The Cathedral Concert Series

30/11/2023

Christmas at the Cathedral!

NAVIDAD LATINA
Thursday, December 7, 2023 at 8 pm
*Doors open at 7 pm

THE 52nd CANDLELIGHT CAROL SING
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at 8 pm
Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 8 pm
*Doors open at 7 pm

Free-will Offering

First-come, first-served seating.

06/11/2023

THIS WEEK!

'Wednesdays at Noon'
November 8, 2023

Kimberley Mesiti, soprano
and
Kristin Johnson, pianist

Program:

I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady) - Frederick Loewe

How Beautiful Are the Feet (Messiah) - George Frederick Handel

Pie Jesu (Requiem) - Gabriel Fauré

Clair de Lune - Claude Debussy

Think of Me (The Phantom of the Opera) - Andrew Lloyd Webber

Across the Vast, Eternal Sky - Ola Gjeilo

The Lord’s Prayer - Albert Hay Malotte

Vanilla Ice Cream (She Loves Me) - Jerry Bock

31/10/2023

SUNDAY - NOVEMBER 5, 2023 at 3:00 pm

MEMORIAL CONCERT: LUX AETERNA by Morten Lauridsen

A Concert in Honor of the Faithful Departed

A pre-concert lecture at 2:20 pm by Anita Foley given to the bereaved in the Lady Chapel behind the main altar.

PROGRAM:

Lux Aeterna - Morten Lauridsen

Adagio, Op. 11 - Samuel Barber

And I Saw a New Heaven
- Edgar L. Bainton

Abide With Me - arr. John Bertalot

Lacrymosa (Requiem)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Lord, Make Me Thine Instrument
- David Stanley York

Ni**od (Enigma Variations, Op. 36) - Edward Elgar

Goin’ Home - Antonín Dvořák

Danny Boy - arr. Joseph Flummerfelt

Featuring:

The Cathedral Choir
John J. Miller, conductor
Kristin Dabachian, organist

Free-will Offering
**Digital donation option will be available.

23/10/2023

THIS WEEK - October 25, 2023

'Wednesdays at Noon' with

Merynda Adams, harp
Xin Zhao, violin

PROGRAM:

Sonata for Harp and Violin François - Adrien Boieldieu

Arioso - Johann Sebastian Bach

Cantabile - Niccolò Paganini

Adoration - Florence Price

Dance of the Blessed Spirits - Christoph Willibald Gluck - arr. Fritz Kreisler

Automne - Marcel Grandjany

Meditation (Thaïs) - Jules Massenet

Oblivion - Astor Piazzolla

06/10/2023

SUNDAY • OCTOBER 15th at 3 pm
ORGAN RECITAL with
NICOLE KELLER

Program:

Praeludium in G Minor, BuxWV 149
- Dietrich Buxtehude

Klavierbuch der Susanne van Soldt, 1590 - Anonymous
Brande champanje
Almande de La nonette
Myn God Voet mij als myn Herder ghepressen (23 sallem)
Almande
De frans galliard

Prelude Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 552
- Johann Sebastian Bach

So Fades the Lovely Blooming Flower
- George Shearing
There Is A Happy Land
I Love Thee, My Lord

Choral No. 3 in A Minor
- César Franck

06/10/2023

'Wednesdays at Noon'
October 11, 2023
with
John J. Miller, organist, Jason Bitonti and Thomas Verchot, trumpeters

Program:
Concerto in C Major, Op. 7 No. 2 - Thomas Albinoni
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro

Marches Héroïques, TWV 50 - George Philipp Telemann
La Grace
La Majesté

Trumpet Voluntary in D Major
- John Stanley

Concerto in C Major for Two Trumpets
- Antonio Vivaldi
Allegro
Largo
Allegro moderato

La Réjouissance
(Music for the Royal Fireworks),
HWV 351
- George Frederick Handel

29/08/2023

DONATE to The Cathedral Concert Series

This year, we are, once again, able to offer ALL concerts free of charge (with exception of the 'Messiah' with the New Jersey Symphony.

Please consider a tax-deductible donation to our series, now running into it's 55th SEASON!

We offer a variety of music and concerts for all to enjoy!

https://www.newarkbasilica.org/donate-concert-The Cathedral Concert Series

Donate online to the Cathedral Concert Series! All donations are gratefully acknowledged in each concert program.

23/08/2023

Introducing our 55th Season!

Save the dates for all of these amazing concerts!

10/05/2023

Wednesdays at Noon - Celebrating Ukrainian Culture. Genya Muzyczka, soprano

09/05/2023

TOMORROW!

'Wednesdays at Noon ' presents:

Celebrating Ukrainian Culture with

Genya Muzyczka, soprano
and
Kristin Johnson, accompanist

Program:

“На бережку ніжки мила” (Na berezhku nizhky myla)
“I washed my legs on the shore”
Ukrainian folk song, arr. Anatoliy Kos-Anatolskyi (1909–1983)

“Ой ходить сон коло вікон” (Oy khodyt son kolo vikon)
“Oh, a dream walks by the windows”
Ukrainian Folk Lullaby
Harmonization, Vasyl Barvinskyj (1888–1963) – Oleksandr Koshyts (1875–1944)
Arrangement, E. Kobuleya

“Садок Вишневий Коло Хати” (Sadok Vyshnevyi Kolo Khaty)
“The Cherry Orchard”
words, Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861); music, Mykola Lysenko (1842–1912)

“Що то за предиво” (Shcho to za predyvo)
“What miracle is this?”
Ukrainian Christmas carol; arrangement, Vasyl Barvinskyj (1888–1963)

“Заповіт” (Zapovit)
“My Testament”
poem, Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861)
music, Hordij Hladkyj (1849–?); arr. Kyrylo Stetsenko (1882–1922)

“Аріа Мавки” з опери Лісова пісня (“Aria Mavky” z opery Lisova Pisnya)
Mavka’s Aria from the opera The Forest Song
music, Vitaliy Kyreiko (1926–2016)
based on a poetic play by Lesya Ukrainka (1871–1913)

“На Човні” (Na Chovni)
“On the Boat”
poem, Lesya Ukrainka (1871–1932)
music, Lesya Dychko(b. 1939)

01/05/2023

This week!!

'Wednesdays at Noon'

May 3, 2023

Organ Recital with
Chung A Hong

Mini-tour of the Cathedral Basilica after the recital

* Free-will Offering

24/04/2023

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26TH

'Wednesdays at Noon'

Celebrating Asian Culture with

Agnes Kim, Jonathan Morales,
and Xin Zhao

with music from

Korea, China and Philippines

Program:

Arirang - Traditional Korean

Ballad of the birds - Korean Folk Song

Longing for Geumgang Mountain - Korean Art Song

Fisherman’s Song at Eventide - Traditional Chinese Folk Song
arr. Guo Quan Li

Kundiman ng Langit (Kundiman of Heaven) - Augusto Espino

Kung Ako’y Umibig (If I Fell in Love) - Nicanor Santa Ana Abelardo

Wherever You Are (Saan ka man naroroon) - Restie Umali

*Concert is followed by an optional mini- tour of the Cathedral Basilica.

Free-will Offering

24/04/2023

THIS WEEK!

FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023 at 8 PM

MASS IN C MAJOR - Ludwig van Beethoven

Archdiocesan and Cathedral Choirs with
New Jersey Symphony

John J. Miller, conductor
Kristin Johnson, organist

Valerie Bernhardt - soprano
Kathryn Lang - mezzo-soprano
Theodore Chletsos - tenor
Jorge Ocasio - bass-baritone

Doors open at 7 pm. Parking available in surrounding lots (except Barringer HS) and street parking. Security present.

No tickets necessary, free-will offering will be taken at the end of the concert.

18/04/2023

TOMORROW - APRIL 19th

"Wednesdays at Noon' Series presents:

Celebrating African-American Culture with

David Arnold
Joseph DeVaughn
Marion Gayles

Program:

I’ve Been ‘buked - Arr. Hall Johnson
There Is a Balm in Gilead - Traditional
I,Too - Margaret Bonds
A Witness - Roland Hayes
He’s Got the Whole World In His Hand - Margaret Bonds
King Jesus is A -Listening - Hall Johnson

There will be a 30-minute mini tour of the Cathedral Basilica following the concert.

*Free-will Offering

02/04/2023

CHORAL MEDITATIONS ON THE
STATIONS OF THE CROSS

FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2023 AT 8:00 PM

The Cathedral Choir, under the direction of John J. Miller,
presents meditations within the context of
the Stations of the Cross.

Program:

Christus Factus Est - Anton Bruckner
Miserere Mei, Deus - Gregorio Allegri
Sicut Cervus - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Vinea Mea Electa - Francis Poulenc
Thou Knowest, Lord, the Secrets of our Hearts - Henry Purcell
Sorrowful Mother - Traditional Ukrainian Hymn (sung in Ukrainian)
That Virgin's Child - Thomas Tallis
O Vos Omnes - Pablo Casals
Crucifixus - Antonio Lotti
Drop, Drop, Slow Tears - Orlando Gibbons
God So Loved the World - John Stainer
O Nata Lux - Morten Lauridsen

Good Friday, April 7, 2023 at 8 PM

*Free-will Offering

13/03/2023

THIS SUNDAY! MARCH 19th, 2023 at 3 PM

NATHANIEL GUMBS - 'We Shall Overcome'
Doors open at 2:15 pm

Program:

Symphony No. 5, Op. 42, No. 1 - Charles-Marie Widor
I. Allegro Vivace

Benedictus - Max Reger

Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 65 - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Andante Recitativo
IV. Allegro Assai Vivace

Fugue in D, BWV 532/ii - Johann Sebastian Bach

Spirit Fantasy - Carl Haywood

Retrospection - Florence Price

Improvisation on We Shall Overcome - Carl Haywood

23/02/2023

SAVE THE DATE for this Magnificent Artist!

SUNDAY - MARCH 19th, 2023 at 3 PM

NATHANIEL GUMBS - 'We Shall Overcome'
Doors open at 2:15 pm

Concert organist Nathaniel Gumbs has performed at many venues in the U.S.A. and abroad.
He is Director of Chapel Music at Yale University where he coordinates music for three worshiping communities: the University Church in Battell Chapel, and at Yale Divinity School in both Marquand Chapel and Berkeley Divinity School.

06/12/2022

UP NEXT!!

Navidad Latina 2022
12/9 @ 8 pm

and

51st Candlelight Carol Sing
12/14 & 12/15 @ 8 pm

*Doors open at 7 pm and a Free-will Offering will take place.

19/10/2022

13/10/2022

This Sunday!

October 16, 2022 at 3 pm.

Chelsea Chen, organist

Program:

Sinfonietta (2002) - Ola Gjeilo

Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543 - Johann Sebastian Bach

Taiwanese Suite (2003) - Chelsea Chen

Hills in the Springtime
Moonlight Blue
Mountain of Youth

Choral No. 1 in E Major - Cesar Franck

Moto Ostinato (Sunday Music) - Petr Eben

Sicilienne, arr. Pierre Gouin - Maria Theresia von Paradis

Phantom of the Opera Medley, arr. Yui Kitamura - Andrew Lloyd Webber

Finale from “Organ” Symphony No. 3 - Camille Saint-Saëns
--Transcription, David Briggs

05/10/2022

THIS WEEK!!

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6th at 3 PM.

and
Pre-concert Lecture to the bereaved at 2:20 PM.

with
The Cathedral Choir and Chamber Orchestra

Glenn Boothby and Marilyn Spesak, soloists

*Free-will Offering

04/10/2022

TOMORROW!

Our 'WEDNESDAYS AT NOON' series kicks off with local musician:

PATRICIO MOLINA, Pianist and Composer

Program: All works by Patricio Molina

1. Kelulwe
2. A Chilean Flavor
3. Dreamer
4. Samba!
5. Dream for Piano
6. A Musical Portrait
7. Light
8. Water
9. Waltz Against Nature
10. Taqsim for Piano

*Free-will donation - digital donation option available.

29/09/2022

SAVE THE DATE!

Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 3 PM

REQUIEM
by Maurice Duruflé

with Pre-Concert talk at 2:20 PM

More details to follow.

29/09/2022

OCTOBER CONCERTS!

See all the exciting concerts we have next month - join us!

'WEDNESDAYS AT NOON' SERIES
October 5, 2022
PATRICIO MOLINA, Pianist and Composer
*Featuring works by Patricio Molina

'WEDNESDAYS AT NOON' SERIES
October 12, 2022
EVAN COGSWELL, Organist
PROGRAM:
Joie et Clarte (Les Corps Glorieux) - Olivier Messiaen
Suite pour Orgue, Op. 5 - Maurice Duruflé

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2022 at 3 PM
CHELSEA CHEN, Organist

'WEDNESDAYS AT NOON' SERIES
October 19, 2022
Celebrating Latin-American Culture with
OLFARY GUTIÉRREZ, soprano, and CAROL ESCOBAR, harp

'WEDNESDAYS AT NOON' SERIES
October 26, 2022
JOSEPH FERGUSON, Organist

*All Concerts: Free-will Offering
Digital Donation option available

13/09/2022

THIS SUNDAY!

SEPTEMBER 18th @ 3 pm

Organist, Katherine Meloan

Program:
Toccata and Fugue in d, BWV 565 - Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata No. 2, Op. 65 - Felix Mendelssohn
Toccata pour Grand Orgue - Joseph Jongen
Praeludium in C, BuxWV 137 - Dietrich Buxtehude
Variations on “Mein junge Leben Hat ein End” (My Young Life Is Ending) - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Variations on a Theme by Paganini - George Thalben-Ball

**Free-will Offering

06/09/2022

Donate to The Cathedral Concert Series

All proceeds benefit The Cathedral Concert Series so we can bring you dynamic and diverse programming so close to home!

We THANK YOU for your generosity!

Donate online to the Cathedral Concert Series! All donations are gratefully acknowledged in each concert program.

06/09/2022

Kicking off our 54th Concert Season!

SUNDAY - SEPTEMBER 18 @ 3 pm

Organist, Katherine Meloan

Program:
Toccata and Fugue in d, BWV 565 - Johann Sebastian Bach

Sonata No. 2, Op. 65 - Felix Mendelssohn

Toccata pour Grand Orgue - Joseph Jongen

Praeludium in C, BuxWV 137 - Dietrich Buxtehude

Variations on “Mein junge Leben Hat ein End”
My Young Life Is Ending
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

Variations on a Theme by Paganini
George Thalben-Ball

Free-will Offering

31/08/2022

Introducing our 54th Concert Season for
The Cathedral Concert Series!

09/05/2022

THIS WEEK!

'Wednesdays at Noon'

Music for Organ and Flute

with

John A. Romeri, organ and John A. Romeri II, flute

Program:

Suite for Flute and Piano, Op. 34 (Romance and Scherzo)
--Charles Marie Widor

Fountain Reverie - Percy Fletcher

Romance in F Minor, Op. 11 B. 39 - Antonín Dvořák

Will be live -streamed here on this page.

FREE-WILL OFFERING

03/05/2022

TOMORROW! 'WEDNESDAYS AT NOON'

Music for Voice: A Mother's Love

with

Elizabeth Perryman, soprano
Klára Zíková-English, mezzo-soprano
Theodore Chletsos, tenor
Jorge Ocasio, bass-baritone

Program:

Ave Maria - Vladimir Vavilov
attr. Giulio Caccini

Ave Maria (‘Otello’) - Giuseppe Verdi

Ave Maria - Pietro Mascagni
(based on “Intermezzo” ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’)

Quia fecit (‘Magnificat’) - Johann Sebastian Bach

Ave Maria - Antonín Dvořák

Ave Maria - Jacob Arcadelt

27/04/2022

Verona High School band under the direction of Eric Lynch

27/04/2022

TODAY!

Follow this page for the live stream!

THIS WEEK!

'Wednesdays at Noon'

THE VERONA HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT BAND

Program:

His Honor - Henry Fillmore

As the Summer Was Beginning - Larry Daehne
--William Berz, Guest Conductor

Sea Songs - Ralph Vaughn Williams
--Zachary Wroblewski, Conductor

Break Forth O Beauteous Light -Johann Sebastian Bach

Luminescence - David Biedenbender

Erik Lynch, Director
Zachary Wroblewski, Asst. Director
Max Morden, Brass Instructor
Dr. William Berz, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers university
and Guest Conductor
Kristin Dabaghian, Organ

25/04/2022

'Wednesdays at Noon' - Spring 2022

April 27th - Verona High School Concert Band

May 4th - Music for Voice with:
Elizabeth Perryman, soprano
Klára Zíková-English - mezzo soprano
Theodore Chletsos - tenor
Jorge Ocasio - bass-baritone

May 11th - Music for Organ and Flute with:
John Romeri & John Romeri II

May 18th - Organ Recital with Chung A Hong

25/04/2022

THIS WEEK!

'Wednesdays at Noon'

THE VERONA HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT BAND

Program:

His Honor - Henry Fillmore

As the Summer Was Beginning - Larry Daehne
--William Berz, Guest Conductor

Sea Songs - Ralph Vaughn Williams
--Zachary Wroblewski, Conductor

Break Forth O Beauteous Light -Johann Sebastian Bach

Luminescence - David Biedenbender

Erik Lynch, Director
Zachary Wroblewski, Asst. Director
Max Morden, Brass Instructor
Dr. William Berz, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers university
and Guest Conductor
Kristin Dabaghian, Organ

11/04/2022

CHORAL MEDITATIONS ON THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS

FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2022 AT 8:00 PM

The Cathedral Choir, under the direction of John J. Miller,
presents meditations within the context of the Stations of the Cross.

Christus Factus Est - Felice Anerio
Miserere Mei, Deus - Gregorio Allegri
O Lamb of God - Russell G. Wichmann
Timor et Tremor - Francis Poulenc
Thou Knowest Lord, the Secrets of our Hearts - Henry Purcell
Sorrowful Mother - Traditional Ukrainian Hymn
(sung in Ukrainian)
That Virgin's Child - Thomas Tallis
O Vos Omnes - Pablo Casals
Crucifixus - Antonio Lotti
Drop, Drop, Slow Tears - Orlando Gibbons
God So Loved the World - John Stainer
O Nata Lux - Morten Lauridsen

*Free-will Offering

20/03/2022

TODAY AT 3 PM!

NJ Wind Symphony

*Doors open at 2 pm

Christian Wilhjelm, conductor
John J. Miller, organist

In keeping with COVID-19 protocol,
masks are optionalfor vaccinated guests; masks are requested for unvaccinated guests.

Free-will Offering
**Digital donation option will be available.

Live stream links:
https://www.youtube.com/c/SacredHeartCathedralBasilica
www.facebook.com/newarkbasilica

The Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart is built on the highest peak in Newark next to Branch Brook Park. The French Gothic Cathedral covers 45,000 square...

17/03/2022

THIS SUNDAY!

MARCH 20, 2022 at 3:00 pm

NJ WIND SYMPHONY

PROGRAM:
Feierlicher Einzug (Solemn Entry of the Knights of St. John) - Richard Strauss

Benediction - Patrick Burns

Ni**od (Enigma Variations) - Edward Elgar
arr. Alfred Reed

Wondrous Love (Southern Harmony) - Donald Grantham

English Waltz - Percy Grainger

Crown Imperial - William Walton
arr. W. J. Duthoit

Be Thou My Vision - David Gillingham

Nettleton - Johnnie Vinson

Te Deum, Finale Act One (Tosca) - Giacomo Puccini
arr. Johan de Meij

Polka and Fugue (Schwanda, the Bagpiper) - Jaromir Weinberger
arr. Glenn C. Bainum

Christian Wilhjelm, conductor
John J. Miller, organist

In keeping with COVID-19 protocol, masks are optional
for vaccinated guests; masks are requested for unvaccinated guests.

Free-will Offering
**Digital donation option will be available.

Live stream links:
https://www.youtube.com/c/SacredHeartCathedralBasilica
www.facebook.com/newarkbasilica

08/03/2022

SUNDAY - MARCH 20, 2022 at 3:00 pm

NJ WIND SYMPHONY

PROGRAM:
Feierlicher Einzug (Solemn Entry of the Knights of St. John) - Richard Strauss

Benediction - Patrick Burns

Ni**od (Enigma Variations) - Edward Elgar
arr. Alfred Reed

Wondrous Love (Southern Harmony) - Donald Grantham

English Waltz - Percy Grainger

Crown Imperial - William Walton
arr. W. J. Duthoit

Be Thou My Vision - David Gillingham

Nettleton - Johnnie Vinson

Te Deum, Finale Act One (Tosca) - Giacomo Puccini
arr. Johan de Meij

Polka and Fugue (Schwanda, the Bagpiper) - Jaromir Weinberger
arr. Glenn C. Bainum

Christian Wilhjelm, conductor
John J. Miller, organist

In keeping with COVID-19 protocol, masks are optional
for vaccinated guests; masks are requested for unvaccinated guests.

Free-will Offering

**Digital donation option will be available.

Live stream links:
https://www.youtube.com/c/SacredHeartCathedralBasilica
www.facebook.com/newarkbasilica

11/12/2021

09/12/2021

TOMORROW!

NAVIDAD LATINA 2021

Starts at 8 pm
Doors open at 7 pm
**Masks strongly requested
Free-will Offering!
Help us to continue to offer these programs!

Live Stream Links:

www.facebook.com/newarkbasilica
https://www.youtube.com/c/SacredHeartCathedralBasilica