TENET, one of New York's preeminent vocal ensembles, under the artistic direction of soprano Jolle Greenleaf, announces its fifth New York season with 5 major events highlighting the music of Claudio Monteverdi, Henry Purcell, Michael Praetorius and other renaissance and baroque masters. Tickets for TENET's series performances are available by visiting (http://www.tenetnyc.com/) or calling Showclix at (888) 71-TICKETS (888-718-4253).
Artistic Directors Steven Blier and Michael Barrett cap the first quarter-century of NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG with a 25th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION tonight, May 13 at 7:30 PM at DiMenna Center for Classical Music.
To conclude its 140th anniversary season, the Oratorio Society of New York, the city's standard for grand choral performance, presents Benjamin Britten's monumental 1962 work War Requiem at Carnegie Hall tonight, April 22, 2013, at 8:00 PM.
Artistic Directors Steven Blier and Michael Barrett cap the first quarter-century of NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG with a 25th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION on Monday, May 13 at 7:30 PM at DiMenna Center for Classical Music.
On Saturday, April 13, 2013, the Oratorio Society of New York announced the winners of the 37th Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition, the only major vocal competition devoted to solo oratorio singing.
Now in its 15th season, Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook celebrates the best in American singing and songwriting with a new chapter in the Songbook story: 'American Songbook in the Penthouse,' a series of weekend-only performances by performers and composers presented in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, an intimate yet elegant venue that brings artists closer to the audience in a cabaret-style setting. The second weekend of Kaplan Penthouse performances, the sixth week of American Songbook 2013, runs April 5-6, 2013. April 5th belongs to Cristin Milioti, who was nominated for a Tony Award in 2012 for her lead role in the musical Once.
Lincoln Center announces its concerts, films and events for April 2013, including American Songbook in the Penthouse, Great Performers, Meet the Artist Saturdays, Target Free Todays and JustFilms at AtriumFlix. Details below!
To conclude its 140th anniversary season, the Oratorio Society of New York, the city's standard for grand choral performance, presents Benjamin Britten's monumental 1962 work War Requiem at Carnegie Hall on Monday, April 22, 2013, at 8:00 PM.
Since 1977, the Oratorio Society of New York, the city's standard for grand choral performance, has held the only major vocal competition devoted to solo oratorio singing. Named after the OSNY music director from 1973 to 2005, the Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition each year draws applicants from around the world.
Three-time Grammy-nominee Boston Baroque, under the direction of Martin Pearlman, one of this country's leading interpreters of Baroque and Classical music on period and modern instruments, has announced its 40th anniversary season program for 2013 - 2014. The season is packed with masterpieces such as Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Handel's Messiah, Rameau's opera La Guirlande and Bach's Brandenburg Concertos. And, with Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, Boston Baroque continues a tradition of presenting rarely-performed operas from the Baroque and Classical periods.
Now in its 15th season, Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook celebrates the best in American singing and songwriting with a new chapter in the Songbook story: 'American Songbook in the Penthouse,' a series of weekend-only performances by performers and composers presented in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, an intimate yet elegant venue that brings artists closer to the audience in a cabaret-style setting. The second weekend of Kaplan Penthouse performances, the sixth week of American Songbook 2013, runs April 5-6, 2013. April 5th belongs to Cristin Milioti, who was nominated for a Tony Award in 2012 for her lead role in the musical Once.
Lincoln Center announces its concerts, films and events for April 2013, including American Songbook in the Penthouse, Great Performers, Meet the Artist Saturdays, Target Free Thursdays and JustFilms at AtriumFlix. Details below!
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) welcomes alumnus Jesse Blumberg, baritone (MM, '03), and renowned collaborative pianist Martin Katz for free performances of Franz Schubert's two great Lieder cycles this February.
North America's leading classical music distributor, Naxos of America, starts 2013 by commencing relationships with four labels: Centaur Records and Supraphon for distribution in Canada and Mark and GPR Records in North America.
Due to circumstances related to the ongoing problems caused by Hurricane Sandy, the Oratorio Society of New York is postponing its Carnegie Hall concert of Monday, November 5, to an early 2013 date to be determined.
The New York premiere of a poignant oratorio about a frontier tragedy and Britten's equally unsettling War Requiem frame the Oratorio Society of New York's 2012/13 concert season at Carnegie Hall. Kent Tritle will lead the 200-voice chorus, New York City's second-oldest cultural organization, in its 140th season. Also this season, the Oratorio Society will perform Handel's beloved Messiah, as it has every year since 1874. Rounding the season is the 37th annual Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition, the only competition to focus exclusively on oratorio singing.
TENET, under the artistic direction of soprano Jolle Greenleaf, has announced their fourth New York season featuring four programs highlighting the music of Claudio Monteverdi and other masters of early music. Tickets for most TENET performances are available online (http://www.tenetnyc.com/) or by calling Showclix at (888) 71-TICKETS (888-718-4253).
Kent Kritle's 2012-2013 season marks his 30th year conducting in New York City. The landmark season includes Britten's War Requiem with the Oratorio Society of New York, Bach's Mass in B Minor with at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Mendelssohn's Elijah at the Manhattan School of Music, and travels across the U.S. for Carnegie Hall's National High School Choral Festival. See full details below.