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It is Kent Tritle, organist, who is showcased this summer - he plays the last of a series of performances of the Saint-Saëns "Organ Symphony" with the New York Philharmonic at the
Bravo! Vail festival this weekend (Sunday), and next week plays two recitals in Germany, at
Erl
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serkirche in Munich and
Himmerod Abbey in Grosslittgen...if you happen to be in the neighborhood!
And on August 5, he plays a recital at
Grace United Methodist Church in Spencer, Iowa, next door to his hometown of Spirit Lake. This church's organ is one that a young Kent dreamed of playing: "It seemed like the Valhalla of organ pilgrimage to me - you see, Spencer had 10,000 inhabitants, while Spirit Lake had about 2,500. It was a real pipe organ of some size, even larger than the organ in our local Lutheran church, and my home church, where I played, had an electronic organ. But I still have never played that instrument, and I'm very much looking forward to fulfilling a late childhood dream this August!"
Tickets are on sale now for the major events of Kent's 2018-19 season! Read on (and see the schedule below for ticket links):
- Musica Sacra's season features signature Baroque repertoire as well as a program of Byrd, Whitacre, Paulus, and the world premiere of a work by Michael Gilbertson, along with its acclaimed annual presentation of Handel's Messiah. The group also participates in live score performances of 2001: A Space Odyssey with the New York Philharmonic (a repeat collaboration) and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
- The Carnegie Hall season of the Oratorio Society of New York is expanding from three to four concerts, which will include Kullervo, the rarely-performed symphonic poem by Sibelius, Szymanowski's Stabat Mater on a program marking the centennial year of WWI Armistice and Polish independence, its beloved rendition of Handel's Messiah, and the mighty Verdi Requiem.
- Concerts by the Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine feature the choir's continued collaboration with early/world music ensemble Rose of the Compass, this year a concert marking the centennial of the WWI Armistice and Armenian independence, as well as a program of French masters Fauré and Poulenc.
- As part of his season as Director of Choral Activities at the Manhattan School of Music, Kent shares a choral program with Associate Director Ronnie Oliver and two of the program's graduate conductors in the school's newly-renovated Neidorff-Karpati Hall.
Among the singers featured on Kent's programs this season are some of his favorite soloists, including sopranos Susanna Phillips, Kathryn Lewek, Jennifer Zetlan and Leslie Fagan, countertenor Daniel Moody, tenor Brian Giebler, baritones Jesse Blumberg, John Brancy, and Takaoki Onishi, and basses Joseph Beutel and Adam Lau; and recent returning collaborators soprano Elizabeth de Trejo, mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis and tenor Joshua Blue. Soloists with whom Kent will be working with for the first time are soprano Johanna Rusanen-Kartano (in Sibelius's Kullervo), mezzo-soprano Ewa Plonka (in Szymanowski's Stabat Mater), and tenor Isaiah Bell (OSNY's Messiah).
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Sunday, July 22, 2018, 6 PM
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vail, CO
David Robertson, conductor
George Li, piano
Kent Tritle, organ
Hank Gutman, conductor (Tchaikovsky)
TCHAIKOVSKY Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
COPLAND An Outdoor Overture
MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1
SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3,"Organ"
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KENT TRITLE, organ
Sunday, July 29, 2018
KENT TRITLE, organ
Sunday, August 5, 2018, 3 PM
KENT TRITLE, organ
Saturday, September 8, 2018
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September 14 & 15, 2018
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
André de Ridder, conductor
Musica Sacra,
Kent Tritle, Music Director
The Art of the Score:
2001: A Space Odyssey
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Friday, September 21, 2018
University of Michigan North Campus, Ann Arbor, MI
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Robert Ziegler, conductor
Musica Sacra,
Kent Tritle, Music Director
2001: A Space Odyssey - screening with live score performance
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Michael Sheetz, conductor**
J. S. BACH Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225*
BUXTEHUDE Cantate Domino**
SCARLATTI Te Deum**
SCARLATTI Stabat Mater**
Pre-Concert Recital by the Newark Boys Chorus at 7 PM
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Monday, November 5, 2018, 7:30 PM
ROSE OF THE COMPASS
CATHEDRAL CHOIR OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Raymond Nagem, conductor
"Armenia 1918/2018: Armistice & Independence - A Centennial Celebration"
A program celebrating the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day and Armenian independence, specifically honoring those who were killed in the Armenian genocide, a direct result of WWI, with a tribute of traditional and sacred music to the Armenian cleric and composer Gomidas.
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Sunday, November 11, 2018, 2 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Ewa Plonka, mezzo-soprano
Jesse Blumberg, baritone
GORECKI Euntes Ibant et Flebant
SZYMANOWSKI Stabat Mater
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Dona nobis pacem
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Saturday, December 8, 2018, 7 PM
CATHEDRAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Combined Cathedral Choirs, Orchestra, and Soloists
Kent Tritle, conductor
Bryan Zaros, conductor
GABRIELI In ecclesiis
GABRIELI O Magnum Mysterium
PINKHAM Christmas Cantata
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Monday, December 17, 2018, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
Kent Tritle, conductor
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Daniel Moody, countertenor
Isaiah Bell, tenor
Joseph Beutel, bass
HANDEL Messiah
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Wednesday, December 19, 2018, 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Daniel Moody, countertenor
Brian Giebler, tenor
John Brancy, baritone
HANDEL Messiah
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Monday, December 31, 2018, 7 PM
NEW YEAR'S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jamet Pittman, soprano
Malcolm Merriweather, baritone
With guests Judy Collins, Paul Winter, Jason Robert Brown, and host Harry Smith
WILLIAM BOYCE Symphony No. 1
MOZART Symphony No. 29
CONVERY I have a dream
OQUIN
Alleluia (New York premiere)
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Monday, February 25, 2019, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
Kent Tritle, conductor
Johanna Rusanen-Kartano, soprano
Takakoki Onishi, baritone
Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Men's Chorus
BERLIOZ La mort d'Ophelie
DEBUSSY "Sirènes" from Nocturnes
SIBELIUS Kullervo
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Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 7:30 PM
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC SYMPHONIC WOMEN'S CHORUS
Kent Tritle, conductor*
Ronnie Oliver, conductor**
MSM Graduate Conductors
BRAHMS Vier Gesänge*
HOLST Hymns from the Rig Veda**
PAULUS The Earth Sings
PERSICHETTI Winter Cantata
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Tuesday, March 5, 2019, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
Kent Tritle, conductor
Arthur Fiacco, cello
BYRD Mass for Five Voices
WHITACRE i thank You, God
TAVENER The Lamb
PAULUS Pilgrim's Hymn
GILBERTSON New work for choir and cello with poetry by Kai Hoffman-Krull (World premiere)
Pre-Concert Recital by the Newark Boys Chorus at 7 PM
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019, 7:30 PM
CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Kent Tritle, conductor
Jennifer Zetlan, soprano
John Brancy, baritone
FAURÉ Requiem
POULENC Litanies à la Vierge noire
POULENC Quatre petites prières de Saint Françoise d'Assise
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Thursday, May 9, 2019, 8 PM
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
Kent Tritle, conductor
Elizabeth de Trejo, soprano
Raehann Bryce-Davis, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Blue, tenor
Adam Lau, bass
VERDI Requiem
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About Kent Tritle
Kent Tritle is one of America's leading choral conductors. Called "the brightest star in New York's choral music world" by
The New York Times, he is Director of Cathedral Music and Organist at the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City; Music Director of the
Oratorio Society of New York, the acclaimed 200-voice volunteer chorus; and Music Director of
Musica Sacra, the longest continuously performing professional chorus in New York City. In addition, Kent is Director of Choral Activities at the
Manhattan School of Music and is a member of the graduate faculty of
The Juilliard School. An acclaimed organ virtuoso, he is also the organist of the New York Philharmonic.
Photos: Jennifer Taylor and Joshua South
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