Trinity Wall Street’s 2014-15 Season Presents an Expansive Array of Great Music, from the Baroque to Spirituals to World Premieres
“Trinity’s music is indispensable and unmissable.” — New York Times
Trinity Wall Street presentations are always a highlight of the New York City concert calendar, and the expansive 2014-15 season continues a tradition of what National Public Radio has called Trinity’s “dynamic and vital musical offerings.” The new season ranges from Baroque masterpieces and New World spirituals to premieres of new works, beginning on Sunday September 7 at 8pm with the Compline by Candlelight series at St. Paul’s Chapel. This autumn, the Compline series will feature a different piece each Sunday from William Byrd’s Cantiones Sacrae, with Trinity’s Director of Music and the Arts, Julian Wachner, leading the Grammy Award-nominated Choir of Trinity Wall Street. On September 11, there will be commemorative performances at Trinity, including “A Celebration of Patriotism,” as the West Point Band and West Point Glee Club celebrate the resiliency of the American people on the 200th anniversary of the “Star-Spangled Banner” as part of the Concerts at One series. At 7pm on the same day, at St. Paul’s Chapel, Trinity launches its 4×4 Baroque Music Festival, with instrumental and vocal quartet concerts of favorites and rarities over the following four days. Trinity’s popular Bach at One series showcasing the composer’s cantatas begins on October 1, and at the end of that month Trinity will present special Halloween and All Saints Day concerts, including a showing of the 1925 silent film The Phantom of the Opera with live organ and choral improvisation, and a prelude in which the multi-talented singers of the Choir of Trinity Wall Street add their individual instrumental talents to their vocal expertise.
December has long brought acclaimed annual performances of Handel’s Messiah by the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and the Trinity Baroque Orchestra. In the words of the New York Times, “to experience the full, formidable range of Messiah…let Trinity be your guide.” This season, Wachner will lead the ensembles in the Messiah at Trinity Church (Dec 17, 19, 21) and Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall (Dec 18). Trinity’s ever-rich Twelfth Night Festival runs from December 26 to January 6, presenting music from across the centuries; this year’s festival will include Handel’s Saul, and will feature such guest artists as Gotham Early Music Scene (returning with the Play of Daniel) and the Grammy Award-winning Roomful of Teeth. Trinity then hosts the Prototype Festival at St. Paul’s Chapel (Jan 10-15), collaborating on Winter’s Child with HERE and Beth Morrison Projects.
In collaboration with the Argentinian Embassy and local Consulate, on February 21 at Carnegie Hall, the Choir of Trinity Wall Street, the Trinity Youth Chorus and NOVUS NY, Trinity’s contemporary music ensemble, join forces with the Grammy Award-winning Washington Chorus and the Choristers of The National Cathedral to perform two 20th century masterworks from the Americas. Wachner will conduct the program, which pairs Ives’s Symphony No. 4 with Alberto Ginastera’s Turbae ad Passionem Gregorianam. According to choral titan Robert Page, who premiered Turbae in the early seventies, Ginastera considered this to be his culminating and most important work. In this performance, Trinity Wall Street reintroduces Ginastera’s masterpiece to New York City in anticipation of the composer’s 2016 centenary. The Washington Chorus – labeled “superb” and “first-rate” by the Baltimore Sun, noted for their “power and richness” by the Washington Times, and praised for their “laser intensity” and “remarkable suavity” by the Washington Post – has, under Wachner’s direction, made a paradigm shift with its attention to new music. Post music critic Anne Midgette recently commented that it’s “at once laudable, realistic and overdue that Julian Wachner and The Washington Chorus have written contemporary music firmly into their seasons.”
Highlights in the spring include, on March 12 at Trinity Church, the world premiere of Jeff Myers’s Requiem Aeternam by the Jack Quartet with soprano Martha Cluver. On April 3, Wachner leads the Trinity Baroque Orchestra and the Choir of Trinity Wall Street – “a world-class” combination, according to the Associated Press – in Bach’s St. John Passion at Trinity Church. And Trinity presents “By the Waters of Babylon: A Celebration of the Power of Black Music in America” from May 7-10, including a portrait of composer Trevor Weston, a program featuring Duke Ellington’s Sacred Service, a concert of spirituals featuring Stanley Thurston and a special performance by star vocalist Bobby McFerrin with the Choir of Trinity Wall Street.
New Recordings
Trinity Wall Street recently released two new albums on CD and digital download, both premiere recordings. The first is Julian Wachner: Symphony No. 1/Works for Orchestra and Voices, a three-CD set of the composer-conductor’s own works, recorded at Trinity Church with NOVUS NY and the Choir of Trinity Wall Street, with which Wachner recently scored a Grammy nomination for their recording of Handel’s Israel in Egypt. Wachner’s music has been variously described as “jazzy, energetic, and ingenious” by the Boston Globe, having “splendor, dignity, outstanding tone combinations [and] sophisticated chromatic exploration” by La Scena Musicale, being “a compendium of surprises” by the Washington Post and as “bold and atmospheric,” having “an imaginative flair for allusive text setting” and being notable for “the silken complexities of his harmonies” by the New York Times. The American Record Guide noted that “Wachner is both an unapologetic modernist and an open-minded eclectic – his music has something to say.”
This summer’s second new release, Ralf Yusuf Gawlick: Missa gentis humanae, is a multilingual “Mass for the Human Race,” which augments the traditional Latin liturgy with passages about love – drawn from Borges, Virgil, Brecht, Zbigniew Herbert, Dostoevsky, Plautus, Walter Scott and the Gospel According to St. John – in a polyphonic a cappella setting for eight singers, all handpicked from the Choir of Trinity Wall Street. At the work’s world premiere in Boston last February, The Boston Musical Intelligencer noted: “this is music which has taken itself beyond the ‘Holy Minimalist’ genre, and embraces counterpoint and tension in a way which sustains it in the wider scale. One was left with the impression of great richness of reference, bound together very lovingly.”
Both titles were released on CD by the Musica Omnia label and made available for digital downloading by Naxos International, which also handles international distribution.
Compline by Candlelight
The New York Times has spoken of Trinity Wall Street conferring “a musical blessing” on the city, and this season the blessings begin September 7 with Compline by Candlelight. The series is offered Sunday evenings throughout much of the year in the candlelit beauty of St. Paul’s Chapel. The Choir of Trinity Wall Street improvises the liturgy and pairs these improvisations with complementary works by two great composers: in the autumn and early winter there will be a focus on the music of Elizabethan composer William Byrd; in the spring, the composer focus will be on Rachmaninoff. See the concert calendar below for a complete list of works.
Bach at One
Trinity’s ever-popular Bach at One series on Wednesdays, beginning this season on October 1, sees the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Baroque Orchestra continue their ongoing presentation of Bach’s complete cantata output, directed by Wachner and various guest conductors. The New York Times has praised the “dramatic vigor” of Bach performances by the Trinity forces, not to mention “the buoyant, elegantly shaped orchestral sound” and “the lithe, immaculate and colorful singing of the chorus.”
Concerts at One / Third Thursdays
Trinity’s Concerts at One series takes place each Thursday during the season at Trinity Church, with the programs ranging from early music to new works. After the September 11 “Celebration of Patriotism” with the West Point Band and West Point Glee Club, Concerts at One goes on to include a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 (arranged by Klaus Simon) and the New York premiere of Julian Wachner’s Chamber Symphony on October 2, performed by the New Orchestra of Washington under conductor Alejandro Hernandez. On March 12 is the world premiere of Jeff Myers’ Requiem Aeternam by the Jack Quartet with soprano Martha Cluver. Concerts at One also includes jazz, with the Matt Garrison Jazz Quintet on October 30, up-and-coming pianist Aaron Diehl on April 9 and the Chris Pattishall Quintet performing Mary Lou Williams’ Zodiac Suite (in Pattishall’s arrangement) on May 7.
This season Concerts at One will also include a subseries of mostly symphonic concerts titled “Third Thursdays.” On November 20, Wachner leads NOVUS NY in an all-American program of works by Ives, Copland and Lukas Foss. On March 19, Wachner and the ensemble pair Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony No. 1 with John Adams’s Chamber Symphony. Guest conductor Grant Gershon conducts NOVUS NY on April 16 in Milhaud’s La création du monde plus works by Alban Berg and Messiaen. Wachner returns to direct the group on May 21 in Harrison Birtwistle’s Bach Measures and pieces by Ligeti and Schwendinger.
Messiah
The New York Times regularly gives Trinity Wall Street’s annual performances of Handel’s Messiah the highest acclaim, including one review saying that while other groups present the Messiah as “a comfortable holiday tradition, Trinity put on something closer to a sacred rite.” And Time Out New York has simply declared Trinity’s performances to be “New York’s finest annual presentation of Handel’s Messiah.” This season’s Messiah performances by the Trinity Baroque Orchestra and the Choir of Trinity Wall Street – with the vocal soloists drawn from the chorus – will be given at Trinity Church (Dec 17, 19, 21) and Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall (Dec 18), with Wachner on the podium. Covering last December’s performances, the New York Times critic said: “At Trinity, Handel’s Messiah becomes an act of communal affirmation. … To have them united in a 29-member choir creates an arresting plasticity of sound that can swell from vapor-like pianissimos to towering fortes as it did in ‘Since by man came death’ – a chorus I had previously counted among the least interesting in the oratorio and which here took on an air of revelatory mystery.”
Twelfth Night Festival
Trinity’s Twelfth Night Festival – New York’s winter early-music festival – runs from December 26 to January 5. The New York Times has praised Trinity’s wide range of Twelfth Night offerings, describing the festival as “varied, engrossing.” This year’s Twelfth Night Festival begins on December 26 at St. Paul’s Chapel with a performance of Bach’s complete Orchestral Suites by the Trinity Baroque Orchestra, featuring the Trinity Scholars directed by harpsichordist-conductor Avi Stein. Gotham Early Music Scene returns to perform the medieval Play of Daniel at Trinity Church, with two shows each day on December 27 and 28. Clarion Music Society also returns to sing Rachmaninoff’s Vespers on January 1. Other guest performers include the Bishop’s Band, Grand Harmonie, NY Baroque Inc., Ensemble Viscera, Cappella Romana, countertenor Ryland Angel, Holy Trinity Bach Vespers under Donald Meineke, and Roomful of Teeth, among others. On January 2 and 4 at St. Paul’s Chapel, Wachner leads the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and the Trinity Baroque Orchestra in Handel’s Saul. The New York Times has lauded the combination of the Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra for “a glorious, smoothly blended, beautifully textured sound.”
Bach’s St. John Passion
Trinity’s expertise with the music of Bach has earned acclaim from the New York Times, which praised the “dramatic vigor” of Bach performances by the Trinity ensembles, not to mention “the buoyant, elegantly shaped orchestral sound” and “the lithe, immaculate and colorful singing of the chorus.” This spring, the forces of Trinity Wall Street come together under Wachner to perform J.S. Bach’s epochal St. John Passion on April 3. The program will also include smaller yet no less affecting vocal works by Bach, Brahms and Reger.
By the Waters of Babylon: A Celebration of the Power of Black Music in America
Starting with the Concerts at One performance of Mary Lou Williams’s irresistible Zodiac Suite on May 7 by the Chris Pattishall Quintet, Trinity will present a multi-event festival celebrating the varied forms of black music in America running through May 10. On May 8, it’s a program of spirituals with the choir led by guest conductor Stanley Thurston; on May 9, the festival continues with a portrait of New York-born contemporary composer Trevor Weston, featuring the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and the NOVUS NY Percussion Ensemble; on May 10 at the 11:15am Choral Eucharist service Wachner will lead the choir in Duke Ellington’s Sacred Service and Will Todd’s Mass in Blue; at 2pm that same day superstar vocalist Bobby McFerrin will join the Choir of Trinity Wall Street for a festival finale. A Bob Marley Dance Party at historic St. Paul’s Chapel rounds out the festival the evening of May 9.
Trinity Wall Street
One of the oldest, largest and most vibrant of all Episcopal parishes, Trinity Wall Street is located in the heart of Manhattan’s Financial District, where it has created a dynamic home for performances of great music that are “transcendent” and “moving,” according to the New York Times. Serving as director of Trinity’s Music and the Arts Program – as well as principal conductor of the Choir of Trinity Wall Street, the period-instrument Trinity Baroque Orchestra and contemporary-music ensemble-in-residence NOVUS NY – Julian Wachner also oversees all liturgical, professional and community music and arts programming at Trinity Church and St. Paul’s Chapel. The New York Times has called his leadership “inspiring,” while the New Yorker has described Trinity Wall Street as “a mini-Lincoln Center for downtown Manhattan.” The music at Trinity ranges from large-scale oratorios to chamber music, from intimate a cappella singing to jazz improvisation. Many concerts at Trinity Wall Street are professionally filmed and webcast live at www.trinitywallstreet.org.
See below for more information on Trinity Wall Street’s various concert series and special events, as well as a concert calendar with full performance details.
Music at Trinity Wall Street, 2014-15
Sun, Sep 7, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Byrd’s Cantiones Sacrae
Byrd: Aspice Domine de sede
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Thurs, Sep 11, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One
A Celebration of Patriotism On the 200th Anniversary of the Star-Spangled Banner
West Point Band; West Point Glee Club
Thursday, Sep 11, 7pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
4×4 Baroque Music Festival
“The Grand Overture”
Bach: Suite No. 4 in D Major
Telemann: Suite in B-flat Major
Fasch: Suite in G Minor
Friday, Sep 12, 7pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
4×4 Baroque Music Festival
“Café Zimmermann”
Music of Bach, Handel and Zelenka
Robert Mealy, violin
Gonzalo Ruiz and Kathryn Montoya, oboes
Dominic Teresi, bassoon; Avi Stein, harpsichord
Saturday, Sep 13, 7pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
4×4 Baroque Music Festival
“Concert Spirituel”
Music of Rameau, Clérambault and Marais
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
Robert Mealy, violin
Sarah Cunningham, viola da gamba
Avi Stein, harpsichord
Sunday, Sep 14, 4pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
4×4 Baroque Music Festival
“From Darkness into Light”
Bach: Cantatas 101 and 146
Mireille Asselin, soprano
Kirsten Sollek, alto
Steven Caldicott Wilson, tenor
Jesse Blumberg, baritone
Sun, Sep 14, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Byrd’s Cantiones Sacrae
Byrd: In resurrectione tua
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Sun, Sep 21, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Byrd’s Cantiones Sacrae
Byrd: Memento Domine
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Sun, Sep 28, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Byrd’s Cantiones Sacrae
Byrd: Laetentur coeli
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Wed, Oct 1, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Bach: Prelude in E-flat Major, BWV 552a
Bach: Es erhub sich ein Streit, BWV 19
Bach: Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 74
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Thurs, Oct 2, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (arr. Klaus Simon)
Wachner: Chamber Symphony (2014), New York premiere
New Orchestra of Washington; Alejandro Hernandez, conductor
Sun, Oct 5, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Byrd’s Cantiones Sacrae
Byrd: Domine tu jurasti
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Wed, Oct 8, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Muffat: Passacaglia in G Minor
Bach: Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn, BWV 119
Bach: Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Thurs, Oct 9, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One
Works by J.S. Bach, J.C. Bach & C.P.E. Bach
Beiliang Zhu, cello
Sun, Oct 12, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Byrd’s Cantiones Sacrae
Byrd: Ne irascaris Domine
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Wed, Oct 15, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543
Bach: Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen, BWV 87
Bach: Ihr werdet weinen und heulen, BWV 103
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Thurs, Oct 16, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One: THIRD THURSDAYS
Works by Tchaikovsky, Schubert and Rossini
Aleksey Semenenko, violin; Inna Firsova, piano
Sun, Oct 19, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Byrd’s Cantiones Sacrae
Byrd: Domine secundum multitudinem
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Wed, Oct 22, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Cabanilles: Tiento in the Second Tone
Bach: Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht, BWV 105
Bach: Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben, BWV 109
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Thurs, Oct 23, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One
Early Music for Trumpet and Organ including works by Bach, Handel and Palestrina
Featured West Point Artists Craig Williams, organ & William Owens, trumpet
Sun, Oct 26, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Byrd’s Cantiones Sacrae
Byrd: Deus venerunt gentes
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Wed, Oct 29, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Bruhns: Prelude in G Major
Bach: Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 93
Bach: Was frag ich nach der Welt, BWV 94
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Thurs, Oct 30, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One
Projections
Matt Garrison Jazz Quintet
Friday Oct 31, 5pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Halloween at Trinity
5pm Prelude with the Choir of Trinity Wall Street playing their secondary instruments – in costume!
Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre
5:30pm Silent movie Phantom of the Opera (1925) with live organ, instrumental and choral improvisation
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, organ and conductor
Sun, Nov 2, 2pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
All Saints Day Concert
Duruflé: Requiem, Op. 9
Duruflé: Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op. 7
Wachner: At the lighting of the lamps (New York Premiere)
Ramsay: Anthem for All Saints
Howells: Take him earth, for cherishing
Hogan: Great Day
Bairstow: Blessed City, Heavenly Salem
Dawson/Wachner (arr.): Soon ah will be done
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Trinity Youth Chorus; Julian Wachner, conductor; Avi Stein, conductor
Sun, Nov 2, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Byrd’s Cantiones Sacrae
Byrd: Tristitia et anxietas
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Avi Stein, conductor
Wed, Nov 5, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 541
Bach: Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen, BWV 49
Bach: Selig ist der Mann, BWV 57
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Avi Stein, conductor
Thurs, Nov 6, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One
Glory: The story of our nation’s military service through first-person accounts
West Point Brass and Percussion
Sun, Nov 9, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Byrd’s Cantiones Sacrae
Byrd: O Domine adjuva me
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Thomas McCargar, conductor
Wed, Nov 12, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Buxtehude: Prelude in C Major, BuxWV 139
Bach: Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV 69
Bach: Gott ist mein König, BWV 71
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Thurs, Nov 13, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One
Works by Bach, Wachner and others
Janet Yieh, organ
Sun, Nov 16, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Byrd’s Cantiones Sacrae
Byrd: Domine praestolamur
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Avi Stein, conductor
Wed, Nov 19, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 545
Bach: Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben, BWV 77
Bach: Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch, BWV 86
Bach: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 98
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Thurs, Nov 20, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One: THIRD THURSDAYS
Ives: Symphony No. 3
Foss: For Aaron
Copland: Appalachian Spring (Original Version)
NOVUS NY; Julian Wachner, conductor
Sun, Nov 23, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Byrd’s Cantiones Sacrae
Byrd: Tribulationes civitatum
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Wed, Nov 26, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Mendelssohn: Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 65, No. 4: III. Allegretto
Bach: Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde, BWV 83
Bach: Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden, BWV 88
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Sun, Nov 30, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Byrd’s Cantiones Sacrae
Byrd: Vide Domine afflictionem
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Wed, Dec 3, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Bach: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 662
Bach: Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 33
Bach: Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Thurs, Dec 4, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Wachner: Psalm Cycle I (New York Premiere)
Dvorak: Song to the Moon (from “Rusalka”)
Charpentier: Depuis le jour (from “Louise”)
Verdi: Sempre Libera (from “La Traviata”)
Jessica Muirhead, soprano; Julian Wachner, piano
Fri, Dec. 5, 5pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Chorister Holiday Concert
Britten: Ceremony of Carols
Holiday Carol Sing
Trinity Youth Choir and Outreach Choirs; Trinity Youth Orchestra; Melissa Attebury, conductor
Sun, Dec 7, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Byrd’s Cantiones Sacrae
Byrd: O quam gloriosum
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Wed, Dec 10, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
Bach: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91
Bach: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 100
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Thurs, Dec 11, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One
Christmas Time is Here (selections by Bach and from their new holiday album)
The Canadian Brass
Sun, Dec 14, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Byrd’s Cantiones Sacrae
Byrd: Defecit in dolore
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Wed, Dec 17, 7:30pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Handel: Messiah
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Julian Wachner, conductor
Thurs, Dec 18, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One: THIRD THURSDAYS
Holiday Concert
West Point Band
Thurs, Dec 18, 7:30pm (Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center)
Handel: Messiah
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Julian Wachner, conductor
Fri, Dec 19, 7:30pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Handel: Messiah
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Julian Wachner, conductor
Sun, Dec 21, 3pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Handel: Messiah
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Julian Wachner, conductor
Sun, Dec 21, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Byrd’s Cantiones Sacrae
Byrd: Vigilate
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Fri, Dec 26, 6pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
12th Night Festival
Bach: The Complete Orchestral Suites
Trinity Baroque Orchestra featuring the Trinity Scholars; Avi Stein, director and harpsichord
Sat, Dec 27, 3pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
12th Night Festival
Gotham Early Music Scene – Play of Daniel
Sat, Dec 27, 6pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
12th Night Festival
Gotham Early Music Scene – Play of Daniel
Sun, Dec 28, 3pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
12th Night Festival
Gotham Early Music Scene – Play of Daniel
Sun, Dec 28, 6pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
12th Night Festival
Gotham Early Music Scene – Play of Daniel
Sun, Dec 28, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
12th Night Festival
Lessons and Carols
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Mon, Dec 29, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
12th Night Festival
Concertos for Organ and Strings
Avi Stein, organ
Mon, Dec 29, 6pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
12th Night Festival
Codex II – A concert dedicated to Martínez Compañón’s book, music of late 18th-century Peru from the Codex Trujillo del Perú
The Bishop’s Band
Tue, Dec 30, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
12th Night Festival
“A Cosmopolitan New Year”
Period arrangements for wind band of opera and orchestral favorites by Rossini, Mozart and Haydn
Grand Harmonie
Tue, Dec 30, 6pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
12th Night Festival
“Il Grosso Pastorale”
Works by Telemann, Vivaldi, Corelli and Torelli
NY Baroque Inc.
Wed, Dec 31, 4pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
12th Night Festival
Holy Trinity Bach Vespers; Donald Meineke, conductor
Works by Bach, Schütz, Praetorius and others
Wed, Dec 31, 6pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Thu, Jan 1, 6pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
12th Night Festival
Rachmaninoff: Vespers: All-Night Vigil
Clarion Music Society; Steven Fox, conductor
Fri, Jan 2, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
12th Night Festival
Motets and Villancicos from the 16th Century
Including works by Des Prez, Sanz, Vásquez and others
Ensemble Viscera
Fri, Jan 2, 6pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
12th Night Festival
Handel: Saul
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Julian Wachner, conductor
Sat, Jan 3, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
12th Night Festival
Our Lady III
Celebrating the many faces of the Virgin Mary through newly commissioned works paired with Renaissance works
Ryland Angel, countertenor
Sat, Jan 3, 6pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
12th Night Festival
Greek Orthodox Chant and choral works for Christmas and Epiphany including works by Frank Desby, Peter Michaelides, and Tikey Zes
Cappella Romana
Sun, Jan. 4, 3pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
12th Night Festival
Handel: Saul
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Julian Wachner, conductor
Sun, Jan 4, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
12th Night Festival
Compline by Candlelight featuring the Trinity Youth Chorus
Melissa Attebury, conductor
Mon, Jan 5, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
12th Night Festival
O Rosa Bella: Courtly and Sacred Music of the 15th-17th Centuries
Kathryn Montoya, Priscilla Herreid, Grant Herreid, and Erik Schmalz performing on shawms, sackbut, recorders, bagpipe and lute
Mon, Jan 5, 6pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
12th Night Festival
Performance of vocal music by Grammy Award-winning octet Roomful of Teeth
Sun, Jan 11, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil
Rachmaninoff: Come, Let Us Worship (Priidite, poklonimsya)
Rachmaninoff: Bless the Lord, O My Soul (Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda)
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Jan 10 – 15 (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Prototype Festival
Collaboration with HERE and Beth Morrison Projects
Winter’s Child
Sun, Jan 18, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil
Rachmaninoff: Blessed Is the Man (Blazhen muzh)
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Sun, Jan 25, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil
Rachmaninoff: Gladsome Light (Svete tikhiy)
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Sun, Feb 1, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil
Rachmaninoff: Lord, Now Lettest Thou (Nine otpushchayeshi)
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Sun, Feb 8, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil
Rachmaninoff: Rejoice, O Virgin (Bogoroditse Devo)
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Sun, Feb 15, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil
Rachmaninoff: The Six Psalms (Shestopsalmiye)
Rachmaninoff: Praise the Name of the Lord (Khvalite imya Gospodne)
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Sat, Feb 21, 8pm (Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium)
PASSIO: Two 20th Century Masterworks from The Americas
Charles Ives: Symphony No. 4
Alberto Ginastera: Turbae ad Passionem Gregorianam
NOVUS NY; The Washington Chorus; The Cathedral Choristers of National Cathedral; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; The Choristers of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Sun, Feb 22, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil
Rachmaninoff: Blessed Art Thou, O Lord (Blagosloven yesi, Gospodi)
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Sun, March 1, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil
Rachmaninoff: Having Beheld the Resurrection of Christ (Voskreseniye Khristovo videvshe)
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Wed, March 4, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 546
Bach: Das neugeborne Kindelein, BWV 122
Bach: Herr Jesu Christ, wahr’ Mensch und Gott, BWV 127
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Thurs, March 5, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One
Siècles
Works by Schütz, Hassler, Schein, Kuhnau and others
Jonathan Woody
Sun, March 8, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil
Rachmaninoff: My Soul Magnifies the Lord (Velichit dusha moya Gospoda)
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Thomas McCargar, conductor
Wed, March 11, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Bach: Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542
Bach: Ach! ich sehe, itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe, BWV 162
Bach: O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad, BWV 165
Bach: Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe, BWV 185
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; David Arrivée, guest conductor
Thurs, March 12, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One
Jeff Myers: Requiem Aeternam (world premiere)
Jack Quartet featuring Martha Cluver, soprano
Sun, March 15, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil
Rachmaninoff: The Great Doxology (Velikoye slavosloviye)
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Thomas McCargar, conductor
Wed, March 18, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Buxtehude: Passacaglia in D Minor, BuxWV 161
Bach: Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein, BWV 2
Bach: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 38
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Thurs, March 19, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One: THIRD THURSDAYS
Adams: Chamber Symphony
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1
NOVUS NY; Julian Wachner, conductor
Sun, March 22, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil
Rachmaninoff: The Troparion “Today Salvation Has Come” (Tropar’ “Dnes spaseniye”)
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Wed, March 25, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Sweelinck: Chromatic Fantasy
Bach: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1
Bach: Herr Gott, dich loben wir, BWV 16
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Thurs, March 26, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One
Contemporary American Art Song
Paul Sperry, curator
Sun, March 29, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight featuring Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil
Rachmaninoff: The Troparion “Thou Didst Rise from the Tomb” (Tropar’ “Voskres iz groba”)
Rachmaninoff: To Thee, the Victorious Leader (Vzbrannoy voyevode)
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Wed, April 1, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Bach: Jesus Christus unser Heiland, BWV 665
Bach: Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt, BWV 18
Bach: Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht, BWV 52
Bach: Was willst du dich betrüben, BWV 107
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Fri, April 3 12:00 noon (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Bach’s St. John Passion
Reger: Vater Unser im Himmelreich, Op. 67, No. 39
Brahms: O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, Op. 122, No. 3
Bach; Ich ruf zu dir, BWV 639
Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Wed, April 8, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Bruhns: Prelude in G Major
Bach: Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6
Bach: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Thurs, April 9, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One
Aaron Diehl
Sun, April 12, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight
Wachner: Seek the Lord
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Wed, April 15, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Bruhns: Prelude in E Minor
Bach: Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim, BWV 89
Bach: Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn, BWV 96
Bach: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Grant Gershon, guest conductor
Thurs, April 16, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One: THIRD THURSDAYS
Milhaud: La création du monde
Berg: Kammerkonzert
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques
NOVUS NY; Grant Gershon, guest conductor
Sun, April 19, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candelight
Trevor Weston: The Gentlest Thing
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Wed, April 22, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Bach: Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV 684
Bach: Es ist euch gut, dass ich hingehe, BWV 108
Bach: Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt, BWV 112
Bach: Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 116
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Thurs, April 23, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One
Hindemith: Wind Septet
Ravel: Piano Trio in A Minor
Ensemble ACJW, The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute in Partnership with the New York City Department of Education
Sun, April 26, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight
Weston: My heart hath trusted in God
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Wed, April 29, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Buxtehude: Prelude in D Minor, BuxWV 140
Bach: Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben, BWV 8
Bach: Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig, BWV 26
Bach: Wer weiss, wie nahe mir mein Ende, BWV 27
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Thurs, April 30, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One
Golijov: Mariel
Mozart: Flute Quartet in D Major. K. 285
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major
Ensemble ACJW, The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute in Partnership with the New York City Department of Education
Sun, May 3, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight
Tippett: “Nobody knows” from A Child of Our Time
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Wed, May 6, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Mozart: Fantasy in F Minor, K. 608
Bach: Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137
Bach: Gott ist unsre Zuversicht, BWV 197
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
By the Waters of Babylon
A Celebration of the Power of Black Music in America
Thurs, May 7, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
By the Waters of Babylon
Concerts at One Composer Portrait
Mary Lou Williams (arr. Pattishall): Zodiac Suite
Chris Pattishall Quintet
Fri, May 8; 7pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
By the Waters of Babylon
Spirituals
“Dett through Dawson”
Tippett; By and by; Deep River, Go down, Moses; Nobody knows the trouble I see; Steal away
“Hogan through Thurston”
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Stanley Thurston, guest conductor
Sat, May 9; 7pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
By the Waters of Babylon
Composer Portrait: Trevor Weston
Truth tones
O Daedalus, fly away home
The Gentlest Thing
My heart hath trusted in God
Visions of glory; Given sound
Rivers of living water
Ashes
Messe Ancienne
Maa’at musings
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; NOVUS NY Percussion Ensemble; Julian Wachner, conductor
Sun, May 10, 11:15am (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
By the Waters of Babylon
Choral Eucharist
Duke Ellington: Sacred Service
Todd: Mass in Blue
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Sun, May 10, 2pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
By the Waters of Babylon: Finale
Bobby McFerrin and the Choir of Trinity Wall Street
Sun, May 10, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight
Tallis: If Ye Love Me
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Trinity Youth Choir; Julian Wachner, conductor
Wed, May 13, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, Op. 37, No. 1
Bach: Wer da gläubet und getauft wird, BWV 37
Bach: Sie werden euch in den Bann tun, BWV 44
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Thurs, May 14, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One
Finzi: Lo, the full final sacrifice
Finzi: God is gone up
Howells: Take him earth, for cherishing
Howells: Hymn for St. Cecilia
Stanford: Three Motets
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Julian Wachner, conductor
Sun, May 17, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight
Weston: Given Sound
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Thomas McCargar, conductor
Wed, May 20, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Buxtehude: Prelude in F Sharp Minor, BuxWV 146
Bach: Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 5
Bach: Ein ungefärbt Gemüte, BWV 24
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Thurs, May 21, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One: THIRD THURSDAYS
Birtwistle: Bach Measures
Ligeti: Chamber Concerto
Schwendinger: Sinfonietta
NOVUS NY; Julian Wachner, conductor
Sun, May 24, 8pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Compline by Candlelight
Weston: Ashes
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Wed, May 27, 1pm (St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton)
Bach at One
Bach: Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 552b
Bach: Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 59
Bach: O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60
Bach: Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68
Trinity Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
Thurs, May 28, 1pm (Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall)
Concerts at One
Hold Everybody Up!
Melanie DeMore
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