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MusicMay 19, 2016

Concerts at One: Revolutionaries

This Third Thursday concert features the award-winning Norwegian string ensemble 1B1, a group dedicated to changing the cultural landscape of the classical music world through progressive performances.
MusicMay 18, 2016

Bach at One

In the spring of 2016, Trinity’s ever-popular Bach at One series (Wednesdays at 1pm in St. Paul’s Chapel), will complete the presentation of Bach’s entire monumental output of sacred vocal music.

This week:

Prelude
BWV 172 – Ershallet ihr lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten!
BWV 195 – Dem Gerechten muß das Licht
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street & Trinity Baroque Orchestra
Julian Wachner, conductor
MusicMay 17, 2016

Concerts at One: Revolutionaries

This week: Momenta Quartet with Vicky Chow, piano
"A paragon of the concert-going experience: excellent music that was entirely fresh and new, played with skill and élan... Momenta's playing throughout the concert was superb." —George Grella, New York Classical Review (September 2014)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, op. 111
Alberto Ginastera – Piano Quintet, op. 29
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, op. 135
MusicMay 15, 2016

Concerts at One: Revolutionaries

The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, along with Trinity's semi-professional choir Downtown Voices and new-music ensemble NOVUS NY join forces along with cellist Matt Haimovitz for a performance of Ginastera's Cello Concerto #1 and Beethoven's Missa Solemnis.
MusicMay 12, 2016

Concerts at One: Revolutionaries

Internationally renowned organist and composer Chelsea Chen brings her compositional style—hailed as "charming" and "irresistible" (Los Angeles Times)—to this performance of works by Ginastera, Maurice Duruflé, and Nicolas De Grigny.
MusicMay 11, 2016

Bach at One

In the spring of 2016, Trinity’s ever-popular Bach at One series (Wednesdays at 1pm in St. Paul’s Chapel), will complete the presentation of Bach’s entire monumental output of sacred vocal music.

This week:

Prelude
BWV 173 – Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut
BWV 169 – Gott soll allein mein Herze haben
BWV 45 – Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street & Trinity Baroque Orchestra
Julian Wachner, conductor

MusicMay 4, 2016

Bach at One

In the spring of 2016, Trinity’s ever-popular Bach at One series (Wednesdays at 1pm in St. Paul’s Chapel), will complete the presentation of Bach’s entire monumental output of sacred vocal music.

This week:
Prelude
BWV 184 – Erwünschtes Freudenlicht
BWV 139 – Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott
BWV 180 – Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street & Trinity Baroque Orchestra
Julian Wachner, conductor
MusicApril 28, 2016

Concerts at One: Revolutionaries

​New York-based flutist Alex Sopp performs all different genres of music and has received praise from The New York Times for her "beautifully nuanced" and "exquisite" performances. She has been called "outstanding" and "an admired new music mainstay" by Time Out New York.
MusicApril 27, 2016

Bach at One

In the spring of 2016, Trinity’s ever-popular Bach at One series (Wednesdays at 1pm in St. Paul’s Chapel), will complete the presentation of Bach’s entire monumental output of sacred vocal music.

This week:
Felix Mendelssohn – Sonata in A Major, op. 65, no. 3
BWV 138 Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz
BWV 187 Es wartet alles auf dich
Trinity Baroque Orchestra and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
MusicApril 21, 2016

Concerts at One: Revolutionaries

Hailed by the New Yorker as "expert and versatile musicians," NOVUS NY is the contemporary music orchestra of Trinity Wall Street. This Third Thursday concert will present works by Ginastera and Gabriel Fauré, with guest baritone.

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