Palestrina's ''Tenebrae Factae Sunt,'' Hurd's ''O Sorrow Deep,'' Persichetti's ''Now in the Tomb Is Laid'' and seasonal psalms David Hurd, organist and music director. Information: (212) 288-3588.ĬHURCH OF THE HOLY APOSTLES (Episcopal), 296 Ninth Avenue, at 28th Street, Chelsea. Matthew Passion,'' adapted by Kent Tritle Philip Anderson, tenor Peter Stewart, baritone Nancianne Parrella, associate organist Mr.

Handl's ''In Nomine Jesu,'' Neil Farrell's setting of ''Drop, Drop Slow Tears,'' Gregorian chant and ''St. IGNATIUS LOYOLA (Roman Catholic), 980 Park Avenue, at 84th Street. Pinkham's Three Lenten Poems of Richard Crashaw, Proulx's ''Missa Oecumentica,'' Distler's ''Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth,'' Barber's Adagio and works by Bach, Duruflé and Walton with string quartet Dennis B. Information: (212) 758-0447.īROOKLYN ORATORY (Roman Catholic), Willoughby and Duffield Streets, Downtown Brooklyn.

Rameau's ''Deus Noster Refugium,'' Biggs's ''Lamentations of Jeremiah'' and Caldara's Stabat Mater Gail Archer, organist and music director.

(Unless otherwise noted, church choirs are featured in church concerts.)ĪLL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 230 East 60th Street, Manhattan. (Churches accept donations.) This selection, compiled by Anne Midgette, represents what caught this critic's eye and excited her expectations. A sampling of musical presentations planned for the Easter season at churches and concert halls in New York City.

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