Schedule

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Angels We Have Heard on High! 7:00 pm
Angels We Have Heard on High! @ Harvard Hall, Harvard Club
Dec 3 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Angels We Have Heard on High! @ Harvard Hall, Harvard Club | New York | New York | United States
The Cathedral Choristers from the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine present a varied program of seasonal carols for treble voices. Raymond Nagem, piano Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
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West Village Chorale Messiah Sing 4:00 pm
West Village Chorale Messiah Sing @ Judson Memorial Church
Dec 6 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Lift Up Your Heads and sing “Hallelujah!” with us. Our annual open sing, where the audience becomes the choir, has been featured everywhere from the CBS Evening News to the Wall Street Journal.  We will lead you through...
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Brooklyn College Conservatory Choral Concert 7:30 pm
Brooklyn College Conservatory Choral Concert @ Walt Whitman Theatre
Dec 8 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
The Choral Department of the Brooklyn College Conservatory with orchestra presents a winter concert featuring Vivaldi’s Gloria and J.S. Bach’s Nach, dir Herr, verlanget mich. The concert will feature Choral Union, Conservatory Singers, and student soloists. Malcolm...
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Handel’s Messiah 7:00 pm
Handel’s Messiah @ Harvard Hall, Harvard Club
Dec 10 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Merriweather conducts a professional choir and orchestra in the Christmas portion of Handel’s Messiah. The concert will also be adorned with seasonal carols and arrangements by John Rutter
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Welcome Yule! 7:00 pm
Welcome Yule! @ Judson Memorial Church
Dec 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
This joyous holiday program features Vivaldi’s Magnificat, Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols, and Saint‐Saëns’ exquisitely orchestrated Oratorio de Noël. The program will be adorned with holiday arrangements by Robert De Cormier and seasonal carols for the audience.   West Village...
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Cathedral Christmas Concert 7:00 pm
Cathedral Christmas Concert @ Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine
Dec 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
The annual Christmas Concert at St. John the Divine features J.S. Bach’s beloved Magnificat. Exuberant trumpets and timpani introduce this setting of the song of Mary, which was intended for use at major feast days, including...
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Welcome Yule! 4:00 pm
Welcome Yule! @ Judson Memorial Church
Dec 13 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
This joyous holiday program features Vivaldi’s Magnificat, Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols, and Saint‐Saëns’ exquisitely orchestrated Oratorio de Noël. The program will be adorned with holiday arrangements by Robert De Cormier and seasonal carols for the audience.   West Village...
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Messiah Sing 5:00 pm
Messiah Sing @ Union Theological Seminary
Dec 15 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
The faculty, students, and staff join together in the Union Theological Seminary Chapel for an informal sing thru of Handel’s Messiah. Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
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Caroling Walk 4:30 pm
Caroling Walk @ Judson Memorial Church
Dec 20 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Dig out your Santa hats and your Christmas sweaters, and warm up your Fa-la-la’s! Come with us around the historic, Dickensian streets of our Village neighborhood singing everyone’s favorite holiday songs.  Then come back to...
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Make Music New York Winter Festival 5:30 pm
Make Music New York Winter Festival @ West Park Presbyterian Church
Dec 21 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
**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....
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Messiah 7:30 pm
Messiah @ Carnegie Hall
Dec 22 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
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...
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Christmas Eve Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 4:00 pm
Christmas Eve Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols @ Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
Dec 24 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
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....
Christmas Eve Mass with Festal Prelude 10:00 pm
Christmas Eve Mass with Festal Prelude @ Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
Dec 24 @ 10:00 pm – 11:00 pm
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.
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New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace 7:00 pm
New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace @ Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
Dec 31 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
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...