2024 - 2025
A Concert to Usher in the New Year
Paolo Bordignon, organ
Ring in the new year with a fun and festive concert at 11 pm, followed by a champagne reception at the stroke of midnight. 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.
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Bach at St. Bart’s
American Symphony Orchestra
Bard Festival Chorale
James Bagwell, Music Director of the Bard Festival Chorale
Leon Botstein, Music Director
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788), the fifth child of Johann Sebastian Bach, was an influential composer working at the time of transition between the elder Bach’s Baroque style and Classical style that followed it. The ASO performs the US premieres of two of his oratorios: Heilig ist Gott, H.778 and Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu, H.777.
Pre-concert lecture at 7 pm
$25-$45 Tickets at www.AmericanSymphony.org
Ophelia
Zoe Allen & Olivia Greene, sopranos
Christopher Allen, piano
Ophelia, the tragic heroine from Shakespeare's Hamlet, has captivated artists for centuries becoming a symbol of beauty, innocence, and melancholy. Painters, composers, and writers have depicted her ethereal presence in forms ranging from delicate to haunting. Her story of love, madness, and death continues to inspire deep emotions, making her a timeless muse. To celebrate St. Valentine, sopranos Zoe Allen and Olivia Greene with pianist Christopher Allen present a program dedicated to Ophelia, featuring music from Saint-Saëns and Strauss to contemporary interpretations that explore her enduring legacy.
$25
Tickets bought at the door on the day of the concert incur an additional $5 fee.
Students & Seniors receive a $10 discount.
New Hampshire Meets New York
Apple Hill String Quartet
with Gretchen Pusch, flute
The Apple Hill String Quartet, ensemble-in-residence at the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music in Nelson, NH, performs works by Tribeca artist Meredith Monk and the New York premiere of a string quartet by Monadnock Area composer Miriam Sharrock. Flutist Gretchen Pusch joins for a quintet by Amy Beach, native of Henniker, NH and longtime St. Bartholomew’s parishioner in the early 20th century.
$25
Tickets bought at the door on the day of the concert incur an additional $5 fee.
Students & Seniors receive a $10 discount.
A Holy Week Organ Concert
Alexander Pattavina, organ
Join us as Alexander Pattavina presents a program inspired by the Passion. Hear the famed Æolian-Skinner organ in concert, as Alex performs a varied selection of repertoire based on the themes of Holy Week. From the resplendent works of the Baroque era to transcendent modern masterworks, the St. Bart’s organ dazzles with its 12,422 pipes surrounding the listener.
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Paolo Bordignon, harpsichordist, in recital
With ensemble of guest instrumentalists
In a follow up to last year’s sold-out concert, Paolo Bordignon presents a recital of harpsichord music, both solo and in collaboration with an ensemble of period instruments, in the intimacy of St. Bartholomew’s Chapel. Repertoire will include music from the golden age of French Clavecinistes as well as Bach's "Italian Concerto" and his Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052.
$75 (Angel), $25
Tickets bought at the door on the day of the concert incur an additional $5 fee.
Students & Seniors receive a $10 discount on all tickets other than Angel Club seating.
Adoration of the Magi
Jeff Morrissey, baritone
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.
Students & Seniors receive a $10 discount.
A Joyous Christmas Concert
St. Bartholomew’s Choir
Alexander Pattavina, organ
Paolo Bordignon, conductor
Outside of the choir stalls, members of the St. Bartholomew’s Choir are often heard at many of the city’s most prestigious venues ranging 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.
$100 (Angel), $50, $30
Tickets bought at the door on the day of the concert incur an additional $5 fee.
Students & Seniors receive a $10 discount on all tickets other than Angel Club seating.
Isaac and Abraham
Emerson Sieverts, tenor
Barbara Hollinshead, mezzo-soprano
Ruaraidh Sutherland, piano
Mother-son duo Barbara Hollinshead (mezzo-soprano) and Emerson Sieverts (tenor) have devised an inverted, topsy-turvy program exemplified by Benjamin Britten’s Abraham and Issac. The generational swap in this beloved canticle inspires other selections, including a rearranged Bach duet with the soprano line sung by a tenor and gender-bent songs of Hugo Wolf. Britten’s folksong arrangements will give a traditional close to this somewhat unorthodox recital.
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Centric: Anton Bruckner—American and Austrian Resonances
Johannes Ebenbauer, organ
Though primarily known as a symphonic composer, Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) also enjoyed a distinguished career as an organist. In honor of the 200th anniversary of Bruckner’s birth, University of Vienna organ professor Johannes Ebenbauer presents a recital of the composer’s music for organ, both original and in transcription, as well as other organ pieces and improvisations in the spirit of Bruckner.
Co-presented with the Austrian Cultural Forum New York
Click here for a PDF of the program.
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