The Cathedral Of St. John The Divine Announces Sunday Evening Organ Recitals For 2023-2024

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, located at 1047 Amsterdam Avenue (at 112th Street), presents Sunday afternoon organ recitals under the direction of Kent Tritle, Director of Cathedral Music and Organist.

With a variety of diverse repertoires drawing from the Anglican sacred music tradition and world composers, these post-Evensong recitals provide a culturally rich musical offering inside the Cathedral's Gothic interior. Beginning in October, audiences will also have the opportunity to take in glorious organ music within the setting of Divine Pathways, a site-specific textile art installation by Anne Patterson.

The recital series kicks off on September 10 with an evening exploring South African organ music with visiting performer Theo van Wyk, Associate Professor of Music, University of Pretoria. Upcoming recitals include performances by the Cathedral's own Daniel Ficarri, Associate Director of Music and Organist; Artist in Residence David Briggs; and both established and up-and-coming organ stars from around the United States and across the globe.

The Cathedral's 5 pm Sunday organ recitals are presented free to the public. Visit the Cathedral's website for more information about concerts and recitals throughout 2023 and 2024.

SUNDAY EVENING ORGAN RECITALS

All concerts start at 5:00 pm

Fall 2023

September 10

Theo van Wyk (Pretoria, South Africa)

Associate Professor of Music, University of Pretoria

Exploring South African Organ Music

September 17

David Briggs (New York, New York)

Artist in Residence, St. John the Divine

September 24

Kent Tritle (New York, New York)

Director of Cathedral Music, St. John the Divine

October 8

Aletheia Teague (Los Angeles, California)

Student of Paul Jacobs, The Juilliard School

October 15

Daniel Ficarri (New York, New York)

Associate Director of Music & Organist, St. John the Divine

Celebrating Opening of Divine Pathways Exhibit

October 22

Janet Yieh (New York, New York)

Director of Music, Church of the Heavenly Rest

Spring 2024

March 3

Shannon Mathai (Montgomery, Alabama)

Organist and Music Assistant, Trinity Presbyterian Church

March 10

Raymond Nagem (New York, NY)

Minister of Music, Brick Presbyterian Church

March 17

Paul Griffiths (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

Vice President, Royal College of Organists

April 7

David Briggs (New York, New York)

Artist in Residence, St. John the Divine

April 14

Christopher Houlihan (Hartford, Connecticut)

College Organist & Director of Chapel Music, Trinity College

Co-Presented by the Wagner Society of New York

April 21

Carolyn Craig (London, England)

Organ Scholar, Westminster Abbey

April 28

Jacob Gruss (New York, New York)

Organ Scholar, St. John the Divine

Kent Tritle is one of America's leading choral conductors. Called “the brightest star in New York's choral music world” by The New York Times, he is Director of Cathedral Music and Organist at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City; Music Director of the Oratorio Society of New York, the acclaimed 200-voice volunteer chorus; and Music Director of Musica Sacra, New York's longest continuously performing professional chorus. He is Organist of the New York Philharmonic and on the graduate faculty of The Juilliard School.

Kent Tritle founded the Sacred Music in a Sacred Space concert series at New York's Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, and led it from 1989 to 2011. From 1996 to 2004, he was Music Director of New York's The Dessoff Choirs. Kent hosted “The Choral Mix with Kent Tritle,” a weekly program on New York's WQXR, from 2010 to 2014. Kent Tritle's discography includes recordings on the Telarc, AMDG, Epiphany, Gothic, Pro Organo, VAI and MSR Classics labels, and he received a 2021 Grammy nomination for the Naxos recording of Paul Moravec/Mark Campbell oratorio Sanctuary Road with the Oratorio Society of New York. kenttritle.com     

Over one hundred years ago, the trustees of the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine conceived its mission to be a house of prayer for all people, an instrument of church unity, and a center of intellectual light and leading in the spirit of Jesus Christ.

Today, as the mother church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and the seat of its bishop, the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine serves the many diverse people of our diocese, city, nation and world through the worship of God; pastoral, educational and community outreach activities; cultural and civic events; international ecumenical initiatives; and the preservation of the great architectural and historic site that is its legacy.