NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC TO GIVE FREE CONCERT AT THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF SAINT JOHN THE DIVINE






May 13, 2026
Photo by Chris Lee

The New York Philharmonic announces programming for the Free Concert at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, Presented by the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, which will take place Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. 
Conductor Enluis Montes Olivar, in his Philharmonic debut, will conduct Elgar’s Serenade for Strings; J.B.G. Neruda’s Trumpet Concerto, featuring Pacho Flores (Philharmonic debut) as soloist; and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2. The program will be presented without an intermission.
The church is located at 1047 Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan. The concert is free, and tickets are required. Tickets will be available beginning May 1 at 10:00 a.m.
The New York Philharmonic has given annual free concerts at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine since 1992, when then Music Director Kurt Masur (who was later named Music Director Emeritus) introduced the tradition as a musical gift to New York City.