The Oratorio Society of New York Announces Winners of 44th Annual Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition Finals

The Oratorio Society of New York (OSNY) announced the winners of its 44th Annual Lyndon Woodside Oratorio Solo Competition Finals, which was held on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021. Here are the winners: Soprano Emily Cedriana Donato won First Place, receiving the Andrew R. Preis Award and a $7,000 prize. In Second Place, soprano Emily Yocum Black took home the Meyerson/Zwanger Award, along {…}

Aug 3, 2021

Oratorio Society of New York to Hold Solo Competition Finals Concert

On August 21, 2021 the Oratorio Society of New York will present the 44th Annual Lyndon Woodside Oratorio Solo Competition Finals Concert, held at Riverside Church. From over 120 participants of the 2020 competition, six finalists were selected before the pandemic forced them to cancel for the year. The six finalists are bass Mikhail Biryukov; sopranos Rebecca Farley, Emily Yokum {…}

Dec 4, 2020

Susanna Phillips, Joshua Blue Headline Oratorio Society of New York’s ‘Messiah’

(Credit: Bryan Zaros) The Oratory Society of New York will present Handel’s Messiah directed by Kent Tritle beginning on Dec. 21, 2020, which can be viewed free digitally at the company’s official website. In accordance with its annual tradition, Tritle will have 24 members of the chorus and 12 instrumentalists under his baton. The soloists for the performance will include {…}

Feb 12, 2020

Oratorio Society Of New York To Present Brahms’ German Reqiuem

The Oratorio Society of New York is set to perform the U.S. premiere of a new critical edition of Brahms’s “A German Requiem.” OSNY Music Director Kent Tritle conducts the epic work with soloists Susanna Phillips and Takaoki Onishi. The new critical edition, which will get its U.S. premiere in this performance, is by an international team led by the {…}

Dec 5, 2019

Oratorio Society Announce Cast Change For Messiah

The Oratorio Society has announced a cast change for its upcoming Messiah on Dec. 19 at Carnegie Hall. The OSNY has revealed that Lauren Snouffer will make her debut with the organization, replacing Leslie Fagan as the soprano soloist. Snouffer has previously performed the Messiah with the New York Philharmonic alongside OSNY conductor Kent Tritle. This season, Snouffer makes her {…}

Nov 14, 2019

Oratorio Society Of New York To Perform 146th Presentation Of The Messiah

The Oratorio Society of New York is set to perform its 146th presentation of the holiday favorite Handel’s Messiah. The ensemble will consist of a 200-voice chorus, today New York’s standard for grand choral performance. Soloists will include soprano Leslie Fagan, contralto Heather Petrie, tenor Brian Giebler, and bass Adam Lau with conductor Kent Tritle. Petrie and Giebler were finalists {…}

Oct 14, 2019

Oratorio Society Of New York To Open Its 2019-20 Season At Cathedral Of St. John The Divine

The Oratorio Society of New York will kick off its four-concert season early next month at Cathedral of St. John the Divine. OSNY is set to present “two touchstone works of 20th century choral repertoire that shine in the cathedral’s resonant acoustic” – Maurice Duruflé’s masterpiece Requiem, and excerpts from Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Vespers.” Featured performers will include contralto Kirsten Sollek, {…}

Aug 28, 2019

The Cathedral Of St. John The Divine Announces Its Ninth Season Of ‘Great Music In A Great Space’

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 {…}

Jul 25, 2019

Susanna Phillips, Takaoki Onishi & Jennifer Zetlan Headline Oratorio Society of New York’s 2019-20 Season

The Oratorio Society of New York has revealed details of its upcoming 147th season, which will include two world premieres. The season will kick off with “Rachmaninoff and Duruflé” at Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The program will include excerpts from Rachmaninoff’s Vespers, an “a cappella work of remarkable spirituality,” along with Duruflé’s Requiem. Featured vocalists will include contralto Kirsten {…}

May 10, 2019

Oratorio Society of New York 2019 Review: Verdi’s Messa da Requiem

Verdi’s Requiem is one of the most powerful pieces of music ever created. When performed to its maximum expression it can be a transformative experience, one full of fear, intense, suffering, but even hope. The Oratorio Society of New York performed the masterpiece at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, May 9, 2019, in a performance that was undeniably potent, though perhaps {…}

Apr 10, 2019

Oratorio Society To Perform Verdi’s Requiem

The Oratorio Society will conclude its 2018-19 Carnegie Hall season with Verdi’s Requiem. The OSNY Music Director Kent Tritle is set to lead the performance with Elizabeth de Trejo, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Joshua Blue, and Adam Lau. The performance will mark De Trejo’s OSNY debut and her second collaboration with Kent Tritle, who worked with her at the Great Mountains Music {…}