THE NEW YORK CITY CHAPTER of the AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS www.nycago.org M e t r o   C o n c e r t   C a l e n d a r April 2009

April 3 — Friday

7:30 pm. Bach: Saint Matthew Passion. The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys with Concert Royal and The English Concert; John Scott, conductor. St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. $95, $75, $45 ($35 students & seniors). 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

April 5 — Sunday (Palm Sunday)

3:00 pm. Baroque Vocal Music for Passiontide & Easter. Featuring members of the professional octet of MAPC, with guest instrumentalists. Schütz: Seven Last Words and Bach: Cantata 4 (Christ lag in Todesbanden). Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. $20 ($15 students & seniors). 212-288-8920.

4:00 pm. Cantori New York. Mark Shapiro, conductor. Motets and other works for a cappella choir. Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal), 316 E. 88th St. $20 ($15 students & seniors). 212-289-4100 x210.

4:00 pm. Two Cantatas for Eastertide. The Brooklyn Contemporary Chorus. J. David Williams, organ/piano. Dubois: Seven Last Words of Christ; Burleigh: Let God Arise (selections). Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, Lafayette Ave./S. Oxford St. $15 (TDF voucher accepted). 718-625-7515.

April 6 — Monday

6:30 pm. Frederick Teardo (Associate Organist), organist. Dupré: Le Chemin de la Croix. St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free-will offering. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

April 7 — Tuesday

6:30 pm. Couperin: Leçons de Ténèbres. Jolle Greenleaf and Jennifer Ellis Kampani, sopranos; John Scott, continuo. St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free-will offering. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

April 10 — Friday (Good Friday)

6:00 pm. Ken Cowan, organ. Dupré: Le Chemin de la Croix. St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. Free. 212-378-0222.

7:30 pm. Choral Meditation. The St. James Compostela Choir; Davis Wortman, conductor. Stainer: The Crucifixion. St. James Church, 865 Madison Ave./71st St. Free. 212-288-4100.

April 12 — Sunday (Easter Day)

2:30 pm. Frederick Teardo (Associate Organist) and Kevin Kwan (Assistant Organist), organists. St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

April 14 — Tuesday

12:30 pm. Midday Music Concert: Preston Smith, organist. Music of Bach, Buxtehude, Brahms, and Vierne. Church of the Transfiguration, 1 East 29th St. $5 sugg. donation. 212-684-4174.

April 15 — Wednesday

7:30 pm. NYC AGO Chapter Program: Olivier Latry (Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris), organ. Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Ave./84th St. Free to NYC AGO members; $20 ($15 students & seniors). 212-288-2520.

April 18 — Saturday

8:00 pm. Iain Quinn (Albuquerque, NM), organ. Works by Bach, Niels Gade, Hindemith. St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Lexington Ave./54th St. $20 ($15 students/seniors/AGO members). 212-935-2200.

April 19 — Sunday

4:00 pm. Music Before 1800: Regina Coeli: Easter, Pentecost, Corpus Christi. Choir of Corpus Christi Church; Louise Basbas, director. 16th-century Spanish and Portuguese sacred music by Francisco Guerrero, Alonso Lobo, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Manuel Cardoso. Corpus Christi Church, 529 W. 121st St. $40, $30, $20 ($35, $25, $15 students & seniors 62+). 212-666-9266.

4:00 pm. Timothy Harrell (Trinity Episcopal, Solebury, PA), organ. St. Stephen Episcopal Church, 119 Main Street (Church), Millburn, NJ. Sugg. donation $10. 973-376-0688.

5:15 pm. Pavel Kohout (Prague, Czech Republic), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

April 21 — Tuesday

12:30 pm. Midday Music Concert: David Enlow, organist. Music of the French classical style. Church of the Transfiguration, 1 East 29th St. $5 sugg. donation. 212-684-4174.

7:00 pm. James Wetzel (St. Malachy's Church, NYC), organ. Music by Bach, Howells and Dupré. Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, 869 Lexington Ave./66th St. Free-will offering. 212-744-2080.

April 26 — Sunday

3:00 pm. Lydia Yang, flute; Peter Vinograde, piano; and friends. Music by Bach, Beethoven, Flagello, Roussel, and Hue; the Martinu Trio (with violin), and an arrangement of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 by Hummel for flute, violin, cello, and piano. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. Sug. donation: $15 ($10 students & seniors). 212-288-8920.

4:00 pm. Three Organists Spectacular: Kathryn Jones, Tom Zachacz, and Joseph Nigro, organists. Works by Bach, Franck, Dumage and others. Huguenot Memorial Church, Pelhamdale Avenue, Pelham, NY. $10. 914-738-3488.

5:00 pm. Musica Viva; with the Allen-Stevenson Select Chorus; Walter Klauss, conductor. Season Finale: Orff: Carmina Burana; Brahms: Sieben Abendlieder. All Souls Unitarian Church, 1157 Lexington Ave./80th St. $25. 212-794-3646.

5:15 pm. Louis Perazza (Cambridge, Mass.), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

April 28 — Tuesday

12:30 pm. Midday Music Concert: Amy Bartram, soprano and Claudia Dumschat, organ. Music for soprano and organ. Church of the Transfiguration, 1 East 29th St. $5 sugg. donation. 212-684-4174.