THE BRICK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ANNOUNCES
2025–2026 WORSHIP & ARTS SEASON
Season features time-honored classics including Mozart’s Requiem, chamber concerts by The Sebastians, and organ recitals by Chelsea Chen and Raymond Nagem
NEW YORK, NY — The Brick Presbyterian Church, a historic house of worship on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, proudly announces its 2025–2026 Worship & Arts Season. This year’s vibrant offerings include a dynamic series of concerts and worship services that honor the rich traditions of sacred music while embracing bold contemporary voices.
Season highlights include Mozart’s Requiem in a contemplative service for peace and healing; Carissimi’s moving oratorio Jephte, two chamber performances by the acclaimed ensemble The Sebastians; and organ recitals by Chelsea Chen, Raymond Nagem, and Melissa Brassard, featuring the complete organ works of Maurice Duruflé.
Time-honored traditions such as the beloved Lessons & Carols service in December and the 102nd Good Friday presentation of John Stainer’s The Crucifixion will also return.
With performances by the renowned Chancel Choir, Youth Choirs, and distinguished guest artists, Brick Church continues its legacy as a cultural cornerstone and spiritual home where music and worship meet. For full event listings and details, visit https://www.brickchurch.org/worship-arts.
2025-2026 TICKETED CONCERT SEASON
Tickets are available at https://www.brickchurch.org/worship-arts
Saturday, October 18 at 2 PM & 5 PM (Chapel)
The Sebastians: Love and Ruin
Soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon joins The Sebastians for dramatic Baroque cantatas by Handel and Montéclair, plus instrumental works by Corelli and Castello.
Thursday, January 15 at 7 PM – Organ Recital: Chelsea Chen
A globe-trotting artist praised for her lyrical power and dynamic programming, Chen performs her own compositions, Taiwanese Suite and Children’s Dances.
Friday, February 27 | March 13 | March 27, 2026 at 5 PM & 7 PM (Chapel)
TENET Vocal Artists: TENEBRAE
Three intimate performances by candlelight: Litanies, Lessons, and Lamentations, featuring music by Marc-Antoine Charpentier and his contemporaries.
Tuesday, April 21 at 7 PM – Maurice Duruflé: The Complete Organ Works Plus
Raymond Nagem, Melissa Brassard, and guest artists perform Duruflé’s complete organ works and chamber music.
Saturday, May 16 at 5 PM (Chapel) – The Sebastians: Bach to the Future
A lively journey from Bach and Vivaldi to bold new music for period instruments.
2025-2026 WORSHIP SERVICES
All worship services are free of charge, and people of all faiths are warmly welcome.
Sunday, October 5 at 6 PM – A World of Faith
Featuring music from faith traditions around the world, with members of the Chancel Choir and instrumental ensemble
Sunday, October 19 at 11 AM – Festival of Hymnody: Hymns Through the Ages
Featuring the Chancel & Youth Choirs, brass, and percussion
Sunday, November 9 at 6 PM – Mozart’s Requiem
A contemplative service of remembrance, hope, and healing
Featuring the Chancel Choir and Orchestra, with soloists from the Chancel Choir
Sunday, November 23 at 11 AM – Cantata Sunday: Carissimi’s Jephte
A powerful 17th-century sacred drama with vocal soloists, choir, and instrumental ensemble
Sunday, December 14 at 4 PM- Lessons & Carols
A candlelit Christmas tradition, with a world premiere by Daniel Ficarri
Sunday, January 25 at 6 PM – Moravian Lovefeast
Step into a world of worship at this inter-denominational experience of communal praise, fellowship, and love, featuring music for choir and string quartet.
Sunday, February 15 at 6 PM – Joint Evensong at Trinity Church, Princeton
This special service at Trinity Church Princeton will be led by the combined voices of Brick’s Chancel Choir and the choir of Trinity Church.
Sunday, March 8 at 11 AM – Cantata Sunday: Chichester Psalms
The Chancel Choir, with organ, harp, and percussion, sings Leonard Bernstein’s adventurous, theatrical, and deeply moving setting of words from the Hebrew Book of Psalms.
Friday, April 3 at 12:15 PM – John Stainer’s The Crucifixion
A moving Good Friday tradition now in its 102nd year
Featuring soloists Sean Fallen and Nathaniel Sullivan, with the Chancel Choir
ABOUT WORSHIP & ARTS
Brick Church’s concert series, Worship & Arts, welcomes all to experience the joyous, uplifting power of the performing arts. Worship & Arts offers concerts and special worship
services throughout the year, featuring Brick’s superb Chancel Choir, recitals on the church’s magnificent Casavant organ, as well as performances by extraordinary guest artists and ensembles from New York City’s vibrant artistic scene. Now in its second season, the program has grown to become an important part of the Brick congregation’s offerings, and a valued part of the New York City arts community.
At Brick Church, we believe that music, dance, and drama can comfort, inspire, challenge, and bring us closer to the divine, showing us God’s glory reflected in all beautiful things. Join us and share in the warmth, excellence, and energy of the performing arts at Brick!
ABOUT THE BRICK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The Brick Presbyterian Church is a lively, growing congregation that has been serving New York City since 1767. We worship every Sunday at 11 a.m. in our Sanctuary. Sunday Church School is offered for children from age two to seventh grade. We welcome all to come,
visit, worship and see what Brick Church is all about.
The Brick Church is a member congregation of the Presbytery of New York City. The session appoints elders to serve as commissioners to meetings of the Presbytery. In addition, elders serve on various committees when elected or appointed. The Brick Church also supports the work of the Presbytery financially thorough assessments and apportionments and general mission giving.
In addition to supporting the Presbytery’s mission, the church has traditionally supported a wide range of mission outreach efforts in New York City. Involvement on the national level of the Presbyterian denomination has been strong and supportive over the 250-year
history of the congregation. Several ministers of The Brick Church have served as moderators of the General Assembly, the national body of our church. In fact, the Rev. John Rogers, the first
minister of the Brick Church, was elected as Moderator of the First General Assembly in 1789.
