Voices of Ascension opens its 2026–2027 season with a program that matches musical grandeur with profound humanistic depth.
The Clarion Choir and Orchestra will perform J.S. Bach's Magnificat alongside the premiere of Alistair Coleman's Nunc Dimittis at the Park Avenue Christian Church in New York City.
Join sopranos Rachel Doehring Jackson and Lucy Fitz Gibbon as they perform Sheila Silver’s “Songs of Resilience” with Ensemble Ipse, as part of Silver’s 80th Birthday Celebration concert.
In the splendid acoustics of Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, enjoy a world-class performance of Mozart’s stunning final creation: his Requiem, one of the most iconic works in the choral and orchestra repertoire. Joined by four of today’s leading vocal soloists, Christophe Rousset conducts Orchestra of St. Luke’s with The Clarion Choir. They begin the performance with Schubert’s Mass in G, a welcoming introduction before Mozart’s fabled work of grandeur and mystery.
As part of Voices of Ascension’s new Choral Visionaries series, Voices welcomes Kathy Saltzman Romey, long-time Director of Choral Activities at the University of Minnesota and Artistic Director of the Minnesota Chorale.
As part of Voices of Ascension’s new Choral Visionaries series, Voices welcomes Kathy Saltzman Romey, long-time Director of Choral Activities at the University of Minnesota and Artistic Director of the Minnesota Chorale.
The Clarion Choir and Orchestra performs J.S. Bach's Easter Oratorio (BWV 249) on Wednesday, April 14, 2027, at the Park Avenue Christian Church in New York City.
This pillar of choral literature is one of the greatest works ever written by one of Western music’s greatest composers.
Featuring a World Premiere commission from Ashi Day, and works by Ted Hearne, Scott Ordway, Pulitzer Prize–winner Caroline Shaw, and more, The Thirteen performs music that blends intimate personal narratives with broader social reflection, creating a portrait of our time in sound.
Featuring a World Premiere commission from Ashi Day, and works by Ted Hearne, Scott Ordway, Pulitzer Prize–winner Caroline Shaw, and more, The Thirteen performs music that blends intimate personal narratives with broader social reflection, creating a portrait of our time in sound.
Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio, draws the Bard Music Festival—and all seven weeks of Bard SummerScape—to a gripping close.
Following the past three seasons’ sold-out concerts in nearby Rhinebeck, the Bard Music Festival returns off-campus for Program Six, “I live with God ever before me: Mozart’s Religion.”
In a thoughtfully curated concert with commentary, Program Four, “Theatrical Life in Vienna: Hanswurst, Leporello, and Papageno,” scholar Lisa de Alwis investigates the popular Viennese theater traditions that inspired two of Mozart’s best-loved comic characters: Don Giovanni’s Leporello and The Magic Flute’s Papageno.
Join us for performances of the national anthems featuring the five-time Grammy-nominated Clarion Choir alongside Grammy winners and 2022-24 MetLiveArts Quartet in Residence Catalyst Quartet in the American Wing’s light-filled Charles Engelhard Court.
Join us for performances of the national anthems featuring the five-time Grammy-nominated Clarion Choir alongside Grammy winners and 2022-24 MetLiveArts Quartet in Residence Catalyst Quartet in the American Wing’s light-filled Charles Engelhard Court.
Join us for performances of the national anthems featuring the five-time Grammy-nominated Clarion Choir alongside Grammy winners and 2022-24 MetLiveArts Quartet in Residence Catalyst Quartet in the American Wing’s light-filled Charles Engelhard Court.
On Wednesday, June 17 at 7 PM, WQXR welcomes you to another unforgettable Pride concert at the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space! Celebrate an evening of music, joy, and community featuring extraordinary artists from the LGBTQ+ classical world.
Rachel Doehring Jackson joins alumni of The Bach Institute at Emmanuel Music in J. S. Bach’s BWV 209 “Non sa che sia dolore,” a cantata for solo soprano.
Join us on Tuesday, May 5 at 7:30pm for St. Bartholomew's Choir in Concert, singing Poulenc's Gloria, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, and music of Samuel Barber.
Composer Laura Schwendinger and librettist Ginger Strand's opera about Margaret Fuller, a 19th century American journalist and women’s rights advocate, receives its world premiere in a semi-staged production. "Margaret in Love and War" features Marnie Breckenridge in the titular role directed by Chris Alden and a chamber ensemble led by conductor Eiki Isomura.
In 2026—200 years following the death of Carl Maria von Weber, a decisive figure in the development of German opera in the Romantic period—the American Symphony Orchestra takes on the composer’s seminal opera Der Freischütz (1821), performed with a twist: in place of the original opera, the ASO presents Hector Berlioz’s version of the work, arranged for the Paris Opera in 1841.
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.
