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 May 2008

May 4 — Sunday

4:40 pm. Mark Winchester (Clearwater, FL), 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. Dr. Stephen Hamilton (Holy Trinity Episcopal, NYC), organ. Messiaen: L'Ascension. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

May 6 — 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.

12:30 pm. Martin Gonzalez, bass. Church of the Transfiguration, 1 E. 29th St. $5 suggested donation. (212) 684-4174.

May 7 — 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.

May 8 — 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.

7:00 pm. An Evening of French Music for Two Organs and Choir. Cathedral Choir; Jennifer Pascual, director; Donald Dumler and John J. Miller, organists. Dupré: Quatre Motets, Op. 9; Vierne: Messe Solennelle, Op. 16; Widor: Messe, Op. 36. Cathedral of St. Patrick, Fifth Ave./51st St. Free. 212-753-2261 x274.

8:00 pm. Leah Nelson, violin; Choir of St. Luke-in-the-Fields; David Shuler, conductor. Selections from Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber’s “Rosary” sonatas. Preceded by lecture. Church of St. Luke-in-the-Fields, 487 Hudson Street. $30 ($20 students and seniors). 212-410-9419.

May 9 — 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.

May 11 — Sunday

4:40 pm. Christopher King (White Plains, NY), 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.

4:45 pm. Katherine M. Lordi (St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Paterson, NJ), organ. Cathedral of St. Patrick, Fifth Ave./50th St. Free. 212-753-2261, ext. 245.

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.

May 13 — 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.

12:30 pm. John Burkhalter, recorder; Gavin Black, organ: "The Practioners of Musik." Church of the Transfiguration, 1 E. 29th St. $5 suggested donation. (212) 684-4174.

7:30 pm. "American Voices" – The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys; John Scott, conductor. Works by Copland, Thompson, Barber, Muhly, Rorem, Whitacre, Hancock, Dawson and Bernstein. St. Thomas Church, Fifth Ave./53rd St. $65 / $50 / $30. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

May 14 — 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. "The Portals of St. Bartholomew's" – a leading-edge spatial musical work composed and conducted by Neely Bruce, Professor of Music and American Studies at Wesleyan University and author of over 700 musical works. The work is scored for three choruses (children, women and men), six vocal soloists, two flutes, clarinet, two trumpets, three trombones, two tubas, six timpani (one player) and two organists. These forces will be spatially configured, surrounding the audience. St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. Free. 222-378-0222.

8:00 pm. Sacred Music in a Sacred Space. Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola; Kent Tritle, conductor. Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610. 7:00 pm pre-concert recital: Renée Anne Louprette (Associate Dir. of Music), organ. Works by Gabrieli, Merulo, Trabaci, Cavazzoni and de Macque. Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Ave./84th St. $45 / $35 / $25 (students and seniors). 212-288-2520. www.smssconcerts.org/

May 15— 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.

May 16— 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.

May 17 — Saturday

4:00 pm. Dedicatory Concert I of Schoenstein Organ. Paul Jacobs (Artist-in-Residence), organ. Preceded at 3:00 pm with pre-concert discussion by Jack Bethards and Paul Jacobs, hosted by Nigel Potts. Christ & St. Stephen's Church, 120 West 69th Street (Broadway/Columbus). $25; $20 (seniors); $15 (students and children). 212-787-2755, ext. 6.

7:30 pm. Dedicatory Concert I of Schoenstein Organ. Paul Jacobs (Artist-in-Residence), organ. Christ & St. Stephen's Church, 120 West 69th Street (Broadway/Columbus). $25; $20 (seniors); $15 (students and children). 212-787-2755, ext. 6.

May 18 — Sunday

3:00 pm. St. Andrew Chorale, with guest insrumentalists; Andrew Henderson, conductor. Schubert: Mass in G major; Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. $20 ($15 - students/seniors). 212-288-8920.

4:00 pm.  Canterbury Choral Society; Charles Dodsley Walker, founder/conductor. Mozart: Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339; 3 "Epistle" Sonatas (Neal Campbell, organ soloist); Beethoven: Mass in C major. Church of the Heavenly Rest, Fifth Ave./90th St. $20 ($10 students/seniors). 212-222-9458.

4:40 pm. Matthew Lewis (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. Frederick Teardo (Assistant Organist), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

7:00 pm. Best of Beethoven. Gayle Martin Henry, piano; the Sanctuary Choir; F. Anthony Thurman, organ; Ted W. Barr, conductor. Trinity Presbyterian Church, 499 Route 70 East, Cherry Hill, NJ. 856-428-2050. Free-will offering.

May 19 — Monday

7:30 pm. American Ambassadors, presented by Schola Cantorum
on Hudson; Deborah Simpkin King, Artistic Director. American choral music
including works by Thompson, Bernstein, Copland, Levine, and excerpts from
Mass by Randall Svane. The Actors' Chapel, 239 West 49th Street. $15 - $25.
Handicapped accessible. 201-918-3011 or scholaonhudson.org.

8:00 pm.  Cancelled Robert McCormick (Organist & Music Director), organist, with Ruth Cunningham (Anonymous 4), soprano. Church of St. Mary the Virgin, 145 W. 46th St. Free. 212-869-5830 x 24.

May 20 — 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.

12:30 pm. Claudia Dumschat, organ and Mart Hulswit, narrator: "The King of Instruments." Church of the Transfiguration, 1 E. 29th St. $5 suggested donation. (212) 684-4174.

7:30 pm. Trinity Choir and Rebel Baroque orchestra. Grand Motets by Lully, de Lalande, Charpentier, Desmarest, Rameau, de Mondonville. Trinity Church, Wall Street/Broadway. $40/$25 ($15 students/seniors). 212-602-0800.

7:30 pm. Archdiocesan Choral Festival. Mendelssohn: Elijah. A combined event with the Newark Chapter of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians featuring a massed choir of singers from parishes of the Archdiocese accompanied by the Cathedral Symphony Orchestra, conducted by John J. Miller. The Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, 89 Ridge St., Newark, NJ. Suggested donation: $15. 973-484-2400.

May 27 — Tuesday

12:30 pm. Judith Davidoff, viol. Church of the Transfiguration, 1 E. 29th St. $5 suggested donation. (212) 684-4174.

May 28 — 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. NYC AGO Chapter Program: David Briggs, international concert organist, will provide an improvised organ accompaniment to the classic 1928 film, Joan of Arc . Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. Free to NYC AGO members; $20 general ($15 - students/seniors). 212-288-8920.

May 29 — 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. Gail Archer, organ. Centennial Olivier Messiaen Concert 6. Cathedral of St. Patrick, Fifth Ave./51st St. Free. 212-753-2261, ext. 245.

May 30 — 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. (Note: This is the final concert of the series. Recitals will resume after Labor Day.)