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 March 2009

March 1 — Sunday

3:00 pm. Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Violin & Piano (Part 2). Miranda Cuckson, violin and Thomas Bagwell, piano. The light-hearted early A major sonata and melodious “Spring” sonata, ending with the great C minor sonata. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. Sugg. donation: $15 ($10 students/seniors). 212-288-8920.

4:00 pm. Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70. Canterbury Choral Society; Charles Dodsley Walker, conductor. Church of the Heavenly Rest, Fifth Ave./90th St. Sugg. contribution: $20 ($10 students & seniors; under 12 free). 212-222-9458.

4:30 pm. Katherine Meloan (Church of the Good Shepherd, Brooklyn), organ. Lenten Sunday Organ Recitals. St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. Free. 212-378-0222.

4:45 pm. Timothy C. Lyons (Mount Kisco, N.Y.), organ. Cathedral of St. Patrick, Fifth Avenue/51st St. Free. 212-753-2261 x274.

5:00 pm. Music of Scandinavia. Musica Viva; Walter Klauss, conductor. Grieg: Holberg Suite; works by Nystedt and Pederson. All Souls Unitarian Church, 1157 Lexington Ave./80th St. $25. 212-794-3646.

5:15 pm. Mamiko Iwasaki (Tokyo, Japan), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

7:00 pm. I Squared. Jim Russell and Matt Surapine, tenors. Italian and Irish songs and arias. St. Augustine Church, 140 Maple Avenue, New City, NY. $10. 845-634-2407.

March 5 — Thursday

7:30 pm. Henry Purcell Anniversary Concert. The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys with Concert Royal; John Scott, conductor. Program to include: Te Deum in D; Funeral music for Queen Mary; O sing unto the Lord; My beloved spake and other works. St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. $75, $55, $40 ($30 students & seniors). 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

March 7 — Saturday

8:00 pm. Cantori New York. Mark Shapiro, conductor. Cantori classics for choir, strings, piano and percussion by New York composers Tom Cipullo and Michael Dellaira, plus a new work by Jorge Martin. Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal), 316 E. 88th St. $25. 212-289-4100 x210.

March 8 — Sunday

3:00 pm. Amy Kim, cello; Seymour Lipkin, piano. Three of Beethoven’s virtuosic cello sonatas and one of the Variations for cello and piano. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. Sugg. donation: $15 ($10 students & seniors). 212-288-8920.

4:00 pm. Bold and Beautiful. The St. James Compostela Choir with Orchestra; Davis Wortman, conductor. Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Duruflé: Requiem. St. James Church, 865 Madison Ave./71st St. $30 ($15 students & seniors). 212-288-4100.

4:30 pm. Paolo Bordignon (Assoc. Dir. of Music), organ. Lenten Sunday Organ Recitals. St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. Free. 212-378-0222.

5:15 pm. Gerhard Weinberger (Munich, Germany), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

March 11 — Wednesday

7:30 pm. Christopher Herrick (England), organ. St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. $25, $15 ($10 students & seniors). 212-378-0222.

March 13 — Friday

8:00 pm. The New Amsterdam Singers. Clara Longstreth, director. 20th Century Masters, English and American works for chorus and orchestra. Works by Britten, Finzi, Holst, Corigliano, and John Harbison. Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal), 316 E. 88th St. $20 ($15 students & seniors). 212-289-4100 x210.

March 15 — Sunday

4:00 pm. The New Amsterdam Singers. Clara Longstreth, director. Repeat of March 13 concert. Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal), 316 E. 88th St. $20 ($15 students & seniors). 212-289-4100 x210.

4:30 pm. David Enlow (Church of the Resurrection, NYC), organ. Lenten Sunday Organ Recitals. St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. Free. 212-378-0222.

5:15 pm. Marek Kudlicki (Vienna, Austria), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

March 22 — Sunday

3:00 pm. Lenten Choral Concert. St. Vincent Ferrer Chorale and Soloists; Mark Bani, director. Bach: Cantata 78: Jesus, der du meine Seele; Pergolesi: Stabat Mater. Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, 869 Lexington Ave./66th St. Free-will offering. 212-744-2080.

3:00 pm. Bach & Bock. Some of the greatest hits of J.S. Bach in a short recital followed by bock beer reception! Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, Lafayette Ave./S. Oxford St. $20 (includes beer). 718-625-7515.

4:30 pm. Tom Sheehan (Trinity Church, Princeton, N.J.), organ. Lenten Sunday Organ Recitals. St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. Free. 212-378-0222.

5:15 pm. Richard Pilliner (Surrey, UK), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.

March 29 — Sunday

3:00 pm. Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Violin & Piano (Part 3). Miranda Cuckson, violin & Thomas Bagwell, piano. The last concert presents the A minor sonata, two works from Op. 30, and the Sonata in G major, Op. 96. Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave./73rd St. Sug. donation: $15 ($10 students & seniors). 212-288-8920.

4:30 pm. Eugene Lavery (The Juilliard School), organ. Lenten Sunday Organ Recitals. St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Ave./51st St. Free. 212-378-0222.

5:15 pm. Elisabeth Roloff (Jerusalem, Israel), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. 212-757-7013, ext. 303.