2019 Highlights
A concert to usher in
the New Year
December 31, 2019 | 11pm
St. Bartholomew's Church, New York, NY
Great music at St. Bartholomew’s presents a free organ concert with music by Bach, Vierne and Johan Strauss, Sr., followed by a champagne reception.
Paolo Bordignon, organ
David Willcocks: Postlude on “Hark! the Herald Angels Sing”
C.P.E. Bach Sonata in D Major, Wq 70/5
Pietro Yon: Pastorale Gesù Bambino
Louis-Claude Daquin: Noël X – Grand jeu et duo
Jean Langlais: La Nativité, from Trois Poèmes Liturgiques, Op. 2
Johann Strauss Sr.: Radetzky March, Op. 228
George Bizet: Farandole, from l’Arlésienne
Jean Langlais: Chant de Paix
Louis Vierne: Carillon de Westminster
Champagne toast at midnight
Free admission
New York Philharmonic:
Handel’s Messiah
George Frideric Handel
Messiah
New York Philharmonic
Harry Bickett, conductor
Louise Alder, soprano
Iestyn Davies, countertenor
Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor
Joshua Ellicott, tenor
Dashon Burton, bass
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
December 17, 2019 | 7:30pm
December 18, 2019 | 7:30pm
December 19, 2019 | 7:30pm
December 20, 2019 | 2pm
December 21, 2019 | 7:30pm
David Geffen Hall
Lincoln Center, New York, NY
A Joyous Christmas Concert
December 14, 2019 | 7:30pm
St. Bartholomew’s Church
New York, NY
St. Bartholomew’s Choir & Choristers
Paolo Bordignon, conductor
Clara Gerdes, organist
Beata Viscera – Pérotin
Wassail Carol – William Mathias
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day – John Gardner
Hymne à la Vierge – Pierre Villette
Magnificat – Giles Swayne
Ave Maria (Angelus Domini) – Franz Biebl
The Little Road to Bethlehem – Michael Head
Bring a torch, Jeanette, Isabella – Keith Chapman
In Dulci Jubilo – arr. Robert Lucas Pearsall
Sing Lullaby – Herbert Howells
Angels we have heard on high – arr. John Rutter
The First Nowell – arr. Paul Halley
We three kings of Orient are – arr. Paul Leddington Wright
The Three Kings – Peter Cornelius, arr. Ivor Atkins
Hodie Christus natus est – Francis Poulenc
Prelude on “God rest you merry, gentlemen” – John Rutter
Wexford Carol – John Rutter
Cantique de Noël – O Holy Night – Adolphe Adam
Santa Claus is comin’ to town – arr. Jerry Rubino
Have yourself a merry little Christmas – arr. Paul Johnson
Good King Wenceslas – arr. Paul Halley
Camerata Pacifica:
Bach’s Musical Offering
December 1, 2019 | 3pm
Museum of Ventura County
Ventura, CA
December 3, 2019 | 7:30pm
Rothenberg Hall, The Huntington
San Marino, CA
December 5, 2019 | 8pm
Zipper Hall, The Colburn School
Los Angeles, CA
December 6, 2019 | 7:30pm
Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West
Santa Barbara, CA
Bach: A Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (complete)
Beethoven: String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131
Demarre McGill, Flute
Joseph Lin, Violin
Tricia Park, Violin
Richard O’Neill, Principal Viola
Ani Aznavoorian, Principal Cello
Paolo Bordignon, Harpsichord
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
October 31, 2019 | 7:30pm
bergenPAC
Englewood, NJ
November 1, 2019 | 8pm
Richardson Auditorium
Princeton, NJ
November 2, 2019 | 8pm
Count Basie Center for the Arts
Red Bank, NJ
November 3, 2019 | 3pm
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Newark, NJ
Rebel: “Chaos” from Les élémens (NJSO Premiere)
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Markus Stenz, conductor
Juho Pohjonen, piano
https://www.njsymphony.org/events/detail/griegs-piano-concerto-2019
ORGAN recital
October 25, 2019 | 6:30pm
St. Malachy’s Church - The Actors’ Chapel
New York, NY
Recital on The Paul Creston Memorial Pipe Organ, Aeolian-Skinner, Opus 938 (1935)/Peragallo (2012)
ORGAN recital
October 23, 2019 | 2:30pm
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
Recital on the Thomas Appleton Organ (built 1830)
BOSTON SYMPHONY
CHAMBER PLAYERS
October 20, 2019 | 3pm
New England Conservatory, Jordan Hall
Boston, MA
Stravinsky: Octet for Winds
Thomson: Sonata da Chiesa
Carter: Sonata for flute, oboe, cello and harpsichord
Sofia Gubaidulina: Etudes, for double bass
Falla: Concerto for harpsichord, flute, oboe, clarinet,
violin and cello
harpsichord recital
September 27, 2019 | 7:30pm
Cathedral Church of the Advent
Birmingham, AL
Inaugural recital of the 1976 William Hyman French Double after Blanchet (ex Paul Maynard) in its new home at the Cathedral Church of the Advent.
J.S. Bach: Partita in B-flat Major, BWV 825
François Couperin: from Dixhuitième Ordre
Prélude (from l’Art de toucher le clavecin – 1716)
Allemande La Verneüil
Le turbulent
L’atendrissante
Le tic-toc-choc – pièce croisée
Antonio Soler: Fandango for Harpsichord, R. 146
Louis Couperin: Suite en la mineur
J.S. Bach: Concerto nach italienischen Gusto, BWV 971
Click here for Cathedral Church of the Advent Music Calendar
A CHORAL FEAST:
Palestrina’s missa papae marcelli
September 8, 2019
St. Bartholomew’s Church
New York, NY
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli
Organ concerti of Antonio Vivaldi, as transcribed by J.S. Bach and J.G. Walther
St. Bartholomew’s Choir
All-Star Orchestra
August 26, 2019
Coming to American Public Television
and Khan Academy
Video recording of
George Frideric Handel: Water Music, Suite in F
The All-Star Orchestra
Gerard Schwartz, Music Director & Conductor
The All-Star Orchestra is an ensemble comprised of top players from major orchestras across the United States, including the orchestras of Boston, Chicago, New York (Philharmonic and Metropolitan Opera), Philadelphia, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, New Jersey, Houston, Minnesota, Detroit, Seattle, Nashville, Oregon, Dallas, Florida, Utah, Cincinnati, the National Symphony, and more.
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival: Sunday Series
August 18, 2019 | 6pm
Lensic Performing Arts Center
Santa Fe, NM
Benjamin Britten: Two Insects, for oboe and Piano
with Randall Wolfgang, oboe
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival: Bach Plus
August 16, 2019 | 6pm
Lensic Performing Arts Center
Santa Fe, NM
Benedetto Marcello: Oboe Concerto in C Minor
C.P.E. Bach: Flute Concerto in A major
Randall Wolfgang, oboe
Joshua Smith, flute
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival: Monday Series
August 12, 2019 | 6pm
Lensic Performing Arts Center
Santa Fe, NM
Manuel de Falla: Concerto for harpsichord, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, and cello (1923-26)
Joshua Smith, flute
Randall Wolfgang, oboe
David Shifrin, clarinet
Daniel Phillips, violin
Joseph Johnson, cello
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival: Bach Plus
August 10, 2019 | 5pm
St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art
Santa Fe, NM
Antonio Soler:
Quintet No. 1 in C Major for harpsichord and string (1776)
Fandango for Harpsichord, R. 146 (ca. 1770)
Jennifer Gilbert, violin
Harvey de Souza, violin
L.P. How, viola
Joseph Johnson, cello
A Choral Feast:
A Celebration of Bach
August 4, 2019
St. Bartholomew’s Church
New York, NY
Music of Johann Sebastian Bach:
Motet for double choir: “Singet dem herrn ein neues Lied”
BWV 225
Trio Sonata No. 5 in C Major, BWV 525
St. Bartholomew’s Choir
Chestnut Hill Concerts
August 2, 2019 | 8pm
Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center
Old Saybrook, CT
All Bach program
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050
Concerto in C minor for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1056R
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, BWV 1047
Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord
Josh Cohen, trumpet
Héloïse Degrugillier, flute, recorder
Lisa Rautenberg, viola
Priscilla Herreid, oboe
Daniel S. Lee, solo violin
Isabelle Seula Lee, violin
Ronald Thomas, cello and Artistic Director
Wen Yang, Bass
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
July 26, 2019 | 7:30pm
July 27, 2019 | 7:30pm
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
New York, NY
Bela Bartók (arr. Willner): Romanian Folk Dances
Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
Andrew Manze, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Knut Erik Sundquist, bass
Amy Beach documentary
Taping July 11, 2019
St. Bartholomew’s Church,
New York City
Documentary about composer Amy Beach (1867-1944), who wrote much of her choral music for the choir at St. Bartholomew’s Church, her home parish for many years. Including a performance of her Prelude on an Old Folk Tune for organ.
New York Philharmonic
Very Young People’s Concerts
“Treble and Bass"
June 2, 2019 | 3pm
June 3, 2019 | 10:30am
Merkin Concert Hall
New York, NY
This series was conceived by Philharmonic musicians together with faculty of Columbia University Teacher's College to combine games, storytelling, and great music in one fun-filled hour that unlocks children’s imaginations.
Rebecca Young, host
Musicians of the Philharmonic
Doug Fitch, director/designer
https://nyphil.org/education/young-peoples-concerts/very-young-peoples-concerts
Handel Dixit Dominus &
Haydn Harmoniemesse
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
May 22, 2019 | 8pm
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
New York, NY
George Frideric Handel: Dixit Dominus
Franz Joseph Haydn: Harmoniemesse
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
K. Scott Warren, conductor
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra:
Art of the Double Concerto
May 17, 2019
Richardson Auditorium, Princeton
May 18, 2019
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark
May 19, 2019
State Theater New Jersey, New Brunswick
Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Oberon
Steven Mackey: Four Iconoclastic Episodes
J.S. Bach: Concerto for two violins in D Minor
Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Xian Zhang, music director
Eric Wyrick, violin
Annelle Gregory, violin
Steven Mackey, electric guitar
https://www.njsymphony.org/events/detail/art-of-the-double-concerto
St. George’s Choral Society:
Milhaud’s Service Sacrée
April 16, 2019 | 3pm
Church of the Incarnation
New York, NY
Darius Milhaud: Service sacré pour le samedi matin (1948)
St. George’s Choral Society
Matthew Lewis, music director
Elijah Blaisdell, baritone
Naomi Lewin, narrator
Paolo Bordignon, organ
http://www.stgeorgeschoralsociety.org/news/2019/4/16/featured-performers-for-milhauds-sacred-service
Amor Artis:
Passion & Resurrection
April 13, 2019 | 8pm
Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral
New York, NY
Emanuele D’Astorga: Stabat Mater
Erik Esenvalds: Passion and Resurrection
Amor Artis Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Ryan James Brandau, artistic director
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: ECCO with Paolo Bordignon
April 11, 2019 | 7:30pm
Church of the Holy Trinity
Philadelphia, PA
J.S. Bach: Chaconne [Arr. by M. Wiancko]
Henry Purcell: Chacony for Strings in G Minor [Arr. by Britten]
Lena Gabriela Frank: Leyendas, An Andean Walkabout
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Cellos in G Minor, RV 531
Peruvian Renaissance Suite [Arr. by M. Nelson]
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center:
Seven Last Words
March 31, 2019 | 5pm
Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY
J.S. Bach: Cantata Ich habe genug, BWV 82 (1727)
Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross for String Quartet, Op. 51 (1786)
Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone
Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord
Orion String Quartet
Timothy Cobb, double bass
Stephen Taylor, oboe
The Florida Orchestra:
Haydn’s Creation
March 24, 2019 | 7:30pm
Ruth Eckerd Hall
Clearwater, FL
March 23, 2019 | 8pm
Mahaffey Theater
St. Petersburg, FL
March 22, 2019 | 8pm
Idlewild Church
Lutz, FL
Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation
The Florida Orchestra
Michael Francis, music director
Master Chorale of Tampa Bay
Pipes At One: Organ Recital
February 22, 2019 | 1pm
St. Paul’s Chapel
New York, NY
Bach: Trio Sonata No. 5 in C Major, BWV 529
Duruflé: Scherzo, Op. 2
Mendelssohn: Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 65, No. 4
Noack Organ
Broadway Chamber Players:
Bach & Zelenka
February 4, 2019 | 7pm
St. Malachy’s Church
New York, NY
J. S. Bach: Sonata for violin and harpsichord No. 2, BWV 1015
Jan Dismas Zelenka : Trio Sonata No. 5, ZWV 181
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, BWV 1047
Keith Bonner, flute
Alexandra Knoll, oboe
Erin Gustafson, oboe
Alden Banta, bassoon
Dan Urness, trumpet
Bryan Hernandez-Luch, violin
Rachel Handman, violin
Maxim Moston, violin
Orlando Wells, viola
Dave Romano, bass
Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord
