2023 Highlights
A CONCERT TO USHER IN
THE NEW YEAR
December 31, 2023 | 11pm
St. Bartholomew's Church
New York, NY
Paolo Bordignon, organist, in recital
Ring in the new year with a fun and festive concert at 11 pm, followed by a champagne reception at the stroke of midnight. Hear organ favorites like Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in D Major and Vierne’s Carillon de Westminster played with the console out front-and-center. With over 12,000 pipes sounding into the resplendent nave from both sides of the chancel, the rear gallery, and even above in the dome, the dynamic range and vast color palette of the Æolian- Skinner organ at St. Bartholomew’s is an experience to behold in person, enveloped by one of the world’s largest musical instruments.
Champagne toast at midnight
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC:
HANDEL’S MESSIAH
December 12, 2023 | 7pm
December 13, 2023 | 7pm
December 14, 2023 | 7pm
December 16, 2023 | 7pm
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
New York, NY
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: MESSIAH
Fabio Biondi, conductor
Hera Hyesang Park, soprano
Hannah Ludwig, alto
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Joshua Conyers, baritone
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
GREAT MUSIC AT ST. BART’S:
JOYOUS CHRISTMAS CONCERT
December 11, 2023 | 7:30pm
St. Bartholomew’s Church
New York, NY
St. Bartholomew’s Choir
Paolo Bordignon, conductor
Alexander Pattavina, organ
The musicians of St. Bartholomew’s Choir frequently appear at many of the city’s most prestigious venues: from Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, to Broadway stages and New York’s finest Jazz clubs. Hear them celebrate the holiday season in our beautiful sanctuary with beloved traditional carols as well as festive new arrangements of sacred and secular Christmas favorites, all accompanied on our famed pipe organ.
Heinrich Biber:
Rosary Sonatas
November 7, 2023 at 7:30 pm
IBK Chamber Hall, Seoul Arts Center
Seoul, South Korea
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber:
Rosenkranzsonaten (Rosary Sonatas or Mystery Sonatas)
Ju-Young Baek, violin
Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord & portative
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New York Philharmonic:
Handel’s Israel in Egypt
October 25, 2023 | 7:30pm
October 26, 2023 | 7:30pm
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
New York, NY
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: ISRAEL IN EGYPT
New York Philharmonic
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Sonya Headlam, soprano
Cody Bowers, countertenor
Jacob Perry, tenor
Edward Vogel, baritone
Chorus of Apollo’s Fire
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Photo by Chris Lee
A CHORAL FEAST:
Mozart REquiem, K. 626
October 29, 2023 | 11:00am
St. Bartholomew’s Church
New York, NY
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem, K. 626
(Sussmayer completion)
St. Bartholomew’s Choir and Orchestra
Paolo Bordignon, conductor
Trinity Youth CHorus
With NOVUS NY
October 20, 2023 | 5:00pm
St. Paul’s Chapel of Trinity Church, Wall Street
New York, NY
Trinity Youth Chorus
Melissa Attebury, director
with NOVUS NY
Works by Mozart, Fauré, Mendelssohn, and Schubert written in their teenage years.
A CHORAL FEAST:
Benjamin Britten’s
Rejoice in the lamb
October 1, 2023 | 11:00am
St. Bartholomew’s Church
New York, NY
St. Bartholomew’s Choir
Paolo Bordignon, conductor
Alexander Pattavina, organ
WASHINGTON FRIENDS OF MUSIC
September 8, 2023 | 5:30pm
First Congregational Church
Washington, CT
Vivaldi: Four Seasons
Piazzolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Deborah Buck, Daniel Khalikov, Nick Danielson, Conrad Harris, Pauline Kim, violin
William Hakim, Robert Rinehart, viola
Wendy Sutter, Connor Kim, cello
Gregg August, bass
Salt Bay ChamberFest
August 8, 2023 | 7:30 pm
Lincoln Theater
Damariscotta, Maine
ÉLISABETH-CLAUDE JACQUET DE LA GUERRE: Sonata No. 1 in D minor for Violin and Continuo
JULIE PINEL: Rossignols vous chantez
ANTONIA BEMBO: Passan veloci l’hore
BARBARA STROZZI: Che si può fare, Op. 8, No. 6
TONIA KO: Still Life Crumbles
BARBARA STROZZI: Hor che Apollo, Op. 8, No. 3
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Mark Steinberg, violin
Riccardo Minasi, violin
Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba
Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord
More information here
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
August 5, 2023 | 5:00 pm
New Mexico Museum of Art
Santa Fe, NM
All-HANDEL program
Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430, The Harmonious Blacksmith
Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 5, No. 4
La Lucrezia (O Numi eterni), Cantata for Soprano and Continuo, HWV 145
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord
Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Jessica Lee, violin
Joseph Johnson, cello
More information here
A Hymn to St. Cecilia:
Music of Bach & Britten
June 6, 2023 | 7:30 pm
St. Bartholomew’s Chapel
New York, NY
St. Bartholomew’s Choir
Paolo Bordignon, conductor
Alexander Pattavina, organ
“In a garden shady this holy lady
With reverent cadence and subtle psalm ...
Poured forth her song in perfect calm.”
W. H. Auden’s Hymn to St. Cecilia is as fresh, startling, and brilliant today as when he first penned the poem in 1940 at the request of his Brooklyn housemate, Benjamin Britten. The collaboration proved to be their last but the short masterpiece they produced is one of the best-loved a cappella choral works of the century. Join St. Bartholomew’s Choir for a concert whose subject is the celebration of music itself by two of its most inventive creators: Britten and Bach. The program will include Bach’s motets Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225, and Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226.
More information here
Camerata Pacifica
Friday, May 12, 2023 | 7:30 pm
Music Academy of the West - Hahn Hall
Santa Barbera, CA
Sunday, May 14, 2023 | 3pm
Bank of America Performing Arts Center - Scherr Forum Theatre
Thousand Oaks, CA
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 | 7:30 pm
The Huntington Museum - Rothenberg Hall
San Marino, CA
Thursday, May 18, 2023 | 8 pm
The Colburn School - Zipper Hall
Los Angeles, CA
ADAMS: Shaker Loops
BACH: Non sa che sia dolore, BWV 209
PERGOLESI: Salve Regina in C Minor
Samuel Mariño, Catherine Gregory, Joseph Lin, Tricia Park, Jason Uyeyama, Agnes Gottschewski, Aaron Oltman, Jonathan Moerschel, Ani Aznavoorian, Raman Ramakrishnan, Tim Eckert, Paolo Bordignon
Camerata Pacifica website
A CHORAL FEAST:
Music of Handel
April 23, 2023 | 11:00am
St. Bartholomew’s Church
New York, NY
St. Bartholomew’s Choir
New York Baroque Incorporated
Music of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), including his Coronation Anthem No. 2, “Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened,” as well as movements from his Coronation Anthem No. 3 and organ concerti.
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New York Philharmonic
May 4, 2023 | 7:30 pm
May 5, 2023 | 8:00 pm
May 5, 2023 | 8:00 pm
David Geffen Hall
New York, NY
New York Philharmonic
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Walker: Sinfonia No. 1
Respighi: Roman Festivals
Violinist Leonidas Kavakos joins the Orchestra and conductor Gianandrea Noseda in Shostakovich’s contemplative and fiery Violin Concerto No. 1. Drama and mystery pervade Walker’s pithy Sinfonia No. 1. Respighi’s tone poem Roman Festivals depicts ancient and modern celebrations in Rome, from gladiatorial combat to the tolls of church bells and a harvest festival.
Mendelssohn:
St. Paul
April 23, 2023 | 3:00 pm
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York, NY
Saint Andrew Music Society: Music on Madison
Saint Andrew Chorale & Orchestra
Andrew Henderson, conductor
A CHORAL FEAST:
Schubert Mass in G, D.167
April 23, 2023 | 11:00am
St. Bartholomew’s Church
New York, NY
St. Bartholomew’s Choir with chamber orchestra
Photo by Tim Martin
Actus tragicus:
A Bach meditation in holy week
April 3, 2023 | 6:00pm
St. Bartholomew’s Chapel
New York, NY
Members of St. Bartholomew’s Choir
Arnie Tanimoto & Motomi Igarashi, violas da gamba
Nina Stern & Rachel Begley, recorders
Matt Zucker, cello
Alexander Pattavina, continuo organ
Paolo Bordignon, conductor
Music of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude, from Suite no. 1 in G major BWV 1007, solo cello
Chorale: Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 416, choir
Chorale Prelude: Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 683, organ
Sonata for viola da gamba in G minor, BWV 1029, gamba & organ
2 movements from Sonata in E Major, BWV 1035, recorder & organ
Bist du bei mir, BWV 508 (Melody by G. H. Stölzel), voice, cello, & organ
Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit – Actus Tragicus, BWV 106, tutti
Chorale: In meines Herzens Grunde, from Johannes Passion, BWV 245, tutti
In Bach’s time, the inclusion of the viola da gamba in vocal music had taken on special significance and suggested something extraordinary, as in his Passion settings. Two gambas here, paired with two recorders and organ, evoke the remote realm of the pastoral. In this cantata written for a funeral service, the solace of otherworldly instruments offers comfort to all who hear them.
VOICES Of ascension:
Bach’s St. John Passion
March 9, 2023 | 7:30pm
Church of the Ascension
New York, NY
BACH: St. John Passion, BVW 245
Voices of Ascension Chorus and Orchestra
Dennis Keene, Artistic Director and Conductor
Brian Giebler, tenor (Evangelist)
Matthew Curran, bass-baritone (Jesus)
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone (Pilate)
Elisse Albian, soprano
Lucia Bradford, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Stenson, tenor
Jason Eck, bass-baritone
Concert website
Lenten organ recital
March 5, 2023 | 4:00pm
St. Bartholomew’s Church
New York, NY
The tradition of Lenten organ recitals at St. Bart’s goes back many decades and Great Music is delighted to offer two of these 40-minute programs this season. As at last year’s organ concerts, the organists’ hands and feet will be visible by means of a large video screen placed in the chancel.
Program:
BACH: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543
BACH: Schmücke Dich, o liebe Seele (Adorn yourself, O dear soul), BWV 654
VIERNE: Impromptu (from 24 Pièces de Fantaisie)
DUPRÉ: Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, Op. 7
Organ day
at the Kimmel Center
February 25, 2023 | 3:15pm
Verizon Hall, The Kimmel Center
Philadelphia, PA
BACH: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
BACH: “Little” Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
DURUFLÉ: Scherzo, Op. 2
VIERNE: Carillon de Westminster
The Philadelphia Orchestra
February 25, 2023 | 11:30am
Verizon Hall, The Kimmel Center
Philadelphia, PA
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Tristan Rais-Sherman, conductor
Paolo Bordignon, organ
GIGOUT: Grand choeur dialogué
JONGEN: Toccata (Symphonie concertante)
BACH: Sinfonia from Cantata 29
GABRIELI: Canzon in Double Echo
HANDEL: Organ Concerto No. 8 in A major, Op. 7, No. 2
BEACH: Prelude on an Old Folk Tune (version for orchestra)
SAINT-SAËNS: Finale from Symphony No. 3
A CHoral Feast:
Imogen Holst Mass in A Minor
February 12, 2023 | 11:00am
St. Bartholomew’s Church
New York, NY
IMOGEN HOLST: Mass in A Minor
St. Bartholomew’s Choir
Paolo Bordignon, Organist & Choirmaster
Imogen Holst, daughter of Gustav Holst, has long deserved recognition for her significant body of work, composed intermittently throughout her life. Her Mass in A minor, a student work presented to her teacher Ralph Vaughan Williams shows a mastery of choral texturing and modal counterpoint. The performing edition used was prepared from Holst’s manuscripts by Graham Ross and recorded for the first time almost 85 years after the work’s composition.
Jupiter Chamber Players
February 6, 2023 | 7:00pm
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church
New York, NY
Hyunah Yu, soprano
Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord
Abigel Kralik, violin
Hina Khuong-Huu, violin
Fiona Khuong-Huu, violin
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola
Bethany Hargreaves, viola
Mihai Marica, cello
Kebra-Seyoun Charles, double bass
Vadim Lando, clarinet
BUXTEHUDE: Trio Sonata in Bb Major BuxWV 273
BACH: Bete aber auch dabei, from Cantata 115
BACH: Jesus soll mein erstes Wort, from Cantata 171
BACH: Auch mit gedämpften, schwachen Stimmen, from Cantata 36
PAGANELLI: Concerto for Chalumeau
HASSE: Sinfonia in G minor Op. 5 No. 6
GRAUN: Concerto in C minor for Violin & Gamba WV A:XIII:3
American Symphony Orchestra:
Organ + Orchestra
January 27, 2023 | 8:00pm
St. Bartholomew’s Church
New York, NY
American Symphony Orchestra
Leon Botstein, Music Director
Bard Festival Chorale
James Bagwell, Director
Anya Matanovič, Soprano
Eve Gigliotti, Mezzo-soprano
Joshua Blue, Tenor
Adam Lau, Bass
Paolo Bordignon, organ
SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No. 3, “The Organ Symphony”
SMYTH: Mass in D
Concert review 1
Concert review 2
Photos: Matt Dine
New York Philharmonic:
Young People’s COncerts
January 25, 2023
January 26, 2023
January 27, 2023
January 28, 2023
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
New York, NY
Lidiya Yankovskaya: Conductor & co-host
Angélica Negrón: Co-host
El Puente:Community partner
Program
REBEL: Le cahos, from Les éléments
DEBUSSY:The Play of the Waves, from La Mer
ANGELICA NEGRON: World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission
Very Young Composers:New Works
BATES: :Selection from Xinjiang Province, from Alternative Energy
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A CHoral Feast:
VIerne Messe Solenelle
January 22, 2023 | 11:00am
St. Bartholomew’s Church
New York, NY
VIERNE: Messe Solenelle
St. Bartholomew’s Choir
Paolo Bordignon, Organist & Choirmaster
Alexander Pattavina, Associate Organist & Choirmaster
Washington Friends of Music
January 1 2023 | 4:00pm
Thomas S. Perakos Arts and Community Center
Washington, CT
Music of Torelli, Telemann, Bach
David Krauss, Milan Milisavljević, Wendy Sutter, Pauline Kim Harris, Conrad Harris, Laura Metcalf, Daniel Khalikov, Deborah Buck, William Hakim, Wendy Sutter, David J. Grossman, Paolo Bordignon