KENT TRITLE Organ Concer t

March 10, 2023

7 PM

Meet the Artist

Called “a superb organist ” by The New York Times, Kent Tritle performs regularly across the United States and in Europe, and is the organist of the New York Philharmonic. He is also Director of Cathedral Music and Organist at the Cathedral of St . John the Divine in New York City, where he leads the Great Music in a Great Space series.

Kent performed Saint-Saëns’s Organ Symphony with the Philharmonic in 2018 conducted by Antonio Pappano and David Robertson, and in 2010 conducted by Sir Andrew Davis. He has recorded Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem, Britten’s War Requiem, and Henze’s Symphony No. 9 with the Philharmonic, all conducted by Kurt Masur, as well as the Grammy-nominated Sweeney Todd conducted by Andrew Litton. He is featured on the DVDs The Organistas and Creating the Stradivarius of Organs. Recordings include The Romantic Organ; Kent Tritle at St . Ignatius Loyola; Kevin Oldham’s Organ Symphony No. 1; Duruflé’s Suite for Organ, Op. 5; and a disc of works played on the Noack tracker organ at the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow

He has performed recitals at such historic venues as the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Zurich Tonhalle, and Church of St . Sulpice in Paris, King’s College (Cambridge), Westminster Abbey, and St . Vitus Cathedral in Prague. Kent Tritle is one of America’s leading choral conductors. Called “ the brightest star in New York 's choral music world” by The New York Times, he is Music Director of the Oratorio Society of New York and of Musica Sacra in addition to his posts at the Cathedral of St . John the Divine. Kent founded Sacred Music in a Sacred Space, the acclaimed concert series at New York ’s Church of St . Ignatius Loyola , in 1989, and led it for 22 years. www.kenttritle.com

Tickets

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Location

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Tickets $20 general seating

VIP Tickets $50 includes pre-concert wine and cheese. VIP seating in choir loft . [limited to 16 people]. Choir loft not handicap accessible

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Five Minute Jesus

Using the Gospel for Prayer – Second Sunday of Lent - March 5, 2023

It’s simple. 1. Read the Gospel for the following Sunday slowly, reflecting on the story it tells. 2. Reflect on the questions assigned for each day. 3. Make some resolution about how what you read can be lived that day. 4. Then thank God for speaking to you through this reflection.

The Gospel according to Matthew 17:1-9

Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, conversing with him. Then Peter said to Jesus in reply, “Lord, it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud cast a shadow over them, then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” When the disciples heard this, they fell prostrate and were very much afraid. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Rise, and do not be afraid.” And when the disciples raised their eyes, they saw no one else but Jesus alone. As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, “Do not tell the vision to anyone until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”

Monday

Was there something in this reading that spoke to me? Comforted me? Challenged me? What was it? Why did it have this effect on me?

Tuesday

The Gospel says that Jesus led Peter James and John up a high mountain. This story is one of the roots of the expression “mountaintop experience”; a transformative moment or experience in our life. Have I ever had a mountaintop experience? What did it do for me? What did it teach me? Where was God on that mountaintop with me?

Wednesday

Once on the mountaintop we discover Moses and Elijah are there. They are there to say that Jesus is the fulfillment of everything the Law commands and the prophets preached. Do I read the Bible - even if it is just the readings at mass? And when I do, what do I hear? Are there moments when Moses, Elijah or Jesus himself speak to me? What do they say? How do I respond?

Thursday

Peter loved the mountaintop. He was even willing to build tents so that they could stay! Have I ever had a mountaintop experience where I tried to stay? What happened to the experience then? Why did it happen? What happened to me as a result?

Friday

The “bright cloud” and the voice remind Peter, James and John of who Jesus truly is, and what they have to do: listen to him! They are terrified. But when they DO listen to Jesus, his first words are “Do not be afraid”. Scholars tell us that Jesus says “do not be afraid” more times than any other sentence in the Gospels. It must have been very important for the first Christians to hear Jesus say that. Is it for me? Have I ever been afraid? Truly terrified? What would it have meant for me to hear God say, “Do not be afraid” to me?

Saturday

Sooner or later, we have to come down off the mountain and tell others about our awesome experience. But why did Jesus tell his friends they could not tell anyone about it? Have I ever tried to share an experience with someone and they did not understand? How did that feel? What did they need to see and experience what I did? And why was it so important that they remain silent until “the Son of Man had been raised from the dead”?