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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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MusicApril 13, 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:
Franz Liszt – Fantasy and Fugue on BACH
BWV 164 – Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet
BWV 178 – Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält
Trinity Baroque Orchestra and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
MusicApril 7, 2016

Concerts at One: Revolutionaries

This week: Enso Quartet with Mellissa Hughes, soprano
Described by Strad magazine as "thrilling," and praised by the Washington Post for its "glorious sonorities," the Enso String Quartet presents works by Ginastera and Beethoven in this concert, inviting soprano Mellissa Hughes for Ginastera's String Quartet No. 3 for soprano and string quartet.
MusicApril 6, 2016

The Book of Job

The Trinity Choir and the Movement Choir come together to present The Book of Job, an original dance oratorio on the theme of human suffering and God. The powerful questions raised by Job are explored in the libretto taken from the King James Bible and performed by the Trinity Movement Choir, and the Grammy-nominated Trinity Choir.
MusicApril 6, 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:
Dietrich Buxtehude – Prelude in C Major, BuxWV 137
BWV 154 – Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren
BWV 174 – Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte
Trinity Baroque Orchestra and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
MusicMarch 30, 2016

Bach at One

The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Baroque Orchestra perform the cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach each week as part of “Bach at One.” A devout Lutheran, Bach composed 200 cantatas using both sacred and secular texts.

This week:
J. S. Bach – Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Her, BWV 662
BWV 149 – Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg
BWV 146 – Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen
Trinity Baroque Orchestra and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor
MusicMarch 30, 2016

The Music of Eastertide Explained

Easter is not over, because Easter is not a one-day celebration but rather a festival, a seven-week period known as Eastertide. Julian Wachner...

MusicMarch 23, 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 – Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Her, BWV 662
BWV 149 – Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg
BWV 146 – Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen
Trinity Baroque Orchestra and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Julian Wachner, conductor

MusicMarch 20, 2016

Downtown Voices Concert

Share an afternoon of musical serenity and reflection with Downtown Voices, Lower Manhattan’s semiprofessional chorus, as they perform two contemplative and ultimately uplifting selections. The New York Times noted the “incisive, agile strength” of Downtown Voices in their debut performance in December 2015.
MusicMarch 17, 2016

Revolutionaries: The late works of Beethoven & Ginastera

This week: NOVUS NY and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street featuring Mellissa Hughes and Jacquelyn Stucker, soprano, Melissa Attebury, alto, Vale Rideout, tenor, and Joseph Beutel, bass. Julian Wachner, conductor.

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