2025 Music Season

The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and orchestral ensembles perform Messiah in Trinity Church

Trinity’s spring 2025 music season features world renowned artists, emerging voices, and our own peerless ensembles, with music from the medieval era to the modern day. Mark your calendars now for concerts at Trinity Church, St. Paul’s Chapel, and Carnegie Hall.

Friday, May 9, 2025

A João Carlos Martins Concert   

An eclectic evening of music featuring NOVUS

Carnegie Hall
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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.  

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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.  

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Monday, May 12, 2025

Jazz at One: Godwin Louis

A musical trailblazer visits Trinity

St. Paul's Chapel

Acclaimed alto saxophonist, composer, arranger, and educator Godwin Louis has graced stages around the globe. Born in Harlem and raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Port au Prince, Haiti, he taps into every corner of his multicultural background to create his work. The result is a diverse palette of jazz, gospel, classical, and world music bolstered by Afro-Caribbean rhythms.  

Presented in collaboration with JAZZ HOUSE KiDS  

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Acclaimed alto saxophonist, composer, arranger, and educator Godwin Louis has graced stages around the globe. Born in Harlem and raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Port au Prince, Haiti, he taps into every corner of his multicultural background to create his work. The result is a diverse palette of jazz, gospel, classical, and world music bolstered by Afro-Caribbean rhythms.  

Presented in collaboration with JAZZ HOUSE KiDS  

St. Paul's Chapelfalse

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Pipes at One: Mina Marie Jelinek

Virtuosic French works and pieces by J. S. Bach

St. Paul's Chapel

Today’s midday concert features a musician of remarkable technique and sensitivity. Organist Mina Marie Jelinek has worked at such high-profile venues as the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, and studied with teachers from the acclaimed Eastman School of Music, The Juilliard School, and the National Conservatory of Paris. Her program consists of virtuosic French works and pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach.  

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Today’s midday concert features a musician of remarkable technique and sensitivity. Organist Mina Marie Jelinek has worked at such high-profile venues as the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, and studied with teachers from the acclaimed Eastman School of Music, The Juilliard School, and the National Conservatory of Paris. Her program consists of virtuosic French works and pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach.  

St. Paul's Chapelfalse

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Bach at One

A joyous cantata by Johann Sebastian’s older cousin

St. Paul's Chapel

Experience a beautiful cantata written by Johann Sebastian’s older cousin, Johann Christoph Bach. Mein Freundin, du bist schön is a joyous setting of love poetry from the Song of Songs. Most likely performed at the wedding of Johann Sebastian’s older brother, it’s one example of the prodigious talent that preceded J. S. Bach and ran through generations of the Bach family.  

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

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Experience a beautiful cantata written by Johann Sebastian’s older cousin, Johann Christoph Bach. Mein Freundin, du bist schön is a joyous setting of love poetry from the Song of Songs. Most likely performed at the wedding of Johann Sebastian’s older brother, it’s one example of the prodigious talent that preceded J. S. Bach and ran through generations of the Bach family.  

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

St. Paul's Chapelfalse

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Tiny Concerts: Johann Christoph Bach

A joyous cantata by Johann Sebastian’s older cousin

Trinity Church
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Leave the city’s chaos behind when you enter the jewel-box Chapel of All Saints for a 45-minute program of early music. This installment in our Tiny Concerts series features the cantata Mein Freundin, du bist schön, written by Johann Sebastian’s older cousin, Johann Christoph Bach. Most likely performed at the wedding of Johann Sebastian’s brother, the work is a profoundly beautiful setting of love poetry from the Song of Songs — and one example of the prodigious talent that preceded J. S. Bach and ran through generations of the Bach family.  

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

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Leave the city’s chaos behind when you enter the jewel-box Chapel of All Saints for a 45-minute program of early music. This installment in our Tiny Concerts series features the cantata Mein Freundin, du bist schön, written by Johann Sebastian’s older cousin, Johann Christoph Bach. Most likely performed at the wedding of Johann Sebastian’s brother, the work is a profoundly beautiful setting of love poetry from the Song of Songs — and one example of the prodigious talent that preceded J. S. Bach and ran through generations of the Bach family.  

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

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Tiny Concerts: Johann Christoph Bach

A joyous cantata by Johann Sebastian’s older cousin

Trinity Church
Coming soon

Leave the city’s chaos behind when you enter the jewel-box Chapel of All Saints for a 45-minute program of early music. This installment in our Tiny Concerts series features the cantata Mein Freundin, du bist schön, written by Johann Sebastian’s older cousin, Johann Christoph Bach. Most likely performed at the wedding of Johann Sebastian’s brother, the work is a profoundly beautiful setting of love poetry from the Song of Songs — and one example of the prodigious talent that preceded J.S. Bach and ran through generations of the Bach family.  

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

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Add to Calendar 2025-05-15 6:30 PM2025-05-15 7:15 PMAmerica/New_YorkTiny Concerts: Johann Christoph Bach

Leave the city’s chaos behind when you enter the jewel-box Chapel of All Saints for a 45-minute program of early music. This installment in our Tiny Concerts series features the cantata Mein Freundin, du bist schön, written by Johann Sebastian’s older cousin, Johann Christoph Bach. Most likely performed at the wedding of Johann Sebastian’s brother, the work is a profoundly beautiful setting of love poetry from the Song of Songs — and one example of the prodigious talent that preceded J.S. Bach and ran through generations of the Bach family.  

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

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Sunday, May 18, 2025

Of Such I Dream  

Spreading hope for a more just and peaceful planet

Trinity Church
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Trinity Youth Chorus performs both classical and contemporary pieces in a concert dedicated to peacemaking and reconciliation. The title of the concert is a line from the Langston Hughes poem “I Dream a World.” 

The talented young singers perform “The Times They Are A-Changin’” by Bob Dylan, “If I Had a Hammer” by Pete Seeger, “Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor” (a setting of the Emma Lazarus poem inscribed at the Statue of Liberty), “Wanting Memories” and “There Is a Balm in Gilead” by Ysaÿe M. Barnwell, and more. 

Trinity Youth Chorus; Peyton Marion, conductor 

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Trinity Youth Chorus performs both classical and contemporary pieces in a concert dedicated to peacemaking and reconciliation. The title of the concert is a line from the Langston Hughes poem “I Dream a World.” 

The talented young singers perform “The Times They Are A-Changin’” by Bob Dylan, “If I Had a Hammer” by Pete Seeger, “Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor” (a setting of the Emma Lazarus poem inscribed at the Statue of Liberty), “Wanting Memories” and “There Is a Balm in Gilead” by Ysaÿe M. Barnwell, and more. 

Trinity Youth Chorus; Peyton Marion, conductor 

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Monday, May 19, 2025

Jazz at One: Jeremy Pelt Quintet

The dynamic trumpeter brings his signature sound

St. Paul's Chapel

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear a quintet helmed by one of the jazz world’s preeminent young trumpeters, Jeremy Pelt. Since forging an early bond with the Mingus Big Band, Pelt has continued to create meaningful collaborations, performing alongside such notable ensembles as the Roy Hargrove Big Band, the Village Vanguard Orchestra, the Duke Ellington Big Band, and others. As a bandleader in his own right, he has toured globally and recorded 10 albums, the latest of which is Soundtrack.  

Presented in collaboration with JAZZ HOUSE KiDS  

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Don’t miss this opportunity to hear a quintet helmed by one of the jazz world’s preeminent young trumpeters, Jeremy Pelt. Since forging an early bond with the Mingus Big Band, Pelt has continued to create meaningful collaborations, performing alongside such notable ensembles as the Roy Hargrove Big Band, the Village Vanguard Orchestra, the Duke Ellington Big Band, and others. As a bandleader in his own right, he has toured globally and recorded 10 albums, the latest of which is Soundtrack.  

Presented in collaboration with JAZZ HOUSE KiDS  

St. Paul's Chapelfalse

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Pipes at One: Sarah Simko

The award-winning concert organist visits St. Paul’s Chapel

St. Paul's Chapel

Hear the talents of Sarah Simko, associate organist at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Detroit and winner of first prize in the Schoenstein Competition in the Art of Organ Accompaniment. She received a Graduate Award from the Presser Foundation to create a comprehensive set of recordings of organ music by living American female composers. During her time as a doctoral student at the University of Michigan, Simko worked with the Department of Mathematics to explore how the brain processes music, through detailed study of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Six Sonatas.  

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Hear the talents of Sarah Simko, associate organist at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Detroit and winner of first prize in the Schoenstein Competition in the Art of Organ Accompaniment. She received a Graduate Award from the Presser Foundation to create a comprehensive set of recordings of organ music by living American female composers. During her time as a doctoral student at the University of Michigan, Simko worked with the Department of Mathematics to explore how the brain processes music, through detailed study of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Six Sonatas.  

St. Paul's Chapelfalse

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Bach at One

Hear Cantata 92 and Bach’s first major work for solo harpsichord 

St. Paul's Chapel

Join us as Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra, led by organist Avi Stein, perform Bach’s beautiful Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn (Cantata 92), a sacred work that references the soul’s surrender as the way to heaven. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major — Bach’s first major work for solo harpsichord and orchestra — is also on the program.  

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

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Join us as Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra, led by organist Avi Stein, perform Bach’s beautiful Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn (Cantata 92), a sacred work that references the soul’s surrender as the way to heaven. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major — Bach’s first major work for solo harpsichord and orchestra — is also on the program.  

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

St. Paul's Chapelfalse

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