**This event will conclude at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine**
Make Music Winter, first launched in 2011, is a free, outdoor musical event each December 21st that turns audiences into music makers. Inspired by Phil Kline’s annual Unsilent Night – the boombox parade that has become an international tradition – Make Music Winter transforms New York’s cityscape with twelve participatory musical parades on the winter solstice, running the gamut of musical genres.
Parade partners in 2014 included the Bronx Music Heritage Center, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, Friends of the High Line, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Public Library, Prospect Park Alliance, El Puente, and many more. The full 2014 schedule is listed on the Make Music Winter page.
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
Malcolm joins the chorus of Musica Sacra as the institution returns to Carnegie Hall for its 77th performance of Handel’s Messiah.
Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra
Kathryn Lewek, Soprano
Christopher Ainslie, Countertenor
Mingjie Lei, Tenor
Matt Boehler, Bass
Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
The Cathedral Choristers and the Trebles of the Cathedral Choir present a service of Nine Lessons and Carols. The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols was first celebrated at King’s College, Cambridge on Christmas Eve, 1918. It was an adaptation of a similar service that had been written for the cathedral at Truro in 1880.
The choir will sing music by Gregg Smith, Raymond Nagem, Malcolm J. Merriweather, Benjamin Britten, Larry Long, Peter Warlock, and John Rutter.
The Cathedral Choir, Chorale, and Choristers are join by orchestra for the moving Christmas Mass service. The service will feature Mozart’s Coronation Mass and other seasonal carols.
The Cathedral Choir, Orchestra, and Soloists are joined by guests Judy Collins, Jason Robert Brown, and host Harry Smith for this beloved Cathedral event, founded by Leonard Bernstein in 1984. The annual New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace has gathered old friends and new for more than a quarter of a century. This year we honor the legacy of Leonard Bernstein with a performance of his Chichester Psalms, a profound work that is sure to inspire a spirit of peace in the audience as we begin a New Year together, renewed in hope for the world we share.
Kent Tritle, conductor
Merriweather conducts the Division V Chorus for the Nassau County Music Educator Festival.
The Annual Diocesan Treble Choir Festival brings children from around the New York City metro area together in song. The day long festivities culminate in a Festal Choral Evensong in the Great Choir of the Cathedral.
Following the astounding performance of Verdi’s Requiem in 2015, Great Music in a Great Space is proud to continue our collaboration with the Manhattan School of Music and Oratorio Society of New York in a presentation of Gustav Mahler’s 8th Symphony. Often referred to as “The Symphony of a Thousand,” this symphony calls for a gargantuan orchestra, an off-stage brass ensemble, two SATB choirs, a children’s choir, and eight soloists.
Sara Murphy, mezzo-soprano
Adam Lau, bass
John Tiranno, tenor
Angel Azzarra, soprano
Bryn Holdsworth, soprano
Jana McIntyre, soprano
Noragh Devlin, mezzo-soprano
Tim Murray, baritone
Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus
Oratorio Society of New York
The Cathedral Choristers of St. John the Divine
Manhattan School of Music Orchestra
Kent Tritle, conductor
Merriweather, an alumnus of the Erie County Music Educator’s Chorus and Orchestra returns to conduct the Senior High Chorus.
Merriweather conducts the Intermediate Chorus for the Westchester County School Music Association.
Repertoire:
Fire, Fire my Heart, Thomas Morley/arr. Linda Spevace
Two Brazilian Folksongs, arr. Elisa Dekaney & Lon Beery
I heard America Singing, Tradional Spiritual arr. Andre Thomas
You’ll Never Walk Alone, Rogers and Hammerstein/arr. Mark Hayes
