Past Concerts
Italy “Unplugged”
Tue., Feb 25, 2020 - 8 PM
Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
K. Scott Warren, conductor
Program
Rossini: Cantemus Domino
Rossini: O salutaris hostia
Palestrina: Missa Salve Regina
Verdi: Ave Maria & Lauda alla Vergine Maria (from Quattro pezzi sacri)
Pizzetti: Requiem
Christmas Concerts - Star of Wonder
Sun., Dec 15, 2019 - 3 PM
Combined Choirs & Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
K. Scott Warren, principal conductor
“Part of the essence of Christmas in New York” ~The New York Times
In our most popular concert year after year, raise your voice with the Choirs and Orchestra in traditional carols and a thundering “Hallelujah Chorus” sing-along. Over 100 musicians deliver the heart-warming melodies of Christmas.
Rossini - Petite Messe Solennelle
Thu., Oct 17, 2019 - 8 PM
Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
K. Scott Warren, conductor
Program
Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Handel Dixit Dominus & Haydn Harmoniemesse
Wed. May 22, 2019 - 8 PM
$20.00 - $80.00
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Parish Community Choir
K. Scott Warren, conductor
PROGRAM
Georg Friedrich Händel Dixit Dominus
Joseph Haydn Harmoniemesse
Brahms Requiem & Mendelssohn Motets
Sun. Feb 24, 2019 - 3 PM
Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
K. Scott Warren, conductor and piano
Robert Reuter, conductor
Daniel Beckwith, piano
Michael Sheetz, piano
PROGRAM
Felix Mendelssohn
Kyrie
Heilig
Lass, O Herr, mich Hülfe finden
Verleih uns Frieden
Herr, wir trau’n auf deine Gute
Johannes Brahms
Requiem, Op. 45
Glad Tidings - Christmas Concerts
Sun. Dec 9, 2018 - 3 PM
Sun. Dec 16, 2018 - 3 PM
"Part of the essence of Christmas in New York” – The New York Times
Combined Choirs and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
K. Scott Warren, principal conductor
Featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Christmas Carols and Gustav Holst’s Christmas Day, this heart-warming yearly favorite includes traditional carols for the whole family to sing together.
Serenade to Music
Wed. Oct 17, 2018 - 8 PM
British Choral Masterworks of Howells, Walton and Ralph Vaughan Williams
Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
K. Scott Warren, conductor
Daniel Beckwith, organ
PROGRAM
Charles Parry: I Was Glad
Herbert Howells: Like as the hart
Gerald Finzi: Magnificat
John Rutter: Psalm 23
William Walton: Jubilate Deo
Herbert Howells: Requiem
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
William Walton: Coronation Te Deum
Poulenc Gloria & Organ Concerto
Wed., May 23, 2018 at 8 PM
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
Francis Poulenc (1888-1963)
Mass in G Major, FP 89
Concerto for organ, strings and timpani, FP 93
Gloria, FP 177
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
K. Scott Warren, conductor
Renée Anne Louprette, organ
Wendy Baker, soprano
J.S. Bach: Visions of Eternity
Wed., March 21, 2018 at 8 PM
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
Timed to celebrate the unique genius of J.S. Bach on his birthday, this program of chorales, motets and arias portrays the complex emotions of a person approaching death, from world weariness to the joyful anticipation of being united at last with God.
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
K. Scott Warren, conductor
Andrew Henderson, organ
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Overture, Orchestral Suite No. 1, BWV 1066
Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229
Chorale-Prelude "Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin," BWV 616
Aria: Ich habe genug (Ich habe genug, BWV 82)
O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, BWV 118
Aria: Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde, BWV 53 (attrib. J.S. Bach)
Chor: Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen (Weihnachts-Oratorium, Teil V, BWV 248)
Prelude and Fugue in A Major BWV 536
Sanctus in D, BWV 238
Air, Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068
Aria: Hochgelobter Gottessohn (Bleib bei uns, den es will Abend werden, BWV 6)
Chorale: Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147)
Aria: Mache dich, mein Herze, rein (Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244)
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225
Love's Pure Light - Christmas Concert
Sun., December 10, 2017 at 3 PM
Sun., December 17, 2017 at 3 PM
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Parish Community Choir and Children’s Choirs
K. Scott Warren, Robert Reuter, Michael Sheetz and Maureen Haley, conductors
Daniel Beckwith, organ
Duruflé Requiem
Thu., Nov 2, 2017 at 8 PM
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Mass "cum jubilo," Opus 11
Four Motets on Gregorian Themes, Opus 10
Notre Père (Our Father), Opus 14
Requiem, Opus 9
Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
K. Scott Warren, conductor
David Enlow, organ
Sara Murphy, mezzo soprano
Steven Eddy, baritone
Sarah Hewitt-Roth, cello
Haydn's The Creation
Wednesday, May 24, 7 PM
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
K. Scott Warren, conductor
Franz Joseph Haydn's beloved oratorio performed in English
K. Scott Warren Organ Recital
Sunday, March 26, 3 PM
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
The N.P. Mander organ—at 5,000 pipes, 30 tons and 45 feet high—is the largest tracker-action pipe organ in the New York metropolitan area. This massive, kingly instrument bellows beneath the massive vaults at St. Ignatius Loyola. All N.P. Mander Organ Recitals feature large-screen projection, offering the audience a rare view of the organist at work.
Upon this handful of earth - World Premiere Opera
Friday, February 24, 7 PM
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
Children's Choir
Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
K. Scott Warren, conductor
A world-premiere opera by Norwegian composer Gisle Kverndokk based on Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s Mass on the World
Co-presented with the New York Opera Society
Heaven & Nature Sing - Annual Christmas Concerts
Sunday, December 11, 3 PM
Sunday, December 18, 3 PM
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Parish Community Choir and Children’s Choirs
K. Scott Warren, music director
The New York Times calls these concerts "part of the essence of Christmas in New York," and our sellout audiences year after year agree!
Vivaldi's Gloria is the centerpiece of this year's concerts, accompanied by well-known seasonal favorites and festive carols for everyone to join in singing.
Jesuits in the Americas: Zipoli and His World
Friday, October 28, 7 PM
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyolaa
K. Scott Warren, conductor
Music of Balbi, Alessandro Scarlatti, Pasquini and excerpts from Zipoli’s Vespers of St. Ignatius
A concert to celebrate the 150th anniversary of St. Ignatius Loyola as a Jesuit parish
Choral Elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water
Wednesday, September 28, 7 PM
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
String quartet and harp
K. Scott Warren, conductor
The four elements—earth, air, fire and water—portrayed in lush pieces for choir, harp and string quartet by Holst, Paulus, Kennedy and more
PSALMS, HYMNS & SPIRITUAL SONGS
May 11, 2016 at 7 PM
K. Scott Warren and Robert Reuter, conductors
Helen Karloski, mezzo-soprano
Robert Anthony Mack, tenor
COPLAND In the Beginning
HIGDON Sanctus
BETINIS Carmina mei, cordis (Songs of My Heart)
MCFERRIN Psalm 23
BURLEIGH, arr. Deep River
HAILSTORK Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
WARREN, arr. Wade in the Water
The season concludes with a rousing celebration of music for unaccompanied choir: Aaron Copland's 1947 choral concerto In the Beginning, Philadelphia composer Jennifer Higdon's Sanctus, and Carmina mei, cordis by award-winning Minnesota native Abbie Betinis. Spirituals arranged by Harry T. Burleigh, William Dawson, Adolphus Hailstork and others completes what promises to be an exciting event.
PASSION: STABAT MATER
March 16, 2016 at 7 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue
Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
K. Scott Warren, music director
Victoria Drake, harp
FERKO Stabat Mater
CULVERHOUSE Requiem NYC PREMIERE
Ohio native Frank Ferko’s stunning, emotionally gripping Stabat Mater for unaccompanied choir and soprano soloist graces our PASSION concert, held annually just before Palm Sunday. The New York City premiere of William Culverhouse’s poignant Requiem for choir and harp forms the beginning of this Lenten journey.
K. SCOTT WARREN ORGAN RECITAL
February 21, 2016 at 3 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue
The N.P. Mander organ—at 5,000 pipes, 30 tons and 45 feet high—is the largest tracker-action pipe organ in the New York metropolitan area. This massive, kingly instrument bellows beneath the massive vaults at St. Ignatius Loyola. All N.P. Mander Organ Recitals feature large-screen projection, offering the audience a rare view of the organist at work.
SING WE NOEL
December 13, 2015 at 3 PM
December 20, 2015 at 3 PM
Annual Christmas Concerts
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
Parish Community Choir and Children’s Choirs
K. Scott Warren, music director
Christmas joy abounds in these beloved annual concerts, featuring works by Cecilia McDowall, Pietro Yon, Howard Helvey and Handel’s iconic Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah. Includes well-known seasonal favorites rendered by the Choirs and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola and the N.P. Mander Organ, as well as carols for everyone to join in singing.
CHICHESTER PSALMS
October 28, 2015 at 7 PM
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
K. Scott Warren, music director
BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms
BERNSTEIN Missa Brevis
BARBER Adagio for Strings / Agnus Dei
PAULUS Voices of Light
The bright and gritty, yet melodic Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein, as well as his Missa Brevis, anchor this concert of American works for choir and orchestra. We will also hear Stephen Paulus’ ethereal work Voices of Light and Barber’s Adagio for Strings / Agnus Dei.
REJOICE IN THE LORD! A MUSIC MINISTRY CELEBRATION
Sunday, May 17, 2015—3 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue
Featuring the entire scope of the music ministry at St. Ignatius, this joyful concert caps off the season in celebration and song.
NO TICKETS NECESSARY. FREE WILL OFFERING.
BACH’S B MINOR MASS
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2015—7 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
K. Scott Warren, conductor
J.S. BACH Mass in B minor
PASSION: Sacrifice and Surrender
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2015—7 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
K. Scott Warren, conductor
16th and 17th century a cappella motets
HEAVENLY LIGHT: ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CONCERTS
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2014—3 PM
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2014—7 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue
K. Scott Warren, conductor
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola, Parish Community Choir and Children’s Choirs
Centering on excerpts from J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, our ever-popular Christmas concerts will offer you and your family the inspiring warmth and joy of the season. Includes well-known carols for all to sing.
ADVENT LESSONS AND CAROLS
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2014—3 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue
A new tradition that has become well-loved in a short period of time, this service of prayer and song that invites us into the stillness of Advent, a foil to the bustling holiday pace throughout the city. Choral music centers on the Annunciation.
MOZART'S GREAT MASS
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2014—7 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
K. Scott Warren, conductor
HAYDN Symphony No. 97
MOZART Great Mass in C minor
K. SCOTT WARREN, ORGAN RECITAL
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
Sunday, September 21, 2014 — 3 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue
REJOICE IN THE LORD! A MUSIC MINISTRY CELEBRATION
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
Sunday, May 18, 2014 — 3 PM
K. Scott Warren, conductor
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue
The Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola, Parish Community Choir, Wallace Hall Choir, Canticum Sacrum, the High School Choir and Children’s Choirs join forces in gratitude and joy.
Temple Emanu-El's May Music Program
Friday, May 9, 2014 — 6 PM
Main Sanctuary (Fifth Avenue at 65th Street)
This month’s performers will be flutist Sato Moughalian and harpist Victoria Drake. The Temple Emanu-El Choir will sing from the bimah. K. Scott Warren will conduct, and Dr. Andrew Henderson will accompany on the organ. All are welcome to attend!
PSALMS OF DAVID: Schütz, Gabrieli, Monteverdi and Rossi
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 — 7 PM
Choir and Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola
K. Scott Warren, conductor
GIOVANNI GABRIELI (1554? - 1612)
Omnes gentes
In Ecclesiis
Plaudite omnis terra
Jubilate Deo
SALAMONE ROSSI (1570 - 1630)
Haleluyah. Haleli nafshi
Ein keloheinu
Elohim hashiveinu
Shir La-ma’alot
HEINRICH SCHÜTZ (1585 - 1672)
Lobe den Herren, meine Seele
Herr, unser Herrscher
Die mit Tränen säen
Cantate Domino
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567 - 1643)
Cantate Domino
ADVENT LESSONS AND CAROLS
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2014—3 PM
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue
A new tradition that has become well-loved in a short period of time, this service of prayer and song that invites us into the stillness of Advent, a foil to the bustling holiday pace throughout the city. Choral music centers on the Annunciation.