| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 28-Mar-2013 Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage | The many faces of Christ: Hanno Müller-Brachmann stars in OSL's St Matthew Passion |
 In his biography of Richard Wagner, Michael Tanner writes that Tristan und Isolde is one of two great masterpieces that have the musical brilliance, the intellectual strength and the emotional power to convert you to its philosophical cause. The other, naturally, is the St Matthew Passion.
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| 6-Mar-2013 The Morgan Library and Museum | A Parisian affair at the Morgan Library, New York |
 Regular concert-goers are used to hearing the harp on a church altar or mixed in with a large symphony, barely audible above the mass of strings, bass and brass. But the St Luke’s Chamber Ensemble put the harp center stage, in an evening of 20th-century French music, no less.
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| 30-May-2012 United Palace Theatre | Icarus at the Edge of Time: A Fantastical Odyssey through Time and Space |
| Kicking off its 5th year, the World Science Festival had their opening night performance in the historic United Palace Theatre. The last of Marcus Loew’s vaudeville theatres from the 1920s and 30s, the United Palace Theatre is now home to the United Church Science of the Living Institute, and sometimes alternative rock concerts. A strange yet mesmerizing place, the entire space is ornately designed. Romanesque arches and domes are embellished with gold leaf, jeweled lamps and religious relics hang from the ceiling, and Arabic tile works decorate the walls. Read full review... | |
| 16-Feb-2012 Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage | The Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Sir Roger Norrington and Jeremy Denk Take Command of the Stage at Carnegie Hall |
Dennis Callahan.jpg) The Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall is enough to catch anyone’s breath. But it wasn’t the grandeur of the hall that struck me; it was the fact that the conductor’s podium was missing from the stage. A bold statement: it was clear Sir Roger Norrington was going to conduct the Orchestra of St. Luke’s his own way.
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