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 March 2009

March 1 — Sunday

3:00 pm. Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Violin & Piano (Part 2). Miranda Cuckson, violin and Thomas Bagwell, piano. The light-hearted early A major sonata and melodious “Spring” sonata, ending with the great C minor sonata. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. Sugg. donation: $15 ($10 students/seniors). 212-288-8920.

3:30 pm. MOREMusic Series. Jorge Ávila, violin; Arthur Fiacco, cello; Harvey Burgett (Dir. of Music), organ; Martino Cernuschi, organ. Works by Vivaldi, Bach, Messiaen and Burgett. Church of St. Thomas More, 65 E. 89th (Park/Madison). Suggested contribution: $20, $10 students & seniors; children free. 212-876-7718.

4:00 pm. Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70. Canterbury Choral Society; Charles Dodsley Walker, conductor. Church of the Heavenly Rest, Fifth Ave./90th St. Sugg. contribution: $20 ($10 students & seniors; under 12 free). 212-222-9458.

4:30 pm. Katherine Meloan (Church of the Good Shepherd, Brooklyn), organ. Lenten Sunday Organ Recitals. St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. Free. 212-378-0222.

4:45 pm. Timothy C. Lyons (Mount Kisco, N.Y.), organ. Cathedral of St. Patrick, Fifth Avenue/51st St. Free. 212-753-2261 x274.

5:00 pm. Music of Scandinavia. Musica Viva; Walter Klauss, conductor. Grieg: Holberg Suite; works by Nystedt and Pederson. All Souls Unitarian Church, 1157 Lexington Ave./80th St. $25. 212-794-3646.

5:15 pm. Mamiko Iwasaki (Tokyo, Japan), 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. I Squared. Jim Russell and Matt Surapine, tenors. Italian and Irish songs and arias. St. Augustine Church, 140 Maple Avenue, New City, NY. $10. 845-634-2407.

March 4 — Wednesday

12:00 pm. Soup and Sound: Dinner on the Grounds. A soup luncheon at noon is followed by a half-hour recital at 12:30.  F. Anthony Thurman, organ; Ted W. Barr, piano. Duets based on favorite hymns of the church. Trinity Presbyterian Church, 499 Route 70, Cherry Hill, NJ. Lunch and recital are free; a free-will offering is accepted. 856-428-2050.

12:05 pm. Arthur P. Lawrence (Scarsdale Congregational Church (UCC), Scarsdale, NY), organist. Works by Bach and Clérambault. The Interchurch Center Chapel, 475 Riverside Drive. Free. 212-870-2200.

1:15 pm. Callisto Ascending: Amorous Arias & Duets. Soprano Katherine Dain and mezzo-soprano Laurie Rubin will perform two of Handel's Italian chamber cantatas which include music later repurposed for Messiah, as well as works of Strozzi, Caccini, Monteverdi, and Purcell. They will be accompanied by Jessica Powell, viola da gamba, and Jeffrey Grossman, harpsichord. Chapel – St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. Free. 212-967-9157.

7:00 pm. Pre-concert organ recital by Nancianne Parrella (Assoc. Organist), performing works of Boyvin, Boëly, Frescobaldi, Dandrieu and Louis Couperin.
8:00 pm. Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola; Kent Tritle and Renée Anne Louprette, conductors; with soloists Michèle Eaton, Kathy Theil, Gregory Purnhagen, Steven Fox and Peter Stewart. François Couperin: Tenebrae Lessons; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: The Denial of St. Peter; Giacomo Carissimi: Jephte. Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, Park Ave./84th St. Preferred seating: $45; General seating: $35, $25 (students & seniors). 212-288-2520. (restrooms not handicapped-accessible).

March 5 — Thursday

7:30 pm. Henry Purcell Anniversary Concert. The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys with Concert Royal; John Scott, conductor. Program to include: Te Deum in D; Funeral music for Queen Mary; O sing unto the Lord; My beloved spake and other works. St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. $75, $55, $40 ($30 students & seniors). 212-757-7013 x303.

March 7 — Saturday

8:00 pm. Cantori New York. Mark Shapiro, conductor. Cantori classics for choir, strings, piano and percussion by New York composers Tom Cipullo and Michael Dellaira, plus a new work by Jorge Martin. Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal), 316 E. 88th St. $25. 212-289-4100 x210.

March 8 — Sunday

3:00 pm. Amy Kim, cello; Seymour Lipkin, piano. Three of Beethoven’s virtuosic cello sonatas and one of the Variations for cello and piano. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. Sugg. donation: $15 ($10 students & seniors). 212-288-8920.

3:30 pm. MOREMusic Series. Martino Cernuschi, organist. Improvisations in Romantic style. Church of St. Thomas More, 65 E. 89th (Park/Madison). Suggested contribution: $20, $10 students & seniors; children free. 212-876-7718.

4:00 pm. Bold and Beautiful. The St. James Compostela Choir with Orchestra; Davis Wortman, conductor. Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Duruflé: Requiem. St. James Church, 865 Madison Ave./71st St. $30 ($15 students & seniors). 212-288-4100.

4:00 pm. A Treasury of English Choral Music. The Professional Choir of The Brick Church; Keith S. Toth, conductor; Daniel Kirk-Foster, organist. Music of Bainton, Britten, Byrd, Howells, Parry, Purcell, Tallis, Taverner, Vaughan Williams, and others. Brick Presbyterian Church, Park Ave./91st St. $10. 212-289-4400 or brickchurchmusic@gmail.com.

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. Gerhard Weinberger (Munich, Germany), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013 x303.

March 11 — Wednesday

12:00 pm. Soup and Sound: Good Home Cookin. Chris Walton, trumpet.  Trinity’s own “home cooked” trumpeter returns to Trinity from James Madison University for his Soup and Sound debut. A soup luncheon at noon is followed by a half-hour recital at 12:30. Trinity Presbyterian Church, 499 Route 70, Cherry Hill, NJ. Lunch and recital are free; a free-will offering is accepted. 856-428-2050.

1:15 pm. Viola da Gamba Solos and Duos. Mollie Glazer will play music for solo viola da gamba by Carl Friedrich Abel and Georg Philipp Telemann. She will also be joined by Lisa Terry to perform viola da gamba duos by Johann Schenck, Matthew Locke and others. Chapel – St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. Free. 212-967-9157.

7:30 pm. Christopher Herrick (England), organ. St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. $25, $15 ($10 students & seniors). 212-378-0222.

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.

March 13 — Friday

8:00 pm. The New Amsterdam Singers. Clara Longstreth, director. 20th Century Masters, English and American works for chorus and orchestra. Works by Britten, Finzi, Holst, Corigliano, and John Harbison. Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal), 316 E. 88th St. $20 ($15 students & seniors). 212-289-4100 x210.

March 15 — Sunday

3:30 pm. MOREMusic Series. Jeanne Ommerlé, soprano; Melissa Fogarty, soprano; Michael Brown, tenor; Aaron James, baritone. Lenten music including Gregorian chant and music by Bach, Palestrina, Byrd, Vittoria and Burgett. Church of St. Thomas More, 65 E. 89th (Park/Madison). Suggested contribution: $20, $10 students & seniors; children free. 212-876-7718.

4:00 pm. The New Amsterdam Singers. Clara Longstreth, director. Repeat of March 13 concert. Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal), 316 E. 88th St. $20 ($15 students & seniors). 212-289-4100 x210.

4:30 pm. David Enlow (Church of the Resurrection, NYC), organ. Lenten Sunday Organ Recitals. St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. Free. 212-378-0222.

5:15 pm. Marek Kudlicki (Vienna, Austria), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013 x303.

March 17 — Tuesday

10:00 am. Chamber Music Live: Stephen Hamilton, organist; with brass. LeFrak Concert Hall - Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, Queens. Free. 718-997-3800.

March 18 — Wednesday

12:00 pm. Soup and Sound: Tosca and Tortellini. Evelyn Santiago, soprano from the Opera Company of Philadelphia.  A recital of Italian opera favorites. A soup luncheon at noon is followed by a half-hour recital at 12:30. Trinity Presbyterian Church, 499 Route 70, Cherry Hill, NJ. Lunch and recital are free; a free-will offering is accepted. 856-428-2050.

7:30 pm. David Hurd (Dir. of Music/Organist), organ, in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Felix Mendelssohn. Works include Sonatas I, III, IV, and VI for organ. Church of the Holy Apostles, 296 Ninth Ave./28th St. $10 (general); $20 (preferred). 212-807-6799.

March 21 — Saturday

8:00 pm. The Earthquake Mass. Choir of St. Ignatius of Antioch; Douglas Keilitz, director. The all-professional choir presents Antoine Brumel's epic 12-part Missa "Et ecce terrae motus" and works by Jacob Obrecht, Heinrich Isaac, Loyset Compère, Josquin des Prez, and Jean Mouton. Church of St. Ignatius of Antioch, 552 West End Ave./87th St. Advance: $25 ($15 students & seniors); at the door: $30 ($20 students & seniors). 212-580-3326.

8:00 pm. Music Of Norway. Schola Cantorum on Hudson; Dr. Deborah Simpkin King, artistic director. Choral Music of Grieg, Kverno, Nystedt, Gjeilo. St. Malachy's Church, 239 West 49th Street. $25/$20. 201-918-3011.

March 22 — Sunday

3:00 pm. Lenten Choral Concert. St. Vincent Ferrer Chorale and Soloists; Mark Bani, director. Bach: Cantata 78: Jesus, der du meine Seele; Pergolesi: Stabat Mater. Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, 869 Lexington Ave./66th St. Free-will offering. 212-744-2080.

3:00 pm. Bach & Bock. Some of the greatest hits of J.S. Bach in a short recital followed by bock beer reception! Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, Lafayette Ave./S. Oxford St. $20 (includes beer). 718-625-7515.

3:30 pm. MOREMusic Series. Harvey Burgett (Dir. of Music), organist. Music by Mendelssohn, Bach, Messiaen and Burgett. Church of St. Thomas More, 65 E. 89th (Park/Madison). Suggested contribution: $20, $10 students & seniors; children free. 212-876-7718.

4:00 pm. Renée Anne Louprette (Assoc. Dir. of Music), organist. François Couperin: Messe pour les Couvents, performed with chant. Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, Park Ave./84th St. $20, $15 (students & seniors). 212-288-2520. (restrooms not handicapped-accessible).

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

5:15 pm. Richard Pilliner (Surrey, UK), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013 x303.

March 25 — Wednesday

12:00 pm. Soup and Sound: As American as Apple Pie. F. Anthony Thurman, organ.  A program of organ music based on American themes. Included will be Dudley Buck’s variations on “Old Folks at Home” and Ted W. Barr’s setting of “My Old Kentucky Home” as premiered by Dr. Thurman at West Point’s Cadet Chapel in 2004. A soup luncheon at noon is followed by a half-hour recital at 12:30. Trinity Presbyterian Church, 499 Route 70, Cherry Hill, NJ. Lunch and recital are free; a free-will offering is accepted. 856-428-2050.

1:15 pm. Duo Nova Antigua: Jour de Fête. Mary Cherney (flutes) and Dennis Cinelli (lute and guitar) will perform Renaissance and early Baroque music from the Lowlands and France, including works of Morlaye, Le Roy, Attaingnant and Vallet. Chapel – St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. Free. 212-967-9157.

March 26 — Thursday

8:00 pm. David Shuler (Dir. of Music & Organist), organist. “The German Romantics,” a recital of organ works by Johannes Brahms and Felix Mendelssohn in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn’s birth. Works include Brahms’s final compositions, Eleven Choral Preludes, Op. 122, and infrequently performed selections from Mendelssohn’s Berlin-Kraków manuscripts. Church of Saint Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street (1 block south of Christopher St.) $20; $15 (students & seniors). 212-414-9419.

March 29 — Sunday

3:00 pm. Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Violin & Piano (Part 3). Miranda Cuckson, violin & Thomas Bagwell, piano. The last concert presents the A minor sonata, two works from Op. 30, and the Sonata in G major, Op. 96. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. Sug. donation: $15 ($10 students & seniors). 212-288-8920.

3:30 pm. MOREMusic Series. John Walthausen, organist. Music by Bach, Franck, Messiaen and Burgett. Church of St. Thomas More, 65 E. 89th (Park/Madison). Suggested contribution: $20, $10 students & seniors; children free. 212-876-7718.

4:00 pm. Seven Last Words of Christ by Nancy Wertsch. The St. Joseph's Singers; Stephen Black, conductor; Christopher Creaghan, organist. St. Joseph's Catholic Church – Yorkville, 404 E. 87th St./1st Ave. Suggested donation: $15. 212-289-6030.

4:30 pm. Eugene Lavery (The Juilliard School), organ. Lenten Sunday Organ Recitals. St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. Free. 212-378-0222.

5:15 pm. Elisabeth Roloff (Jerusalem, Israel), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013 x303.