PIPES: A Season of Celebration

Organ Festival

This fall, Trinity Church pulls out all the stops with musical performances celebrating the magnificence of our three glorious new pipe organs.

Marking the culmination of a 10-year plan to replace the instruments in historic St. Paul’s Chapel, the intimate Chapel of All Saints, and the nave of Trinity Church itself, the season highlights the captivating versatility and sheer power of what Mozart famously called, “the King of Instruments.” From the opening concert featuring trailblazing virtuoso Anna Lapwood to Stephen Tharp’s adaptation of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring that unleashes the organ’s full range of symphonic sound to recitals by Trinity’s own electrifying soloists Alcée Chriss and Avi Stein, the lineup will delight longtime organ enthusiasts and win over new fans. Join us to celebrate the instruments that will bring the joy of music to Trinity’s community for years to come!

Fall 2025 Performances

PIPES: Alcée Chriss

Tuesday, September 23 | 6pm
Trinity Church
Sergei Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances, op. 45
Max Reger Fantasy and Fugue on B-A-C-H, op. 46
Works by Johann Sebastian Bach; jazz and gospel improvisations
Alcée Chriss, organ 

PIPES: Stephen Tharp

Tuesday, October 7 | 6pm
Trinity Church
Joseph Jongen “Toccata” from Symphonie Concertante
Franz Liszt Totentanz - Paraphrase on “Dies Irae”
Igor Stravinsky Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
Richard Wagner “Liebestod” from Tristan und Isolde (Transcribed by Edwin H. Lemare; Adapted by Stephen Tharp, all other works transcribed by Stephen Tharp)
Stephen Tharp, organ  

PIPES: Avi Stein with NOVUS

Wednesday, October 15 | 6pm
Trinity Church
Francis Poulenc Organ Concerto in G Minor
Walter Piston Prelude and Allegro for Organ and Strings
Julius Reubke Sonata on the 94th Psalm
Margaret Bonds Troubled Water (Arranged by Avi Stein)
Avi Stein, organ; NOVUS 

PIPES: Downtown Voices featuring Janet Yieh

Thursday, October 23 | 6pm
Trinity Church
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry I Was Glad
William Henry Harris Faire is the Heaven
Cecilia McDowall O sing unto the Lord
Ralph Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs
Herbert Howells Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing
Gerre Hancock Deep River
Thomas Dorsey Take My Hand, Precious Lord
Alice Parker Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal
Edward Bairstow Sing Ye to the Lord
Janet Yieh, organ; Edmund Milly, baritone; Downtown Voices; Stephen Sands, conductor 

PIPES: David Hurd

Tuesday, November 4 | 6pm
Trinity Church
Works by Hurd 
David Hurd, conductor; Bruce Neswick, Alcée Chriss, and Alex Leonardi, organ; Trinity Choir

PIPES: Trinity Youth Chorus

Sunday, November 9 | 3pm
Trinity Church
Gabriel Fauré Messe basse
Gabriel Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine, op. 11
Maurice Duruflé Messe Cum Jubilo, op. 11
Trinity Youth Chorus; Avi Stein, organ; Peyton Marion, conductor