7. Watch St. John the Divine’s New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace
On December 31, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. the Cathedral of St. John the Divine will host its annual New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace. The concert tradition was founded by Leonard Bernstein in 1986 as a tribute to the people of New York City and a means of celebrating the season’s music.
Handel’s Water Music Suite D will kick off this year’s concert, followed by Joel Thompson’s riveting Seven Last Words of the Unarmed and David Hurd’s When Night Fell which addresses issues facing our time today. Afterward, a medley of Asian composers including Chen Yi will take over. The night will close with Jamet Pittman singing “This Little Light of Mine” and a performance of J.S. Bach’s setting of “Dona Nobis Pacem” from his Mass in B Minor. General admission to the concert is $40 with preferred seating tickets priced at $100.
