2025 Music Season

Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden  

Trinity Youth Chorus sings a Bach masterpiece

Hear Trinity Youth Chorus take on the challenging and dramatic Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden by Johann Sebastian Bach. Accompanied by the period instruments of Trinity Baroque Orchestra, the young musicians perform Bach’s arrangement of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s famous Stabat Mater for soprano and alto voices, with text from Psalm 51. Trinity’s version is adapted to include the Trinity Youth Chorus tenor and bass voices.  

 Trinity Youth Chorus; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Melissa Attebury, director 

Sunday Afternoon Music: Voices of Resilience and Hope

New talent blooms in this spring showcase

Join us for an uplifting program that elevates emerging artists in our city. Students from Dorrill Initiative, Borough of Manhattan Community College, and  Manhattan School of Music perform works ranging from classical standards to beloved theater tunes.  

 Presented by Trinity Congregational Arts Allegro in partnership with NOVUS.    

Verdi Requiem   

The Dessoff Choirs perform Verdi’s transcendent masterpiece and a world premiere by Tania León

In celebration of its 100th anniversary, The Dessoff Choirs joins forces with Trinity Choir, Downtown Voices, and NOVUS to take the audience on a soul-stirring journey through Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem. The epic work is paired with the world premiere of an exciting new choral work by Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Tania León commissioned for Dessoff’s centennial. Leading the powerful performance is Grammy-nominated conductor Malcolm J. Merriweather, director of the New York Philharmonic Chorus and music director of The Dessoff Choirs. 

Angela Meade, soprano; J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano; Won Whi Choi, tenor; Kevin Short, bass-baritone

Verdi Requiem   

The Dessoff Choirs perform Verdi’s transcendent masterpiece and a world premiere by Tania León

In celebration of its 100th anniversary, The Dessoff Choirs joins forces with Trinity Choir, Downtown Voices, and NOVUS to take the audience on a soul-stirring journey through Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem. The epic work is paired with the world premiere of an exciting new choral work by Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Tania León, commissioned for Dessoff’s centennial. Leading the powerful performance is Grammy-nominated conductor Malcolm J. Merriweather, director of the New York Philharmonic Chorus and music director of The Dessoff Choirs. 

Jazz at One: Camille Thurman and the Darrell Green Quartet

A seamless blend of tradition and innovation

Hear saxophonist, vocalist, and composer Camille Thurman bring her talents to Jazz at One. Renowned for her ability to seamlessly shift between virtuosic saxophone solos and soul-stirring vocals, Thurman captivates audiences with a style that blends jazz, soul, and blues into a dynamic, genre-defying sound. A frequent collaborator with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and a trailblazer in her own right, she has earned acclaim for her technical brilliance, emotional depth, and compelling stage presence. 

Presented in collaboration with JAZZ HOUSE KiDS 

Pipes at One: Angela Kraft Cross

The concert organist shares a diverse repertoire

Angela Kraft Cross is an internationally respected virtuoso organist, pianist, and composer — and also an eye surgeon, with dual degrees in physics and organ performance from Oberlin College. Her passion for sharing the joys of her instrument keeps her performing for a wide-ranging audience. Today’s program includes both her original pieces and those of other composers.    

Bach at One

Splendid works from Bach’s prolific Leipzig period

Hear pieces from two distinct phases of Bach’s prolific Leipzig period, when he wrote most of the cantatas we perform today. Nun is das Heil und die Kraft represents his first few years in the German city, when he composed sacred works. Meanwhile, grand Cantata 207, Vereinigte Zwietracht der wechselnden Saiten, highlights the phase when he turned his focus to the Collegium Musicum, a public concert series. He continued to write cantatas, but the texts came from poetry rather than scripture. The latter includes an ingenious reworking of the first Brandenburg concerto.  

Trinity Choir; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; led by Avi Stein, organ  

 A João Carlos Martins Concert

An eclectic evening of music featuring NOVUS 

Trinity’s contemporary music ensemble NOVUS joins renowned pianist and conductor João Carlos Martins as he returns to Carnegie Hall. The program includes works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos as well as tributes to Brazilian bossa nova legend Tom Jobim, Argentine tango composer Astor Piazzolla, and iconic film composers Ennio Morricone and John Williams.   

A João Carlos Martins Concert   

An eclectic evening of music featuring NOVUS

Trinity’s contemporary music ensemble NOVUS joins renowned pianist and conductor João Carlos Martins as he returns to Carnegie Hall. The program includes works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos as well as tributes to Brazilian bossa nova legend Tom Jobim, Argentine tango composer Astor Piazzolla, and iconic film composers Ennio Morricone and John Williams.  

Jazz Icons: Dianne Reeves

Hear one of the world’s pre-eminent jazz vocalists.

Jazz Icons features five-time Grammy Award–winning vocalist Dianne Reeves, a prominent figure in the jazz world for more than 40 years. Her virtuosity, improvisational prowess, and unique jazz and R&B stylings have earned her numerous accolades, including being named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts — the highest honor the United States bestows on jazz artists. She is joined by acclaimed guitarist Romero Lubambo, who melds the styles and rhythms of his native Brazilian musical heritage with the American jazz tradition.  

Presented in collaboration with JAZZ HOUSE KiDS.