NOVUS NY and Downtown Voices present the New York premiere of Reena Esmail’s Malhaar: A Requiem for Water, paired with Garth Neustadter’s Memory of Water, which will be performed by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street. A malhar is an Indian raga designed to beckon the rain; Esmail’s A Requiem for Water captures musically the beauty and awe of water while contemplating the fear and despair that surround its loss. As water exists beyond all beginnings and ends, Memory of Water considers the consciousness of water and how it carries in its memory both the splendor and devastation of our world.

The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Downtown Voices; NOVUS NY; featuring Sandbox Percussion and Shabnam Abedi, soprano; Stephen Sands and Melissa Attebury, conductors

Seating is limited, and first-come, first-served, so RSVP to reserve a spot!

The Gil Evans Project is back at Birdland from Tuesday, May 21 - Saturday, May 25! I’ll only be singing on Thursday and Friday nights (the 24th and 25th) — all music Gil wrote for vocalists like Astrud Gilberto, Lucy Reed, Helen Merrill, and more. Tickets!

The critically acclaimed and Grammy Award-nominated Gil Evans Project returns to Birdland celebrating the music of legendary composer/arranger, Gil Evans. Led by Grammy Award-winning producer Ryan Truesdell, this outstanding ensemble of New York City’s finest musicians will present rarely performed music written by Evans during the 1940s-1960s.

This week, the band will celebrate three of Gil’s historic recordings:
Tues, 5/21: New Bottle Old Wine
Wed,Thurs, 5/22-23: The Individualism of Gil Evans
Fri,Sat, 5/24-25: Music for Astrud Gilberto - Look To The Rainbow


Director: Ryan Truesdell
Woodwinds: Ethan Helm, Dave Pietro, Tom Christiansen, Alden Banta, Ben Wendel (5/22-23)
French Horns: Adam Unsworth, David Peel
Trumpets: Augie Haas (lead), Scott Wendholt, Riley Mulherkar
Trombones: Ryan Keberle, Sara Jacovino (5/21), George Flynn (bass trombone)
Tuba: Marcus Rojas
Voice: Wendy Gilles (5/24-25)
Piano: Gary Versace
Guitar: Nate Radley (5/21-23)
Guitar: Chico Pinheiro (5/24-25),
Bass: Jay Anderson
Drums: Jimmy Macbride
Percussion: Mike Truesdell (5/24-25)
Viola: Benni von Gutzeit (5/24-25)

Bach’s grand mass setting is a compilation of music that the composer wrote at different stages of his life and career. The composite piece has become one of the most beloved of all choral works, showing different styles and facets of the great composer’s creativity and spirituality. It is widely recognized as one of Bach’s most significant musical expressions. The Clarion Choir and The Clarion Orchestra, performing on Baroque instruments, present the Mass in B Minor in the beautiful and clear acoustics of Park Avenue Christian Church.

Monday, March 25, 2024

• 6:00 PM 7:30 PM

• St. Bartholomew's Chapel

• 325 Park Avenue

• New York, NY, 10022

Soloists from St. Bartholomew’s Choir

Join the singers of St. Bartholomew’s Choir as they step out of the choir stalls and take center stage as soloists, presenting a concert that reinterprets themes of Holy Week through the language of secular art song. Experience the beauty, introspection, and contemplation of this unique musical offering, where the everyday meets the divine.

$25
Tickets bought at the door on the day of the concert incur an additional $5 fee.

MOZART REQUIEM

Thursday, February 8, 2024 @ 7:30 pm
Church of the Ascension
W 10th St, 5th Ave
New York, NY 10011

Total runtime with intermission ~110 minutes

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Requiem in D minor, K. 626

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Ave Verum Corpus

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges | Selections from L’Amant Anonyme (The Anonymous Lover)

Antonio Salieri | De Profundis, for chorus and orchestra

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Regina Coeli

The Mozart Requiem is one of the iconic works of the Classical repertoire: a gripping, visceral exploration into human mortality. Mozart’s turbulent last work follows a program of symphonic and operatic grace: from the depths of Antonio Salieri’s De Profundis to the lightness and humor of Mozart’s Regina Coeli and Chevalier de Saint-Georges’ L’Amant Anonyme (The Anonymous Lover).

I’ve been singing with Voices of Ascension since 2015, and am honored to perform at this year’s gala in support of our 34th season. I’ll sing a solo jazz tune, and join a few of my colleagues for the finale.

Join us at the Fabbri Mansion for festive food and drink with friends, hear a special musical presentation, and help us celebrate the recipients of the annual George Perrin Prize!

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The 'Vespers' is often considered Rachmaninoff's greatest choral work, and the composer requested that part of the piece be performed at his own funeral. Following the release of The Clarion Choir's recording of the work on January 27, 2023, the Choir performs it on the stage where the composer himself performed as a pianist and conductor more than 80 times.

Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil ('Vespers'), op. 37

Mikki Sodergren, mezzo-soprano

John Ramseyer, tenor

The Clarion Choir

Steven Fox, conductor

Celebrate the Russian composer's 150th anniversary with a nocturnal hymn emanating hope.

Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil ('Vespers'), op. 37

Mikki Sodergren, mezzo-soprano

John Ramseyer, tenor

The Clarion Choir

Steven Fox, conductor

Long steeped in the Russian choral and operatic masterpieces, Clarion Choir demonstrates their prowess in performing All-Night Vigil, a quiet, reflective and deeply moving set of vespers that exudes light as it gradually moves toward daybreak.

Ralph Vaughan Williams | Serenade to Music

Gustav Holst | Festival Te Deum

Charles Hubert Hastings Parry | Blest Pair of Sirens

Edgar Bainton | And I saw a new heaven

Gabriel Fauré | Requiem in D minor, Op.48

Serenity from Britain and France. Vaughan Williams’ lush Serenade to Music sets the tone of the British half of the concert. Other highlights include Hubert Parry’s Blest Pair of Sirens, Holst's Festival Te Deum and Bainton’s And I saw a new heaven. Then, from France, we present one of the most beloved of all choral masterpieces, Fauré’s Requiem. Ethereal and tender, it portrays a serene and optimistic world, with some of the most expressive music ever written for chorus.

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Olivia Sue Greene & Zoe Allen, sopranos

Wendy Gilles & Kathryn Papa, altos

Jack Lyons & Emerson Sieverts, tenors

Raphael Biran & Jeff Morrissey, basses

Arnie Tanimoto & Motomi Igarashi, violas da gamba
Nina Stern & Rachel Begley, recorders
Matt Zucker, cello
Alexander Pattavina, continuo organ
Paolo Bordignon, conductor

Join us for a concert in Holy Week including solo and chamber music of Johann Sebastian Bach for voices with recorders, violas da gamba, and organ. Vocal works include his beloved Bist du bei mir and cantata Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106, known as the Actus Tragicus.

Actus Tragicus: A Bach Meditation in Holy Week
Music of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

• Prelude, from Suite no. 1 in G major BWV 1007, solo cello

• Chorale: Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 416, choir

• Chorale Prelude: Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 683, organ

• Sonata for viola da gamba in G minor, BWV 1029, gamba & organ

• 2 movements from Sonata in E Major, BWV 1035, recorder & organ

• Bist du bei mir, BWV 508 (Melody by G. H. Stölzel), voice, cello, & organ

• Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit – Actus Tragicus, BWV 106, choir & ensemble

• Chorale: In meines Herzens Grunde, from Johannes Passion, BWV 245, choir & ensemble

In Bach’s time, the inclusion of the viola da gamba in vocal music had taken on special significance and suggested something extraordinary, as in his Passion settings. Two gambas here, paired with two recorders and organ, evoke the remote realm of the pastoral. In this cantata written for a funeral service, the solace of otherworldly instruments offers comfort to all who hear them.

$75
Angel Club Seating includes a $25 tax-deductible contribution to Great Music

$50, $25
Tickets bought at the door on the day of the concert incur a $5 handling fee.