Greetings! 

  

Save the Dates for 2014-15!


 

Kent's 2014-15 season is announced, and you are invited to read the news here! Some highlights:

  • Verdi's Requiem in a Unique Collaboration
  • Early and New Music in Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
  • Tenth Anniversary Season with Oratorio Society of New York
  • World Premieres of Works by Filas, Gilbertson, Paterson, with Musica Sacra
  • Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • More New York Synergy: Musica Sacra with Orchestra of St. Luke's


Highlighting the season is perhaps Kent's most ambitious program yet at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine: a performance of Verdi's Requiem by the Oratorio Society of New York and the Symphony and Symphonic Chorus of the Manhattan School of Music in a new choral configuration for more than 250 singers in the cathedral's Great Choir. Kent's tenth anniversary season with the Oratorio Society of New York features performances of Haydn's Creation and Orff's Carmina Burana; with Musica Sacra he conducts three new works in their world premiere performances; and he leads the Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir in a performance of David Lang's Little Match Girl Passion at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

 

Also on the schedule are Kent's annual organ recital at St. John the Divine, and a special return appearance with The Dessoff Choirs, where he was music director from 1996 to 2004, on that group's 90th anniversary concert. And of course there is Messiah in December.

 

Some of these highlights are noted below; click here for the full 2014-15 schedule.

 

So, save the dates now and stay tuned for ticket on-sale notices! But before the 2014-15 season gets underway, you can catch Kent later this week at the Berkshire Choral Festival, where he will lead the participants and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Elgar's Dream of Gerontius on August 2.

 

Have a wonderful summer!

 

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Saturday, August 2, 2014, 7:30 PM
BERKSHIRE CHORAL FESTIVAL
Kent Tritle, conductor
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
John Bellemer, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone


ELGAR  Dream of Gerontius (English)
 


Wednesday, October 15, 2014, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine - at the Great Choir steps

CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE

Kent Tritle, conductor

Eileen Moon, cello


"Pärt Te Deum"
MENDELSSOHN "Heilig"
TAVENER Sviaty
PÄRT Te Deum
HANDL Duo Seraphim
 


Monday, November 3, 2014, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK

Kent Tritle, conductor

Susanna Phillips, soprano

Aaron Blake, tenor

Sidney Outlaw, baritone


HAYDN Creation (in German)
 
  


Tuesday, November 18, 2014, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine

KENT TRITLE, Organ


BACH Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544
BACH Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548
DURUFLÉ Suite, Op. 5
SCHEIDEMANN Magnificat octavi toni
(Kent will perform the same program on November 16 at First Presbyterian Church of Rutherford, New Jersey; and on November 21 at All Saints' Episcopal Church in Fort Worth, Texas.)
  


Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

MUSICA SACRA

Kent Tritle, conductor

Michael Sheetz, conductor

Arthur Fiacco, Jr., cello

Raymond Nagem, organ


JURAJ FILAS Wisdom - World premiere
MICHAEL GILBERTSON New work - World premiere
ROBERT PATERSON Lux Aeterna - World premiere
Additional works to be announced
  


Thursday, March 26, 2015, 7:30 PM
Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine - The Great Choir

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK

Kent Tritle, conductor

Lori Guilbeau, soprano

Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano

Alex Richardson, tenor

Mathew Anchel, bass

 

VERDI Requiem
 


Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 

Kent Tritle, conductor*

David Rosenmeyer, conductor**

Jennifer Zetlan, soprano

Peter Tantsits, tenor

Takaoki Onishi, baritone


BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms**
ORFF Carmina Burana* 

 
About Kent Tritle
  
Kent Tritle is one of America's leading choral conductors. Called "the brightest star in New York's choral music world" by The New York Times, he is Director of Cathedral Music and Organist at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City; Music Director of the Oratorio Society of New York, the acclaimed 200-voice volunteer chorus; and Music Director of Musica Sacra, the longest continuously performing professional chorus in New York City. In addition, Kent is Director of Choral Activities at the Manhattan School of Music and is a member of the graduate faculty of The Juilliard School. An acclaimed organ virtuoso, he is also the organist of the New York Philharmonic.

 

For more information, visit www.kenttritle.com.