Concerts at Saint Mary the Virgin

2019-2020 Season

Tuesday, September 17, 2019 – Organ Recital

The Great French Organ Tradition
The second of three recitals in the New York area by Paul Jacobs, organ

 Program:
Jean Langlais (1907-1991): “Acclamations Carolingiennes” from Suite Médiévale, Op. 56
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1991): Messe de la Pentecôte
Henri Mulet (1878-1967): “Rosace” from Esquisses Byzantines
Jean Guillou (1930-2019): Saga No. 4, Op. 20
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986): Suite, Op. 5

Saturday, October 12, 8:00 PM – New York Repertory Orchestra

David Leibowitz, music director & conductor
Nathaniel LaNasa, piano 

Program:
Debussy: Petite Suite
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
Hindemith: Symphony in E-flat 

Admission is free. A donation of $15.00 is suggested.

 Saturday, October 19, 8:00 PM – The Early Music Series
of The Miller Theater at Columbia University presents Vox Luminis

Stabat Mater

The first piece Belgian ensemble Vox Luminis ever sang together was Stabat Mater, Scarlatti’s masterpiece about the Virgin Mary that pays homage to the great tradition of polyphony. Scarlatti’s signature work anchors a collection of powerfully moving compositions depicting the suffering of the Mother of God at the foot of the cross, fittingly performed in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin.

Repertoire:
Domenico Scarlatti: Stabat Mater for ten voices
Alessandro Della Ciaia: Lamentatio Virginis in despositione Filii de cruce
Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento della ninfa
Claudio Monteverdi: Adoramus te Christe
Anonymous: Lamentation de la Vierge au Croix
Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus a 8

Saturday, November 9, 8:00 PM – The Early Music Series of The Miller Theater at Columbia University presents New York Polyphony

Gothic Polyphony

The illustrious male vocal quartet New York Polyphony returns for a program that begins at the dawn of the Renaissance, with selections of the very earliest works that can be found in England. Rescued from the Reformation as recycled book-bindings, these Medieval gems show the mastery of the English style that would influence the next three centuries of composition, such as works by England’s first great composer, John Dunstable. The program culminates with music from the Golden Age of the Renaissance in Spain.

Repertoire:

From the “Worcester Fragments”
Anonymous: Gloria in excelsis Deo, trope: Spiritus procedens
Anonymous: Sanctus and Benedictus
Andrew Smith: Flos Regalis
Anonymous: Flos Regalis
Anonymous: Agnus Dei
Anonymous: Beata viscera

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 Leonel Power: Beata progenies
Thomas Byttering: Nesciens mater
John Dunstable: Speciosa facta es
John Dunstable: Quam pulchra es, No. 44
John Pyamour Quam pulcra es
John Plummer Tota pulcra es
Francisco de Peñalosa: Missa “L’homme armé,” Gloria in excelsis Deo
Francisco de Peñalosa: Missa “L'homme armé,” Credo in unum Deum
Francisco de Peñalosa: Sancta Maria, succure miseris
Pedro de Escobar: Stabat mater dolorosa
Francisco Guerrero: Antes que comáis a Dios
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla: Stabat mater dolorosa

Wednesday, November 13, 2019, 7:30 PM – The White Light Festival of The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Presents Ensemble Basiani

Unifying Voices

Performing mesmerizing Georgian choral music from every corner of this ancient, ethnically diverse region, the striking male voices of Ensemble Basiani embody otherworldly sound from the world’s oldest polyphonic tradition. Following a celebrated 2012 White Light Festival appearance, Basiani returns for a transporting a cappella concert of sacred and folk songs in the atmospheric Church of Saint Mary the Virgin.

Saturday, December 7, 8:00 PM – New York Repertory Orchestra

 David Leibowitz, music director & conductor
Sarah Cambidge, soprano
Kyle van Schoonhoven, tenor

 Program:

Strauss: "Der Rosenkavalier" Suite
Wagner: "Siegfried" Final Scene

 Admission is free. A donation of $15.00 is suggested.

Saturday, December 28, 2019, 8:00 PM – ARTEK Early Music Ensemble

Gwendolyn Toth, director

SPECIAL HOLIDAY CONCERT
Monteverdi: Mass for the Virgin
Festive Venetian Christmas Mass

 Tickets may be ordered online.

Saturday, February 8, 2020 – New York Repertory Orchestra

David Leibowitz, music director & conductor
Robin Zeh, violin

 Glazunov: Theme and Variations for Strings
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (“Pathetique”)

 Admission is free. A donation of $15.00 is suggested.

 Saturday, March 28, 2020 – New York Repertory Orchestra

David Leibowitz, music director & conductor
Yoojin Oh, piano

 Nielsen: "Helios" Overture
Honegger: Symphony No. 5 ("di tre re")
Gershwin: Concerto in F

 Admission is free. A donation of $15.00 is suggested.

Saturday, May 16, 2020 – New York Repertory Orchestra

David Leibowitz, music director & conductor
Christopher Howatt, Tenor

with
Young New Yorkers’ Chorus,
Alex Canovas, Artistic Director 

Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-flat
Berlioz: Te Deum

Previous Concert Artists Have Included:

Berlin Radio Choir
Canticorum Virtuosi
Manhattan School of Music Chamber Orchestra
New York City Master Chorale
New York Polyphony
New York Repertory Orchestra
Orlando Consort
Riverside Choral Society
Swedish Radio Choir
Tallis Scholars
Trident Ensemble
Vox Luminis