NEW YORK — New choral works by two prominent contemporary American composers, commissioned by nonprofit Soli Deo Gloria, Inc. (SDG), will receive their world premieres November in New York through a collaboration between the city’s Temple Emanu-El and the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine. The classical sacred music foundation SDG has conceived and organized a pair of interfaith performances in which Paul Moravec’s I Will Fear No Evil (Psalm 23) for a cappella chorus and Victoria Bond’s How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place (Psalm 84) for chorus and organ will be sung by the combined choirs of the iconic Reform Jewish and Episcopal houses of worship during regular worship services at each. The performances will take place at 6 p.m. on Friday, November, 21, at Temple Emanu-El, 1 E. 65th Street, during the Sabbath service, and at 4 p.m. on Sunday, November 23, at St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue, during the Evensong service. The combined choirs will be conducted on November 21 by K. Scott Warren, Temple Emanu-El’s organist and choir director, and on November 23 by Kent Tritle, St. John the Divine’s director of cathedral music. Both services are open to the public, and all are welcome. Soli Deo Gloria, which is based in suburban Chicago, also underwrote a portion of the performance costs. Bond says of Psalm ...      Read more