Christmas Concerts
Choirs, orchestras, carolers.
Baroque to pop. Choose your way to get into the holiday spirit
Sunday November 29 2009 3:00P
Cristina Fontanelli Christmas in Italy
Merkin Concert Hall
Cristina Fontanelli soprano | John La
Barbera mandolin & guitar | David Maiullo piano
Program Christmas celebration with
an Italian twist
Monday November 30 2009
8:00P
Christmas Time in the City
Carnegie
Hall
The Continuo Arts Symphonic Chorus and
Orchestra: Candace Wicke conductor | with
The Spencer Brothers, Diva Musica, Judy Kang, The Yale
Spizzwinks, The Shoreline Ringers, Embellishment, Walker Joyce,
Matt Herskowitz
Program Stephen James Edwards
A Carol Fantasy
Monday November 30 2009
8:00P
Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Rocks
Hammerstein Ballroom
November 30 thru December 3
2009
Christmas at the Met
Chanticleer
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Program Annual holiday presentation
with traditional carols, medieval and Renaissance sacred works and
spirituals
Performances
Monday November 30 6:30P
8:30P
Tuesday December 1 6:30P
8:30P
Thursday December 3 6:30P
8:30P
Saturday December 5 2009 8:00P
Merkin Concert Hall
The Stonewall Chorale
Cynthia Powell artistic director |
Elaine Christy harp | Dan Lippel guitar | Lindsay
Haughton marimba | Barbara Merjan percussion |
Allison Sniffin keyboards | Alfredo Villela Aztec
percussion
Program Holiday Ole!
Sunday December 6 2009
1:00P
& 3:00P
Christmas at the Met
Lionheart
The
Cloisters
Jeffrey Johnson, Lawrence Lipnik, John
Olund, Richard Porterfield, Kurt-Owen Richards, Michael
Ryan-Wenger vocals
Program Il Laudario di Cortona:
Christmas in Medieval Italy
Sunday December 6 2009 2:00P
Vienna Boys Choir
Carnegie
Hall
Manolo Cagnin choirmaster
Program Austrian folks songs,
waltzes, some classical, pop and chants, along with holiday
tunes
Sunday December 6 2009 7:00P
Twisted Sister presents A Twisted
Christmas on Broadway
Nokia
Theater
Tuesday December 8 2009
8:00P
The Magic of Christmas
Carnegie
Hall
Andy Cooney vocals | with
Crystal Gayle, Eileen Ivers, The Fordham University Choir
Thursday December 10 2009
6:30P
& 8:30P
Christmas at the Met
Abyssinian Baptist Church Choir
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Program gospel, spirituals and
songs of the season
Friday December 11 & Saturday
December 12 2009
8:00P
Messiah
Carnegie
Hall
Les Violins du Roy | La Chapelle de Quebec
Program Handel Messiah
December 10 thru December 12
2009
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Red Hot Holiday Stomp
with Wycliffe Gordon, Victor Goines,
Don Vappie, Herlin Riley, more...
Rose Theater at the Frederick P Rose Hall
Performances
Thursday December 10 8:00P
Friday December 11 8:00P
Saturday December 12 2:00P 8:00P
December 11 & December 12
2009
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Kim Burrell A Gospel Christmas
Allen
Room at the Frederick P Rose Hall
Performances
Friday December 11 7:30P 9:30P
Saturday December 12 7:30P 9:30P
December 12 & December 13
2009
Christmas at the Met
The Waverly Consort
The
Cloisters
Program The Christmas Story
Performances
Saturday December 12 1:00P
3:00P
Sunday December 13 1:00P
3:00P
Sunday December 13 2009 3:00P
New York Philharmonic
Holiday Brass
Avery
Fisher Hall | New
York Philharmonic
New York Philharmonic Principal Brass | The
West Point Brass & Percussion
Program An afternoon of holiday music
Sunday December 13 2009 4:00P
Annual Holiday Concert
Scandinavian Chamber Orchestra
Scandinavia House | 58 Park Avenue at
38th Street
Per Tengstrand, Magnus Martensson founders
Program traditional Scandinavian
Christmas music
Sunday December 13 2009
8:00P
The Orchestra of St Luke's
El Nino
Carnegie
Hall
Orchestra of St Luke's, John Adams
conductor | Dawn Upshaw soprano | Michelle DeYoung
mezzo soprano | Eric Owens bass baritone | Daniel
Bubeck, Brian Cummings, Steven Rickards countertenors |
Westminster Symphonic Choir, Joe Miller conductor | The
Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun director
Program John Adams El Nino
Sunday December 13 & Tuesday December
15 2009
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Baroque Festival Brandenburg Concertos
Alice
Tully Hall |
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Tara Helen O'Connor, Paula Robison, Ransom
Wilson flute | Randall Ellis, Mark Hill, Stephen Taylor
oboe | Peter Kolkay bassoon | Stewart Rose,
William VerMeulen horn | Bella Hristova, Ani Kavafian,
Erin Keefe, Daniel Phillips violin | Mark Holloway, Paul
Neubauer, Richard O'Neill, Daniel Phillips viola | David
Finckel, Jakob Koranyi, Fred Sherry cello | Edgar Meyer
double bass | John Gibbons harpsichord | David
Washburn trumpet
Program Bach Brandenburg Concertos
Performances
Sunday December 13 5:00P
Tuesday December 15 7:30P
Monday December 14 2009
8:00P
The Oratorio Society of New York
Handel's Messiah
Carnegie
Hall
Kent Tritle music director |
Susanna Phillips soprano | Sara Sturdivant mezzo
soprano | Paul Appleby tenor | Stephen Hegedus
bass baritone
Tuesday December 15 2009
6:30P
& 8:30P
Christmas at the Met
Quartetto Gelato
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Kornel Wolak clarinet | Peter
De Sotto tenor & violin | Alexander Sevastian
accordion & piano | Carina Reeves cello
Program holiday program
December 15 thru December 19
2009
New York Philharmonic
Handel's Messiah
Avery Fisher Hall
| New
York Philharmonic
Helmuth Rilling conductor | Annette
Dasch soprano | Daniel Taylor counter tenor |
James Taylor tenor | Shenyang bass | Gachinger
Kantorei Stuttgart
Performances
Tuesday December 15 7:30P
Wednesday December 16 7:30P
Thursday December 17 7:30P
Friday December 18 7:30P
Saturday December 19 7:30P
Thursday December 17 2009
6:30P
& 8:30P
Christmas at the Met
Burning River Brass
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Program carols & selections from
The Nutcracker
Thursday December 17 thru Saturday December
19 2009
Annual Winter Solstice Celebration
Cathedral
of St John the Divine
Information St
John the Divine
Program Paul Winter returns to the
Cathedral with his annual concert in celebration of the winter
solstice
Performances
Thursday December 15 8:00P
Friday December 16 8:00P
Saturday December 17 2:00P
7:30P
Friday December 18 & Saturday
December 19 2009
8:00P
The New York Pops & Sandy Patty
Carnegie
Hall
The New York Pops, John Morris Russell
conductor | Sandi Patty vocals | Young People's
Chorus of New York City, Francisco J Nunez founder & artistic
director
Program songs for the holiday
season
December 19 & December 20
2009
Christmas at the Met
The Baltimore Consort
The
Cloisters
Program Bright Day Star: Music for
the Yuletide Season
Performances
Saturday December 19 1:00P
3:00P
Sunday December 20 1:00P
3:00P
Saturday December 19 2009
2:00P
Carnegie Hall Family Concert
The New York Pops The Polar Express
Carnegie
Hall
The New York Pops, John Morris Russell
conductor | John Tartaglia narrator | Young People's
Chorus of New York City, Francisco J Nunez founder & artistic
director
Program the classic plus other
holiday songs
Monday December 21 Tuesday December
22 2009
8:00P
Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra
Handel's Messiah
Carnegie
Hall
Kent Tritle conductor | Julianne
Baird soprano | Anthony Roth Costanzo countertenor
| William Ferguson tenor | Kevin Deas bass
Tuesday December 22 2009
6:30P
& 8:30P
Christmas at the Met
Lionheart
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Lawrence Lipnik counter tenor |
John Olund, Michael Ryan-Wenger tenors | Jeffrey Johnson,
Richard Porterfieldc baritones | Kurt-Owen Richards
bass
Program Tydings Trew: Feasts of
Christmas in Medieval England
Wednesday December 23 2009
8:00P
The Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra
Handel's Messiah
Carnegie
Hall
Andrew Megill conductor | Amy Cofield
soprano | Patricia Thompson mezzo soprano | Scott Williamson
tenor | Richard Lippold bass
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