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Oratorio Society of New York Announces 2021-2022 Season
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK,
LED BY MUSIC DIRECTOR KENT TRITLE,
ANNOUNCES 2021-2022 SEASON WITH CONCERTS AT
CARNEGIE HALL AND CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
Concerts Include Works by Pärt, Britten and Gabrieli on November 9;
Handel’s Messiah on December 20;
Bach’s Magnificat and Mozart’s Coronation Mass on March 8; and
Mendelssohn’s Elijah on May 9
45th Annual Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition Held on April 9
www.osny.org
September 8, 2021, New York, NY — The Oratorio Society of New York, led by Music Director Kent Tritle, announces its 2021-2022 season of concerts at Carnegie Hall and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
The season begins on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 7:30pm at the Cathedral of St. John Divine with a highly-anticipated concert featuring Britten’s Festival Te Deum and Rejoice in the Lamb; Pärt’s Berliner Messe and Two Slavonic Psalms; and Gabrieli’s Jubilate Deo, omnis terra (a 8). The chorus and conductors Kent Tritle, David Rosenmeyer, and William Janiszewski are joined by organist Raymond Nagem.
On Monday, December 20, 2021 at 8:00pm, the Oratorio Society presents its annual tradition, Handel’s iconic Messiah, in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. The chorus is joined by soloists soprano Leslie Fagan, contralto Heather Petrie, tenor Joshua Blue, and baritone Sidney Outlaw with the Orchestra of the Society for the complete Part 1 with highlights from Parts II and III.
Bach’s Magnificat and Mozart’s Coronation Mass takes place at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 7:30pm featuring soprano Hyeyoung Moon, mezzo-soprano Jasmin White, tenor Patrick Bessenbacher, and bass-baritone William Socolof—all soloists from The Juilliard School’s Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts—together with the Orchestra of the Society.
To close the season, on Monday, May 9, 2022 at 8:00pm, the Oratorio Society is featured in Mendelssohn’s Elijah in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall together with soloists soprano Susanna Phillips, mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis, tenor Isaiah Bell, baritone Justin Austin, and the Orchestra of the Society.
In addition to the four concert offerings, the Oratorio Society also hosts its 45th annual Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition on Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 1:30pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. The prestigious competition encourages the art of oratorio singing and provides young singers the opportunity to advance their careers with the support of cash prizes.
2021-2022 Oratorio Society of New York Concert Information
Pärt, Britten & Gabrieli
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 7:30pm
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine | 1047 Amsterdam Ave | New York, NY 10025
Tickets will be available at osny.org.
Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, conductor
David Rosenmeyer, conductor
William Janiszewski, conductor
Raymond Nagem, organ
BRITTEN: Festival Te Deum and Rejoice in the Lamb
PÄRT: Berliner Messe and Two Slavonic Psalms
GABRIELI: Jubilate Deo, omnis terra (a 8)
Handel’s Messiah
Monday, December 20, 2021 at 8:00pm
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall | 881 7th Ave | New York, NY 10019
Tickets will be available for purchase at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, at 57th and Seventh, or can be charged to major credit cards by calling CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800 or by visiting the Carnegie Hall website at carnegiehall.org on September 20.
HANDEL: Messiah Part I (complete) with highlights from Parts II & III
Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, conductor
Leslie Fagan, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Joshua Blue, tenor
Sidney Outlaw, baritone
Orchestra of the Society
Bach’s Magnificat and Mozart’s Coronation Mass
Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 7:30pm
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine | 1047 Amsterdam Ave | New York, NY 10025
Tickets will be available at osny.org.
J.S. BACH: Magnificat
MOZART: Coronation Mass
Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, conductor
Soloists from The Juilliard School’s Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts:
Hyeyoung Moon, soprano
Jasmin White, mezzo-soprano
Patrick Bessenbacher, tenor
William Socolof, bass-baritone
Orchestra of the Society
45th Annual Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition
Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 1:30pm
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall | 881 7th Ave | New York, NY 10019
Tickets will be available for purchase at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, at 57th and Seventh, or can be charged to major credit cards by calling CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800 or by visiting the Carnegie Hall website at carnegiehall.org.
Mendelssohn’s Elijah
Monday, May 9, 2022 at 8:00pm
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall | 881 7th Ave | New York, NY 10019
Tickets will be available for purchase at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, at 57th and Seventh, or can be charged to major credit cards by calling CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800 or by visiting the Carnegie Hall website at carnegiehall.org.
MENDELSSOHN: Elijah
Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Raehann Bryce-Davis, mezzo-soprano
Isaiah Bell, tenor
Justin Austin, baritone
Orchestra of the Society
About the Oratorio Society of New York
The Oratorio Society of New York (OSNY) is one of the oldest musical organizations in the United States and has become New York City’s standard for grand choral performance. Founded in 1873 by Leopold Damrosch, the Society has played an integral role in the musical life of the city. In its early years, the Society established a fund to finance the building of a new concert hall, a cause taken up in earnest by the Society’s fifth president, Andrew Carnegie. In 1891, and under the direction of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, the Society helped inaugurate this new Music Hall, which would be renamed Carnegie Hall several years later.
The Society continues to perform several times each season at Carnegie Hall. Its annual performances of Handel’s Messiah, a tradition unbroken since 1874, have become a holiday favorite with New York audiences. In addition to its collaborations with the New York Philharmonic and Orchestra of St. Luke’s, as well as other performing arts institutions, the Society performs internationally every few years – including recent concerts in Japan, Uruguay, Germany, Italy, and Brazil.
The Society is also committed to commissioning and championing new works, including most recently Pulitzer prize-winning composer, Paul Moravec and Grammy Award-winning librettist, Mark Campbell’s Grammy nominated recording Sanctuary Road, available from Naxos Records.
The OSNY membership consists of avocational and professionally trained singers as well as non-singing members. Auditions are held twice annually at the beginning of the fall and winter terms. OSNY is a not-for-profit 501c3 corporation governed by a volunteer board of directors with a professional music staff.
About Kent Tritle
Kent Tritle is one of America’s leading choral conductors. In addition to being Music Director of the Oratorio Society of New York, he is Director of Cathedral Music and Organist at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City and Music Director of Musica Sacra, New York’s longest continuously performing professional chorus.
In addition, Kent is Director of Choral Activities at the Manhattan School of Music and is a member of the graduate faculty of The Juilliard School. An acclaimed organ virtuoso, he is also the organist of the New York Philharmonic and Chair of the Organ Department of the Manhattan School of Music.
Called “the brightest star in New York's choral music world” by The New York Times, Kent Tritle founded the Sacred Music in a Sacred Space concert series at New York’s Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, and led it to great acclaim from 1989 to 2011. From 1996 to 2004, he was Music Director of New York’s The Dessoff Choirs. He hosted “The Choral Mix with Kent Tritle,” a weekly program on New York’s WQXR, from 2010 to 2014. Kent Tritle has made more than 20 recordings on the Telarc, Naxos, AMDG, Epiphany, Gothic, VAI and MSR Classics labels. www.kenttritle.com.
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