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 January 2008

January 2 — Wednesday

1:10 pm. Members of the Southern Indiana Chapter AGO perform organ works by Peeters, Clerambault, Buxtehude, Elgar, Karg-Elert, Guilmant, Buck, Saint-Saëns, Head, and Mendelssohn. St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 157 Montague St./Clinton, Brooklyn Heights. Free-will offering. 718-875-6960.

January 6 — Sunday

3:00 pm. Henry Wong Doe, piano. Beethoven: Sonata, Op. 110; Schumann: Kreisleriana; and Ligeti: excerpts from Etudes (Book I). Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. $15 ($10 - students/seniors). 212-288-8920.

4:40 pm. Ted Barr (Cherry Hill, NJ), 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 65: Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 65th St./Central Park West. Free-will offering. 212-877-6815.

6:00 pm. Thomas Bailey, organ. Messiaen: Nativity Suite, on the occasion of his 100th birthday year. St. Peter's By-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Bay Shore, NY. Free. 631-665-0051.

January 7 — Monday

7:30 pm, 'Tis the Season – choral music of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. Schola Cantorum on Hudson; Dr. Deborah Simpkin King, Artistic Director. Music by Rorem, Gorecki, Praetorius, Hallock, Phillips, Lukaszewski, Lauridsen,
Sigbjornsson, Whitacre, Wishart, and Biebl.  St. Malachys Church, 239 West 49th Street. $15-$30. 201-918-3011.

January 8 — 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.

January 9 — 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.

1:10 pm. Gregory Eaton (Director of Music & Organist), organ. A different program every week, ranging from organ classics to orchestral transcriptions; Bach & Franck to Gounod & Joplin. St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 157 Montague St./Clinton, Brooklyn Heights. Free-will offering. 718-875-6960.

January 10 — 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.

January 11 — 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.

January 13 — Sunday

3:00 pm. Arielle Levioff, piano. A program of rarely-performed French masterpieces by Ravel, Chaminade, Sévérac, Debussy and Ravel. 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 1. La Natvité du Seigneur by Olivier Messiaen. Church of the Heavenly Rest, Fifth Ave./90th St. Free. 212-289-3400 x301.

4:40 pm. Jangoo Chapkhana (Perth, Australia), 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.

5:15 pm. Jonathan Dimmock (San Francisco, CA), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

January 15 — 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.

January 16 — 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.

1:10 pm. Gregory Eaton (Director of Music & Organist), organ. A different program every week, ranging from organ classics to orchestral transcriptions; Bach & Franck to Gounod & Joplin. St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 157 Montague St./Clinton, Brooklyn Heights. Free-will offering. 718-875-6960.

January 17 — 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. "Stylus Phantasticus". David Shuler (Director of Music), organ. Works by Bach, Buxtehude, Bruhns and Böhm. Preceded by lecture. Church of St. Luke-in-the-Fields, 487 Hudson Street. $30 ($20 students and seniors). 212-410-9419.

January 18 — 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.

January 20 — Sunday

3:00 pm. Steven Masi, piano. A program that pairs two of Beethoven's sonatas with the preludes of Chopin. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. $15 ($10 - students/seniors). 212-288-8920.

4:00 pm. Music Before 1800 presents Sequentia – Benjamin Bagby, director, voice and harp; Norbert Rodenkirchen, flutes and harp – in "Fragments for the End of Time," 8th- through 11th-century medieval music about the Apocalypse. Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 529 W. 121st St. $40, $30, $25; students/seniors $35, $25, $20. 212-666-9266.

4:40 pm. David Enlow (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.

5:15 pm. John Scott (Organist and Director of Music), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

January 22 — 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.

6:00 pm. "Rush Hour" Organ Recital. Christopher J. Howerter, organist. Works by Bach, Duruflé, Ritter, and Widor. The Brick Presbyterian Church, Park Avenue at 91st Street. Free admission. 212-289-4400, ext. 231.

January 23 — 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.

7:30 pm. Gregory Eaton, organ. Works by DeKoven, Franck, Guilmant, Joplin, and Rowley. Church of the Holy Apostles, 296 Ninth Ave./28th St. $20/$10. 212-807-6799.

January 24 — 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.

January 25 — 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.

January 27 — Sunday

3:00 pm. Margaret Mills, piano, with the Acadian Chamber Players. Solo piano works by Brahms and Debussy, and the Shostakovich Piano Quintet. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. $15 ($10 - students/seniors). 212-288-8920.

4:40 pm. William Atwood (Washington, D.C.), 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. Motet: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 65th St./Central Park West. Free-will offering. 212-877-6815.

5:15 pm. Svetlana Berezhnaya (Kislovodsk, Russia), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

January 29 — 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.

7:30 pm. Trinity Choir and Rebel Baroque orchestra; Owen Burdick, conductor. Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610. Trinity Church, Wall Street/Broadway. $40/$25 ($15 students/seniors). 212-602-0800.

8:00 pm. "The St. Sulpice Tradition." Daniel Roth (Paris, France), organ. Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal), 316 East 88th St. (1st/2nd Aves.). $20 / $15 students and seniors. 212-289-4100 x210.

January 30 — Wednesday

9:30 am – noon. Daniel Roth (St. Sulpice, Paris) leads a masterclass. Students of Stephen Hamilton from Hunter College will present music by Franck, Bach and Duruflé for Mr. Roth's critical comment. Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal), 316 East 88th St. (1st/2nd Aves.). Free. 212-289-4100 x210.

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.

January 31 — 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.