Friends of the Erben Organ

Petits Cantors del Principat d'Andorra sing at the 7 PM Mass
2019-07-21 18:45 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | 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 | NY
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 | NY
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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Annual San Gennaro Recital and Organ Talk: 150 Years of the Erben Organ
2018-09-13 18:30 - 20:30 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Please join us for an exciting event celebrating the 150th year of our grand 1868 Henry Erben organ, on the first day of the San Gennaro Festival in Little Italy.
At 7:30 PM, the acclaimed organist Raymond Nagem will perform a recital utilizing both the 1859 Hall & Labagh Chancel Organ and the Henry Erben organ in the loft. The program will include Italian music for the festival. In addition, we have also invited renowned Erben expert Stephen Pinel to give a pre-concert presentation on Henry Erben’s life and work beginning at 6:30 PM in the undercroft, near the catacombs of the Basilica. The entrance is on the Mulberry Street side of the Basilica.
Also joining us this evening will be the person who worked on the organ 50 years ago: Sam Donelson. His work made it possible for attendees of the 1969 Organ Historical Society Convention to hear this grand instrument, and he is an important part of the instrument’s life. Join us on this historic evening!
Both events are free of charge, though a free-will donation will be graciously accepted. The event is co-sponsored by Friends of the Erben Organ, the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, and the NYC Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.

Gregorian Schola of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music in Rome: "Urbs Beata Jerusalem"
2018-08-22 19:30 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
The Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral and Friends of the Erben Organ are pleased to host the upcoming August 22, 7:30 PM performance of Urbs Beata Jerusalem – Jerusalem the Blessed City, by the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music’s Gregorian Schola on their first visit to the United States. The concert will be preceded by organ music on the 150th anniversary year of the Basilica’s magnificent 1868 Henry Erben organ. Free-will donations will be graciously accepted to help our visitors from Rome offset their travel costs.
The Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music is an institution of higher education of the Roman Catholic Church specifically dedicated to the study of church music. It is based in Rome, Italy, located in the former Pontifical Abbey of St Jerome-in-the-City. The Institute confers the degrees of Baccalaureate, Licentiate, Masters and PhD. The college attracts priests, religious and laity from all over the world, who share what they learn about sacred music upon their return home.
As part of their studies while in Rome, the Schola chants the Solemn High Mass, in which most parts of the Mass are sung. They also sing on occasion at Papal Masses and at concerts in Rome. The Schola participates in international festivals of Gregorian chant throughout Europe as an evangelization effort.
In the past three years, the Gregorian Schola has performed in Italy, Austria, Spain, Hungary and Bratislava. This spring, they performed in Switzerland and Belgium for the International Festival of Gregorian Chant. The Basilica and Friends of the Erben Organ are excited to welcome the Schola and hear their beautiful sound in America!

Divaria Productions - Don Giovanni in New York
2018-05-23 19:30 - 21:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Don Giovanni in New York
A unique historical-based production, re-enacting events leading up to New York’s first Italian opera, celebrating the connection between Mozart’s librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, one of NY’s first Italian immigrants, Spanish bel canto expert Manuel Garcia, and his daughter, opera diva Maria Malibran. Blending selections from the music of Don Giovanni, which Da Ponte encouraged the Garcia family to present in 1826, as well as an original script based upon Da Ponte’s memoirs and Malibran and Garcia’s letters, we tell the story of the meeting of these three musical icons and their important contribution to Italian culture and the arts.
Directed by Anton Armendariz Diaz
Conducted by Nicolo Sbuelz
Script by Andrew Bell
Featuring Metropolitan Opera Bass Richard Bernstein as Leporello, Helena Brown (Glimmerglass Festival, Grand Thêatre de Génève) as Donna Elvira, Jordan Pitts (Saratoga Opera, Boston Camerata) as Don Ottavio and Jonathan Scott (Metropolitan Opera) in the title role. The 1868 Erben Organ, celebrating its 150th anniversary, will also make a cameo appearance with Music Director Jared Lamenzo. Presented by Divaria Productions in collaboration with Rioja Lirica of Spain, the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the Friends of the Erben Organ, and the Italian Cultural Institute of New York.
The participation of Anton Armendariz Diaz is made possible by the Program of the Spanish agency Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) for the Internationalization of Spanish Culture (PICE), in the Mobility category, which facilitates the presence and collaboration of Spanish or Spanish-resident artists, professionals, or creators in the international activities and programs of foreign cultural organizations and institutions, both public and private.
For more information visit: www.divariaproductions.com.

Amor Artis - Reflection and Refuge
2018-03-18 16:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Reflection and Refuge
Amor Artis presents Dietrich Buxtehude’s 17th-century masterpiece, Membra Jesu Nostri, with 21st-century responses, including To the Hands by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Caroline Shaw; a work by Gregory Spears, whose work has been called “astonishingly beautiful” (New York Times); and a world premiere of a commission by Zachary Wadsworth. Reception will follow the concert.

The Dessoff Choirs - Bach, Bernstein, Lang
2018-03-11 16:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Bach, Bernstein, Lang
The Dessoff Choirs presents David Lang’s the little match girl passion, a work that evokes passion through stasis, repetition, and the unexpected combination of percussion instruments with voices. The composer describes his inspiration for setting the text:
What drew me to The Little Match Girl is that the strength of the story lies not in its plot but in the fact that the horror and the beauty are constantly suffused with their opposites. Andersen tells this story as a kind of parable, drawing a religious and moral equivalency between the suffering of the poor girl and the suffering of Jesus.
In addition, Dessoff performs J.S. Bach’s Komm Jesu, komm, the fourth installment (over three seasons) of Bach’s six motets and as part of our Bernstein tribute, “II. Adonai, roi, lo ehsar” from Chichester Psalms.

Artek - Rosenmüller Christmas Vespers
2017-12-29 20:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Rosenmüller Christmas Vespers
ARTEK has been performing the music of 17th-century German composer Johann Rosenmueller since 2011, when the ensemble’s brilliant recording of his cantatas was released. ARTEK performed his Vespers for the first time in 2012 to enormous acclaim. Rosenmueller’s music combines the grand Venetian style of Monteverdi’s Vespers with the monumental German style of sacred music leading up to Bach’s B-minor Mass. 8 outstanding singers will be joined by ARTEK’s string ensemble led by violinist Cynthia Freivogel, international wind players from Les Sacqueboutiers de Toulouse and American wind specialists, and ARTEK’s renowned continuo team.

Concert of Carols and Christmas Eve Midnight Mass
2017-12-24 22:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
10:15 PM Concert; 11:00 PM Christmas Eve Mass (ends at midnight)

Concert of Lessons & Carols
2017-12-10 17:30 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
The Basilica’s annual choral gathering brings together the Basilica Schola, Basilica Voices (our children’s choir), and the handbell choir of St. Joseph’s in the Village, as we prepare for Christmas. The music features selections from Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Magnificat, as well as settings of Advent carols. A free-will donation will be collected.

Highbridge Voices Winter Concert
2017-12-07 19:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States

An Amor Artis Holiday
2017-12-03 16:00 | Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, 261 Mott Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Filling all corners of the exquisite space of St. Patrick’s, this beautiful, immersive concert experience combines the pristine sound of Amor Artis with sparkling brilliance of trumpets, the warm glow of harp and English horn, and the one-of-a-kind sound of special guest Eddie Barbash on alto saxophone. The program combines works from the Middle Ages and Renaissance with contemporary choral gems and lush arrangements of holiday favorites.
http://www.amorartis.org/concerts/
