Kent launches his 2014-15 season on October 15 with Great Music in a Great Space at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine: "Te Deum," a concert with the Cathedral Choir and Orchestra performing an inventive mix of music celebrating the "holy," highlighted by Arvo P�rt's Te Deum, an evocative choral work scored for three choirs, prepared piano, string orchestra, and wind harp. P�rt's setting of the great Te Deum text evokes the mystery of the Divine, combining the influences of medieval music and chant to transcendent effect. The work is presented alongside Felix Mendelssohn's jubilant Heilig, Jacob Handl's Duo Seraphim, "Kedusha" from Ernst Bloch's Sacred Service, and John Tavener's hypnotic Svyati for choir and cello, which will feature guest soloist Patrick Jee, a cellist of the New York Philharmonic.

 

Haydn's The Creation (Die Sch�pfung) sung in German is the first concert of Kent's season with the Oratorio Society of New York at Carnegie Hall on November 3, for which he will be joined by soloists Susanna Phillips, Aaron Blake, and Sidney Outlaw. (Watch a video of Kent talking about his OSNY season, which marks his tenth year with the 142-year-old choral institution.)

For the season's first concert by the Manhattan School of Music Chamber Sinfonia, Symphonic Chorus and Chamber Choir, Kent leads Mozart's Mass in C Minor, and MSM colleagues Ronald Oliver and Malcolm Merriweather conduct music by Brahms and Haydn on November 12. And Kent is preparing Musica Sacra for a performance of Mendelssohn's Die erste Walpurgisnacht with the Orchestra of St. Luke's led by Pablo Heras-Casado on November 6.

 

Kent Tritle at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine - Photo: Joshua South Photography
And organ fans, take note: Kent's annual organ recital at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine is a program of Bach, Durufl�, and Scheidemann on November 18 - a program he will also take on the road for performances in Rutherford, NJ, and Fort Worth, TX (see dates below)! Kent's recording of the Durufl� Suite, along with the Requiem, is available via his website's discography page.

 

Don't forget that if you are in Morningside Heights on a Sunday afternoon, you're most welcome to join Kent and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine community for Evensong - candlelight and beautiful choral music every Sunday at 4 PM with the Cathedral Choirs. Visit the Cathedral website for details.

 

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Wednesday, October 15, 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
Patrick Jee, cello  

Peter Stewart, baritone

 

"P�rt Te Deum"

MENDELSSOHN  "Heilig"

TAVENER  Sviaty

P�RT  Te Deum

HANDL  Duo Seraphim

BLOCH  "Kedusha" from Sacred Service

 

details  |  tickets 

 

 

Monday, November 3, 8 PM

Carnegie Hall 

ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 

Kent Tritle, conductor

Susanna Phillips, soprano

Aaron Blake, tenor

Sidney Outlaw, baritone

Orchestra of the Society

 

HAYDN  The Creation (Die Sch�pfung)

 

details  |  tickets 

 

 

Thursday, November 6, 8 PM

Carnegie Hall 

ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE'S 

Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Elizabeth DeShong, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Kaiser, tenor
Luca Pisaroni, bass-baritone

Musica Sacra

Kent Tritle, music director

 

PURCELL  Suite from A Midsummer Night's Dream

TCHAIKOVSKY  The Tempest

DALLAPICCOLA  Piccola musica notturna (version for chamber ensemble, 1961)

MENDELSSOHN  Die erste Walpurgisnacht

 

details  |  tickets 

 

 

Wednesday, November 12, 7:30 PM

Borden Auditorium, Manhattan School of Music 

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER SINFONIA, SYMPHONIC CHORUS AND CHAMBER CHOIR

Kent Tritle, conductor*

Ronald Oliver, conductor**

Malcolm Merriweather, conductor***

 

MOZART  Mass in C Minor, K. 427*

BRAHMS  Four Songs for Women's Chorus, Two Horns and Harp, Op. 17**

HAYDN  Te Deum for the Empress Marie Therese Hob. XXIIIc:2***

 

details  |  concert is free, no tickets required   

 

 

Sunday, November 16, 3 PM

First Presbyterian Church of Rutherford, New Jersey

KENT TRITLE, Organ

 

BACH  Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544

SCHEIDEMANN  Magnificat octavi toni

BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548

DURUFL�  Suite, Op. 5

 

details  |  concert is free, no tickets required  

 

 

Tuesday, November 18, 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

SCHEIDEMANN  Magnificat octavi toni

BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548

DURUFL�  Suite, Op. 5

  

details  |  tickets      


Friday, November 21, 7:30 PM

All Saints' Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, Texas

KENT TRITLE, Organ

 

BACH Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544

BACH In dir iste Freude, BWV 615

WIDOR Symphonie VI: Allegro

DURUFL� Suite, Op. 5

 

details  |  concert is free, no tickets required

   
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.