2011 Opening Gala
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m. Cocktails
7:15 p.m. Musical Performance
8:15 p.m. Dinner
A Royal Affair: Music from the Courts and Cathedrals of Europe
Join us in celebrating the start to the 2011-2012 season with an exclusive performance by members of the Musica Sacra chorus in exquisite motets from the great musical centers of Europe.
Pérotin: Sederunt
Guerrero: Canite Tuba and Gloriose Confessor
Tallis: If Ye Love Me and O Nata Lux
Batten: O Praise the Lord
Bruckner: Locus Iste, Christus Factus Est, and Os Justi
Monteverdi: Cantate Domino and Adoramus te, Christe
Palestrina: Sicut Cervus and Super Flumina Babylonis
Allegri: Miserere
Tickets start at $285
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Past Galas:
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - Spring Sing: An Evening Songbook
A program of opera, oratorio, art song and musical theater sung by astonishing solo voices from the Musica Sacra Chorus
The Liederkranz Foundation
6 East 87th Street, New York
Monday, May 17, 2010 – Spring Festival Gala
Racquet and Tennis Club, New York City
Honorees:
Julianne Baird for Artistic Achievement
Sasha Cooke as a Rising Star
Edward and Maya Manley for Service to the Arts
Monday, May 4, 2009 – Musica Sacra Spring Festival Gala
Racquet & Tennis Club, New York City
Honorees:
Michael Barrett for Artistic Achievement
James A. Kelly for Service to the Arts
March 5, 2008 – Musica Sacra Gala
Yale Club, New York City
Honorees:
Meredith Monk – Artistic Achievement
Donald V.R. Thompson – Service to the Arts
Presenters:
John Schaefer, WNYC radio, host of “New Sounds”
Robert Waggoner, 2007 Honoree
May 1, 2007 – Musica Sacra GalaX
Yale Club, New York City
Honorees:
Judith Blegen – Artistic Achievement
Robert C. Waggoner – Service to the Arts
March 6, 2006 – Musica Sacra Basically Bach Festival GalaX
Yale Club, New York City
Honoree:
Anthony Newman – Artistic Achievement
Presenters:
Eugenia Zuckerman
Robert C. Waggoner
May 11, 2004 – Musica Sacra 40th Anniversary GalaX
Yale Club, New York City
Honorees:
Dave Brubeck – Artistic Achievement
Richard Westenburg – Artistic Achievement
Master of Ceremonies: Bill Moyers