Holiday Chestnuts – New York 2004
Music | Jul 12, 2010
MESSIAH
St. John the Divine Messiah
Saturday, December 11 at 7:30PM
The annual performance of the 18th century master sung by The Cathedral Choristers and The Cathedral Singers, accompanied by orchestra. Directed by Johnson Flucker, Cathedral Director of Liturgical Music. The Cathedral-combined choir, soloists and full orchestra beneath the vaulted arches and soaring columns of St. John the Divine.
Cathedral of St. John the Divine,
Amsterdam Ave. at 112th St.
(212-280-0330)
Peniel Concert Choir
G.F. Handel's Messiah
Sunday December 12 at 7:30PM at Avery Fisher Hall
Peniel Concert Choir and Orchestra
Byung Choun Lee, Conductor
The Downtown Messiah: A Modern Interpretation of Handel's Masterpiece
Friday, December 12, 13 at 7:30PM and 10:30PM; Saturday, December 14 at 8PM
The sixth annual The Downtown Messiah, which The Village Voice calls "one of the city's best-kept holiday traditions." Directed by Richard Barone (The Bongos), with arrangements by Peter Kiesewalter (The Angstones), and choral direction by Margaret Dorn (The Accidentals), The Downtown Messiah occupies a unique musical landscape, featuring folk, jazz, rock, gospel, blues, and a capella.
The Bottom Line
West 4th Street and Mercer Sts.
(212-228-6300)
Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra
G.F. Handel's Messiah
Sunday, December 12 at 3PM
Andrew Megill conducts
Soloists: Sally Wolf, Alyson Harvey, Nathan Davis, David Newman
State Theatre in New Brunswick
15 Livingston Street , New Brunswick, NJ
Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys with Concert Royal
George Frideric Handel Messiah
Tuesday, December 14 at 7:30PM
Thursday, December 16 at 7:30PM
John Scott, Organist and Director of Music
Amanda Balestrieri, Soprano; Scott Cameron, Tenor; Thomas Dinan, Countertenor; Christopher Trueblood, Bass
St. Thomas Church, Fifth Ave. & 53rd St.
(212-664-9360)
New York Philharmonic
Handel's Messiah at The Riverside Church
December 15-16 at 7:30PM; December 17-18 at 8PM at The Riverside Church
Alan Gilbert leads the annual Handel's Messiah at Riverside Church with the Westminster Symphonic Choir. Celena Shafer (debut), soprano; Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano; Kurt Streit (debut), tenor; Jonathan Lemalu (debut), bass
Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall
(212-875-5656)
The National Chorale Messiah
Wednesday December 15 at 8PM at Avery Fisher Hall
Hear Handel's glorious oratorio sung by the nation's leading professional chorus in a great New York concert hall. Enjoy the spleandor of the choruses, the thrill of virtuoso soloists and a grand Baroque Festival Orchestra.
Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra
G.F. Handel's Messiah
Friday, December 17 at 8PM
Andrew Megill conducts
Community Theatre in Morristown
100 South Street , Morristown, NJ
BMCC Downtown Symphony
Seventeenth Annual Messiah Open Sing
Sunday December 19 at 3PM
Theatre I of Tribeca Perf. Arts Center at BMCC
199 Chambers Street
FREE Open to public
Conductor: Douglas Anderson; Eugenia Yau, soprano; Mary Rauh, mezzo; Jerry Dahl, tenor; Ko Kaiden, baritone
(212-220-1464)
Oratorio Society of Queens
Choruses from the Messiah and Judas Macabaeus
Sunday December 19 at 4PM
Performing Arts Center at Queensborough Community College
(56 Ave., one block east of Springfield Blvd in Bayside)
(718-460-0726)
Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra
Handel's Messiah
December 19 and 20 at 8PM
Richard Westenburg, Music Director
Rachel Rosales, soprano; Ryland Angel, counter-tenor; James Archie Worley, tenor; Ryan McKinny, bass-baritone
Carnegie Hall
57th Street and Seventh Avenue
The National Chorale - Messiah Sing-In
Tuesday December 21 at8PM at Avery Fisher Hall
New York's most popular Holiday Season music event! Join the audience-chorus of 3,000 and 17 fine conductors to rejoice in choral music and sing Handel's wonderful Messiah.
The Oratorio Society of New York
Handel: Messiah
Tuesday, December 21 at 8PM at Carnegie Hall
The Oratorio Society of New York’s annual performancesince 1874of Handel's Messiah is as much a part of the holiday season in New York City as Macy's window and the tree at Rockefeller Center. The New York Times calls the Society’s performances "thrilling." The Daily News says our Messiah is "commanding... first rate!" Handel, the ultimate showman, would agree with both of them that this is "the best Messiah in town."
Lyndon Woodside, Music Director, conducting chorus and soloists; Jennifer Aylmer, Soprano Svetlana Serdar, Contralto; Rufus Müller, Tenor; James Courtney, Bass-Baritone and the Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra
The Masterwork Chorus
Handel Messiah
Thursday, December 23 at 8PM at Carnegie Hall
Andrew Megill, Conductor
Soloists: Sally Wolf, Leah Wool, Nathan Avis, and David Newman
Isaac Stern Auditorium
NUTCRACKER
The Nutcracker Suite premiered in 1892, but only after World War II did the Tchaikovsky ballet become a New York family rite.
New York City Ballet
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker
December 7, 2004 January 2, 2005 at the New York State Theater
The New York City Ballet George Balanchines's The Nutcrackerwith 45 performances.
Schedule of Performances
Contemporary Ballet Theatre
December 10 at 7:30PM; December 11 at 3PM and 7:30PM
An original, lively version of The Nutcracker, with professional dancers and students from CBT's school. Gala performance honors Bill T. Jones and Dance Theatre of Harlem's Arthur Mitchell on
Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture
450 Grand Counourse
Near East 149th St., the Bronx
(718-518-4455)
Dances Patrelle
The Yorkville Nutcracker
December 9-12 at Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College
This annual production of The Yorkville Nutcracker, set in New York City in 1895, makes stops at Gracie Mansion, Central Park, and the New York Botanical Gardens. Police Commissioner Teddy Roosevelt is a party guest, and a skating scene takes place in Central Park by the Dakota.
Contact: Robert Dorf at 212-722-7933
New York Theatre Ballet
December 11 and 12 at 11AM, 1PM and 3PM
Nutcrackerfor children ages 3 to 10 features the acclaimed 18-year-old dancer Steven Melendez, who was discovered in a city homeless shelter a decade ago.
Florence Gould Hall
55 E. 59th Street
(212-355-6160)
Irene Fokine Ballet Company
The Nutcracker
Friday, December 10 at 10AM and 7:30PM
Bergen County Technical
(201-493-1157)
Clara's Dream: A Jazz Nutcracker
December 12 at 7PM at the Colden Center
The Nutcracker is clad in a zoot suit, while Clara gets whisked away to a 1940's nightclub, and the dancers wear tap shoes in this Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn-inspired take.
Queen's College
(718-793-8080)
Brighton Ballet Theatre/School of Russian Ballet
The Nutcracker
Sunday, December 12 at 5PM
For tickets and more information please contact:
Brighton Ballet Theatre
3300 Coney Island Ave.
Order Tickets
(718-769-9161)
Dance Theater Workshop
Nut/Cracked
December 15-22 at 7:30PM and December 18 & 19 at 2PM
Nut/cracked, a vaudeville-inspired work that uses wickedly non-traditional recordings of Tchaikovsky's score by Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller and Fred Waring. "...Mr. Parker's reinvention was brilliant as well as side-splittingly funny.” (Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times)
website: Dance Theater Workshop's website
219 West 19th Street
(212-924-0077)
Mooney/Cooley Dance
The Nutcracker
December 17 & 18 at 8PM; December 18 at 3PM
120 & Claremont
presented by Mooney/Cooley Dance
(212-870-6784)
9th Annual Black Nutcracker
Sunday, December 19 at 5PM (Public Performance)
December 13, 16, 17 School Performances (all sold out)
Presented by Uptown Dance Academy (uses Ellington, Hip Hop, African drums in addition to the Tchaikowsky score)
Hostos Center for Arts & Culture
149th & Grand Concourse
(212-987-5030)
St. John the Divine Messiah
Saturday, December 11 at 7:30PM
The annual performance of the 18th century master sung by The Cathedral Choristers and The Cathedral Singers, accompanied by orchestra. Directed by Johnson Flucker, Cathedral Director of Liturgical Music. The Cathedral-combined choir, soloists and full orchestra beneath the vaulted arches and soaring columns of St. John the Divine.
Cathedral of St. John the Divine,
Amsterdam Ave. at 112th St.
(212-280-0330)
Peniel Concert Choir
G.F. Handel's Messiah
Sunday December 12 at 7:30PM at Avery Fisher Hall
Peniel Concert Choir and Orchestra
Byung Choun Lee, Conductor
The Downtown Messiah: A Modern Interpretation of Handel's Masterpiece
Friday, December 12, 13 at 7:30PM and 10:30PM; Saturday, December 14 at 8PM
The sixth annual The Downtown Messiah, which The Village Voice calls "one of the city's best-kept holiday traditions." Directed by Richard Barone (The Bongos), with arrangements by Peter Kiesewalter (The Angstones), and choral direction by Margaret Dorn (The Accidentals), The Downtown Messiah occupies a unique musical landscape, featuring folk, jazz, rock, gospel, blues, and a capella.
The Bottom Line
West 4th Street and Mercer Sts.
(212-228-6300)
Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra
G.F. Handel's Messiah
Sunday, December 12 at 3PM
Andrew Megill conducts
Soloists: Sally Wolf, Alyson Harvey, Nathan Davis, David Newman
State Theatre in New Brunswick
15 Livingston Street , New Brunswick, NJ
Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys with Concert Royal
George Frideric Handel Messiah
Tuesday, December 14 at 7:30PM
Thursday, December 16 at 7:30PM
John Scott, Organist and Director of Music
Amanda Balestrieri, Soprano; Scott Cameron, Tenor; Thomas Dinan, Countertenor; Christopher Trueblood, Bass
St. Thomas Church, Fifth Ave. & 53rd St.
(212-664-9360)
New York Philharmonic
Handel's Messiah at The Riverside Church
December 15-16 at 7:30PM; December 17-18 at 8PM at The Riverside Church
Alan Gilbert leads the annual Handel's Messiah at Riverside Church with the Westminster Symphonic Choir. Celena Shafer (debut), soprano; Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano; Kurt Streit (debut), tenor; Jonathan Lemalu (debut), bass
Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall
(212-875-5656)
The National Chorale Messiah
Wednesday December 15 at 8PM at Avery Fisher Hall
Hear Handel's glorious oratorio sung by the nation's leading professional chorus in a great New York concert hall. Enjoy the spleandor of the choruses, the thrill of virtuoso soloists and a grand Baroque Festival Orchestra.
Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra
G.F. Handel's Messiah
Friday, December 17 at 8PM
Andrew Megill conducts
Community Theatre in Morristown
100 South Street , Morristown, NJ
BMCC Downtown Symphony
Seventeenth Annual Messiah Open Sing
Sunday December 19 at 3PM
Theatre I of Tribeca Perf. Arts Center at BMCC
199 Chambers Street
FREE Open to public
Conductor: Douglas Anderson; Eugenia Yau, soprano; Mary Rauh, mezzo; Jerry Dahl, tenor; Ko Kaiden, baritone
(212-220-1464)
Oratorio Society of Queens
Choruses from the Messiah and Judas Macabaeus
Sunday December 19 at 4PM
Performing Arts Center at Queensborough Community College
(56 Ave., one block east of Springfield Blvd in Bayside)
(718-460-0726)
Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra
Handel's Messiah
December 19 and 20 at 8PM
Richard Westenburg, Music Director
Rachel Rosales, soprano; Ryland Angel, counter-tenor; James Archie Worley, tenor; Ryan McKinny, bass-baritone
Carnegie Hall
57th Street and Seventh Avenue
The National Chorale - Messiah Sing-In
Tuesday December 21 at8PM at Avery Fisher Hall
New York's most popular Holiday Season music event! Join the audience-chorus of 3,000 and 17 fine conductors to rejoice in choral music and sing Handel's wonderful Messiah.
The Oratorio Society of New York
Handel: Messiah
Tuesday, December 21 at 8PM at Carnegie Hall
The Oratorio Society of New York’s annual performancesince 1874of Handel's Messiah is as much a part of the holiday season in New York City as Macy's window and the tree at Rockefeller Center. The New York Times calls the Society’s performances "thrilling." The Daily News says our Messiah is "commanding... first rate!" Handel, the ultimate showman, would agree with both of them that this is "the best Messiah in town."
Lyndon Woodside, Music Director, conducting chorus and soloists; Jennifer Aylmer, Soprano Svetlana Serdar, Contralto; Rufus Müller, Tenor; James Courtney, Bass-Baritone and the Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra
The Masterwork Chorus
Handel Messiah
Thursday, December 23 at 8PM at Carnegie Hall
Andrew Megill, Conductor
Soloists: Sally Wolf, Leah Wool, Nathan Avis, and David Newman
Isaac Stern Auditorium
NUTCRACKER
The Nutcracker Suite premiered in 1892, but only after World War II did the Tchaikovsky ballet become a New York family rite.
New York City Ballet
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker
December 7, 2004 January 2, 2005 at the New York State Theater
The New York City Ballet George Balanchines's The Nutcrackerwith 45 performances.
Schedule of Performances
Contemporary Ballet Theatre
December 10 at 7:30PM; December 11 at 3PM and 7:30PM
An original, lively version of The Nutcracker, with professional dancers and students from CBT's school. Gala performance honors Bill T. Jones and Dance Theatre of Harlem's Arthur Mitchell on
Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture
450 Grand Counourse
Near East 149th St., the Bronx
(718-518-4455)
Dances Patrelle
The Yorkville Nutcracker
December 9-12 at Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College
This annual production of The Yorkville Nutcracker, set in New York City in 1895, makes stops at Gracie Mansion, Central Park, and the New York Botanical Gardens. Police Commissioner Teddy Roosevelt is a party guest, and a skating scene takes place in Central Park by the Dakota.
Contact: Robert Dorf at 212-722-7933
New York Theatre Ballet
December 11 and 12 at 11AM, 1PM and 3PM
Nutcrackerfor children ages 3 to 10 features the acclaimed 18-year-old dancer Steven Melendez, who was discovered in a city homeless shelter a decade ago.
Florence Gould Hall
55 E. 59th Street
(212-355-6160)
Irene Fokine Ballet Company
The Nutcracker
Friday, December 10 at 10AM and 7:30PM
Bergen County Technical
(201-493-1157)
Clara's Dream: A Jazz Nutcracker
December 12 at 7PM at the Colden Center
The Nutcracker is clad in a zoot suit, while Clara gets whisked away to a 1940's nightclub, and the dancers wear tap shoes in this Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn-inspired take.
Queen's College
(718-793-8080)
Brighton Ballet Theatre/School of Russian Ballet
The Nutcracker
Sunday, December 12 at 5PM
For tickets and more information please contact:
Brighton Ballet Theatre
3300 Coney Island Ave.
Order Tickets
(718-769-9161)
Dance Theater Workshop
Nut/Cracked
December 15-22 at 7:30PM and December 18 & 19 at 2PM
Nut/cracked, a vaudeville-inspired work that uses wickedly non-traditional recordings of Tchaikovsky's score by Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller and Fred Waring. "...Mr. Parker's reinvention was brilliant as well as side-splittingly funny.” (Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times)
website: Dance Theater Workshop's website
219 West 19th Street
(212-924-0077)
Mooney/Cooley Dance
The Nutcracker
December 17 & 18 at 8PM; December 18 at 3PM
120 & Claremont
presented by Mooney/Cooley Dance
(212-870-6784)
9th Annual Black Nutcracker
Sunday, December 19 at 5PM (Public Performance)
December 13, 16, 17 School Performances (all sold out)
Presented by Uptown Dance Academy (uses Ellington, Hip Hop, African drums in addition to the Tchaikowsky score)
Hostos Center for Arts & Culture
149th & Grand Concourse
(212-987-5030)
