Orchestra of St. Luke’s has unveiled its forthcoming 2026 performances in New York City. Here are the vocal performances on offer. First up is “Barber, Sondheim, and Tunick” at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Baritone John Brancy joins the ensemble for a program that includes the world premiere of Jonathan Tunick’s “Clarinet Quintet,” and selected songs by Stephen Sondheim. {…}
Carnegie Hall is set to present the Orchestra of St. Luke’s on April 10, 2025. The concert will feature J. S. Bach’s “St. John Passion” at the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. Bernard Labadie will conduct a cast that includes Andrew Haji as the Evangelist, Philippe Sly as Jesus, Joélle Harvey, Hugh Cutting, Samuel Boden, William Thomas, and La Chapelle de Québec. It {…}
Carnegie Hall is set to celebrate the holiday season on Dec. 7 with J. S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. The famed piece with be performed by Orchestra of St. Luke under Principal Conductor Bernard Labadie. Soloists will include soprano Lauren Snouffer, contralto Avery Amereau, tenor Andrew Haji, and baritone Joshua Hopkins. They will perform alongside La Chapelle de Québec. This concert is {…}
The Orchestra of St. Luke has announced its 2023-24 season. “Orchestra of St. Luke’s enters the 23-24 season with a bold stride, performing 12 concerts at Carnegie Hall, including curated series in each of the storied venue’s three halls, featuring Principal Conductor Bernard Labadie and the world’s leading guest artists,” said the company’s President and Executive Director, James Roe, in {…}
The Orchestra of St. Luke’s has announced its 2022-23 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. MasterVoices will present Bizet’s “Carmen” at the Lincoln Center (Rose Theater) with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s performing. The opera, which will be conducted by Ted Sperling and directed by Sammi Cannold, will star Ginger Costa-Jackson, {…}
New York City’s classical music station WQXR has announced the launch of a second season of “New York in Concert.” A guide to the city’s classical scene will consist of a 10-part weekly series and will be hosted by WNYC and WQXR’s radio host John Schaefer. Organizations highlighted include Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Harlem Chamber Players, Metropolitan Museum of Art, {…}
WQXR, New York City’s only all-classical radio station, announced four platforms to aid the city’s creative community and sustain the arts culture for which The Big Apple is famous. The station’s multi-pronged approach named STAR (Salutes The ARts) represents the first initiative led by WQXR’s new Chief Content Officer and Senior Vice President, Ed Yim. STAR comprises four initiatives: the {…}
Update: The star of the festival will be postponed until June 23, 2020. The Orchestra of St. Luke’s has announced its online slate for the Bach at Home Festival, which launches on June 9, 2020. For the purposes of this article, our focuses will be on vocal performances. The first vocal showcase does not come until week two when soprano {…}
The Orchestra of St. Luke’s is set to kick off its 2020 winter-spring season with a performance at Carnegie Hall on Feb. 6, 2020. The concert, entitled “Handel & Vivaldi: Rare Works for Double Orchestra” will be led by conductor Bernard Labadie and will feature contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux and violinist Daniel Hope as the major soloiss. Lemieux will perform “Salve {…}
MasterVoices will open its 2019-20 season next month with a concert version of George and Ira Gershwin’s “Let ‘Em Eat Cake,” a “musical take on a presidential re-election gone haywire.” The 1933 sequel to “Of Thee I Sing” continues the story of populist U.S. President John P. Wintergreen, who is voted out of office and stages a coup in an {…}
MasterVoices will conclude its 2018-19 season with the world premiere of a new adaptation of Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin, and Moss Hart’s musical “Lady in the Dark.” Performances will be held at New York City Center on Apr. 25-27, 2019 as part of the venue’s 75th anniversary season. The musical, directed and conducted by MasterVoices Artistic Director Ted Sperling, will {…}