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 2009

January 4 — Sunday

4:40 pm. Christopher Howerter (Cleveland, Ohio), 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.

January 6 — Tuesday

4:40 pm. James Kennerley (Interim Organist and Music Director), organ. Church of St. Mary the Virgin, 145 W. 46th St. Free. 212-869-5830 x 24.

January 7 — Wednesday

1:15 pm. Midtown Concerts. Music of the 13th-century poet-composer Adam de la Halle will be performed by Machicoti, a medieval ensemble. Amy Bartram, Grace Check and Beth Cullinance, voices and lute. Chapel – St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. Free. 212-967-9157.

January 11 — Sunday

3:00 pm. Steven Masi, piano. Beethoven: Sonatas Op. 109, 110 and 111. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. Sug. donation: $15 ($10 students & seniors). 212-288-8920.

3:00 pm. Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music. Members of Trio Cavatina with Jessica Thompson, viola; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello. Works by Mozart, Schubert and Schumann. Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, Lafayette Ave./S. Oxford St. $20 (TDF voucher accepted). 718-625-7515.

4:00 pm. The St. James Bicentennial Organ – Davis Wortman (Director of Music and Organist) and Christopher Jennings (Associate Organist) will present a program to display the Gallery Organ's versatility as a concert instrument. Built in 2008 by Schoenstein & Co., the II/17 Gallery Organ is the first installed part of a double organ. St. James Church, 865 Madison Ave./71st St. Sugg. donation: $10 ($5 students & seniors). 212-288-4100.

4:00 pm. Music Before 1800: Recital: Bach the Progressive. Bradley Brookshire, harpsichord. J.S. Bach's progressive pieces alongside music of his sons, W.F. Bach and C.P.E. Bach. Corpus Christi Church, 529 W. 121st St. $40, $30, $20 ($35, $25, $15 students & seniors 62+). 212-666-9266.

5:15 pm. Michael Unger (Rochester, N.Y.), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013 x303.

January 13 — Tuesday

7:30 pm. Matthew Lewis (Church of the Incarnation; The Juilliard School), organ. Bach: Toccata in D minor, BWV 565; Franck: Choral in A minor, Fantaisie in A major; Duruflé: Scherzo, and Prélude (from Suite, opus 5); Dupré: Prelude and Fugue in G minor. Church of St. Mary the Virgin, 145 W. 46th St. Good-will offering. 212-869-5830 x 24.

January 14 — Wednesday

1:15 pm. Midtown Concerts. The Sun's Darlings: Lovesongs of the 17th-Century English Theatre. Lydia Brotherton, Teresa Wakim and Brenna Wells, sopranos; Leslie Kwan, harpsichord; Zoe Weiss, cello. Ayres, duets and dances by Blow, Barrett, Dering, and Purcell. Chapel – St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. Free. 212-967-9157.

7:30 pm. Gail Archer, organ. Mendelssohn in the Romantic Century: a celebration of the bicentennial of the composer's birth. Central Synagogue, 652 Lexington Ave./55th St. Free. 212-838-5122.

January 18 — Sunday

5:15 pm. Donald K. Fellows (Pittsburgh, Penn.), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013 x303.

January 21 — Wednesday

1:15 pm. Midtown Concerts. The Dodd Quartet. Claire Jolivet and Theresa Salomon, violins; Jessica Troy, viola; James Wilson, cello. Haydn's quartet in B-flat major (op. 71, no. 1) and the Scherzo from Cherubini's quartet in E-flat major. Chapel – St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. Free. 212-967-9157.

January 23 — Friday

8:00 pm. American Boychoir, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, conductor; and Church of the Immaculate Conception Choristers, Preston Dibble, conductor. Church of the Immaculate Conception, 30 North Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ. $25 ($20 in advance). 973-744-5650.

January 25 — Sunday

3:00 pm. The British Invasion! All Seasons Chamber Players. Works by Haydn, J. C. Bach, Vaughan Williams, John Ireland, John Rutter and Alan Rawsthorne. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. Sug. donation: $15 ($10 students & seniors). 212-288-8920.

3:00 pm. Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music. John Moore, baritone; Pei-Yao Wang, piano. French vocal music. Fauré: La Bonne Chanson; and works of Debussy, Chausson, Poulenc, Dupar. Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, Lafayette Ave./S. Oxford St. $20 (TDF voucher accepted). 718-625-7515.

4:00 pm. Music Before 1800: Al Santo Sepolcro. REBEL. Music by Vivaldi, Legrenzi, Charpentier, Biber, Telemann, and others. Corpus Christi Church, 529 W. 121st St. $40, $30, $20 ($35, $25, $15 students & seniors 62+). 212-666-9266.

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 x303.

7:00 pm. David Enlow (Church of the Resurrection, NYC), organ. Celebrating the installation of a new oboe stop on the 2005 Konzelman pipe organ. Works by English and French composers will be featured. Grace Lutheran Church, 925 Fifth Ave., River Edge, NJ. $10 donation. 201-261-5415.

January 27 — Tuesday

8:00 pm. Gala Organ Concert. Musica Viva; Walter Klauss, organist and conductor. Holtkamp Organ 20th Anniversary. Music for organ, choir, brass and percussion. All Souls Unitarian Church, 1157 Lexington Ave./80th St. $25. 212-794-3646.

January 28 — Wednesday

1:15 pm. Midtown Concerts. Wright Moore, tenor; Gwendolyn Toth, fortepiano. Lieder by Beethoven and Schubert. Chapel – St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. Free. 212-967-9157.

7:30 pm. Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Violin & Piano (Part 1). Violinist Miranda Cuckson and pianist Thomas Bagwell perform the complete cycle of ten sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven. Their first program will present two rousing, energetic early works from Op. 12, and the blazingly heroic, brilliant “Kreutzer” Sonata. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. Sugg. donation: $15 ($10 students & seniors). 212-288-8920.

7:30 pm. David Hurd (Dir. of Music/Organist), organ. Works by Buxtehude, Vierne, Bach, Hurd and Reger. Church of the Holy Apostles, 296 Ninth Ave./28th St. $10 (general); $20 (preferred). 212-807-6799.