Great Music at St. Bart's Presents the Annual Joyous Christmas Concert, 12/14

On Tuesday, December 14 at 7:30 pm, St. Bartholomew's Choir, William Trafka, conductor, and St. Bartholomew's Boy and Girl Choristers, Paolo Bordignon, conductor, will present the annual Joyous Christmas Concert. The concert will be accompanied by St. Bartholomew's Festival Brass with percussion, harp and organ. Highlights of the concert include William Mathias' sequence of medieval carols entitled "Ave Rex," Samuel Scheidt's "In dulci jubilo," Bob Krogstad's arrangement of "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!" and a selection of international carols from Norway, Australia and Ghana. The audience will also be invited to join in singing beloved carols of the season as arranged for choir, brass and organ by David Willcocks. A unique blend of sacred and popular classics, the Joyous Christmas Concert has become a New York City tradition. Tickets at $100 (Angel Club seating, includes a $60 tax-deductible donation to Great Music at St. Bart's), $40 and $25 with student/senior citizen rates of $30 and $15 can be purchased by calling (212) 378-0248 or by consulting the Great Music at St. Bart's website at www.stbarts.org/music.asp.

The Great Music Series, produced by the Mid-Manhattan Performing Arts Foundation, Inc., offers a diverse variety of concerts from large scale choral works and organ concerts in the church to chamber music and jazz in the acoustically remarkable chapel. Crucial to the musical programming of the series is St. Bartholomew's Choir, a fully professional choir, and the Boy and Girl Choristers, renowned as one of the finest children's choirs in the metropolitan area. The church also possesses an Aeolian/Skinner pipe organ of 168 stops, the largest in New York City and considered to be one of the greatest examples of the American Classic Organ of the 20th century.

Great Music concerts take place at St. Bartholomew's Church at the corner of Park Avenue and 51sst Street. Subway: 6 to 51st Street. For more information, call (212) 378-0248 or visit www.stbarts.org/music.asp.