Upcoming Concerts
‘Tis the Season!
This December, we welcome the holidays with the gem that is Mendelssohn’s rarely performed Christmas cantata. This sets the stage for an array of holiday music that tells the story of the season with selections ranging from the classical – Bach and Handel – to the traditional, rendered in richly harmonic, contemporary arrangements.
7:30 PM on Wednesday, December 10 & Thursday, December 11
The Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, Little Italy
261 Mott Street, New York, NY 10012
The concert includes Felix Mendelssohn’s Vom Himmel hoch (“From heav’n on high”) and a suite of carols arranged by Ryan Brandau, plus favorites from Bach’s Magnificat and Handel’s Messiah.
With soloists Abby Brodnick, Soprano, and Harrison Hintzche, Baritone
Plus, we're delighted to welcome special guests, the Scotch-Plains Fanwood Select Choir, directed by Mrs. Jan Allen, for our December 10 performance.
‘Tis timeless, ‘tis reflective, ‘tis joyful – ‘tis the season! Make plans now to join us for this sparkling holiday event – a concert so nice, we’re singin’ it twice!
Tickets: $30, $45, $75, $150* • Tickets are general admission within each pricing section.
*Benefactor Tickets include a premium ticket and $75 donation to the Riverside Choral Society
Featured Artists
Abby Brodnick
“Iridescent soprano” (Musical America) Abby Brodnick captivates audiences all over the country with her “personable [and] engaging” stage presence (South Florida Classical Review). Abby specializes in numerous genres of vocal music, including opera and operetta, Baroque and oratorio, musical theater, and contemporary music. Abby has recently been a young artist at the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute, Opera North, Savannah Voice Festival, and Miami Music Festival. A few favorite operatic performances include Orphée aux Enfers (Eurydice), Pirates of Penzance (Mabel), Dido and Aeneas (Belinda), and Dialogues des Carmélites (Sœur Constance). In April 2025, Abby performed with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra revival of Douglas Moore’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera, Giants in the Earth as the role of Dagmar. Recent accolades include First Prize of the Camille Coloratura Awards (Student Division) in October 2023 and the Outstanding Graduate Performer Award of the Cali School of Music in May 2024.
Abby received her Master of Music at Montclair State University’s Cali School of Music in the studio of Beth Roberts, and received her Bachelor of Music from DePauw University with a minor in musical theater. Her notable oratorio and concert work includes the soprano solos of Handel’s Messiah and Orff’s Carmina Burana. Abby frequently performs solo and chamber recital programs, such as with the Montclair Music Club, Four Seasons of Music, Opera at Florham, Opera Atlantic, and the New York Composer’s Circle. Abby works as a liturgical musician in the NJ/NYC area as a Catholic Church cantor and a choral scholar with the Trinity Church Wall Street choirs.
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’s passion for music has led him to perform 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. He has worked closely with several celebrated leaders in music, such as Nicolas McGegan, Masaaki Suzuki, Graham Johnson, and Jos van Veldhoven.
Harrison Hintzsche
Recent performance highlights include Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with Kent Tritle at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine; Bach’s Magnificat with Jos van Veldhoven and the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus, as well as with Matthew Dirst and the Portland Baroque Orchestra; Bach’s bass solo cantatas Ich habe genug and Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen with Philip Cave and Duke University; and Finzi’s In Terra Pax and Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on Christmas Carols with the 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.
A sought-after ensemble musician, Hintzsche has performed with some of the nation’s leading choral ensembles, including the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Conspirare, Ensemble Altera, the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus, the Leonids, True Concord Voices & Orchestra, Yale Choral Artists, and the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, among others. He holds degrees in music from Yale University and St. Olaf College. Hintzsche is currently based in Brooklyn, New York, and hails from DeKalb, Illinois.
And in the spring…
We’ll present Haydn’s acclaimed Lord Nelson Mass, also known as the Mass for Troubled Times, at the beautiful Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Times Square. Mark your calendar now to ensure you can hear what scholars claim is Haydn’s greatest composition.
7:30 PM on Saturday, May 2, 2026
photo by Danny Bristoll Photography
photo by Danny Bristoll Photography
photo by Danny Bristoll Photography
photo by Danny Bristoll Photography
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