Musica Sacra has announced the 2024-25 concert season led by Music Director Kent Tritle. Musica Sacra’s season begins with “Radiant Dialogues,” a program led by Kent Tritle that begins with J. S. Bach’s motet “Komm, Jesu, komm” and ends with John Tavener’s Svyati, a dialogue for choir and cello with text from the Russian Orthodox service. Performance Dates: Oct 16, 2024, at {…}
Musica Sacra, New York’s elite professional chorus led by Music Director Kent Tritle, has announced its 2023-24 slate, which will incidentally be its 60th anniversary season. Musica Sacra introduces “Re:Soundings,” an immersive concert in 360° in the candlelit Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Performance Date: Oct. 17, 2023 Händel’s “Messiah” will be performed at Carnegie Hall, with period bows {…}
Musica Sacra has announced its 2022-23 season. The season kicks off with “Music for the Gothic Space” at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Kent Trittle will lead a program of music by Janet Wheeler, Amy Summers, Olivia Sparkhall, and Sarah McDonald, as well as mass movements from 14th century England and France. Performance Date: Oct. 25, 2022 Next {…}
Musica Sacra has announced its Spring season under Music Director Kent Tritle. Kent Tritle continues Musica Sacra’s history of engagement with new and recent repertoire, featuring the world premiere of “The Name That Never Dies,” a commissioned work by Wang Jie; the “Te Deum” of Arvo Pärt; and Viktor Kalabis’s “Canticum canticorum.” The concert will also include Brahms’s “motet Schaffe {…}
New York’s Musica Sacra has unveiled its 2021-22 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal performances. First up will be a concert at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine featuring Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra under Kent Tritle and Michael Sheetz. The ensemble will perform music by J.S. Bach, Johann Michael Bach, and {…}
Cathedral of St. John the Divine’s 2019-20 season of Great Music in a Great Space will begin later this month with “Music for a Gothic Space.” Kent Tritle will lead the a cappella concert, featuring the acclaimed New York-based ensemble Musica Sacra. The program is set to include Machaut’s “Messe de Nostre Dame,” hauntingly beautiful motets of Josquin des Prez, {…}
Musica Sacra, New York’s longest continuously performing professional chorus under the direction of Kent Tritle, has announced its 2019-20 season. The season will open with the a cappella concert “Music for a Gothic Space” at Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The performance, preceded by a recital by the Newark Boys Chorus, will feature Machaut’s “Messe de Nostre Dame,” the {…}
New York City’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine has announced its ninth season of “Great Music in a Great Space.” Director of Cathedral Music and organist Kent Tritle will lead the chorus. Musica Sacra will perform Guillaume de Machaut’s “Messe de Nostre Dame,” Josquin des Prez’ Motets, and Gregorian Chant during “Music for a Gothic Space.” A recital by {…}