The English Concert return to North America with a major Handel opera project. This time, the lesser-known Hercules HWV60, directed by Harry Bicket, a noted interpreter of the work.
BBS choral director James Bagwell leads soloists, chorus, and orchestra in two performances of the dramatic St. John Passion, Bach’s earliest surviving work in the genre and predecessor to his powerful St. Matthew Passion.
BBS choral director James Bagwell leads soloists, chorus, and orchestra in two performances of the dramatic St. John Passion, Bach’s earliest surviving work in the genre and predecessor to his powerful St. Matthew Passion.
During the week of February 9, 2026, eight amazing finalists will be invited to participate in coaching sessions, masterclasses, and rehearsals that will be open to the public as part of the 91st Annual Bach Festival in Winter Park, FL.
For the United States of America’s 250th anniversary, the American Symphony Orchestra celebrates the forging of an American musical identity in the 19th century with a diverse program of seldom performed scores.
Experience the magic of the season with Musica Sacra at Carnegie Hall. This festive evening includes glorious choral selections from Bach’s Mass in B Minor and Rachmaninoff’s Vespers, plus beautiful choral and orchestral works by Corelli, Poulenc, Helena Paish, and Randall Thompson.
Outside of the choir stalls, members of the St. Bartholomew’s Choir are often heard at many of the city’s most prestigious venues ranging from Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center to Broadway stages and New York’s finest jazz clubs. Hear them celebrate the holiday season in our beautiful sanctuary with beloved traditional carols as well as festive new arrangements of sacred and secular Christmas favorites, all accompanied on our famed pipe organ.
The storied Orchestra of St. Luke’s performs the masterwork with the Clarion choir and soloists under conductor Raphaël Pichon at Carnegie Hall.
We begin the season celebrating the momentous birthdays of two choral giants: Alice Parker (1925-2023) and G. P. da Palestrina (1525-1594). In addition to works by these luminaries, we offer two sublime motets by J. S. Bach, "Jesu, meine Freude" and "Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf."
In this candlelit, immersive performance led by Music Director Kent Tritle, singers move in, among, and around the audience, creating a breathtaking wall of sound that envelops you from every direction at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
Tania León is a lauded composer, conductor, educator, arts advocate, and the newest recipient of the William Schuman Award of Columbia University School of the Arts. Jackson joins the event at the composers request to perform her work “In the Field”.
Franz Schubert's sacred music for choir and orchestra carries the torch of Viennese Classicism passed to him by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Jackson performs as the soprano soloist.
A program of Bach, Handel, Telemann and more featuring members of the 2025 American Bach Academy & members of American Bach Soloists.
A program of baroque works featuring members of the 2025 American Bach Academy.
Experience the gripping drama of Bedřich Smetana’s Dalibor, a powerful Czech opera that weaves themes of revenge, love, and fate.
Experience the gripping drama of Bedřich Smetana’s Dalibor, a powerful Czech opera that weaves themes of revenge, love, and fate.
Experience the gripping drama of Bedřich Smetana’s Dalibor, a powerful Czech opera that weaves themes of revenge, love, and fate.
Experience the gripping drama of Bedřich Smetana’s Dalibor, a powerful Czech opera that weaves themes of revenge, love, and fate.
Experience the gripping drama of Bedřich Smetana’s Dalibor, a powerful Czech opera that weaves themes of revenge, love, and fate.
Enter the enchanted land of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a lush forest besieged by quixotic love triangles and feuding fairy kingdoms, awash with magic at every turn. Musics Sacra performs the music of Felix Mendelssohn alongside the stunning choreography of George Balanchine.
Enter the enchanted land of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a lush forest besieged by quixotic love triangles and feuding fairy kingdoms, awash with magic at every turn. Musics Sacra performs the music of Felix Mendelssohn alongside the stunning choreography of George Balanchine.
Enter the enchanted land of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a lush forest besieged by quixotic love triangles and feuding fairy kingdoms, awash with magic at every turn. Musics Sacra performs the music of Felix Mendelssohn alongside the stunning choreography of George Balanchine.
Enter the enchanted land of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a lush forest besieged by quixotic love triangles and feuding fairy kingdoms, awash with magic at every turn. Musics Sacra performs the music of Felix Mendelssohn alongside the stunning choreography of George Balanchine.
Enter the enchanted land of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a lush forest besieged by quixotic love triangles and feuding fairy kingdoms, awash with magic at every turn. Musics Sacra performs the music of Felix Mendelssohn alongside the stunning choreography of George Balanchine.
Enter the enchanted land of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a lush forest besieged by quixotic love triangles and feuding fairy kingdoms, awash with magic at every turn. Musics Sacra performs the music of Felix Mendelssohn alongside the stunning choreography of George Balanchine.
Enter the enchanted land of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a lush forest besieged by quixotic love triangles and feuding fairy kingdoms, awash with magic at every turn. Musics Sacra performs the music of Felix Mendelssohn alongside the stunning choreography of George Balanchine.
Jackson joins Berkshire Bach in the role of Belinda for a concerted presentation of Henry Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas, led by BBS choral director James Bagwell.
Following the acclaim from last year’s SurRound concert, this immersive concert will feature choral works in direct dialogue with the many acoustics of the Cathedral of St. John Divine, as singers move in, among, and around the audience for a truly thrilling and unforgettable experience.
St. Bartholomew's Choir and chamber orchestra will offer Mozart’s Missa Brevis in F, K. 192, as well as the “Laudate Pueri” movement from his Solemn Vespers.
Please check back in April 2024 for more details.
Join the singers of St. Bartholomew’s Choir as they step out of the choir stalls and take center stage as soloists, presenting a concert that reinterprets themes of Holy Week through the language of secular art song.
Join us on January 13, 2024 at 11AM for a pop-up preview of this site-specific opera. The performance will take place in a Midtown Manhattan big box store. RSVP to get the exact location a week prior to the performance.
Please join us for the 2023-2024 Connecticut District Competition. The competition begins at 11 AM and continues throughout the afternoon. Come for all or part of the day. Winners announced late afternoon.
