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Members of Downtown Voices sing in Trinity Church
MusicMarch 16, 2022

Comfort at One: Lamentatio 5

Today for Comfort at One we continue presenting performances from our 2014 Lenten “Lamentatio” series. Guest conductor Michael Zaugg directs The Choir of Trinity Wall Street in this exploration of darkness and light through the music of Brahms, Lukaszewski, David Lang, and others.
MusicMarch 15, 2022

Comfort at One: Bach and Vivaldi

Today for Comfort at One, Trinity Baroque Orchestra members Aisslinn Nosky and Michael Unterman and Trinity's Associate Organist and Chorusmaster Avi Stein play the rhapsodic Gigue from Bach’s E Minor Violin Sonata and an ethereal excerpt from Vivaldi's Violin Sonata in D Minor.
MusicMarch 14, 2022

Comfort at One: Bach's BWV 12 and BWV 70

Today for Comfort at One, members of The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and the Trinity Baroque Orchestra, led by Associate Organist Avi Stein, perform Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12, and Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!, BWV 70.
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MusicMarch 14, 2022

A Message from the Rector

We have concluded based on recent information that Julian Wachner has otherwise conducted himself in a manner that is inconsistent with our expectations of anyone who occupies a leadership position. For this reason, Trinity has decided to end Julian’s employment with Trinity as of today.
Harpist plays Lamentatio 2
MusicMarch 9, 2022

Comfort at One: Lamentatio 2

Comfort at One continues presenting Trinity’s 2014 Lenten series with today’s performance, “Lamentatio 2.” The concert features the versatile musicians of Decoda performing an eclectic program of Barber's Adagio for Strings and Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps.
MusicMarch 8, 2022

Comfort at One: Masterworks for Double Choir

Today’s Comfort at One is a concert of masterworks for double choir performed by Downtown Voices with Stephen Sands conducting. Works include Masses by Frank Martin and Josef Rheinberger, and Herbert Howells’ Requiem. Howells, a master of introspective, healing Anglican music, shows his compositional mastery in this great work.
MusicMarch 7, 2022

Comfort at One: Bach’s Orchestral Suites

Comfort at One brings us a special concert of Bach today: Avi Stein leads a stunning performance of Bach’s Orchestral Suites from Trinity’s 2014 Twelfth Night Festival, featuring the musicians of the Trinity Baroque Orchestra, performing on historic instruments.
MusicMarch 6, 2022

Compline by Candlelight: From the Archives

Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul’s Chapel, one of the...

MusicMarch 2, 2022

Comfort at One: Lamentatio 1

On Wednesdays throughout Lent, we will be presenting our Lenten “Lamentatio” series from 2014, an exploration of darkness and light through the music of Philip Glass, Shostakovich, and others. Today’s Comfort at One presents Lamentatio 1 featuring The Choir of Trinity Wall Street with works by Ockehgam, Ginastera, di Lassus and Krenek.
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FeaturedMarch 1, 2022

A note from Father Bird about Ukraine

A note from Father Bird about Ukraine...Even as we face this great tragedy, with uncertainty and I expect no small amount of fear, we find assurance in the unceasing love of Jesus Christ who showed us the way of peace and justice, and who proclaimed, “Blessed are the peacemakers.”

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