CLASSICAL CONCERTS Wednesday 12/13 AMERICAN MUSIC CONCERT Manhattan School of Musics ...
AMERICAN MUSIC CONCERT
Manhattan School of Music's professor/composer David Noon leads program of works by Copland, Kohn, Mason, Ives, Dahl, Riley, Fine, Leedy, Billings & Hewitt; Hubbard Recital Hall, Manhattan School of Music, B'way (122nd St.), 212-749-3300; 8, free.
AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Ensemble performs "Forgotten Patriotisms: Music as Political History" program feat. Prokofiev's musical tribute to Stalin as well as symphonies by Shostakovich & Miaskovsky; Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, B'way (64th St.), 212-721-6500; 8, $18-$45.
"A CITY SINGING AT CHRISTMAS"
Cathedral of St. Patrick Concert Choir & Brass perform program w/American Boychoir feat. works such as "O Holy Night" & "Hallelujah Chorus"?audience is encouraged to join in singing; St. Patrick's Cathedral, 5th Ave. (betw. 50th & 51st Sts.), 212-753-2261; 7:15, free.
Thursday 12/14
AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leon Botstein conducts world premiere of David Israel's vocal symphony El Yerushalayim & Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 ("From the New World"); Alice Tully Hall, 1941 B'way (65th St.), 212-721-6500; 8, $25-$500, some packages incl. dinner).
CANTORI NEW YORK
Mark Shapiro leads vocal ensemble in program of traditional carols & seasonal songs; Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew (86th St. & West End Ave.), 212-439-4758; 7, $15, $10 st./s.c.
CONTINUUM
Pianist Joel Sachs conducts improvisational vocal/instrumental ensemble; Merkin Concert Hall, 129 W. 67th St. (betw. B'way & Amsterdam Ave.), 212-501-3330; 8, $10.
MESSIAEN FESTIVAL
Soprano Elizabeth Farnum begins three-day event, performing Poemes Pour Mi & Chants De Terre Et De Ciel w/pianist Phillip Bush; Great Hall at Cooper Union, 7 E. 7th St. (3rd Ave.), 212-353-4120; 7:30, $15.
MUSIC FOR THE SPIRIT
St. Francis of Assisi Church hosts free weekly midday concerts consisting of both secular & sacred music. Today, baroque ensemble Artek performs works by D'Aquin, Marais, Charpentier & Forqueray; St. Francis of Assisi Church, 135 W. 31st St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 967-9157; 1:15, free.
TRINITY CHOIR & ENSEMBLE REBEL
Owen Burdick conducts "the Christmas portion" of Handel's Messiah; Trinity Church, B'way (Wall St.), 212-602-0747; 1, $2 contrib.
Friday 12/15
CANTORI NEW YORK
Mark Shapiro leads vocal ensemble in program of traditional carols & seasonal songs; Church of Church of St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson St. (Grove St.), 212-439-4758; 8, $15, $10 st./s.c.
CHOIRS & ORCHESTRA OF ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA
Kent Tritle conducts program of carols from around the world feat. Irish folksinger Roger Gillen, baritone Charles Robert Stephens & cellist Arthur Fiacco; Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Ave. (84th St.), 212-288-3588; 8, $15-$25, $10 st./s.c. [repeats Sat. at 3, Sun. at 4].
HIGHBRIDGE VOICES
Children's choir from the South Bronx performs works by Rossini & Verdi as well as seasonal music; Alice Tully Hall, 1941 B'way (65th St.), 212-721-6500; 8, $10-$20.
MESSIAEN FESTIVAL
Pianist Hakon Austbo performs the massive Vingt Regards Sur L'Enfant Jesus at Great Hall at Cooper Union, 7 E. 7th St. (3rd Ave.), 212-353-4120; 7:30, $15.
Saturday 12/16
BEETHOVEN BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Singers & instrumentalists perform works by Ludwig van; Steinway Hall, 109 W. 57th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-246-1100; 7, $10.
CANTICUM NOVUM SINGERS
Harold Rosenbaum conducts ensemble in Christmas works by Britten, Des Prez, Hassler, Scheidt & Gabrieli; St. Ignatius Episcopal Church, 522 West End Ave. (87th St.), 212-501-3330; 8, $20 st./s.c.
MESSIAEN FESTIVAL
Duo-pianists Marilyn Nonken & Phillip Bush perform Visions De L'Amen; Great Hall at Cooper Union, 7 E. 7th St. (3rd Ave.), 212-353-4120; 7:30, $15.
ONE WORLD CHAMBER SINGERS & ENSEMBLE
David Hong conducts works by Britten, Craven, Bartok, Adam, Bizet & Humperdinck; Church for All Nations, 417 W. 57th St. (betw. 9th & 10th Aves.), 917-445-7010; 7:30, $10 contrib.
ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CHOIR
Ensemble performs Anthony Piccolo's A Special Holiday Gift to the City; St. Bartholomew's Church, 109 E. 50th St. (Park Ave.), 212-378-0248; 5, free.
Sunday 12/17
ROBERT KAPILOW'S HOLIDAY CONCERT FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
Composer leads orchestra & choir in Chris Van Allsburg's theater piece Polar Express, plus Kapilow's musical setting of Michael Rosen's Chanukah story Elijah's Angel; 92nd St. Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. (92nd St.), 212-996-1100; 3, $15.
AMANDA ROOCROFT
Soprano performs works by Schumann, Debussy, Strauss & Britten w/pianist Malcolm Martineau; Alice Tully Hall, 1941 B'way (65th St.), 212-721-6500; 2, $25.
VIENNA CHOIR BOYS
Raoul Gehringer conducts works by Purcell, Victoria, Haydn, Franck, Kaplan & Brahms; Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Ave. (57th St.), 212-247-7800; 7:30, $18-$71.
Monday 12/18
HOLIDAY LIGHT
Western Wind Vocal Ensemble performs program of both Chanukah & Christmas music; Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew (86th St. & West End Ave.), 212-873-2848; 7:30, $15-$20, $12 st./s.c.
FRANZ KAMIN
Pianist/composer performs original works as well as ones by Poulenc, Schumann & Ives w/flutist Andrew Bolotowsky & soprano Mary Hurlbut; Donnell Library Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-221-7676; 2:30, free.
Tuesday 12/19
OPUS CLAVICEMBALISTICUM
First complete New York performance of Kaikhosru Sorabji's five-hour-long piano piece, feat. seven Juilliard students & two intermissions; Paul Hall at the Juilliard School, 65th St. (B'way), 212-769-7406; 7, free.