Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Orchestra of St. Luke’s is an acclaimed chamber music orchestra in New York City.
Select concert descriptions for the 2023-2024 season
“Orchestra of St. Luke’s begins the season with a spirited opening performance of familiar favorites and a reunion with world-renowned pianist Lang Lang. Guest conductor Jahja Ling, Conductor Laureate of the San Diego Symphony, leads a royal charge with Rossini’s Overture to Semiramide, one of the composer’s final historical dramas. ” …
“Written nearly ten years apart, the Begräbnisgesang can almost be seen as a precursor to Ein deutsches Requiem for the emotional arc the works share in processing death—from intense grief to hope, with peaceful conclusions to assure us that all lives continue in the memory of the living. ” …
“Though Bach considered his work to be one “oratorio” (Weihnachtsoratorium, in German), its original performance was spread between December 25, 1734 and January 6, 1735, according to the Lutheran liturgical calendar. Each of the six sections that comprise the whole is essentially its own cantata with its own musical key and instrumentation, assembled for its specific feast day.” …