Friends of the Erben Organ

Concert of Carols and Midnight Mass
2019-12-24 22:15 - 2019-12-25 00:00 (America/New_York) | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Join us on Christmas Eve at 10:15 PM for our spectacular Concert of Carols, which features some of New York’s finest instrumentalists and the Basilica Schola, as well as communal singing of favorite carols. The concert is followed by Mass, which ends at midnight.

Carols in the Organ Loft - 12/20/2019
2019-12-20 19:30 - 20:15 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
FRIDAY, December 20 at 7:30 PM: Carols in the Organ Loft
Join us for an exclusive gathering in the loft of the historic 1868 Henry Erben pipe organ, for festive seasonal carols and an organ demonstration. Each event is limited to only 30 people. Sing with the historic 19th-century sounds of the landmark 1868 Henry Erben pipe organ, in the fantastic acoustic space of the Basilica, with its 200-year-long history of great music. See a magnificent American treasure, the Erben organ, up close and experience history come to life.
Please note: this event requires the ability to climb stairs.
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Can’t make it Friday? Get tickets for Thursday, December 19

Carols in the Organ Loft - 12/19/2019
2019-12-19 19:30 - 20:15 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Thursday, December 19 at 7:30 PM: Carols in the Organ Loft
Join us for an exclusive gathering in the loft of the historic 1868 Henry Erben pipe organ, for festive seasonal carols and an organ demonstration. Each event is limited to only 30 people. Sing with the historic 19th-century sounds of the landmark 1868 Henry Erben pipe organ, in the fantastic acoustic space of the Basilica, with its 200-year-long history of great music. See a magnificent American treasure, the Erben organ, up close and experience history come to life.
Please note: this event requires the ability to climb stairs.
>>GET TICKETS HERE
Can’t make it Thursday? Get tickets for Friday, December 20

An Amor Artis Holiday
2019-12-08 16:00 - 17:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Join Amor Artis for an immersive holiday music experience. Hear the chorus’s voices wrapped in the warm glow of cello, harp, alto sax, and English horn, in the sublime acoustic and lovely space at the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral. You’ll hear favorite holiday music spanning ten centuries, from medieval carols to lush contemporary arrangements. You’ll revel in the festive sound of trumpets and meditate to the mystery of ancient chant, leaving the concert full of the spirit of the season. Featuring the Met Opera’s David Heiss on cello and the one-of-a-kind Eddie Barbash on alto saxophone.
Tickets: http://www.amorartis.org/amor-artis-holiday-2019

Candlelight Lessons and Carols
2019-12-01 18:00 - 19:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
December 1 Candlelight Lessons and Carols 6:00 PM – $20; Free with code CAROLS19
With the Basilica Schola, Basilica Voices, and the Basilica Hispanic Choir
Join us for our annual Advent celebration featuring favorite Advent carols and music selections featuring the magnificent 1868 Henry Erben pipe organ.
Prepare for Christmas with a selection of favorite Advent carols, selections from Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Magnificat, and more. The Basilica Schola is our adult choir, which will be joined by our children’s choir, Basilica Voices, and our Hispanic Choir. Seasonal organ music will be presented on the magnificent 1868 Henry Erben organ. Free with code CAROLS19. All are welcome.
Get Tickets here! Enter code CAROLS19 to receive free admission.
A free-will offering will be collected in support of the historic 1868 Henry Erben pipe organ at the Basilica.

OrganFest!
2019-11-23 09:00 - 15:00 | St. Joseph’s Seminary, 201 Seminary Avenue, Yonkers, NY, 10704, United States
Are you a church musician – or merely a fan of great organ music? Join us for a day dedicated to celebrating and enjoying the “king of instruments” – the organ! You’ll hear from Jared Lamenzo, director of music at the Basilica of Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral; enjoy breakout sessions with some of New York’s finest Catholic musicians; have the chance to participate in a roundtable discussion with representatives of three of the world’s most renowned organ builders; and enjoy an “all-star” concert on the Seminary’s 41-rank Casavant Frères pipe organ.
This event is organized by Archdiocese of New York Office of Liturgy.
General admission (includes lunch) is $35. Tickets: http://nyliturgy.org/organfest

MUSIC, MODERNITY AND THE SACRED - A Catholic Composer in Conversation
2019-11-08 16:00 - 18:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
We’re delighted to welcome one of today’s most distinguished and prolific composers, Sir James MacMillan, as the next speaker for the Art of the Beautiful series.
http://www.catholicartistssociety.org
Please note the time and location for this event:
Reception at 4 PM. Archbishop Hughes Center, 32 Prince St. at Mott.
Lecture at 5 PM. Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott St. at Prince.
Sustaining members: Free
Non-members: donation at the door suggested
For more information: http://www.catholicartistssociety.org
Sir James MacMillan is one of today’s most successful composers and is also internationally active as a conductor. His musical language is flooded with influences from his Scottish heritage, Catholic faith, social conscience and close connection with Celtic folk music, blended with influences from Far Eastern, Scandinavian and Eastern European music.

Suffolk and Nassau AGO Chapters visit Friends of the Erben Organ
2019-10-14 10:00 - 12:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Friends of the Erben Organ will host the Suffolk and Nassau Chapters of the American Guild of Organists for a demonstration of the organs at the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral and the Shrine Church of Most Precious Blood, with Jared Lamenzo, Basilica Organist and Music Director.

Erben Organ Days 2019: Renée Anne Louprette in Concert
2019-09-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Renée Anne Louprette, internationally acclaimed concert organist, will present an organ recital as part of the annual San Gennaro Festival in Little Italy. Suggested donation $15 to help raise funds for the 1868 Henry Erben Organ restoration. Erben Organ Days 2019 is a series of concerts and events highlighting our historic 1868 Henry Erben Organ.
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Tickets will also be available at the door. For group sales, contact us at music@erbenorgan.org
Ms. Louprette will be playing both the 1868 Henry Erben and the 1859 Hall & Labagh organs in the Basilica, in a program that includes works by Italian composers for San Gennaro Festival. Click for full details and tickets.
1868 Henry Erben and 1859 Hall & Labagh organs at the Basilica
Hailed by The New York Times as “splendid,” and “one of New York’s finest organists,” Renée Anne Louprette has established an international career as organ recitalist, conductor, and teacher. She is associated with a number of distinguished music programs in the New York City area, having served as Associate Director of Music at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, Associate Director of Music and the Arts at Trinity Wall Street, Organist and Associate Director at the Unitarian Church of All Souls, and Director of Music at the Church of Notre Dame.
Upon receipt of a Master of Music degree in conducting from Bard College in 2019, Ms. Louprette was appointed Assistant Professor of Music there. She continues as coordinator of the organ studio at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, where she has been University Organist since 2013. She is a former member of the organ faculty at the Manhattan School of Music, The Hartt School of the University of Hartford, and the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University.
As conductor, Ms. Louprette was selected as a fellow of the Mostly Modern Festival in 2019, premiering several new works with the New York-based American Modern Ensemble. She was co-conductor with Kent Tritle in the acclaimed U.S. premiere of John Tavener’s Requiem in 2009. In her over 20-year career as choral conductor, she has led performances by various professional choirs in the New York City area with members of The Orchestra Now, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and the American Brass Quintet, among other ensembles.
An active freelance keyboardist, Ms. Louprette has performed with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Voices of Ascension, Clarion Music Society, American Symphony Orchestra, The Orchestra Now, The Dessoff Choirs, New York Choral Society, Oratorio Society of New York, and Piffaro. In New York City she has appeared in Carnegie, Zankel, Avery Fisher, Alice Tully, and Merkin Halls, and Miller Theatre of Columbia University. In 2015 she collaborated with the Los Angeles Dance Project in a performance of Nico Muhly’s Moving Parts at Verizon Hall of the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. The 2018-2019 season will feature Ms. Louprette’s debut with the American Brass Quintet, and continuing collaborations with Musica Viva NY under conductor Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, classical saxophonist Paul Cohen, and traditional Irish musician Ivan Goff, including a recital at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles featuring the world premiere of a new work for uilleann pipes and organ by Eve Beglarian, commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Renée Anne Louprette has performed throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland, including at Westminster Abbey and the Temple Church in London, St. Giles Cathedral Edinburgh and Dunblane Cathedral (Scotland), Galway Cathedral and Dún Laoghaire (Ireland). In Fall 2018, she made her solo debuts at the Royal Festival Hall in London and the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.
Additional European festival appearances include Magadino, Switzerland; In Tempore Organi, Italy; Ghent and Hasselt, Belgium; Copenhagen and Aarhus, Denmark; Bordeaux Cathedral and Toulouse Les Orgues, France. She appeared as organ soloist with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra in Brisbane, Australia, in a performance of Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony broadcast live on ABC radio. She regularly performs at regional conventions of the American Guild of Organists and has been featured at two national conventions: the 2010 Convention in Washington, D.C., and the 2014 Convention in Boston where she presented the world premiere of Pamela Decker’s Faneuil Hall.
Her recording of the “Great Eighteen Chorales” of J. S. Bach on the Metzler Organ in the chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge, England, was named a classical music Critics’ Choice 2014 by The New York Times. In February 2018, she released a recording of 20th-century French organ repertoire – “Une voix française – A French Voice” – on the Acis Productions label to critical acclaim. Her upcoming recordings include Bach’s Clavier-Übung III on the Acis label, recorded on the Craighead-Saunders organ of Christ Church, Rochester, New York, and a collaborative recording of original compositions and arrangements of traditional Irish repertoire with Ivan Goff, recorded at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City.
Renée Anne Louprette holds a Master’s degree in conducting from Bard College Conservatory where she studied conducting with James Bagwell and composition with Joan Tower, and a Bachelor of Music degree summa cum laude in piano performance and a Graduate Professional Diploma in organ performance from The Hartt School, University of Hartford. She was awarded a Premier Prix – mention très bien from the Conservatoire National de Région de Toulouse, France and a Diplôme Supérieur in organ performance from the Centre d’Études Supérieures de Musique et de Danse de Toulouse, studying with Michel Bouvard and Jan Willem Jansen and improvisation with Philippe Lefebvre. She completed additional studies in organ with Dame Gillian Weir, James David Christie, and Guy Bovet.
Renée Anne Louprette is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC.
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Tickets will also be available at the door. For group sales, contact us at music@erbenorgan.org

Erben Organ Days 2019: Organ Recital by Stefan Donner
2019-08-11 16:00 - 17:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Stefan Donner, 2019 International Recitalist from Vienna, Austria, will present a program of 19th century German and Austrian romantic music. Suggested donation $15 to help raise funds for the 1868 Henry Erben Organ restoration. Erben Organ Days 2019 is a series of concerts and events highlighting our historic 1868 Henry Erben Organ.
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Tickets will also be available at the door. For group sales, contact us at music@erbenorgan.org
Program:
Joseph Rheinberger (1839 – 1901): from Organ Sonata nr. 20, op. 196
1. Präludium. Lento maestoso
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897): from 11 Chorale Preludes, op. 122
4. Herzlich tut mich erfreuen
5. Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
11. O Welt, ich muss dich lassen
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 – 1847): Fugue in E Minor
Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856): from Studien für den Pedalflügel, op. 56
1. Nicht zu schnell
2. Mit innigem Ausdruck
6. Adagio
Joseph Rheinberger: from Organ Sonata nr. 20, op. 196
4. Finale
Carl Czerny (1791 – 1857): Prelude and Fugue A Minor
About the Artist:
Stefan Donner has earned degrees from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (highest honors) where he studied organ, piano and conducting. He also received his Master’s degree in organ performance from the Conservatory of Amsterdam. In addition to his studies, Stefan has also participated in master classes with Jacques van Oortmerssen, Edoardo Bellotti, Joris Verdin and Olivier Latry. He has notably received a 2014-15 Fulbright Scholarship to study organ and harpsichord at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY (USA). Stefan is the recipient of various awards, including first prize in the 2010 Franz-Schmidt-Organ Competition (Austria), and third prize in the 2011 Dublin International Organ Competition.
Beside various radio and television recordings, Stefan has recorded CDs performing on the Dacci organ of St. Salvator Vienna and on the Buckow organ from the musical instruments collection of the Technical Museum Vienna. These albums notably document his artistic proficiency as a concert organist.
Stefan has performed extensively all over Europe, and in farther countries including Turkey, Israel, the USA, and Australia. As a soloist, he is regularly invited to perform in prestigious organ festivals; previous engagements include the Berliner Orgelpower 2012, the 2016 Terra Sancta Organ Festival, the 2017 Kremnica Castle Organ Festival and the 2017 Tallinn Organ Festival. In 2017 he was invited to lecture on J. S. Bach’s Organ-Triosonatas at the Władysław Żeleński’s Secondary School of Music in Krakow, Poland.
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Petits Cantors del Principat d'Andorra sing at the 7 PM Mass
2019-07-21 18:45 - 20:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Petits Cantors del Principat d’Andorra, the children’s choir of Andorra La Vella, will sing starting at 6:45 PM and during the 7 PM Mass. The choristers will sing a selection of sacred pieces.
Children’s Choir of Andorra “Petits Cantors del Principat d’Andorra” will be visiting New York from July 15 to 22, 2019.

This choir is formed by boys and girls ages 8 to 18 and is directed by Mrs. Catherine Metayer. The singers come from different official educational systems in Andorra: Andorran, Spanish and French, religious and secular and they receive and transmit the legacy of the European choral tradition.
Please enjoy a video of the choir below:

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Erben Organ Days 2019: LAETARO - Organ and Baroque Trumpet
2019-07-17 13:00 - 13:30 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
LAETARO – pipe organ and baroque trumpet duo of Roman Golovanov and Lana Krakovskiy, will present a program of festive baroque music. Suggested donation $15 to help raise funds for the 1868 Henry Erben Organ restoration. Erben Organ Days 2019 is a series of concerts and events highlighting our historic 1868 Henry Erben Organ.

Erben Organ Days 2019: Organ Recital by Maria Rayzvasser
2019-07-10 13:00 - 13:30 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Maria Rayzvasser, Erben Ambassador and Organist/Director of Music at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Brooklyn, will present a varied program of organ music. Suggested donation $15 to help raise funds for the 1868 Henry Erben Organ restoration. Erben Organ Days 2019 is a series of concerts and events highlighting our historic 1868 Henry Erben Organ.

Make Music New York 2019: Jared Lamenzo and Lavinia Pavlish perform at Erben Organ Days 2019
2019-06-21 13:00 - 13:30
Basilica Organist and Music Director Jared Lamenzo and acclaimed violinist Lavinia Pavlish will perform a free concert at the Basilica following Mass, as part of Make Music New York day. This kicks off Erben Organ Days 2019, a series of concerts and events highlighting our historic 1868 Henry Erben Organ.
Program:
Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901): Suite for violin and organ opus 166
Amy Beach (1867-1944): Invocation
About the Artists:
JARED LAMENZO is an acclaimed musician, producer, and artist and the Director of Music and Organist of the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral. He has concertized on historic organs in Germany, Italy, Latin America, and South America, as well as the Vatican, and has worked with Grammy Award–winning artists. He serves as a member of the American Guild of Organists International Performer of the Year Committee and has served the Archdiocesan Music Commission’s Organ Committee. He is an Associate Organist of St. Francis of Assisi Church, and was the Organ Scholar at the First Presbyterian Church of New York. He is a graduate of Harvard in Applied Science and Engineering, with a Master’s degree from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He served as President of the revived Harvard Radcliffe Organ Society and ran the Harvard Sunday Jazz Band.
Long fascinated with birdsong, he won a MacArthur Award for his work in environmental education, technology, and art. He has worked as a developer of innovative educational applications, often with music in mind; the latest with funding from the Mozilla Foundation. His music and multimedia works have been shown at the Chelsea Art Museum, Eyebeam, the Museum of Contemporary Art (Genova, Italy), the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Rockefeller Center, the University of British Columbia, Governor’s Island/Figment, the New Museum Ideas City festival, and many others. He has received support for performances from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and other donors, and has spoken widely on pipe organs, music, and STEM and STEAM education. His work as an organist has been featured in the New York Times, CBS News, and Sirius Satellite Radio. In his role as Director of Music, he continues to reach diverse audiences with innovative, educational performances of music old and new, as the Basilica builds on its role as a catalyst for the arts in the community and New York City.
LAVINIA PAVLISH is a New York City-based violinist. She has performed as a soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra when she was eighteen in a series of education concert entitled Time Travel with the Cleveland Orchestra and recently performed alongside cellist Rose Bart with the Lake Tahoe Festival Orchestra at the Lake Tahoe Music Festival in 2017.
Lavinia co-founded and was as a member of the string quartet The Rhythm Method for three years. During her tenure with the group, the quartet became a finalist in the Victor Elmaleh Concert Artist Guild competition and gave successful performances at the Met Museum and Joe’s Pub, among many others.
As an orchestral musician, Lavinia served as assistant concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra and has performed as a substitute with various orchestras around New York including Riverside Symphony, Wordless Orchestra, and Radio City.
As a chamber musician and freelancer, recent highlights include shows at the Upper East Side Armory with artist Kimbra, recordings on records of brilliant jazz musicians Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen, Lauren Henderson, and Mike Thurber, and a performance of Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata with harpsichordist Aymeric Dupre LaTour at the North Stonington Historical Society’s concert series.
Lavinia studied with Paul Kantor in the Cleveland Institute of Music preparatory program and continued her studies as an undergraduate student of Almita Vamos at Northwestern University. She completed her Masters Degree at Juilliard with Naoko Tanaka.
Exciting past performances included a trio performance with cellist Valeriya Sholokhova and organist Jared Lamenzo to open for an evening with Martin Scorsese at the Basilica of Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral and performances with powerful artist and vocalist Joseph Keckler in a series of shows called Train with No Midnight at the Prototype Festival.
Lavinia enjoys arranging music, seeing live shows and concerts, and listening to every kind of music, especially opera and jazz.

Young New Yorkers' Chorus Mixed Ensemble presents "What If"
2019-06-02 15:30 - 16:30 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
What If: The Young New Yorkers’ Chorus Mixed Ensemble closes out the season with a declaration of the responsibility we have to create a better future through themes of hope, anxiety, dreams, curiosity, and love. Music by Whitacre, Stucky, Mulholland, and more will be featured!

Missouri State Chorale Concert
2019-05-23 19:30 - 21:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Missouri State University Chorale – Biography
The Missouri State University Chorale is the flagship choral ensemble at Missouri State University. Made up of a diverse group of people from a variety of backgrounds, this ensemble performs at an incredibly high level and enjoys an international reputation. This renowned ensemble has performed regularly at conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, Missouri Music Educators Association, the National Association for Music Education, and has toured through North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Recent highlights include invited performances for the National Collegiate Choral Organization, national and regional ACDA conferences, an 18-day concert tour of Iceland, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, and performances at the China International Chorus Festival, the Yellow River International Chorus Festival (Lanzhou, China), and the International Folk Song Festival/IFCM World Voices Conference (Kaili, China). Recordings of the Missouri State University Chorale can be found at https://tinyurl.com/yabwkbk3.
Recently, this ensemble adopted the following mission: The Missouri State University Chorale seeks to inspire listeners through musical excellence and diverse repertoire. Through performances and personal interactions both domestic and abroad, we strive to build an atmosphere of unity and belonging among ensemble members and those we encounter.

Conductor Bio
Cameron F. LaBarr is director of choral studies at Missouri State University where he leads a comprehensive choral program including over 300 singers in eight choirs. He holds a Bachelor of Music from Missouri State University and he earned a Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of North Texas. He has completed further study in choral music and conducting with Simon Carrington and Alice Parker. Choirs under his direction have been selected for performance at the Tennessee Music Education Association Conference, Tennessee ACDA Conference, Missouri Music Educators Association Conference, Piccolo Spoleto Festival, National Collegiate Choral Organization, National ACDA, Southwest ACDA, Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses National Seminar, the China International Chorus Festival and the IFCM World Voices Conference. Dr. LaBarr has worked as guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator across North America, Europe, Africa and Asia, most recently presenting at the China International Chorus Festival (2016 and 2018). In 2019, Dr. LaBarr will serve on the jury panel for the 8th Bali International Choir Festival and will guest conduct the Limerick Sings International Choral Festival (Ireland).

New Jersey's Central Regional High School Choir performance
2019-04-16 13:00 - 13:30 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Central Regional High School Choir from Bayville, NJ will perform a free 30-minute concert at the Basilica. The choir has performed in the past at venues such as Radio City Hall, Carnegie Hall, Cathedral of St. John the Divine and Church of St. Mary the Virgin, NYC.
Photo: Patch.com

Amor Artis Passion and Resurrection
2019-04-13 20:00 - 21:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Experience the unique music of Ēriks Ešenvalds with his recently composed oratorio, Passion and Resurrection, and enjoy a rare performance of a remarkable 18th-century setting of the Stabat Mater by Emanuele D’Astorga.
Our final concert of the season, on the eve of Palm Sunday, presents one of the most haunting and compelling oratorios written in the 21st century—Passion and Resurrection—by the living Latvian composer Ešenvalds. This fresh-sounding work, beautifully scored for soprano solo, solo quartet, chorus, and strings, reimagines the Passion narrative in a kaleidoscopic way, from the point of view of Mary Magdalen, to expresses the humanity of the story. We pair it with a gem from the early 18th century by the Spanish/Sicilian composer Emanuele D’Astorga. Alternating elegant choruses with expressive solos in the Baroque operatic style, his gorgeous Stabat Mater rivals that of his contemporary, Pergolesi.
For tickets: http://www.amorartis.org/passionandresurrection

Raytown High School Choir Performance
2019-03-22 10:15 - 11:15 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
On their trip to NYC, Missouri’s Raytown High School Choir will give a free performance at the Basilica. The choir is conducted by award-winning choral director Alex Kolster. Let’s welcome them to New York City!

Ireland's Broadford Youth Choir sings at St. Patrick's Day Mass
2019-03-17 19:00 - 20:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
We look forward to welcoming the award-winning Broadford Youth Choir from West Limerick, Ireland, on their visit to NYC. On St. Patrick’s Day they will join the Basilica Schola at the 7 PM Mass. Prior to the Mass they will get a tour of the Erben organ, which was built by Irish, German and other immigrants in Henry Erben’s workshop just down the street in the infamous Five Points section of New York City. Come early to hear them perform before the Mass!

Henry Erben Birthday Open Organ Loft
2019-03-10 15:30 - 17:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Organ builder Henry Erben’s birthday is March 10th! We invite all donors to come up to the organ loft for a little celebration. Come see Henry Erben’s 1868 masterpiece, an American historic treasure, up close!
Take a photo at the console! Play something if you are a pianist or an organist! Do an Erben selfie!? If you have not donated yet, please support the Erben organ today!
We will also be accepting donations on the spot 🙂
Enter the Basilica at the Mott Street entrance: 261 Mott Street.
RSVP here or email us at music@erbenorgan.org!

Irish Language Mass
2019-03-09 00:00 - 15:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
The New York County Ancient Order of Hibernians, the New York Irish History Roundtable and the Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral invite all to celebrate an
Irish-language Mass
Saturday, March 9th, 12 p.m.
Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral
Mott Street between Prince and Houston Streets
Father Andrew O’Connor of St. Mary’s Church in Manhattan will be the celebrant. Liturgical music will be performed on the Basilica’s historic 1868 Henry Erben Organ by resident organist Jared Lamenzo, and Paddy Connolly will be the Cantor. The pipers will be Robert Lynch and John McManus. There will be readings in Irish by several guests.
After the Holy Mass, there will be a party in the St. Patrick’s Youth Center with Traditional Irish music performed by Donie Carroll and James Keane. There will be Irish Step Dancing by students of The Niall O’Leary School of Irish Dance. There will be Irish Soda Bread, Coffee and Tea. New York County Board Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) is providing the Soda Bread.
So, come and celebrate the Mass, and enjoy the ceili (great music), craic (great conversation), dancing, and refreshments. Come and join us to celebrate the Feast of Saint Patrick!
Free-will contributions will be gratefully accepted.
Sláinte!

Amor Artis Songs of Farewell
2019-03-03 16:00 - 17:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Hear Schütz’s sublime masterpiece, Musikalische Exequien, with C. H. H. Parry’s matchless Songs of Farewell on the hundredth anniversary of its composition.
Amor Artis and instrumentalists from New York Baroque Inc. (hailed as “truly excellent” and “studded with stars in the making” by the New York Times), will perform Musikalische Exequien, an innovative three-part cantata written in 1636 on a collection of texts reflecting on the end of life. Interspersed with Schütz’s music will be Parry’s Songs of Farewell, some of the most moving and finely crafted works for a cappella chorus to come from the 20th century; and Caleb Burhans’s Prepare for Death and Follow Me, written to be heard with Schütz’s masterpiece.
For tickets: http://www.amorartis.org/songsoffarewell

Cornell University Glee Club in Concert
2019-01-07 16:30 - 17:30
Join the Cornell University Glee Club on January 7th at 4:30PM as we celebrate the joy of ensemble singing with students from around New York City! ​This year, ​the Glee Club has invited high school singers from around NYC to join us for a one-night-only concert. ​Under the guidance of the Glee Club’s Director, Professor Robert Isaacs, the combined ensemble will rehearse throughout the day and perform a free evening concert to showcase their new abilities.
The Glee Club strives not only for musical excellence, but to create a brotherhood of men through memories of music; ​New York Young Men’s Sing ​gives male high school students the opportunity to share in those memories so they continue to be lifelong singers.​ ​The Glee Club has hosted the workshop in Ithaca for years, and is thrilled to bring the event to Manhattan during our 150th anniversary tour.

The Cornell University Glee Club is Cornell’s premier men’s vocal ensemble and the oldest operating student organization on campus. This year the Glee Club is proud to celebrate its 150th anniversary by touring throughout the United States. For tickets and more information about our upcoming concerts in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, find us on Facebook or at ​www.gleeclub.com​.

Concert of Carols and Midnight Mass
2018-12-24 22:20 - 23:59 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Join us on this night for communal singing of Christmas carols and seasonal music from around the world. Concert of carols begins at 10:20 PM followed by Mass at 11:00 PM, ending at midnight.
Image: Adoration of the Shepherds by Georges de la Tour, c. 1644. Via WikiArt

Candlelight Lessons and Carols with the Basilica Schola and Basilica Voices
2018-12-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Our adult Schola and children’s choir join forces for our annual Advent celebration featuring favorite Advent carols and selections from Handel’s Messiah. This year we will feature Gounod’s Magnificat, on his 200th birthday. The organ, celebrating its 150th anniversary, will be featured on a Ricercar “Sancta Maria” by Girolamo Frescobaldi, with the choirs singing the completion of the 400-year-old musical puzzle.

An Amor Artis Holiday
2018-12-02 16:00 - 17:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Amor Artis’ atmospheric program combines works from the Renaissance and Baroque with contemporary choral gems and lush original arrangements of holiday favorites like Auld Lang Syne.
Filling all corners of the exquisite space of Old St. Patrick’s, this beautiful, immersive concert experience combines the pristine sound of Amor Artis with the sparkling brilliance of trumpets, the warm glow of harp, English horn, and cello, and the one-of-a-kind sound of special guest Eddie Barbash on alto saxophone.
For tickets: http://www.amorartis.org/amor-artis-holiday-2018

Mean Streets to Silence: An Evening with Martin Scorsese
2018-11-14 19:00 - 20:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
The Friends of the Erben Organ
Invites you to an evening with our Honorary Chairman
MARTIN SCORSESE
November 14th 2018 at 7:00 PM
In the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral
On the eve of his 76th birthday, Martin Scorsese returns to his childhood parish, the Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral on Mott and Prince Streets, for a conversation about how his youthful imagination was inspired by his church and his neighborhood of Little Italy.
A noted preservationist, Martin Scorsese last year donated his 75th birthday to Friends of the Erben Organ, which must raise $2 million to restore and preserve the 150-year-old instrument, which is considered one of the most important in the nation.
Basilica Music Director and Organist Jared Lamenzo will play a pre-event recital on the 150-year-old Henry Erben pipe organ: Suite for Organ Trio and Strings, by Josef Gabriel Rheinberger.
FOR INFORMATION AND TICKETS: http://erbenorgan.showclix.com
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Event Duration:
The event will last for just over 1 hour, with no intermission.
ADA information:
The Basilica has ADA and companion seating available. Please contact us at music@erbenorgan.org to purchase. Restrooms and side exits are down a flight of stairs and not ADA accessible. The Basilica will provide ushers to escort patrons to a nearby location within the Basilica complex with ADA accessible restrooms.

The Basilica
Built in the early 19th century, the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral is over 200 years old and designated a New York City and National Historic Landmark. In 2013, the Basilica revived the Rite of Christian Burial in its historic cemetery and catacombs, becoming the only Catholic cemetery in New York City. With its recent renovation, unveiled in 2015, the Basilica is in a period of revitalization, of which the restoration of the Erben Organ is a vital part.
Friends of the Erben Organ
Friends of the Erben Organ is a non-profit organization formed in 2017 with the mission of restoring and preserving the Basilica’s historic 1868 Henry Erben organ.
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Production services provided by Rooftop Films
Martin Scorsese photo by Brigitte Lacombe.

Dessoff Choirs Requiem for Whitman
2018-11-11 16:00 - 18:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Requiem for Whitman features the opulent a cappella Messa di Requiem by Ildebrando Pizzetti. The requiem offers the full range of emotion with sections for double choir, lush harmonies, and an evocative setting of the “Dies irae” Gregorian chant. Two pieces by William Schuman, a newly commissioned work by Douglas Geers, and J.S. Bach’s funeral motet complete the opening concert for the Dessoff Choirs.
Pre-concert talk – 3:15 pm
Poetry of Walt Whitman
Dr. Karen Karbiener
Carols of Death William Schuman (1910-1992)
Fürchte dich nicht, BWV 228 J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
As Adam, Early in the Morning Douglas Geers (b. 1968)
Messa di Requiem Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880-1968)

For tickets: http://www.dessoff.org/events/2018/11/11/requiem-for-whitman

Italy’s Cagliari Opera at the Basilica
2018-10-16 19:30 - 20:30 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
A Re-creation of the Famous 1826 Orphans Benefit Concert
The Friends of the Erben Organ and the Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral are pleased to present a unique and historic musical concert fundraiser to restore our 1868 Henry Erben pipe organ and develop educational programs for children around it. We have invited Teatro Lirico di Cagliari (Italy) who is graciously donating their time and talents to this effort by performing for free to help us in our efforts.
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Seats are also available for a nominal donation. 100% of all donations for seat reservations go towards the Friends of the Erben Organ, Inc. and the pipe organ’s restoration. * There are a limited number of free seats available through the day of the event. Please contact us at music@erbenorgan.org to check availability.
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“Sisters of Charity” by Pietro Gagliardi, 1873. Oil on canvas.
Courtesy of the Sisters of Charity of New York
The painting shows Sisters of Charity at their work, caring for orphaned children in New York.
The program is a re-creation of the 1826 Benefit Concert for the Orphanage at 32 Prince Street, founded by the Sisters of Charity. Through research by Basilica Music Director Jared Lamenzo and Italian musicologist Francesco Zimei, the concert re-creates as closely as possible what was heard in 1826. The concert is essentially an oratorio of sacred music by well-known composers such as Handel and Haydn, as well as largely unknown works by Zingarelli and Cimarosa.
The 1826 benefit concert featured the Garcia Company, the first Italian opera company ever to perform in America. The Garcia Company included the famed Maria (Garcia) Malibran, the trailblazer for all subsequent prime donne.
This concert is being produced with the cooperation of the famed Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, the opera house of Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy). The concert will be preceded by a recital of period organ music performed by Jared Lamenzo.
FEATURING:
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari
Conductor Donato Renzetti
Soprano Francesca Dotto, Soprano Salome Jicia, Tenor Leonardo Cortellazzi, Baritone Pierluigi Dilengite, Baritone Daniele Terenzi
Chorus Master Donato Sivo
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⇒ For premium reservations including a post-show reception with the artists, please contact us at music@erbenorgan.org
Concert Duration:
The concert will last for just over 1 hour, with no intermission.
ADA information:
The Basilica has ADA and companion seating available. Please contact us at music@erbenorgan.org to purchase. Restrooms and side exits are down a flight of stairs and not ADA accessible. The Basilica will provide ushers to escort patrons to a nearby location within the Basilica complex with ADA accessible restrooms.
Historical Note:
The Garcia Company arrived to America at the behest of Dominic Lynch, a well-to-do Irish businessman and trustee of the then Cathedral. By coincidence, Mozart’s librettist Lorenzo da Ponte was already living in America, and eagerly greeted the Garcias.

The Basilica
Built in the early 19th century, the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral is over 200 years old and designated a New York City and National Historic Landmark. In 2013, the Basilica revived the Rite of Christian Burial in its historic cemetery and catacombs, becoming the only Catholic cemetery in New York City. With its recent renovation, unveiled in 2015, the Basilica is in a period of revitalization, of which the restoration of the Erben Organ is a vital part.
Friends of the Erben Organ
Friends of the Erben Organ is a 501(c)3, formed in 2017 with the mission of restoring and preserving the Basilica’s historical 1868 Henry Erben organ.
The famed Cagliari Opera, in addition to performing a benefit at the Basilica, will also participate in a daylong conference at Columbia University’s Casa Italiana, founded by Lorenzo Da Ponte.
This concert is offered to the community by the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, the opera house of Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy). A Bridge of Music Project “Refunctionalization of the Parco della Musica (Music Park) and Teatro Lirico (Opera House) in Cagliari – internationalization and innovation of productions, also aimed at the tourist-cultural development of local attractions.” Financed by the Cohesion Action Plan “Strategic projects of regional importance” which increase the value of POR FESR in the context of Unified Planning 2014-2020.
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⇒ For premium reservations including a post-show reception with the artists, please contact us at music@erbenorgan.org
