2011-2012 Season
All events will take place in the Sanctuary of The Brick Presbyterian Church, which is on the corner of Park Avenue and 91st Street.
For ticket and concert information, contact Minister of Music Keith S. Tóth at 212-289-4400, ext. 231 or email.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 7:00pm
Piano and Organ Concert Series
Daniel Kirk-Foster, recitalist
Please join us for the second concert in a series of three programs to inaugurate our recently restored 1898 Steinway C Concert Grand piano and to celebrate the 5th anniversary of our acclaimed Anderson pipe organ (Coignet-Casavant Frères op. 3837). Award winning pianist and organist Daniel Kirk-Foster will present a program of piano works by Bartok, Brahms and Ravel and will perform the complete Sixième Symphonie pour Grand-Orgue, op. 59 of Louis Vierne. A graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts and the Manhattan School of Music, Mr. Kirk-Foster appears regularly in the New York City metropolitan area as a piano and organ recitalist. He is currently Director of Music and Organist at St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church in the Bronx.
General admission tickets ($10) will be on sale at the Park Avenue at East 91st Street doors 30 minutes before the recital. For further information contact Keith S. Tóth at 212-289-4400 ext. 231 or email.
Monday, October 17, 2011 - 7:00pm
Piano and Organ Concert Series
Eric Birk & Bernadette Hoke, piano-organ duo
Please join us for the final concert in a series to inaugurate our recently restored 1898 Steinway C Concert Grand piano and to celebrate the 5th anniversary of our acclaimed Anderson pipe organ (Coignet-Casavant Frères op. 3837). The Birk and Hoke Duo will present a program of works for piano four hands, solo organ, organ and piano duo, and organ duet. Composers will include Bach, Barber, Bédard, Liszt, Michel, Mushel, Rutter and Vierne.
Well known to New York City area concert audiences, Bernadette Hoke is the Music Director and Organist of the First Reformed Episcopal Church in New York City. Eric Birk is the Organist-Choir Director of the Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church.
General admission tickets ($10) will be on sale at the Park Avenue at East 91st Street doors 30 minutes before the recital. For further information contact Keith S. Tóth at 212-289-4400 ext. 231 or email.
Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 4:00pm
Candlelight Carol Service
Join us in the candlelit elegance of The Brick Church’s sanctuary for our Lessons and Carols service featuring the professional voices of The Brick Church Choir under the direction of Keith S. Tóth. Daniel Kirk-Foster will accompany the choir on both our acclaimed Coignet-Casavant Frères pipe organ. Mr. Kirk-Foster will also perform on our recently restored 1898 Steinway C Concert Grand Piano.
Admission is free. Due to the meditative nature of the service, parents are requested to avail themselves of the childcare provided during this service. To request childcare, email Caitlin Sparks and include the names and ages of your children.
For further information, contact Minister of Music Keith S. Tóth at 212-289-4400, ext. 231 or email.
Good Friday, April 6, 2012 - 12:15pm
"The Crucifixion" by Sir John Stainer
A Good Friday tradition at Brick Church for almost a century, Sir John Stainer’s Lenten choral meditation, "The Crucifixion", will be performed by the professional choir of the Brick Church along with guest soloists tenor Nathan M. Carlisle (Metropolitan Opera Company) and bass-baritone Philip Cutlip on Friday, April 6, at 12:15 pm. Keith S. Tóth will conduct and Daniel Kirk-Foster will provide the organ accompaniment on Brick Church's acclaimed Anderson organ. Premiered in 1887, "The Crucifixion" is a fixture of the English choral scene. Musicians today still enjoy performing choruses such as "Fling Wide the Gates" and careers have been founded on The Crucifixion’s baritone and tenor solos. The chorus "God so loved the World" enjoys an independent existence as an anthem in parish choirs across the globe; a minor classic in its own right and a beautifully expressive piece of choral writing.
Please join us for this 75-minute service of sacred music. A free-will offering will be received. Childcare will be available upon request. For further information, call 212-289-4400, ext. 231 or email.