2026-2027 Season

to the heavens

In words sacred and secular, our program gives voice to the composers’ imperative to aim their works towards the divine. The music – Baroque and Romantic – soars beyond the vaults of the sanctuary, into the ether, with texts that are biblical, liturgical and poetic.

Join us beneath the celestial ceiling of St. Mary’s as we present these sublime masterworks — their music and affirmations of faith; their poetry of longing and of hope — lifting our voices, and your spirits, to the heavens!

7:30 PM on Thursday, December 10
The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Times Square

PURCHASE TICKETS

Support the choir and secure premium seating with $150 Benefactor* tickets
General Admission $30 | Standard Seating $45 | Premium Seating $75

The concert includes works by Bach, Monteverdi, Rheinberger, and Brahms. With chamber orchestra Lux Nova, and featuring soloists Sam Denler, Tenor, and Harrison Hintzsche, Baritone.

*Includes a $75 tax-deductible donation.

Featuring

Sam Denler, tenor

Harrison Hintzsche, Baritone

Sam Denler is a tenor based in New Haven, Connecticut, who performs as a soloist and choral singer around the world. He sings in the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir under Yannick Nézet-Séguin, is the tenor soloist for Amor Artis, will soon perform for the fourth time with elite early music ensemble Res Facta, and filmed a scene with Bradley Cooper for Netflix’s Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro. Mr. Denler has been featured in numerous music festivals, most recently with the Bachakademie in Stuttgart, Germany, and in his sixth fellowship with the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC. He is also a skilled professional audio/video engineer for many ensembles across the US. This season’s engagements include TENET, Byrdsong, Convoco, VAE, Fifth Ave Presbyterian, Yale Consort, Kollective366, and much more.

Lauded for his “sonorous” voice (Opera News), baritone Harrison Hintzsche is celebrated for his warm lyric tone, nuanced musicality, and profound dedication to text. His dynamic career spans oratorio, art song, and chamber music, where he thrives on the challenge of interpreting a diverse repertoire and bridging a living connection between author and audience. Hintzsche has performed on world-class stages such as London’s Wigmore Hall, New York City’s Weill Recital Hall and Alice Tully Hall, and Seoul’s National Theater of Korea. Recent performance highlights include Bach’s St. Matthew Passion (Cathedral of St. John the Divine); Bach’s Magnificat (Oregon Bach Festival Chorus, Portland Baroque Orchestra); Bach’s bass solo cantatas (Duke University); Finzi’s In Terra Pax; Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on Christmas Carols (Choral Society of the Hamptons). He has recorded the bass arias in J. S. Bach’s St. John Passion, Easter Oratorio, Magnificat, and the soon-to-be-released St. Matthew Passion with Cantata Collective and conductor Nicholas McGegan, all released by AVIE Records.

Lux Nova

Lux Nova is a chamber orchestra comprised of some of New York City's most distinguished musicians: artists who illuminate not only through their high-level artistry, but through the lives they lead. More than virtuosic performers, the members of Lux Nova are advocates, educators, organizers, and visionaries, united by a shared commitment to justice, equity, and community. The mission aims to inspire a connection with music that promotes meaningful change.

Each performance reflects this ethos of bringing a “new light”: presenting music as a powerful force for hope, transformation, and renewal.

Repertoire

Monteverdi, Beatus Vir
Bach, Cantata No. 131, Auf der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr, zu dir
Rheinberger, Op. 140, Fünf Hymnen (Five Hymns)

Tribulationes
Dextera Domini
Eripe me
Ave regina
Angelis suis

Brahms, Op. 92, Quartette

O schöne Nacht
Spätherbst
Abendlied
Warum

Iberian inflections

On Friday, May 14th, 2027, we will return to the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in Little Italy for our Spring concert, Iberian Inflections, featuring Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Romancero Gitano and Schumann’s Spanisches Liederspiel.