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Messiah at Trinity

A cherished holiday tradition that has captivated audiences since 1770, Trinity’s Messiah is “the gold standard” (The New York Times)
Messiah soloist in Trinity Church

New York’s most historic Messiah

In a city full of Messiah concerts, Trinity’s version is unique.
Sonya Headlam performs Messiah with The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Baroque Orchestra.

Watch the concert live!

Led by celebrated guest conductor Jane Glover, this year’s performance will stream live on YouTube on Friday, December 13, at 7pm.
Burns Coffee House

The First Messiah in NYC

Did Trinity Church present the first performance of Handel’s Messiah in the New World?
Messiah 2023

From the Archives

Watch the “transcendent and awe-inspiring” 2023 concert, recorded live in Trinity Church.

Music Education

We’re developing the next generation of music makers.

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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.
MusicApril 20, 2016

Seraphic Fire

GRAMMY-nominated ensemble, Seraphic Fire, will perform Johannes Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45. Patrick Quigley, music director and conductor.
MusicApril 20, 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:
J. S. Bach – Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582
BWV 71 Gott ist mein König
BWV 69 Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele
BWV 50 Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft
BWV 108 Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe
Trinity Baroque Orchestra and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor

MusicApril 14, 2016

Concerts at One: Revolutionaries

This week: Paavali Jumppanen, piano
"...the sheer, overflowing energy of [Paavali Jumppanen's] musicianship held one's attention throughout this impressive performance and the result was a bracing and enjoyable reminder of how path-breaking Beethoven's music was." —The Boston Globe on a previous performance by Jumppanen of Beethoven's piano sonatas.

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