THE NEW YORK CITY CHAPTER of the AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS www.nycago.org Metro Concert Calendar September 2010

1:15 pm. Midtown Concerts. Music of the Spanish Baroque. Anima (Beth Anne Hatton, soprano; Vita Wallace, violin; Motomi Igarashi, viola da gamba and lirone; Crista Patton, harp). Works by Juan Hidalgo de Polanco, Juan de Lima Serquiera , and Sebastian Durόn. Immanuel Lutheran Church, 122 E. 88th St./ Lexington Ave. Free. (212) 967-9157.

4:00 pm. Kent Tritle (Dir. of Music), organ. Works by Buxtehude, J.S. Bach, Mendelssohn, and Reger's Fantasy on "Hallelujah! Gott zu loben." Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, Park Ave./84th St. $20 ($15 students & seniors); Organ Recital Series subscriptions available. (212) 288-2520.

12:30 pm. A Little Midday Music. Claudia Dumschat (Dir. of Music), organ. J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 and  "Little"  Fugue in G minor; Widor: Toccata from the Fifth Symphony. Church of the Transfiguration, 1 East 29th Street. Suggested donation: $5. (212) 684-4174.

1:15 pm. Midtown Concerts. 18th-Century Music for Clarinet, Cello, and Fortepiano. The Grenser Trio (Ed Matthew, clarinet; Dongsok Shin, harpsichord, and Carlene Stober, cello). Works include chamber music by Haydn and Beethoven, and a movement from an early clarinet sonata by Johann Baptist Vanhal. Immanuel Lutheran Church, 122 E. 88th St./ Lexington Ave. Free. (212) 967-9157.

11:00 am. Organ Performance Class: Students of Paul Jacobs, Chair of Organ Dept. Paul Hall – The Juilliard School, 155 W. 65th St./Broadway. Free. (212) 769-7406. 

5:15 pm. John Scott (Organist & Dir. of Music), organ. (Following Choral Evensong at 4:00 pm.) St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave./53rd St. Free. (212) 757-7013 x303.

12:30 pm. A Little Midday Music. Franklin Coleman, organ. Music by Muffat, Wesley, Bach, Sowerby, and Buxtehude. Church of the Transfiguration, 1 East 29th Street. Suggested donation: $5. (212) 684-4174.

1:15 pm. Midtown Concerts. Music of the French Baroque. Gwendolyn Toth, harpsichord. Music by Jean-Henri D'Anglebert, Louis Couperin, Francois Couperin, and Jean-Philippe Rameau. Immanuel Lutheran Church, 122 E. 88th St./ Lexington Ave. Free. (212) 967-9157.

11:00 am. Organ Performance Class: Students of Paul Jacobs, Chair of Organ Dept. Paul Hall – The Juilliard School, 155 W. 65th St./Broadway. Free. (212) 769-7406. 

7:30 pm. Inaugural Benefit Concert of the II/32 Foley-Baker organ. Todd Wilson (Cleveland, Oh.), organ. Works by Dupré: Cortège et Litanie, Op.19, no. 2; Stanley: Voluntary in F; Lang: Tuba Tune in D, Op. 15; J.S. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582; Hancock: Variations on “Ora Labora”; Duruflé: Choral variations on the theme of "Veni Creator," Op. 4; David Conte: Soliloquy; Widor: Allegro vivace (Variations) from Symphonie V. Christ Church Riverdale (Episcopal), 5030 Henry Hudson Pky., The Bronx. $30. Preceded at 6:00 pm with Silent Auction; Dessert following concert. (718) 543-1011.

3:00 pm. "From Rags to Riches." Michael Xavier Lundy, organ. A concert of Ragtime music and marches of Scott Joplin and John Philip Sousa. St. Augustine Episcopal Church, 4301 Avenue D, Brooklyn. Free-will offering. (718) 629-0959 ext. 16.

 

3:00 pm. Anthony Rispo, organ. Works by J.S. Bach, Mendelssohn, Duruflé, Vierne and Franck. St. Barnabas Church, 409 E. 241st St., The Bronx. Free. (718) 325-5531.

 

4:00 pm. Joseph Arndt (Dir. of Music), organ. Works by Henry Martin (Rutgers Univ.): Prelude and Fugue in B minor; J.S. Bach: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654, and Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543; Guilmant: Sonata No. 4 in D minor. Grace Church, 950 Broad Street, Newark, N.J. (Parking free on Broad Street). Free-will offering. (973) 623-1733.

12:30 pm. A Little Midday Music. Arthur Krieck, viola; and Thomas Schmidt, piano. Sonatas by Mozart and Brahms. Church of the Transfiguration, 1 East 29th Street. Suggested donation: $5. (212) 684-4174.

 

7:30 pm. Kenneth Dake (Dir. of Music & Organist), organ. A recital of keyboard fireworks, including masterworks of J.S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Horatio Parker, Franz Liszt and Louis Vierne. The program will preview selections from his upcoming debut CD, Prayers and Alleluias, slated for release on the Dorian Sono Luminus label this fall. Marble Collegiate Church, 1 West 29th St./Fifth Ave. Tickets at the door: $25 ($20 students & seniors); save $5 with advance tickets online or phone: (212) 686-2770 ext. 412.

1:15 pm. Midtown Concerts. French Baroque Vocal Music. Ensemble Solaire (Sofia Dimitrova, soprano; Zheng Jenny Huang, harpsichord; Nick Dinnerstein, cello) will perform a variety of Baroque French masterpieces, including the humorous cantata, Amore piqué par une abielle by Louis-Nicholas Clérambault. Immanuel Lutheran Church, 122 E. 88th St./ Lexington Ave. Free. (212) 967-9157.

September 30 — Thursday