Seasonal Concert Series
Holy Trinity Choir 2009
The 2009-10 CONCERT SCHEDULE
Dr. Stephen Hamilton, Artistic Director
Subscriptions: $125.00 for the Season
General Admission Tickets at the Door: $20.00
Senior and Students: $15.00
CANTORI NEW YORK: $25.00
For Lessons & Carols and the Good Friday Liturgy, we respectfully request your free-will offering.
November 3
Tuesday
8:00 PM
Jeremy Filsell, guest organist.
Music at Holy Trinity opens its Nineteenth season! Dr. Filsell has established a concert career as one of a few virtuoso performers on both the piano and organ. As an organist, Jeremy has included posts at Cranleigh School, Ely Cathedral, St. Luke's Chelsea, St. Peter's Eaton Square, the London Oratory School, and Eton College. In 2008, he moved to the USA as Principal Organist at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, but now directs the music at the historic downtown Baltimore Episcopal Church of Old St. Paul's.
November 7
Saturday
8:00 PM
CANTORI NEW YORK - Mark Shapiro, Director
This concert features a colorful array of choral music from Twentieth Century Parish (Philippe Hersant), Flanders (Vic Nees), and New York (George Gershwin), plus two of Mateo Flecha's riotous ensaladas from the Spanish Golden Age.
November 13
Friday
8:00 PM
Brenda Brenner, violinist, and Kenneth Huber, pianist
Brenner and Huber team up for an evening of violin/piano favorites: Suite Populaire Espagnole by de Falla, Sonata in B flat, K. 378 of Mozart, and the monumental Franck Sonata. Their last thrillingly acclaimed appearance here was in 1992. Don't miss this rare opportunity!
December 6
Sunday
4:00 PM
A TUDOR CHRISTMAS featuring GUILDSINGERS
Directed by David Rentz, this early music ensemble presents Melieval and Renaissance music for Christmas from the courts of Henry VII and Henry VII, featuring carols and songs from the Fayrfax manuscript and music by John Taverner and William Cornysh.
December 20
Sunday
4:00 PM
LESSONS AND CAROLS - THE HOLY TRINITY CHOIR
Dr. Stephen Hamilton conducts the Holy Trinity Choir and soloists in seasonal anthems by Greene, Rutter, Martinson, Mendelssohn, Near, and Sirett, and will lead the congregational singing of the great hymns of Christmas, accompanied by organist Stephen Fraser.
March 6
Saturday
8:00 PM
CANTORI NEW YORK - Mark Shapiro, Director
Entitled Calypso!, this concert introduces a rainbow of contemporary American works for voices and instruments, including piano, harp, and percussion. Featured composers include New Yorkers John Musto and Tom Nazziola.
March 19
Friday
8:00 PM
March 21
Sunday
4:00 PM
The New Amsterdam Singers - Clara Longstreth, Director
This seventy voice choir presents Madrigals and Chansons of the Renaissance and Beyond replicating the WPA sponsored Madrigal Singer's concert of 1938, with works of Monteverdi, Gesualdo, Lassus, Morley, Weelkes, Poulenc and Debussy.
April 2
Good Friday
Noon - 3:00 PM
THE FAURE REQUIEM
Dr. Stephen Hamilton conducts the Holy Trinity Choir and soloists in the beloved Faure Requiem during the holiest of liturgies, "The Liturgy of Good Friday."
May 3
Monday
8:00 PM
GUILDSINGERS - David Rentz, Director
Espana medieval, a concert of music from medieval Spain, spanning the Twelth to the Fifteenth Centuries, including stunning monophonic tunes from the Llibre vermell de Montserrat and selections from the Cantigas de Santa Maria of Alfonso X of Castile.
May 15
Saturday
4:00 PM
CANTORI NEW YORK - Mark Shapiro, Director
Eight Cellos! combines the sumptuous texture of multi-part chorus with eight cellos, including a US premiere by the beloved composer Arvo Part, alongside works by an international array of outstanding composers including Felipe Perez-Santiago, Piotr Moss and Erol Gurol.
May 23
Sunday
4:00 PM
GUILDSINGERS FOR CHILDREN! Stories & Songs David Rentz, Director
Guildsingers presents its second annual afternoon of storytelling and music, featuring Grimm Brothers' tales newly adapted and modernized by New York children's author Adam Gidwitz. The stories will be interspersed with lively medieval and Renaissance catches and songs.Special admission: $10.00 adults and $5.00 for children!
June 3
Thursday
8:00 PM
THE NEW AMSTERDAM SINGERS - Clara Longstreth, Director
This long established New York City choir presents Morning, Evening, Earth and Sky - featuring works of Brahms, Chavez, Ronald Perera, Kirke Mechem and Robert Dennis.