Paolo Bordignon, harpsichordist, in recital

with David Ross (solo flute), Beth Wenstrom (solo violin), Chiara Fasani Stauffer (violin), Dan McCarthy (viola), Ezra Seltzer (cello) Wen Yang (bass)

The year 1685 saw the births of three of musical history’s greatest creators: Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Domenico Scarlatti. The harpsichord was the primary domestic keyboard instrument of the high Baroque and all three of these composers wrote masterfully and prolifically for it. Join us for this program including Handel’s Suite in E major (with the Harmonious Blacksmith Variations), a few handfuls of Scarlatti’s 555 Sonatas for harpsichord, and Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, a tour-de-force of the Baroque repertoire and the first keyboard concerto in history.

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

Called “dashing and extraordinary” by The Strad magazine, the Apple Hill String Quartet are the Artistic Directors and resident musicians at the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, winner of the CMAcclaim award from Chamber Music America. The Quartet serves as the Music Directors for Apple Hill’s Summer Chamber Music Workshop in Nelson, New Hampshire, cultivating connection and understanding among people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, playing levels, and ages through music performance and education centered around the values of acceptance, inclusivity, creative expression, and encouragement.

The Quartet performs and teaches worldwide in venues as diverse as the Curtis Institute of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, the Conservatorio National de Musica in Lima, Peru, the Gitameit Music School in Yangon, Myanmar, the Ketermaya refugee camp outside Beirut, Lebanon, and Cedarcrest Center for Children with Disabilities in Keene, NH. Their program will feature music of LGBTQIA composers Jennifer Higdon, Yaz Lancaster, Arthur Russell (arr. Mike Kelley), and Samuel Barber.

$25
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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.

Eddie Zheng, organist, in recital

The tradition of musical programs in Lent goes back many decades at St. Bart’s and we’re delighted to continue the tradition with these 40-minute organ recitals. A large-screen monitor will enable the audience to sit under the Celestial organ, an ideal listening spot in the nave, while still enjoying an up-close view over the organist’s shoulders and of the pedalboard. Eddie Zheng is a New York native and rising star in the world of concert organ music, currently studying at the Juilliard School.

Program:
Marcel Dupré - Cortège et Litanie, Op. 19 No. 2
J.S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 541
J.S. Bach - Trio Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, BWV 528: ii. Andante
Herbert Howells - 3 Psalm-Preludes Set 2 No. 2: Psalm 130
Thierry Escaich - Versets II and IV on "Victimæ Paschali"
Alexandre Guilmant - Finale from Organ Sonata No. 1 in D minor

No tickets or reservations are required for this recital. A $10 donation is suggested.

Paolo Bordignon, organist, in recital

Ring in the new year with a fun and festive concert at 11 pm, followed by a champagne reception at the stroke of midnight. Hear organ favorites like Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in D Major and Vierne’s Carillon de Westminster played with the console out front-and-center. With over 12,000 pipes sounding into the resplendent nave from both sides of the chancel, the rear gallery, and even above in the dome, the dynamic range and vast color palette of the Æolian- Skinner organ at St. Bartholomew’s is an experience to behold in person, enveloped by one of the world’s largest musical instruments.

Program:
Georgi Mushel: Toccata
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude & Fugue in D Major, BWV 532
Louis-Claude Daquin: Noël Étranger
Piotry Illych Tchaikovsky: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
George Frideric Handel: Hornpipe, from Water Music
Henri Mulet: Tu es Petra, from Esquisses Byzantines
Johann Strauss, Sr.: Radetzky March
Christopher Tambling: Still, still, still
Louis Vierne: Carillon de Westminster

No tickets or reservations are required for this concert. A $20 donation is suggested.

Program here (PDF)

Jeff Morrissey, baritone, in recital
with William K. Trafka, piano

Jeff Morrissey and William Trafka return to St. Bart’s with their popular Christmas program inspired by the elegant paintings that adorn the 1919 Ethel Parsons Paullin and Telford Paullin mural in St. Bartholomew’s Chapel. The beautiful Adoration of the Magi and the 13 medallions surrounding it depict scenes connected with the Nativity of Christ. Enjoy traditional carols, carols from around the world, spirituals and popular Christmas favorites.

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

St. Bartholomew’s Choir
Paolo Bordignon, conductor
Alexander Pattavina, organ

The musicians of St. Bartholomew’s Choir frequently appear at many of the city’s most prestigious venues: from Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, to Broadway stages and New York’s finest Jazz clubs. Hear them celebrate the holiday season in our beautiful sanctuary with beloved traditional carols as well as festive new arrangements of sacred and secular Christmas favorites, all accompanied on our famed pipe organ.

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$100 Angel Club Seating (Includes a $50 tax-deductible contribution to the Great Music concert series)
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$30

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

Olivia Sue Greene, soprano, in recital
with Peiwen Chen, piano

Delve into the captivating musical history of St. Bartholomew’s Church through a recital that pays tribute to three musical giants who have haunted its hallowed halls: Samuel Barber, Amy Beach, and Leontyne Price. This program of American art song presents romantic melodies and thought-provoking poetry which span the 20th century.

$25 ($30 if bought on the concert date at the door)
$10 Livestream

Livestream ticket sales will close 15 minutes before the concert. 10 minutes before the concert, a private link will be emailed from contact @MMPAF.org

St. Bartholomew’s is known around the world as home to one of the world’s (and New York City’s) largest pipe organs, with its thrilling ensemble of 12,422 pipes including the recently restored Celestial division housed in the dome. Associate Organist & Choirmaster, Alexander Pattavina, explores the rich colors of the instrument in a program of dazzling, spritely repertoire including Alfred Hollins’s Song of Sunshine, Seth Bingham’s Roulade, and Horatio Parker’s Allegretto. 

Suggested donation: $20