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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
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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
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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
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