40th Anniversary Season
November 22 & 23, 2024
The opening concerts of Cantori New York’s 40th Season feature the world premiere of Dear Mountains, a new commission by composers Karen Ouzounian and Lembit Beecher on themes of the Armenian diaspora. Plus: the beautiful Exaudi for cello and voices by the late Canadian composer Jocelyn Morlock, In the Beginning by Aaron Copland and Renaissance motets. With Karen Ouzounian, cello; Gabrielle Barkidjija, mezzo soprano; Ara Dinkjian, oud; Philip Mayer, percussion.
Church of the Holy Apostles, 296 9th Avenue, New York, NY 10001
December 14 & 15, 2024
A Cantori Holiday
Celebrate 40 seasons of Cantori with a crowd-pleasing seasonal celebration, featuring holiday favorites old and new!
Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88th Street, New York, NY 10128
March 8 & 9, 2025
In March, Cantori performs the world premiere of our Chorus America Dale Warland commission, Friends Eternal, by longtime Cantori Advisory Board member Adolphus Hailstork, for chorus and three cellos setting a poignant text by 19th century poet George Moses Horton. The program also features the world premiere of our Score Competition winner, The List of Sunken Ships by Alisa Zaika and a return to The Elements for chorus and two cellos by Philip Lasser, and the US premiere of Night’s Birds by Thierry Escaich(recently appointed organist for the restored Notre Dame cathedral in Paris) for - you guessed it - chorus and cello. With Ari Evan, Maddy Fayette, and Julie Lee, cellos.
Church of St. Francis Xavier, 46 West 16th street, New York, NY 10011
May 10, 2025 (one night only!)
40th Anniversary Concert at Merkin Hall
Kaufman Music Center, 129 West 67th Street, New York, NY 10023
The final concert of the season will feature Cantori favorites for chorus and string quartet, including Gregory Spears’s The Tower and the Garden and Elisenda Fábregas’s The Flaming Rock. Anchoring the program is a new work by Laura Schwendinger titled Silent Spring, on a libretto by Ginger Strand and a reprise of the season opener In the Beginning by Aaron Copland. With the Bergamot Quartet and Gabrielle Barkidjija, mezzo soprano.
