Concerts at Saint Ignatius 2008-2009

Each year Saint Ignatius of Antioch is host to a wonderful series of concerts. Please check back as concerts will be added to the schedule.

In addition to our own choir, eight ensembles in residence and other groups will be performing at Saint Ignatius this year. For more information about our ensembles-in-residence click here.

Tickets for all concerts are available at the door beginning one half hour prior to each concert. To order advanced tickets for concerts of the Choir and Orchestra of Saint Ignatius please contact the parish office (212) 580-3326. For information about ordering advanced tickets for other concerts, please visit the website of each ensemble.

Sunday, September 21, 2008, 4pm
AMUSE, a 16-voice women’s ensemble
Scott Toperzer, Guest Conductor
ENCORE! Favorites from the last six seasons including works of Handl, Victoria, Barber, Koscar, Durufle and Rhenqvist.
Tickets: $18 at the door; $12 in advance at www.amusesingers.org

Sunday, November 2, 2008, 3 PM
NEW YORK VIRTUOSO SINGERS
Harold Rosenbaum, conductor
Happy 100th Elliott Carter! A capella works and a pre-concert talk with the composer.
Tickets: $20; $10/seniors

Saturday, November 8, 2008, 8 PM
POLYHYMNIA
John Bradley, conductor
Music for a Reformed Church: Anglican Anthems & Service Music by Parsons, Tallis, Tye, Byrd, Gibbons, Weelkes, and Tomkins.
Tickets: $25; $15/seniors

Saturday, November 15, 2008, 8 PM
CERDDORION
Kristina Boerger, conductor
La Contenance Angloise: Music by English masters from five centuries.
Tickets: $20; $15/seniors

Sunday, November 16, 2008, 4 PM
TIFFANY CONSORT
Nicholas White, conductor
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam: English choral music by Byrd, Parry, and Britten.
Tickets: $30; $20/seniors

Saturday, December 20, 2008, 8 PM
CANTICUM NOVUM SINGERS
Harold Rosenbaum, conductor
Music & Readings for the season of Advent: Works by Palestrina, Tye, Monteverdi, Bruckner, Britten.
Tickets: $20; $10/seniors

Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 8 PM
CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF ST. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH
Douglas Keilitz, director; with soloists Jolle Greenleaf, soprano; Robert Isaacs, countertenor; Philip Anderson, tenor; Scott Dispensa, bass.
Three Christmas Cantatas (and an Orchestral Suite) of J.S. Bach. "Christen, ätzet diesen Tag" BWV 63; "Das neugebor'ne Kindelein" BWV 122; "Gloria in excelsis Deo" BWV 191; Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C-Major, BWV 1066.
Tickets: Advance sale - $30/$20 seniors, students; At the door - $35/$25 seniors, students.

Sunday, January 11, 2009, 3 PM
NEW YORK VIRTUOSO SINGERS
Harold Rosenbaum, conductor
Choral Composition Winners: New American prize-winning choral works.
Tickets: $20; $10/seniors

Sunday, January 18, 2009, 4pm
AMUSE, a 16-voice women’s ensemble
Steven Fox,Guest Director
Nature’s Wake: A capella works for women’s voices.
Tickets: $18 at the door; $12 in advance at www.amusesingers.org

Saturday, January 24, 2009, 7:30 PM
TIFFANY CONSORT
Nicholas White, conductor
The Gentlemen of Tiffany Consort. Mass For Three Voices, by William Byrd (1540–1623), A Solis Ortus Cardine, Gilles Binchois (c. 1400–1460), Inviolata, integra et casta es, Josquin Desprez (1450–1521), In jejunio et fletu, Thomas Tallis (1505–1585), Lamentations (I), Thomas Tallis, Three Drinking Songs, William Cornysh (c. 1465–1523), Deo gracias Anglia (The Agincourt Carol), Anonymous (15th century).
Tickets: $30; $20/seniors

Saturday, February 28, 2009, 8 PM
CERDDORION
Kristina Boerger, conductor
Ein Speigel: German Romantic parts-songs& their post-Romantic reflections.
Tickets: $20; $15/seniors

Sunday, March 1, 2009, 3 PM
MIMOSA CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Chamber orchestra performs works by Bartok, Britten, Schulhoff, Sibelius, and Bach.
Tickets: Free (donations accepted)

Saturday, March 14, 2009, 8 PM
POLYHYMNIA
John Bradley, conductor
Music for the Exequies of Philip II: Works by Cristobal de Morales.
Tickets: $25; $15/seniors

Saturday, March 21, 2009, 8 PM
CHOIR OF ST. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH
Douglas Keilitz, director
The Earthquake Mass: Antoine Brumel’s twelve-part Missa “Et ecce terrae motus” and other works.
Tickets: $30; $20/seniors

Thursday, March 26, 2009, 8 pm
JOLLE GREENLEAF and CHRISTIAN LANE
Music through the ages for Soprano and Organ. Works of Bach, Delelande, Purcell, Couperin, and more.
Tickets: $20; $10/seniors

Friday, April 3, 2009, 8 PM
AMOR ARTIS CHAMBER CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA
Johannes Somary, conductor
George Frideric Handel: St. John Passion
Tickets: $30; $20/seniors

Saturday, April 4, 2009, 8 PM
CANTICUM NOVUM SINGERS & PARTHENIA A CONSORT OF VIOLS
Harold Rosenbaum, conductor
Chapel Royal: Jacobean anthems & fantasies.
Tickets: $20; $10/seniors

Sunday, April 26, 2009, 3 PM
NEW YORK VIRTUOSO SINGERS
Harold Rosenbaum, conductor
Voices for Love and Unity: Poulenc’s “Figure Humaine” & works by McIntyre, Rice, Davidson, and Britten.
Tickets: $20; $10/seniors

Saturday, May 2, 2009, 8:00 PM
THE GENTLEMEN OF TIFFANY CONSORT
Nicholas White, conductor
Works by Tallis, Dunstable, Wesley, Cornelius, Bruckner and Schubert.
Tickets: $30; $20/seniors

Saturday, May 9, 2009, 8 PM
POLYHYMNIA
John Bradley, conductor
Master & Pupil: Music for Maximilian I by Heinrich Isaac & Ludwig Senfl.
Tickets: $25; $15/seniors

Sunday, May 17, 2009, 4 PM
CERDDORION
Kristina Boerger, conductor
Stone Soup: New Music written for Cerddorion by Albrecht, Dennis, Dolphin, and Rubeiz.
Tickets: $20; $15/seniors

Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 8 PM
AMOR ARTIS CHAMBER CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA
Johannes Somary, conductor
George Frideric Handel: Esther (oratorio)
Tickets: $30; $20/seniors