THE NEW YORK CITY CHAPTER of the AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS www.nycago.org M e t r o   C o n c e r t   C a l e n d a r February 2008

February 1 — Friday

12:20 pm. Bach at Noon. 30-minute meditations featuring the organ works of J.S. Bach. Patrick Allen (Organist/Master of Choristers), organ. Grace Church, 802 Broadway/10th St. Free. 212-254-2000.

February 3 — Sunday

3:00 pm. David Calhoun, cello; Peter Vinograde, piano. The first of two programs (see February 24) of the complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas, with the U.S. premiere of Michael Matthews' Song Fragments for Cello and Piano. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. $15 ($10 - students/seniors). 212-288-8920.

4:00 pm. Gail Archer, organ. Centennial Olivier Messiaen Concert 2. First Presbyterian Church, Fifth Ave./12th St. 212-675-6150. Free.

4:00 pm. Music Before 1800 presents The Clerks' Group, the chamber choir from London directed by Edward Wickham, in "The Roman de Fauvel." The original medieval pieces and projections of the Fauvel manuscript pages accompany an updated text by poet Ian Duhig. Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 529 W. 121st St. $40, $30, $25; students/seniors $35, $25, $20. 212-666-9266.

4:40 pm. Ernest Lehrer (New York City), organ. (Preceding Solemn Choral Evensong at 5:00 pm.) Church of St. Mary the Virgin, 145 W. 46th St. Free. 212-869-5830 x 24.

5:00 pm. Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity. The Bach Choir and Players; Rick Erickson, cantor and organist. Cantata 158: Der Friede sei mit dir. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 65th St./Central Park West. Free-will offering. 212-877-6815.

5:15 pm. Peter Plany (Olomouc, Czech Republic), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

February 5 — Tuesday

12:20 pm. Bach at Noon. 30-minute meditations featuring the organ works of J.S. Bach. Patrick Allen (Organist/Master of Choristers), organ. Grace Church, 802 Broadway/10th St. Free. 212-254-2000.

February 6 — Wednesday

12:20 pm. Bach at Noon. 30-minute meditations featuring the organ works of J.S. Bach. Patrick Allen (Organist/Master of Choristers), organ. Grace Church, 802 Broadway/10th St. Free. 212-254-2000.

February 7 — Thursday

12:20 pm. Bach at Noon. 30-minute meditations featuring the organ works of J.S. Bach. Patrick Allen (Organist/Master of Choristers), organ. Grace Church, 802 Broadway/10th St. Free. 212-254-2000.

February 8 — Friday

12:20 pm. Bach at Noon. 30-minute meditations featuring the organ works of J.S. Bach. Patrick Allen (Organist/Master of Choristers), organ. Grace Church, 802 Broadway/10th St. Free. 212-254-2000.

February 10 — Sunday

3:00 pm. Amy Kim, cello; Seymour Lipkin, piano. Works by Brahms and Schumann. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. $15 ($10 - students/seniors). 212-288-8920.

4:30 pm. Christopher Creaghan (New York City), organ. Lenten Sunday Organ Recitals. St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. Free. 212-378-0222.

5:15 pm. Hans U. Hielscher (Wiesbaden, Germany), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

February 12 — Tuesday

12:20 pm. Bach at Noon. 30-minute meditations featuring the organ works of J.S. Bach. Patrick Allen (Organist/Master of Choristers), organ. Grace Church, 802 Broadway/10th St. Free. 212-254-2000.

February 13 — Wednesday

12:00 pm. Lenten Noonday Recital Series: Dina Foster-Osbourne (Abyssinian Baptist Church), organ. Mother A.M.E. Zion Church, 140 West 137th Street. Free. Rescheduled for March 5.

12:20 pm. Bach at Noon. 30-minute meditations featuring the organ works of J.S. Bach. Patrick Allen (Organist/Master of Choristers), organ. Grace Church, 802 Broadway/10th St. Free. 212-254-2000.

7:30 pm. Organist David Briggs will improvise the musical accompaniment to Cecil B. DeMille's 1927 silent film, "King of Kings." St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. $10. 212-378-0222.

8:00 pm. Sacred Music in a Sacred Space. Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola; Kent Tritle, conductor. Schnittke: Concerto for Choir; Ginastera: The Lamentations of Jeremiah; Striggio: Ecce Beatam Lucem. 7:00 pm pre-concert recital: Russian Chamber Chorus of New York; Nikolai Kachanow, director. Russian Sacred Choral Concerti of the 17th-20th centuries. Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Ave./84th St. $45 / $35 / $25 (students and seniors). 212-288-2520. www.smssconcerts.org/

February 14 — Thursday

12:20 pm. Bach at Noon. 30-minute meditations featuring the organ works of J.S. Bach. Patrick Allen (Organist/Master of Choristers), organ. Grace Church, 802 Broadway/10th St. Free. 212-254-2000.

8:00 pm. Juilliard Organists in Concert. Students of Paul Jacobs. Joseph Arndt performs Te Deum (Demessieux); Keenan Boswell performs "At the Ballet" from Five Dances (Hampton), and Tanz Toccata (Heiller); James Wetzel performs Cortège et Litanie, Op. 19, No. 2 (Dupré); Nicole Cochran performs Praeludium und Fuge über B-A-C-H (Liszt); Mitchell Crawford performs "Andante" from Grande Pièce symphonique, Op. 17 (Franck); Eugene Lavery performs Choral No. 3 in A minor (Franck); Noah Wynne-Morton performs "Allegro Vivace" from Symphony No. 5, Op. 42 (Widor); Daniel Sullivan performs "Overture" from Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067; "Air" from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068; and "Badinerie" from Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 (J.S. Bach); and Isabelle Demers performs Chorale-fantasy on 'Straf mich nicht in deinem Zom', Op. 40, No. 2 (Reger). Church of St. Mary the Virgin, 145 West 46th Street (6th & 7th Aves.). Free. 212-769-7406.

February 15 — Friday

12:20 pm. Bach at Noon. 30-minute meditations featuring the organ works of J.S. Bach. Patrick Allen (Organist/Master of Choristers), organ. Grace Church, 802 Broadway/10th St. Free. 212-254-2000.

February 17 — Sunday

3:00 pm. Miranda Cuckson, violin; Thomas Bagwell, piano. Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata and violin sonatas by Leos Janácek and Edvard Grieg. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. $15 ($10 - students/seniors). 212-288-8920.

4:00 pm. Felix Hell, organ. The Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, 89 Ridge St., Newark, NJ. Suggested donation: $15. 973-484-2400.

4:30 pm. Paolo Bordignon (Assoc. Dir. of Music), organ. Lenten Sunday Organ Recitals. St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. Free. 212-378-0222.

5:15 pm. David Pickering (Lamoni, IA), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

8:00 pm. Clyde Holloway, organ. Church of St. Mary the Virgin, 145 West 46th Street (6th & 7th Aves.). NYC Chapter Program: Free to NYC AGO members; $20 general. 212-289-4100 x210.

February 18 — Monday (Presidents' Day)

7:00 pm. Daniel Kirk-Foster, piano. Works by Olivier Messiaen. NYC Chapter Program: Steinway Hall, 109 West 57th Street (West of Sixth Avenue). Free to NYC AGO members; $? general.

February 19 — Tuesday

12:20 pm. Bach at Noon. 30-minute meditations featuring the organ works of J.S. Bach. Patrick Allen (Organist/Master of Choristers), organ. Grace Church, 802 Broadway/10th St. Free. 212-254-2000.

8:00 pm. Ullrich Böhme (Leipzig, Germany), organ. All Souls Unitarian Church, 1157 Lexington Ave./80th St. $15. 212-794-3646.

February 20 — Wednesday

12:00 pm. Frederick Teardo (St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, NYC), organ. The Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, 89 Ridge St., Newark, NJ. Free-will offering. 973-484-2400.

12:20 pm. Bach at Noon. 30-minute meditations featuring the organ works of J.S. Bach. Patrick Allen (Organist/Master of Choristers), organ. Grace Church, 802 Broadway/10th St. Free. 212-254-2000.

12:30 pm. John Buckel, organ. Buxtehude: Prelude, Fugue, and Chaconne in C major, BuxWV 137; J.S. Bach: O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde gross, S. 622; Widor: Adagio from Symphony V; Franck: Pièce héroïque. Church of the Ascension (Catholic), 221 West 107th St. (Broadway/Amsterdam). Free. 212-222-0666.

7:30 pm. Dorothy Papadakos, organist, will improvise music to accompany classic silent love stories and comedy including the 1915 film “The Tramp” starring Charlie Chaplin. St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. $10. 212-378-0222.

February 21 — Thursday

12:20 pm. Bach at Noon. 30-minute meditations featuring the organ works of J.S. Bach. Patrick Allen (Organist/Master of Choristers), organ. Grace Church, 802 Broadway/10th St. Free. 212-254-2000.

February 22 — Friday

12:20 pm. Bach at Noon. 30-minute meditations featuring the organ works of J.S. Bach. Patrick Allen (Organist/Master of Choristers), organ. Grace Church, 802 Broadway/10th St. Free. 212-254-2000.

3:00 pm. David Calhoun, cello; Peter Vinograde, piano. The second program of the complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas, with the U.S. premiere of Alfred Fischer's Credo, for cello and piano. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. $15 ($10 - students/seniors). 212-288-8920.

4:00 pm. Gail Archer, organ. Centennial Olivier Messiaen Concert 3. Rutgers Presbyterian Church, 236 W. 73rd St. at Broadway. 212-877-8227. Free.

4:00 pm. Stephen Hamilton, organ. Dupré: Le chemin de la Croix. Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Ave./84th St. $20 / $15 (students and seniors). 212-288-2520. www.smssconcerts.org/

4:00 pm.  John Charles Schucker, organ. Works by Buxtehude, Walther, Bach, Distler, Jehan Alain, d'Aquin, Franck, Vierne.  St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 119 Main Street/Church St., Millburn, NJ. $10 suggested donation.  973-376-0688.

4:30 pm. Stephen Buzard (Trinity Church, Princeton, NJ), organ. Lenten Sunday Organ Recitals. St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. Free. 212-378-0222.

5:15 pm. Patrick Hawkins (Phoenix, AZ), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

February 26 — Tuesday

12:20 pm. Bach at Noon. 30-minute meditations featuring the organ works of J.S. Bach. Patrick Allen (Organist/Master of Choristers), organ. Grace Church, 802 Broadway/10th St. Free. 212-254-2000.

February 27 — Wednesday

12:00 pm. Lenten Noonday Recital Series: John Atkins (Mother A.M.E. Zion), organ. Mother A.M.E. Zion Church, 140 West 137th Street. Free-will offering. 212-234-1544.

12:00 pm. David Hughes, organ. The Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart 89 Ridge St., Newark, NJ. Free-will offering. 973-484-2400.

12:20 pm. Bach at Noon. 30-minute meditations featuring the organ works of J.S. Bach. Patrick Allen (Organist/Master of Choristers), organ. Grace Church, 802 Broadway/10th St. Free. 212-254-2000.

12:30 pm. Angela Pistilli, piano. Works by Ravel and Chopin. Church of the Ascension (Catholic), 221 West 107th St. (Broadway/Amsterdam). Free. 212-222-0666.

7:30 pm. William K. Trafka and Paolo M. Bordignon, organists. In celebration of the centenary of Olivier Messiaen’s birth, this concert includes his “L’Ascension” and “Offrande au Saint Sacrement,” a work discovered after the French composer’s death. The concert features a screening of Paul Festa’s documentary “Apparition of the Eternal Church,” in which Festa interviews more than 30 cultural icons as they listen to Messiaen’s powerfully provocative organ work. A live performance of “Apparition” follows the film. St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. $10. 212-378-0222.

February 28 — Thursday

12:20 pm. Bach at Noon. 30-minute meditations featuring the organ works of J.S. Bach. Patrick Allen (Organist/Master of Choristers), organ. Grace Church, 802 Broadway/10th St. Free. 212-254-2000.

8:00 pm. Music of the Mexican Baroque. Choir of St. Luke-in-the-Fields; David Shuler, conductor; orchestra of period instruments. Liturgical works and villancicos by Manuel de Zumaya. Preceded by lecture. Church of St. Luke-in-the-Fields, 487 Hudson Street. $30 ($20 students and seniors). 212-410-9419.

February 29 — Friday

12:20 pm. Bach at Noon. 30-minute meditations featuring the organ works of J.S. Bach. Patrick Allen (Organist/Master of Choristers), organ. Grace Church, 802 Broadway/10th St. Free. 212-254-2000.