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 January 2009

January 4 — Sunday

4:40 pm. Christopher Howerter (Cleveland, Ohio), organ. (Preceding Solemn Choral Evensong at 5:00 pm.) Church of St. Mary the Virgin, 145 W. 46th St. Free. 212-869-5830 x 24.

January 6 — Tuesday

4:40 pm. James Kennerley (Interim Organist and Music Director), organ. Church of St. Mary the Virgin, 145 W. 46th St. Free. 212-869-5830 x 24.

January 11 — Sunday

3:00 pm. Steven Masi, piano. Beethoven: Sonatas Op. 109, 110 and 111. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. Sug. donation: $15 ($10 students & seniors). 212-288-8920.

3:00 pm. Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music. Members of Trio Cavatina with Jessica Thompson, viola; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello. Works by Mozart, Schubert and Schumann. Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, Lafayette Ave./S. Oxford St. $20 (TDF voucher accepted). 718-625-7515.

4:00 pm. The St. James Bicentennial Organ – Davis Wortman (Director of Music and Organist) and Christopher Jennings (Associate Organist) will present a program to display the Gallery Organ's versatility as a concert instrument. Built in 2008 by Schoenstein & Co., the II/17 Gallery Organ is the first installed part of a double organ. St. James Church, 865 Madison Ave./71st St. Sugg. donation: $10 ($5 students & seniors). 212-288-4100.

4:00 pm. Music Before 1800: Recital: Bach the Progressive. Bradley Brookshire, harpsichord. J.S. Bach's progressive pieces alongside music of his sons, W.F. Bach and C.P.E. Bach. Corpus Christi Church, 529 W. 121st St. $40, $30, $20 ($35, $25, $15 students & seniors 62+). 212-666-9266.

5:15 pm. Michael Unger (Rochester, N.Y.), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

January 18 — Sunday

5:15 pm. Donald K. Fellows (Pittsburgh, Penn.), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

January 23 — Friday

8:00 pm. American Boychoir, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, conductor; and Church of the Immaculate Conception Choristers, Preston Dibble, conductor. Church of the Immaculate Conception, 30 North Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ. $25 ($20 in advance). 973-744-5650.

January 25 — Sunday

3:00 pm. The British Invasion! All Seasons Chamber Players. Works by Haydn, J. C. Bach, Vaughan Williams, John Ireland, John Rutter and Alan Rawsthorne. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. Sug. donation: $15 ($10 students & seniors). 212-288-8920.

3:00 pm. Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music. John Moore, baritone; Pei-Yao Wang, piano. French vocal music. Fauré: La Bonne Chanson; and works of Debussy, Chausson, Poulenc, Dupar. Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, Lafayette Ave./S. Oxford St. $20 (TDF voucher accepted). 718-625-7515.

4:00 pm. Music Before 1800: Al Santo Sepolcro. REBEL. Music by Vivaldi, Legrenzi, Charpentier, Biber, Telemann, and others. Corpus Christi Church, 529 W. 121st St. $40, $30, $20 ($35, $25, $15 students & seniors 62+). 212-666-9266.

5:15 pm. John Scott (Organist and Director of Music), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

January 27 — Tuesday

8:00 pm. Gala Organ Concert. Musica Viva; Walter Klauss, organist and conductor. Holtkamp Organ 20th Anniversary. Music for organ, choir, brass and percussion. All Souls Unitarian Church, 1157 Lexington Ave./80th St. $25. 212-794-3646.

January 28 — Wednesday

7:30 pm. Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Violin & Piano (Part 1). Violinist Miranda Cuckson and pianist Thomas Bagwell perform the complete cycle of ten sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven. Their first program will present two rousing, energetic early works from Op. 12, and the blazingly heroic, brilliant “Kreutzer” Sonata. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. Sugg. donation: $15 ($10 students & seniors). 212-288-8920.