Florian Boesch, baritone
Musica Sacra,
Kent Tritle, Music Director

LUTOSŁAWSKI  Musique funèbre
BRAHMS  Ein deutsches Requiem
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
KENT TRITLE, organ

J.S. BACH  Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
ROREM  Views from the Oldest House
FRANCK  Grand Pièce Symphonique, Op. 17
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Sunday, January 22, 2017, 4 PM
St. Thomas Reformed Church, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
KENT TRITLE, organ
Arthur Fiacco, cello

J.S. BACH  Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
VIVALDI  Cello Sonata No.1 in B flat
ROREM  Selections from Views from the Oldest House
DEBUSSY  Romance
J.S. BACH  Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor
SIBELIUS  Walse Triste
FRANCK  Pièce Héroïque
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Saturday, December 31, 2016, 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE
Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine & Orchestra
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jamet Pittman, soprano
With guests Judy Collins, Jason Robert Brown and host Harry Smith

MORAVEC  Light Shall Lift Us (New York premiere)
BARBER  Adagio for Strings, “Let down the bars, O Death,” “Sure on this shining night”
BACH  Mass in B Minor: “Gloria/et in terra pax,” “Laudamus te,” “Gratias agimus tibi,” “Dona nobis pacem”
HAILSTORK  “Motherless Child”
DAWSON  “Balm in Gilead”
HOGAN  “Walk together, children”
Traditional  “This little light of mine”

Light Shall Lift Us is a musical response by Paul Moravec (music) and Mark Campbell (lyrics) to the tragedy that occurred at Pulse nightclub in Orlando on June 12, 2016 – the largest mass shooting in U.S history. The inspirational work was premiered in “One Voice Orlando,” a benefit concert Campbell helped organize with Opera Orlando, that sought to reunite and heal the city during a very difficult time.
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Thursday, December 22, 2016, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Jakub Józef Orliński, countertenor
Colin Balzer, tenor
Scott Dispensa, baritone

HANDEL  Messiah
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Jakub Józef Orliński, countertenor
William Ferguson, tenor
Adam Lau, bass

HANDEL  Messiah
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Saturday, December 10, 2016, 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Combined Cathedral Choirs, Orchestra, and Soloists
Kent Tritle, conductor
Bryan Zaros, director, Cathedral Choristers

POULENC Organ Concerto
POULENC Four Christmas Motets
CHARPENTIER  In Nativitatem Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Canticum
Selections by Willcocks, Britten, Rutter, and Fraser performed by Cathedral Choristers
Christmas Carols
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Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Halley Gilbert, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo soprano
Malcolm Merriweather, baritone
Marc Day, tenor
Matt Boehler, bass

RAUTAVAARA  Vigilia (All Night Vigil In Memory of St. John the Baptist) – New York Premiere
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November 9, 10, 11, 12, 2016
David Geffen Hall
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus and Chamber Choir,
Kent Tritle, director

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé
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Thursday, November 3, 2016, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
Helen Karloski, mezzo-soprano
Alex Richardson, tenor
Philip Cutlip, baritone

MOZART  “Great” Mass in C Minor
BRUCKNER  Te Deum
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
Kent Tritle, conductor

“The Glory of Constantinople”
A musical exploration of the cultural evolution in this seat of the Ottoman Empire: chants and motets composed upon its 1453 transfer from Christian to Muslim hands (including Dufay’s poignant Balsamus et unda cera), modern-day arrangements of indigenous Turkish folksongs, and more
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Thursday, October 13, 2016, 7 PM
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Savannah, GA
KENT TRITLE, organ

BACH  Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
BACH  Partita on “O Gott, du frommer Gott,” BWV 767
MENDELSSOHN  Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 65
ROREM  Views from the Oldest House (1981)
FRANCK  Pièce Héroïque
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

“The Savior of Church Music and the Mystics”
PALESTRINA  Missa Papae Marcelli
PÄRT  Magnificat
TAVENER  Funeral Ikos
TAVENER  Ikon of Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
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Thursday, September 29, 2016, 7:30 PM
Stetson University, DeLand, FL
KENT TRITLE, organ
(Residence also includes a choral workshop on September 28)

BACH  Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
BACH  Partita on “O Gott, du frommer Gott,” BWV 767
MENDELSSOHN  Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 65
ROREM  Views from the Oldest House (1981)
FRANCK  Pièce Héroïque

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August 19-28, 2016
Kent leads a tour with Cathedral Choristers, Scholars and members of the Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine: they sing services at Dublin’s Christ Church Cathedral on August 21, and are in residence singing services at London’s Westminster Abbey from August 23-28.
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Monday, August 15, 2016, 7:30 PM
Alice Tully Hall

Mostly Mozart 50th Anniversary Season
FREIBURG BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
Louis Langrée, conductor
Lenneke Ruiten, Fiordiligi
Kate Lindsey, Dorabella
Sandrine Piau, Despina
Joel Prieto, Ferrando
Nahuel di Pierro, Guglielmo
Rod Gilfry, Don Alfonso
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, director

MOZART  Così fan tutte

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Saturday, July 30, 2016, 7:30 PM
Great Mountains Music Festival and School
Alpensia Resort, PyeongChang, South Korea

THE NATIONAL CHORUS OF KOREA
GMMFS ORCHESTRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Elizabeth De Trejo, soprano
Sunhae Im, sopranos
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano
Dong Won Kim, tenor
Heungu Bahk, bass

BEETHOVEN  Coriolan Overture
BELLINI  Selected opera arias
BEETHOVEN  Mass in C Major
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July 10-17, 2016
AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORAL WORKSHOP
The Choral Workshop at the Amherst Music Festival, led by Kent Tritle, is designed to give the serious amateur choral singer an opportunity to learn and perform masterworks.  The 2016 workshop will focus on 17th century German works.

SCHÜTZ  Musikalische Exequien, SWV 279-281 (German Requiem)
JOHANN MICHAEL BACH  Halt, was du hast
J. S. BACH  Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229

May 26-28, 2016
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
David Robertson, conductor
Women of the Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, Music Director

Programs including:
HOLST  The Planets

May 24-29, 2016
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
NEW YORK CITY BALLET

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

featuring Musica Sacra, Kent Tritle, Music Director

Monday, May 9, 2016, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Rachel Rosales, soprano
Rachel Calloway, mezzo-soprano
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Philip Cutlip, baritone

MERRYMAN  Jonah (New York Premiere)
HAYDN  Nelson Mass – Missa in Angustiis

Thursday, May 5, 2016, 7 PM
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall 125th Anniversary Gala
Martina Arroyo
Emanuel Ax
Michael Feinstein
Renée Fleming
Marilyn Horne
Lang Lang
Isabel Leonard
Yo-Yo Ma
Jessye Norman
Itzhak Perlman
James Taylor
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor
Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, Music Director

Thursday, April 7, 2016, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS & WOMEN’S CHORUS
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
DAVID BRIGGS, organ
Kent Tritle, conductor
Rachel Rosales, soprano
Bryn Holdsworth, soprano
Jana McIntyre, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Noragh Devlin, mezzo-soprano
John Tiranno, tenor
Timothy Murray, baritone
Adam Lau, bass
Cathedral Choristers of St. John the Divine

MAHLER  Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”
Arrangement by David Briggs for chorus, soloists, and organ – World premiere

Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Amy Justman & Michele Kennedy, sopranos
Katie Geissinger & Kirsten Sollek, mezzo-sopranos
Michael Steinberger & Marc Day, tenors
Malcolm J. Merriweather & Peter Stewart, baritones

J.S. BACH  Cantata No. 4, “Christ lag in Todesbanden”
SCHÜTZ  Musikalische Exequien
VIVALDI  Stabat Mater

Wednesday, March 9, 2016, 7:30 PM
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Lianne Coble, soprano
Helen Karloski, mezzo-soprano
Marc Day, tenor
Kevin Deas, bass

EVAN FEIN  Deborah (World Premiere)
MOZART  Solemn Vespers, K.339

Wednesday, February 24, 2016, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS, WOMEN’S CHORUS, AND ORCHESTRA
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Angel Azzarra, soprano
Bryn Holdsworth, soprano
Jana McIntyre, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Noragh Devlin, mezzo-soprano
John Tiranno, tenor
Timothy Murray, baritone
Adam Lau, bass
Cathedral Choristers of St. John the Divine

MAHLER  Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”

Thursday, February 25, 2016, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS, WOMEN’S CHORUS, AND ORCHESTRA
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Angel Azzarra, soprano
Bryn Holdsworth, soprano
Jana McIntyre, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Noragh Devlin, mezzo-soprano
John Tiranno, tenor
Timothy Murray, baritone
Adam Lau, bass
Cathedral Choristers of St. John the Divine

MAHLER  Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”

(In a related event, organist David Briggs presents the world premiere of his arrangement of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 for chorus, soloists, and organ on the Cathedral’s “Great Organ” series on Thursday, April 7, 2016)

January 27-31, 2016
SIBELIUS ACADEMY

A residency at Helsinki’s Sibelius Academy, at which Kent will teach choral conducting and organ performance. The repertoire will include Telemann’s Deus Judicium Tuum.

January 22-24, 2016
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Jacques Lacombe, conductor
Bernard Uzan, narrator
Symphonic Chorus of Manhattan School of Music
Kent Tritle, director

BERLIOZ  Symphonie fantastique
BERLIOZ  Lélio

Thursday, December 31, 2015, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Judy Collins, special guest
Harry Smith, special guest
Jamet Pittman, soprano

“New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace”
ROBERT & VICTORIA SIROTA   Prelude and Spiritual for Mother Emanuel (World premiere)
Chichester Psalms

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Christopher Ainslie, countertenor
Mingjie Lei, tenor
Matt Boehler, bass

HANDEL  Messiah

Monday, December 21, 2015, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Matt Boehler, bass

HANDEL  Messiah (arrangement by Mozart)

Saturday, December 12, 2015, 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor

Jamet Pittman, and Michele Kennedy, sopranos
Katie Geissinger and Kirsten Sollek, mezzo-sopranos
Marc Day, tenor
Hans Tashjian, bass
Cathedral Choristers,
Malcolm Merriweather, director

“A Cathedral Christmas”
J.S. BACH  Magnificat
Carols by Benjamin Britten, John Rutter, and Gregg Smith

Wednesday, November 18, 2015, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
KENT TRITLE, Organ

BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in C Major, BUX 137
DE GRIGNY  Récit de Tierce en taille
BACH  Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582
WIDOR  Symphonie VI, Op. 42, No. 2 – Allegro (Mvt. I)
PINKHAM  A Prophecy for Organ
FRANCK  Cantabile
DURUFLÉ  Prelude and Fugue “sur le nom d’Alain,” Op. 7

Saturday, November 14, 2015, 2 PM & 7:30 PM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Tan Dun, conductor
Stephen Bryant, baritone
Elizabeth Keusch, soprano
Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir
Kent Tritle, director
Ronnie Oliver, associate director

TAN DUN’S WATER PASSION

Thursday, November 5, 2015, 7 PM
Carnegie Hall
ISRAEL PHILARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Zubin Mehta, conductor

MAHLER  Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”

Monday, November 2, 2015, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Matthew Plenk, tenor
John Moore, baritone

FILAS  Requiem “Oratio Spei” (2002)

Monday, October 26, 2015, 6:30 PM
First United Methodist Church, Iowa City, IA
KENT TRITLE, organ

BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in C Major, BUX 137
DE GRIGNY  Récit de Tierce en taille
BACH  Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582
WIDOR  Symphonie VI, Op. 42, No. 2 – Allegro (Mvt. I)
PINKHAM  A Prophecy for Organ
FRANCK  Cantabile
DURUFLÉ  Prelude and Fugue “sur le nom d’Alain,” Op. 7

Saturday, October 24, 2015, 7 PM
Trinity United Methodist Church, Waverly, IA
KENT TRITLE, organ

PAULUS Tryptich
DURUFLÉ Prelude and Fugue “sur le nom d’Alain”
FRANCK Cantabile
WIDOR Symphony No. 7 in A Minor, Op. 42, No. 3

Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor

TALLIS  Spem in Alium
STRAUSS  Deutsche Motette
BRUCKNER  Os Justi
ALICE PARKER  An American Kedusha
ROBERT CONVERY  The Lamb
RANDALL THOMPSON  Alleluia

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
St. James Chapel
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
Nina Stern, director
Kent Tritle, conductor

“Four Quarters of Jerusalem”
Celebrating the simultaneous release of a recording of the concert, made earlier this year, by the Pro Organo label, the program features choral settings of Sufi songs, Coptic chant and Renaissance works relating to the Holy Land, as well as joyous dance music of Armenian, Sephardic, and Islamic cultures.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015, 7 PM
First United Methodist Church, Newnan, GA
KENT TRITLE, organ

BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in C Major, BUX 137
DE GRIGNY  Récit de Tierce en taille
BACH  Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582
WIDOR  Symphonie VI, Op. 42, No. 2 – Allegro (Mvt. I)
FRANCK  Cantabile
DURUFLÉ  Prelude and Fugue “sur le nom d’Alain,” Op. 7

Saturday, September 19, 2015, 3:30 PM
The Smithfield Church, Amenia, NY

A Benefit for the Oratorio Society of New York
KENT TRITLE, Organ

Works by Bach, Brahms, Walther and Bach contemporaries

September 15, 2015, 7:30 PM
Stetson University, Deland, FL
KENT TRITLE, organ

BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in C Major, BUX 137
DE GRIGNY  Récit de Tierce en taille
BACH  Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582
WIDOR  Symphonie VI, Op. 42, No. 2 – Allegro (Mvt. I)
FRANCK  Cantabile
DURUFLÉ  Prelude and Fugue “sur le nom d’Alain,” Op. 7

July 20-24, 2015
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Summer@Eastman ADVANCED CHORAL CONDUCTING INSTITUTE

Kent Tritle and William Weinert lead in-depth analysis and rehearsal of Mozart Requiem, Coronation Mass, and shorter sacred works of Mozart, and recent research on issues of choral and instrumental performance practice in the Classical era.

July 5-12, 2015
AMHERST EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORAL WORKSHOP

The 2015 Choral Workshop at the Amherst Music Festival, led by Kent Tritle, is designed to give the serious amateur choral singer an opportunity to learn and perform masterworks of the Renaissance and Baroque, with a focus on works by Palestrina, Victoria, and Monteverdi.

Thursday, May 14, 2015, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine – Chapel of St. James

CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
Nina Stern, director
Kent Tritle, conductor

“The Wingèd Lion: Venice and the Orient”
Music by Gabrieli and Monteverdi, and traditional music from Armenia, Turkey, and the eastern Mediterranean

Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor*
David Rosenmeyer, conductor**
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
Peter Tantsits, tenor
Takaoki Onishi, baritone

BERNSTEIN  Chichester Psalms**
ORFF  Carmina Burana*

April-May 2015

European tour with the NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC, playing organ in Bartók’s The Miraculous Mandarin

Saturday, March 14, 2015, 8 PM
Sunday, March 22, 2015, 2 PM
Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 7 PM
Friday, March 27, 2015, 8 PM
David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center

PAUL TAYLOR’S AMERICAN MODERN DANCE
Kent Tritle will be the organ soloist in the Limón Dance Company’s performances of Doris Humphrey’s
Passacaglia, which is set to Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582

Thursday, March 26, 2015, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine – The Great Choir

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Lori Guilbeau, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Alex Richardson, tenor
Mathew Anchel, bass

VERDI Requiem

Sunday, March 22, 2015, 7 PM
Peter Norton Symphony Space

THE DESSOFF CHOIRS
James Bagwell, conductor
Amy Kaiser, conductor
Kent Tritle, conductor

90th Anniversary Concert
Program to include works by Mendelssohn and selections from Frank Martin’s Mass for Double Chorus A Cappella conducted by Kent Tritle

Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Michael Sheetz, conductor*
Lianne Coble, soprano
John Tiranno, tenor
Malcolm Merriweather, baritone
Arthur Fiacco, cello
Walter Hilse and Raymond Nagem, organists

JURAJ FILAS  Wisdom of the Wise Old Man – World premiere
MICHAEL GILBERTSON  Returning – World premiere
ROBERT PATERSON  Lux Aeterna – World premiere
JUDITH ZAIMONT  Parable, A Tale of Abram and Isaac*

Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine – Chapel of St. James
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor

MACHAUT  Messe de Nostre Dame
JOSQUIN DES PRES  Motets
HEINRICH ISAAC  Motets
Gregorian Chant Propers for the Feast of the Annunciation

Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 6 PM
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage  – Terrace Theater
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
Malcolm Merriweather, conductor*

DAVID LANG  Little Match Girl Passion
GREGG SMITH  Selected works*

Cancelled due to weather

Wednesday, December 31, 2014, 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine – in the Crossing
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Gregory Purnhagen, baritone
Guest artists: Judy Collins and Jason Robert Brown
Host: Harry Smith
“New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace”
Program to include:
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS   Dona nobis pacem, excerpts
BACH   “Dona nobis pacem” from Mass in B Minor
HANDEL   “Foundling Hospital Anthem”

Tuesday, December 23, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Lianne Coble, soprano
Silvie Jensen, mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Jones, tenor
John Brancy, baritone

HANDEL   Messiah

Monday, December 22, 2014, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Emalie Savoy, soprano
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano (Winner of 2013 Oratorio Solo Competition)
Mingjie Lei, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone

HANDEL Messiah

Saturday, December 20, 2014, 3 PM
Performing Arts Center at Purchase College
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Lianne Coble, soprano
Silvie Jensen, mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Jones, tenor
John Brancy, baritone

HANDEL Messiah

Saturday, December 13, 2014, 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine – in the Crossing
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Malcolm Merriweather, conductor*

“A Cathedral Christmas”
BACH   Gloria in excelsis deo, Christmas Cantata BWV 191
ERIC WHITACRE   Lux Arumque
WAYNE OQUIN   O magnum mysterium
POULENC   Hodie Christus natus est
Works by Britten, Rutter, and Smith sung by the Cathedral Choristers
led by Malcolm Merriweather*
A selection of Christmas carols

Wednesday, December 3, 2014, 7 PM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
DAVID LANG   Little Match Girl Passion
PHILIPS   O Beatam et sacrosanctam Diem
JOSQUIN DES PRES   Ave Maria
VICTORIA   Ne Timeas
VICTORIA   O Magnum
SWEELINCK   Hodie

Friday, November 21, 2014, 7:30 PM
All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, Texas
KENT TRITLE, Organ
BACH  Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544
SCHEIDEMANN  Magnificat octavi toni
BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548
DURUFLÉ  Suite, Op. 5

Tuesday, November 18, 2014, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
KENT TRITLE, Organ
BACH  Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544
SCHEIDEMANN  Magnificat octavi toni
BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548
DURUFLÉ  Suite, Op. 5

Sunday, November 16, 3 PM
First Presbyterian Church of Rutherford, New Jersey
KENT TRITLE, Organ

BACH  Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544
SCHEIDEMANN  Magnificat octavi toni
BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548
DURUFLÉ  Suite, Op. 5

Wednesday, November 12, 2014, 7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium, Manhattan School of Music
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER SINFONIA, SYMPHONIC CHORUS AND CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Ronald Oliver, conductor**
Malcolm Merriweather, conductor***

MOZART Mass in C Minor, K. 427*
BRAHMS Four Songs for Women’s Chorus, Two Horns and Harp, Op. 17**
HAYDN Te Deum for the Empress Marie Therese Hob. XXIIIc:2***

Thursday, November 6, 2014, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Elizabeth DeShong, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Kaiser, tenor
Luca Pisaroni, bass-baritone
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, music director

PURCELL  Suite from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
TCHAIKOVSKY  The Tempest
DALLAPICCOLA  Piccola musica notturna (version for chamber ensemble, 1961)
MENDELSSOHN  Die erste Walpurgisnacht

Monday, November 3, 2014, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Aaron Blake, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
Orchestra of the Society

HAYDN  The Creation (Die Schöpfung)

Wednesday, October 15, 2014, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine – at the Great Choir steps
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Patrick Jee, cello
Peter Stewart, baritone
“Pärt Te Deum”
MENDELSSOHN “Heilig”
TAVENER Sviaty
PÄRT Te Deum
HANDL Duo Seraphim
BLOCH  “Kedusha” from Sacred Service

Saturday, August 2, 2014, 7:30 PM
BERKSHIRE CHORAL FESTIVAL
Kent Tritle, conductor
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
John Bellemer, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
ELGAR  Dream of Gerontius (English)

Monday, June 9, 2014, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Paul the Apostle
NEW YORK CHORAL CONSORTIUM – “THE BIG SING”
Kent Tritle & Deborah Simpkin King, Hosts
Various conductors
BRAHMS  Requiem

Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Nicholas Phan, tenor (Evangelist)
Kevin Deas, bass (Christus)
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano
Mathew Plenk, tenor
Kelly Markgraf, baritone
BACH  St. Matthew Passion

Friday, May 9, 2014
Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA
KENT TRITLE, Organ

BUXTEHUDE  Praeludium in G Minor, Bux 149
J.S. BACH  Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654
J.S. BACH  Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
MENDELSSOHN  Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, Op.37, No.1
PINKHAM  A Prophecy
FRANCK  Chorale No. 3 in A Minor

Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Lawrence Jones, tenor (Evangelist)
Neil Netherly, bass-baritone (Christus)
Amy Justman, soprano
Kirsten Sollek, contralto
John Tiranno, tenor
Peter Stewart, baritone
BACH  St. John Passion

Friday, April 4, 2014, 7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium, Manhattan School of Music
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS AND CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
Ronald Oliver, conductor (Stravinsky)
HONEGGER  King David
STRAVINSKY  Mass

Wednesday, March 26, 2014, 6:30 PM
The Bruno Walter Auditorium, 111 Amsterdam Ave. at 65th St.
MUSICA SACRA
A Conversation with Kent Tritle and Composers Meredith Monk & Jocelyn Hagen
Moderator:  Nancy Shear

Thursday, March 6, 2014, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S
Sir Roger Norrington, conductor
Susan Gritton, soprano
Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano
Michael Schade, tenor
Nathan Berg, bass-baritone
Oratorio Society of New York, Kent Tritle, director
BEETHOVEN  Missa Solemnis

Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at 7 and 9 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
with Rose of the Compass
Nina Stern, recorder and chalumeau
Glen Velez, percussion
Ara Dinkjian, oud
Tamer Pinarbasi, kanun
Arthur Fiacco, Jr., cello
“The Ornament of the World”
Music from Renaissance Spain, including the Ladino tradition

Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at 7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium, Manhattan School of Music
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY, SYMPHONIC CHORUS, AND CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
BACH  Mass in B Minor

Tuesday, December 31, 2013, at 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jamet Pittman, soprano
John Michael Moore, baritone
Raymond Nagem, organ
Guest artist:  Judy Collins
Host:  Harry Smith
“New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace”
HANDEL  Organ Concerto in F Major, Op. 4, No. 4
MOZART  Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”
Traditional spirituals arranged by Moses Hogan
HAYDN  Creation (excerpts)

Monday, December 23, 2013, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Rebecca Ringle, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
HANDEL  Messiah

Thursday, December 12, 2013, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Ian Howell, countertenor
Colin Balzer, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
HANDEL  Messiah

Saturday, December 14, 2013, at 7 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Nacole Palmer, soprano (Angel)
Katie Geissinger, mezzo-soprano (Mary)
Marc Day, tenor (Joseph)
“Cathedral Christmas Concert”
RESPIGHI  Laud to the Nativity
Renaissance motets and Christmas carols

Sunday, December 15, 2013, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Ian Howell, countertenor
Colin Balzer, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
HANDEL  Messiah

Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIRS OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, conductor
“Most Elevating of Voices”
The Musical Legacy of Andrew Carnegie:  A Transatlantic Celebration
MENDELSSOHN   “Thanks be to God” from Elijah
HANDEL   “Worthy is the Lamb” from Messiah
Works by Herbert Howells and Edgar Leslie Bainton

Tudor anthems by William Byrd, Peter Phillips, Thomas Tallis, and Thomas Weelkes
Organ music of J.S. Bach and Mendelssohn performed by Raymond Nagem and Kent Tritle

Monday, November 4, 2013, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
Jennifer Feinstein, mezzo-soprano
Aaron Blake, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
Soloman Howard, bass
MENDELSSOHN  Die Erste Walpurgisnacht
MOZART  Requiem

Wednesday, October 23, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Special event for subscribers Cathedral of St. John the Divine – Chapel of St. James

MUSICA SACRA Kent Tritle, conductor

BYRD  Mass for 5 Voices Motets by Thomas Weelkes and Orlando Gibbons

Sunday, October 20, 2013, at 3 PM
First Congregational Church, Spencer, Iowa
KENT TRITLE, organ
MENDELSSOHN   Sonata IV in B flat major
BACH  Fantasy and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 537
LISZT  Prelude and Fugue on BACH
WIDOR  Symphonie V in F minor

Friday, October 18, 2013, at 7:30 PM
St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Columbia, Missouri
KENT TRITLE, organ
MENDELSSOHN   Sonata IV in B flat major
BACH  Fantasy and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 537
LISZT  Prelude and Fugue on BACH
WIDOR  Symphonie V in F minor

Wednesday, October 16, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
KENT TRITLE, organ
MENDELSSOHN   Sonata IV in B flat major
BACH  Fantasy and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 537
LISZT  Prelude and Fugue on BACH
WIDOR  Symphonie V in F minor

October 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 2013
Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Alan Gilbert, conductor

Participating artists to include:
Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus, Kent Tritle, director

MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE  Frieze (U.S. premiere)
BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 9

September 25, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
“Prayers of the Animals:  All Creatures Great and Small”
CHRISTINA WHITTEN THOMAS  “Choral de Bêtes” (“Songs of the Animals”)
ROBERT CONVERY  “The Lamb”
IVOR DAVIES  “Prayers from the Ark”
JOHN TAVENER  “The Lamb”
ERIC WHITACRE  “I thank you, god”
Madrigals and motets of the high French, Italian, and English Renaissance based on imagery from the animal kingdom.

September 20 & 21, 2013, at 8 PM
Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Musica Sacra, Kent Tritle, director

The Art of the Score: Film Week at the Philharmonic
2001: A Space Odyssey (with screening of complete film)

July 17, 2013, at 7:30 PM
St. Vitus, Prague

KENT TRITLE, Organ

Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at 8 PM
Church of St. Paul the Apostle, 60th St. & Columbus Avenue

MUSICA SACRA

Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor

“The Soul Rejoices”
Magnificats of Monteverdi and Pärt, and music of Mendelssohn and Tavener

Thursday, May 9, 2013, at 6 PM
St. John’s Memorial Chapel, Cambridge, MA

ALASTAIR CASSELS-BROWN MEMORIAL ORGAN CONCERT
Kent Tritle,Organ

Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at 7:30 PM

Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE & ROSE OF THE COMPASS

Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Rose of the Compass
Nina Stern, Recorders and Chalumeau
Ara Dinkjian, Oud
Tamer Pinarbasi, Kanun
Glen Velez, Percussion

“The Holy Land: Jerusalem”
A rich mosaic of songs and instrumental selections combines the spiritual wisdom of Judeo, Christian, and Islamic traditions.

Sunday, April 28, 2013, at 3 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

CELEBRATION OF THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MANDER ORGAN
Kent Tritle with Scott Warren, Nancianne Parrella, Andrew Henderson

Monday, April 22, 2013, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK

Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Emalie Savoy, Soprano
John Matthew Myers, Tenor
Jesse Blumberg, Baritone

BRITTEN    War Requiem

Saturday, April 20, 2013, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL FESTIVAL CONCERT

Orchestra of St. Luke’s
John Nelson, Conductor
Kent Tritle, Choral Preparer

MOZART    Requiem

April 17-20, 2013
Carnegie Hall

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL FESTIVAL
A choral experience, guided by Kent Tritle, that culminates in a performance of Mozart’s Requiem at Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and conductor John Nelson

Saturday, April 13, 2013, at 1:30 PM
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall

LYNDON WOODSIDE ORATORIO SOLO COMPETITION
Of the Oratorio Society of New York

Friday, April 12, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space

Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS AND DAVID BRIGGS, ORGAN
Kent Tritle, Conductor
MAHLER    Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection,” transcription for organ, chorus, and soloists (Commissioned by the Cathedral)

Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR AND CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Kent Tritle, Conductor

MONTEVERDI    Vespers of 1610

Thursday, March 28, 2013, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S
Ivan Fischer, Conductor
Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, Music Director

BACH     St. Matthew Passion

Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at 7:30 PM

Great Music in a Great Space at the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE

Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Jamet Pittman, Soprano
Philip Cutlip, Baritone

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS   Mass in G Minor
FAURÉ    Requiem

February-March 2013
Travels to four U.S. high schools for one-day preparation sessions for Carnegie Hall’s National High School Choral Festival

Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Borden Auditorium
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY AND SYMPHONIC CHORUS
Kent Tritle, Conductor

MENDELSSOHN    Elijah

Monday, February 11, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY AND SYMPHONIC CHORUS
Philippe Entremont, Conductor
Kent Tritle, Organ

POULENC   Gloria
SAINT-SAËNS   Symphony No. 3, “Organ”

Tuesday, January 29, 2013,  7 PM
First United Methodist Church
Sarasota, Florida
KENT TRITLE, Organ

Monday, January 28, 2013
Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning
Sarasota, Florida
Musical Conversation: Kent Tritle

Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

KENT TRITLE, Organ

DUPRÉ   Magnificat Antiphons
WIDOR   Symphony No. 6 for Organ in G Minor, Op. 42, No. 2
(This program will be recorded by the Pro Organo label)

Monday, December 31, 2012, at 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE

Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Harry Smith, Host
Special guest Judy Collins
Cathedral Choir and Orchestra of St. John the Divine
Jamet Pittman, Soprano
Kirsten Sollek, Contralto
Steven Fox, Tenor
Peter Stewart, Baritone
Anna Shelest, Piano

MOZART    Coronation Mass
BEETHOVEN    Choral Fantasy
BRUCKNER    Motets

Sunday, December 23, 2012, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Kathryn Lewek, Soprano
Kirsten Sollek, Mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, Tenor
Matt Boehler, Bass

HANDEL    Messiah

Friday, December 21, 2012, at 6 PM

MAKE MUSIC NEW YORK 2012 “Pilgrimage”

Early Music singers led by conductor Kent Tritle walk from the Upper East Side to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine,
carrying lanterns through Central Park while singing medieval melodies once sung along the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela.

Thursday, December 20, 2012, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Kathryn Lewek, Soprano
Kirsten Sollek, Mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, Tenor
Matt Boehler, Bass

HANDEL    Messiah

Monday, December 17, 2012, at 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Nacole Palmer, Soprano (2012 Lyndon Woodside Solo Oratorio Competition prize winner)
Hai-Ting Chinn, Mezzo-soprano
Matthew Garrett, Tenor
Philip Cutlip, Baritone

HANDEL    Messiah

Sunday, December 9, 2012, at 6:30 & 8:30 PM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Met Museum Presents

CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor

“O Magnum Mysterium: O Great Mystery”
A program of settings of the “O Magnum Mysterium” text by T.L. da Victoria, Morton Lauridsen, and Francis Poulenc; works by Byrd, Biebl, and Hassler; as well as music by Eric Whitacre

Saturday, December 8, 2012, at 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

CATHEDRAL CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Michele Kennedy, Soprano
Amanda Sidebottom, Soprano
Gregory Purnhagen, Baritone

“A Ceremony of Carols”
BRITTEN   A Ceremony of Carols
HANDEL   Organ Concerto Op. 4, No. 2
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS   Fantasia on Greensleeves
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS   Fantasia on Christmas Carols
GABRIELI   Canzoni
GABRIELI   “Angelus ad pastores ait”
LAURIDSEN   “O Magnum Mysterium”
BIEBL   “Ave Maria”
Carols sung by all

Saturday, December 1, 2012, at 7:30 PM
Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor, and student conductors

Choral music from China, Estonia, and the U.S., including works by Eric Whitacre and Arvo Pärt

Saturday & Sunday, November 17 & 18, 2012
Mary W. Sommerveld Hall
Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD

SOUTH DAKOTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Kent Tritle, Conductor

BACH   Brandenburg Concertos (Complete)

Monday, October 22, 2012, at 8 PM
Alice Tully Hall

MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Susanna Phillips, Soprano
Anna Shelest, Piano

MOZART   Exsultate, jubilate
HAYDN   “Lord Nelson” Mass
BEETHOVEN   Choral Fantasy

Sunday, October 14, 2012, at 3:00 PM
Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center

The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation 38th Anniversary
Gala Concert and Dinner
Winners of the 2012 International Vocal Competition

Musica Sacra Orchestra
Kent Tritle, Conductor

Wednesday, October 10, 2012
7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine

CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE

Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
Amy Justman, Soprano
Katie Geissinger, Mezzo-soprano
Oliver Mercer, Tenor
Kelly Markgraf, Baritone

BACH    Mass in B Minor

August 17 & 18, 2012
Auditorio Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Orquestra Filarmônica de São Carlos
Kent Tritle and David Rosenmeyer, Conductors

MOZART   Credo Mass in C Major, K. 257
COPLAND   Old American Songs
RICARDO CALDERONI  Um Cais Para o Caos (A Quay to Chaos) for Chorus, Four Soloists, and Orchestra (2012)
RICARDO CALDERONI  Concerto Chameleon for Guitar, Clarinet, and Orchestra

Sunday, August 12, 2012, 10 AM
Sosnoff Theater, Bard College

Bard SummerScape 2012: “Saint-Saëns and His World”

“THE ORGAN, KING OF INSTRUMENTS”
KENT TRITLE, Organ
Yulia Van Doren, Soprano
Jonathan Spitz, Cello

VIERNE   Toccata in B-flat Minor from Pièces de fantaisie
GOUNOD   “Ave Maria” for soprano and organ (after J.S. Bach)
SAINT-SAËNS   Fantaisie for Organ in E-flat Major
ADAM   Cantique de Noël for voice and organ
FRANCK   Chorale No. 3 in A Minor
SAINT-SAËNS   Priere, Op. 158
WIDOR   Symphony No. 6 for Organ in G Minor, Op. 42, No. 2

June 29 & 30, 2012, 8 PM
Park Avenue Armory

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – PHILHARMONIC 360
Alan Gilbert, Conductor
Magnus Lindberg, Conductor (Gruppen)
Matthias Pintscher, Conductor (Gruppen)
Vocal Soloists
Oratorio Society of New York
Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir
Kent Tritle, Director

Pierre Boulez: Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna
Mozart: Finale of Act I from Don Giovanni
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Gruppen
Ives: The Unanswered Question

June 6, 2012, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
KENT TRITLE, ORGAN

MENDELSSOHN  Sonata in F Minor, Op. 65, No. 1
J.S. BACH  Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542
NICOLAS DE GRIGNY Recit de Tierce in taille
FRANCK  Chorale No. 3 in A Minor
PERSICHETTI  Shimah B’Koli
DURUFLÉ  Prelude and Fugue on Alain, Op. 7

May 1, 2012, 7:30 PM
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine

CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH
OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Nina Stern, Recorders and Chalumeau
Ara Dinkjian, Oud
Arthur Fiacco, Cello
Tamer Pinarbasi, Kanun
Glen Velez, Percussion

Music from Eastern Europe and Armenia

April 26, 2012, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, Conductor

DVORÁK  Stabat Mater
JURAJ FILAS  Song of Solomon (World Premiere)
(Part of Carnegie Hall’s 120th Anniversary Celebration)

April 23, 2012, 8 PM
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Anna Shelest, Piano

Songs and Romances: The Romance of Brahms, Schubert, and Schumann
BRAHMS  Four Songs for Women’s Chorus, Two Horns and Harp, Op. 17
BRAHMS  Ziguenerlieder, Op. 103
SCHUBERT  Songs for Male Chorus
SCHUMANN  Quartets for Chorus and Piano
SCHUMANN  Piano Sonata in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 11

April 18, 2012, 6:30 PM

METROPOLITAN OPERA GUILD
Master Class with Kent Tritle: “Music for the Masses”

April 10, 2012, 7:30 PM
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS AND BRASS ENSEMBLE
Kent Tritle, Conductor, with student conductors
JONGEN  Mass for Choir, Organ and Brass, Op. 130 (1945)
BRUCKNER  Ecce sacerdos magnus*
GABRIELI  Angelus ad pastores ait for 12 voices*
BRUCKNER  Os justi*
BAIRSTOW  Sing ye to the Lord*
DUPRE  Quatre Motets, Op. 9*
SCHÜTZ  Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt (Psalm 100), SWV 36
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS  O Clap Your Hands

April 3, 2012, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor, with student conductors*

BRAHMS  Gesänge für Frauenchor, Op. 17*
BRAHMS  Nänie, Op. 82
MENDELSSOHN  Abendlied*
MENDELSSOHN Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich*
BRAHMS  O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf, Op. 74, No. 2*
BRAHMS  Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz, Op. 29, No. 2*
MARJORIE MERRYMAN  Beauty, Grief and Grandeur
SCHUMANN Schön-Rohtraut, Op. 67, No. 2*

March 28, 2012, 7:30 PM
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine

CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, Conductor

SCARLATTI  Stabat Mater
BACH  Jesu meine Freude

February 23, 2012, 8 PM
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Bach Family Notebook: Works by J.S. Bach and his forebears

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH  Movements from the Partita Sei gregüsset, Jesu gütig
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH   Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH   Selections from the Cello Suites
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH   Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf
JOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH   Fürchte dich nicht
JOHANN BACH  Unser Leben ist ein Schatten
JOHANN MICHAEL BACH  Halt, was du hast
JOHANN LUDWIG BACH  Das ist meine Freude
JOHANN LUDWIG BACH  Das Blut Jesu Christi
JOHANN LUDWIG BACH  Sei nun wieder zufrieden, meine Seele

December 20, 2011, 8 PM
December 21, 2011, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Leslie Fagan, Soprano
Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-soprano
Patrick Cullen Gandy, Tenor
Kevin Deas, Baritone
HANDEL: Messiah

December 19, 2011, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Emalie Savoy, Soprano
Mary Phillips, Mezzo-soprano
Aaron Blake, Tenor
Kevin Deas, Baritone
HANDEL: Messiah (arrangement by Mozart)

December 10, 2011, 7:30 PM
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine

CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, Conductor

CHARPENTIER: Te Deum
VIVALDI: Gloria
Music of Schütz and Gabrieli

November 22, 2011, 7:30 PM
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine

KENT TRITLE, ORGAN

CRUMB: Pastoral Drone
LARRY KING: Resurrection
ROREM: Views from the Oldest House
JULIUS REUBKE: Sonata on the 94th Psalm

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November 9, 2011, 7:30 PM
Papal Basilica of St. John Lateran

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS, CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor
HAYDN: The Creation

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October 29, 2011, 9 PM
Papal Basilica of St. John Lateran, Rome

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC AND ART
Orchestra del Festival di Musica e Arte Sacra
Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, Conductor and Organ
David Rosenmeyer, Conductor
POULENC: Organ Concerto
SAINT-SAENS: Requiem

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October 26, 2011, 5 PM
Papal Basilica of St. Peter’s in The Vatican, Rome

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC AND ART
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, Conductor
(Prelude: Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor;
Kent Tritle, organ)
VIVALDI: “Et in terra pax” from Gloria
MOZART: “Laudate Dominum” from Solemn Vespers
MOZART: Ave Verum Corpus
HANDEL: “Hallelujah, Amen” from Judas Maccabeus

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October 17, 2011, 8 PM
Park Avenue Methodist Church, New York City

KENT TRITLE, ORGAN
CRUMB: Pastoral Drone
LARRY KING: Resurrection
ROREM: Views from the Oldest House
JULIUS REUBKE: Sonata on the 94th Psalm

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October 12, 2011, 8 PM
Church of St. Paul the Apostle
Columbus Ave. at 60th St.

MUSICA SACRA
Kent Tritle, Conductor
RACHMANINOV: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 (Vespers)
(Part of Carnegie Hall’s 120th Anniversary Celebration)

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September 25, 2011, 4 PM
St. Francis Episcopal Church
Stamford, CT
KENT TRITLE, ORGAN
Benefit event for Musica Sacra
CRUMB: Pastoral Drone
LARRY KING: Resurrection
ROREM: Views from the Oldest House
JULIUS REUBKE: Sonata on the 94th Psalm

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September 14, 2011, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Susanna Phillips, Soprano
John Tiranno, Tenor
John Michael Moore, Baritone
JURAJ FILAS: Oratio Spei (U.S. Premiere)

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September 9, 2011, 7 PM
The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space
“Decade 9/11: Music of Reflection and Resilience”
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, Conductor
A cappella and accompanied works by Bach, Mendelssohn, and Tallis
CHRIS DE BLASIO: The Best Beloved

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August 21, 2011
Kremnica Castle, Slovak Republic
EUROPEAN ORGAN FESTIVAL

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July 31-August 6, 2011
Sheffield, MA
BERKSHIRE CHORAL FESTIVAL
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Monteverdi: Vespers

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June 21, 2011, 6:30-7:30 PM
Gansevoort Plaza, Manhattan

MAKE MUSIC NEW YORK
Mass Appeal Mass, a sing-it-yourself performance of Mozart’s Coronation Mass and selections from Handel’s Messiah
Kent Tritle, Conductor

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June 14, 2011, 7 PM
Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, WQXR
New York, NY
The Choral Mix Live: Brahms in Love and Loss
Hosted by KENT TRITLE
with performances by New York Choral Consortium

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May 25, 2011, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Rachel Rosales, Soprano
Paul Appleby, Tenor
Charles Perry Sprawls, Bass-Baritone
BEETHOVEN: Christus am Olberg
(Christ on the Mount of Olives)
HANDEL: Organ Concerto No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 4
HANDEL: Foundling Hospital Anthem

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May 13, 2011, 8 PM
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center

Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Messages to Myself: New works by established and emerging composers
CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS: Messages to Myself (New York Premiere)
DANIEL BREWBAKER: Mother, Father (World Premiere)
ZACHARY PATTEN: Magnificat (New York Premiere)
MICHAEL GILBERTSON: Three Madrigals after Dowland (World Premiere)
BEHZAD RANJBARAN: We Are One (New York Premiere)

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April 27, 2011, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Emalie Savoy, Soprano
Mary Phillips, Mezzo-Soprano
Nicholas Phan, Tenor
Sidney Outlaw, Baritone

Mendelssohn: Elijah

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April 14, 2011, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor, with students
Voices of New Spain
Works of Ziploli, Ginastera and de Padilla

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April 13, 2011, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Kirsten Sollek, Mezzo-Soprano
Kathy Theil, Soprano
Michèle Eaton, Soprano
Katie Geissinger, Mezzo-Soprano
Steven Fox, Tenor
Peter Stewart, Baritone

CALDARA: Crucifixus
D. SCARLATTI: Missa Quatuor Vocum
VIVALDI: Stabat Mater
F. SCARLATTI: Miserere (U.S. Premiere)

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April 8, 2011, 7 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Americas Society
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Voices of New Spain
Works by Ziploli, Ginastera and de Padilla

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April 6, 2011, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY & SYMPHONIC CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle

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March 30, 2011

METROPOLITAN OPERA GUILD MASTER CLASS

Requiem Masses of Mozart, Verdi, Fauré

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March 24-26, 2011
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Kent Tritle, Organ

Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin

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March 23, 2011, 6 PM
Morse Hall, Juilliard School
Lincoln Center
ORATORIO PRACTICUM SONGBOOK
Free and open to the public

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March 18, 19, 22, 2011
Avery Fisher Hall

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC (Organ)
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Kent Tritle, Organ

BARTÓK: Bluebeard’s Castle

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March 11-13, 2011
Fort Worth, TX

KENT TRITLE: Choral Conducting Workshop
American Guild of Organists

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March 7, 2011, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Leslie Fagan, Soprano
Mary Phillips, Mezzo-Soprano
Thomas Cooley, Tenor
Matt Boehler, Bass
Poulenc: Gloria
Saint-Saëns: Requiem
Debussy: Nocturnes

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February 25, 2011, 6 PM
Terrace Theater
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Kennedy Center Conservatory Project
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor

Works by Ginastera, De Padilla, Zipoli, De Victoria, Vivaldi and Aguiar

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February 23, 2011, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Leslie Fagan and Jamet Pittman, Sopranos
Charlotte Paulsen, Mezzo-Soprano
Oliver Mercer, Tenor
Tyler Duncan, Baritone
Kevin Deas, Bass
HANDEL: Israel in Egypt

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February 15, 2011, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor
JOSÉ MAURICIO NUNES GARCIA: Requiem in D Minor (New York Premiere)
MOZART: Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter” (Robert Mann, conductor)

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February 9, 2011, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle and Robert Reuter, Conductors
Melissa Kelley, Soprano
Ory Brown, Mezzo-Soprano
Oliver Mercer, Tenor
Matt Boehler, Bass
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

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January 30, 2011, 4 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Organ Recital and Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
JEHAN ALAIN CELEBRATION
Featuring organists Kent Tritle, Renée Anne Louprette and Nancianne Parrella
Organ and choral works from one of the greatest organ composers of the 20th century, Jehan Alain (1911-1940)

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December 21 & 22, 2010, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Jennifer Zetlan, Soprano
Matthew Shaw, Countertenor
Colin Balzer, Tenor
Tyler Duncan, Baritone
HANDEL: Messiah

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December 20, 2010, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Jennifer Zetlan, Soprano
Matthew Shaw, Countertenor
Colin Balzer, Tenor
Tyler Duncan, Baritone
HANDEL: Messiah

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December 19, 2010, 4 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Parish Community Choir, High School Choir, Children’s Choir
Kent Tritle, Renée Anne Louprette, Nancianne Parrella, Robert Reuter, and Mary Huff, Directors
BRITTEN: A Ceremony of Carols
Carols and motets from around the world

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December 14-18, 2010
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Bernard Labadie, Conductor
Kent Tritle, Organ
HANDEL: Messiah

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December 12, 2010, 4 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Parish Community Choir
High School Choir
Children’s Choir
Kent Tritle, Renée Anne Louprette, Nancianne Parrella, Robert Reuter, and Mary Huff, Directors
BRITTEN: A Ceremony of Carols
Carols and motets from around the world

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November 30, 2010, 7 PM
Mannes College of Music
MASTER CLASS ON HANDEL’S MESSIAH

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November 17, 2010, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Jorge Ávila, Violin
Arthur Fiacco, Cello
Jamet Pittman, Soprano
Mary Phillips, Mezzo-Soprano
Matthew Garrett, Tenor
Gregory Purnhagen, Baritone
Peter Stewart, Baritone
LISZT: Missa Choralis
KALABIS: Canticum Cantoricum (North American Premiere)
FILAS: Concertino-Doppio Per Virtuosi “Salamandra immortale” for Violin and Cello (North American Premiere)

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November 10, 11, 13, 2010
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
Alan Gilbert, Conductor
Kent Tritle, Organ

Mendelssohn: Elijah

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November 3, 2010, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY AND SYMPHONIC CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Conductor

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem

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October 23, 2010, 8 PM
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center

MUSICA SACRA CHORUS AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
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

J.S. BACH: Jesu, meine Freude (Jesus, my joy)
CHARPENTIER: Filius Prodigus (The Prodigal Son)
CARISSIMI: Vanitas Vanitatum (Vanity of Vanities)
*First Place winner of the 2010 Oratorio Society Solo Competition

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October 18, 2010, 7 PM
Sami Bedell Center for the Performing Arts
Spirit Lake, IA
HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR CONSORTIUM CHORAL WORKSHOP CONCERT

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October 17, 2010, 3 PM
Spirit Lake United Methodist Church
Spirit Lake, IA
KENT TRITLE, Organ

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October 13, 2010, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Kent Tritle, Conductor
Susanna Phillips, Iphis
Jamet Pittman, Angel
Ian Howell, Hamor
Charlotte Paulsen, Storgè
Thomas Cooley, Jephtha
Kelly Markgraf, Zebul

HANDEL: Jephtha

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October 3, 2010, 3 PM & 5 PM
Old Dutch Church
Sleepy Hollow, New York
KENT TRITLE, Organ

Works by Buxtehude, Walther, Sweelinck and J.S. Bach

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September 26, 2010, 4 PM
Historic Smithfield Presbyterian Church
Amenia, New York
KENT TRITLE, Organ

Works by Buxtehude, Walther, Sweelinck and J.S. Bach

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September 18, 2010, 8 PM
First Presbyterian Church
Anaheim, California
KENT TRITLE, Organ

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September 12, 2010, 4 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
ORGAN RECITAL: Kent Tritle, Organ
BUXTEHUDE: Praeludium in E Minor, Bux. 142
SWEELINCK: Hexachord Fantasy
J.S. BACH: Chorale-Partita, “Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig,” BWV 768
J.S. BACH: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, BWV 552
REGER: Benedictus
MENDELSSOHN: Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 65
Con moto maestoso

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August 26, 2010
St. Bonifatius Kirche, Wiesbaden, Germany
Kent Tritle, Organ

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August 21, 2010, 8 PM
Fisher Center
Sosnoff Theater at Bard College
BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL
MODERNISM AND ITS DISCONTENT
Kent Tritle, Organ

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August 20, 2010, 8 PM
Fisher Center
Sosnoff Theater at Bard College
BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL
“No Critics Allowed”: The Society for Private Performances
Kent Tritle, Harmonium

Works of Ravel, Bartok, Szymanowski, Stravinsky, Hauer, Berg, Debussy and Reger

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August 15, 2010, 5:30 PM
Fisher Center
Sosnoff Theater at Bard College
BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL
THE ORCHESTRA REIMAGINED
Kent Tritle, Harmonium

Works of Berg, Busoni, Schoenberg and Hindemith

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August 13, 2010, 8 PM
Fisher Center
Sosnoff Theater at Bard College
BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL
ALBAN BERG: THE PATH OF EXPRESSIVE INTENSITY
Kent Tritle, Harmonium

Works of Alban Berg and Johann Strauss II

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July 20, 2010, 8 PM
Avery Fisher Hall
LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL
Varèse: (R)evolution
Alan Gilbert, Conductor
Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, Chorus Master
Part II Program:
Ionisation, Octandre, Tuning Up, Arcana, Nocturnal, Ameriques

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July 19, 2010, 8 PM
Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater
LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL
Varèse: (R)evolution
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
Steven Schick, Conductor
So Percussion
Musica Sacra; Kent Tritle, Chorus Master
Part I Program:
Poème Électronique, Un Grand Sommeil Noir, Hyperprism, Offrandes, Integrales, Ecuatorial,
Dance for Burgess, Etude pour Espace, Density 21.5, Deserts

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July 15, 2010, 8 PM
Detroit, Michigan
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PASTORAL MUSICIANS
CHORAL INSTITUTE CONCERT
Kent Tritle, conductor

Program to include Bach’s Jesu, Meine Freude with Renaissance and 20th century motets and spiritual arrangements including Tavener’s The Lamb

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June 23-26, 2010
Avery Fisher Hall
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Alan Gilbert, conductor

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

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June 3-5, 2010
Avery Fisher Hall
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor
Kent Tritle, organ

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, “Organ”

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May 29, 2010, 3-4:15 PM
Marriott Marquis Hotel

NYC CLASSICAL SINGER CONVENTION
Oratorio Master Class

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May 27-29, 2010
Avery Fisher Hall

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Alan Gilbert, Conductor

Ligeti: Le Grande Macabre

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May 22, 2010, 4:15 PM
Hofkirche, Dresden, Germany

ORGAN RECITAL (no tickets available)
On the famed 1755 Silbermann Organ: Bach and Buxtehude

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May 10, 2010, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Emalie Savoy, soprano
Holly Sorensen, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Garrett, tenor
Ian Greenlaw, baritone

Mendelssohn: Paulus

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May 5, 2010, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Virginia Warnken, alto
Oliver Mercer, tenor
Scott Murphree, tenor
Peter Stewart, baritone
Matt Boehler, bass
Vincent Carr, organ

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI: Laetatus sum
IGOR STRAVINSKY: Mass
ARVO PÄRT: Miserere

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April 26, 2010, 5 PM
Manhattan School of Music
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHORUS
Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes and Ziguenerlieder
Works by Schubert and Schumann

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April 23, 2010, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA
Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra
Anna Shelest, piano
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Virginia Warnken, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Garrett, tenor
Kevin Deas, bass
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488
Mozart: “Grand” Mass in C Minor, K. 427

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April 11, 2010, 4 PM

METROPOLITAN OPERA GUILD MASTER CLASS
“Bach to the Beginning: Baroque Oratorio”

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March 25, 2010, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONY & SYMPHONIC CHOIR
Kenneth Keisler, conductor

Mahler: Symphony No. 2

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March 24, 2010, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Rachel Rosales, soprano
Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano
Brian Stucki, tenor
Matt Boehler, bass
Hervé Duteil, organ
Mozart: Requiem
Martin: Mass for Double Choir

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March 8, 2010, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
David Rosenmeyer, associate conductor
Tyler Duncan, baritone
Cherubini: Requiem
Britten: Te Deum in C Major (D. Rosenmeyer, conductor)
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs

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February 26, 2010
Kean University, Union, NJ

MASTER CLASS

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February 10, 2010, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Michèle Eaton, soprano
Katie Geissinger, mezzo-soprano
Ory Brown, mezzo-soprano
Steven Fox, tenor
Michael Steinberger, tenor
Peter Stewart, baritone
Steven Hrycelak, bass
Steffani: Stabat Mater
Bach: Cantata No. 12, “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Sagen”
Bach: Cantata No. 4, “Christ lag in Todesbanden”

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February 8, 2010, 7 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Let’s Hear More! Lecture and Reception
“Bach Borrowing Bach”

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January 28, 2010, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHOIR
Kent Tritle, Director of Choral Activities
Philippe Entremont, conductor
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloë

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January 17, 2010
Reformed Church of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

KENT TRITLE, organ
ARTHUR FIACCO, cello

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December 21-22, 2009, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

MUSICA SACRA
Music Sacra Chorus and Orchestra
Handel: Messiah

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December 20, 2009, 4 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS!
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Pinkham: Christmas Cantata
G. Gabrieli: O Magnum Mysterium
Traditional Carols

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December 15-18, 19, 2009
Avery Fisher Hall
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Helmuth Rilling, conductor
Handel: Messiah

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December 14, 2009, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall
ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Handel: Messiah

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December 13, 2009, 4 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS!
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Pinkham: Christmas Cantata
G. Gabrieli: O Magnum Mysterium
Traditional Carols

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November 13, 2009, 7:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORUS & CHAMBER SINFONIA
Mozart: Requiem
Schubert: Mass in G Major

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November 11, 2009, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Melissa Kelley, soprano
Matthew Shaw, countertenor
Michael Kelly, tenor
Jesse Blumberg, baritone
Charles Perry Sprawls, bass-baritone
Nancianne Parrella, organ
Purcell: Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day (1692)
Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 1: Zadok the Priest
Howells: Antiphon
Howells: Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing

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November 5, 6, 7, 10, 2009
Avery Fisher Hall

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Neeme Järvi, conductor
Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony

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October 24, 2009, 8 PM
Alice Tully Hall
MUSICA SACRA
Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra
Jonathan Michie, baritone
Scarlatti: Stabat Mater
Bach: Motets: “Komm, Jesu, komm” and “Singet dem Herrn”
Bach: Cantata No. 82, “Ich habe genug”

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October 7, 2009, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
Matthew Garrett, tenor
Arthur Fiacco, cello
Tavener: Requiem (U.S. Premiere)
Silvestrov: Diptychon  (U.S. Premiere)
Tavener: The Veil of the Temple (excerpts)
Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (excerpts)

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October 5, 2009, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Let’s Hear More! Lecture and Reception
Tavener: Requiem (U.S. Premiere)

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September 20, 2009, 4 PM
West End Collegiate Church
ORGAN RECITAL
Lübeck: Praembulum in C minor
J.S. Bach: An Wasserflüssen Babylonis
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E minor,
“The Wedge”, BWV 548
Guilmant: Sonata V in C minor, Op. 80: Allegro
Appassionato; Adagio; Chorale et Fugue

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September 16, 2009, 7:30 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE – Organ
Buxtehude: Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in C, BuxWV 137
J.S. Bach: Wenn wir in höchsten Nothen sein, BWV 641
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, “The Wedge”, BWV 548
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Op. 37
Guilmant: Sonata V in C minor, Op. 80

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September 6, 2009, 5 PM
Stone Church, Cragsmoor, NY
ORGAN RECITAL
Lübeck: Preambulum in C minor
Pachelbel: Arietta with Variations in F Major
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E minor,
“The Wedge”, BWV 548
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Op. 37
Guilmant: Sonata V in C minor, Op. 80: Allegro
Appassionato; Adagio; Choral et Fugue

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June 24, 25, 26, 27, 2009
Avery Fisher Hall

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”

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June 11, 12, 13, 2009
Avery Fisher Hall

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Britten: War Requiem

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor
Handel: Dixit Dominus

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHOIR
Bach: Jesu, meine Freude
Vierne: Messe solennelle
Bruckner: Motets

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April 22, 23, 24, 25, 2009
Avery Fisher Hall

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC – Organ
Riccardo Muti, conductor

Respighi: Pines of Rome

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Monday, April 20, 2009, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK

Bach: Mass in B minor

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Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Choirs and
Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola

Bach: St. Matthew Passion

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Monday, March 30, 2009, 7 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Let’s Hear More!  Kent Tritle examines the harmonic intricacies of the chorales in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion

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Friday, March 20, 2009, 8 PM
Rose Theater/Jazz@Lincoln Center

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 8 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Couperin: Tenebrae Lessons
(conducted by Renée Anne Louprette)
Charpentier: The Denial of St. Peter
Carissimi: Jephte

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Sunday, February 22, 2009, 4 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Kent Tritle, Organ

Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Bach: An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653
Alessandro Cadario: Iam surgit hora tertia (U.S. premiere)
Bach: “Little” Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
Charles-Marie Widor: Symphony No. 7 in A minor