Greetings!

Kent’s three autumn concerts at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine offer a great way to journey through a millennium with music!

Musica Sacra performs repertoire for which it is well known in “Music for a Gothic Space”: Gregorian chant and medieval masterpieces; Machaut’s Messe de Nostre Dame and motets by Josquin des Pres, on October 21. The Oratorio Society of New York brings its choral grandeur to the Cathedral on November 5 for two 20 ^th-century works that will resound in the space: Rachmaninoff’s a cappella Vespers (also known as All-Night Vigil) and Duruflé’s Requiem. November 20 brings the U.S. premiere of Patrick Zimmerli’s 2017 oratorio Instrument of Destiny for male chorus, tenor soloist, jazz piano, and jazz percussion, which celebrates the life of early 20th-century American poet Alan Seeger (part of the Cathedral's Great Music in a Great Space series).

Kent leads his students of the Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir on November 12 in a program of beautifully varied repertoire, assisted by some of his graduate student conductors. And should you be in New York’s Ulster County on October 26, head to Christ the King Episcopal Church in Stone Ridge, where Kent will perform an organ recital of music by Bach, Brahms, Mendelssohn, and more.

Check out the links below for more information!