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Through revelatory music and groundbreaking conversations with authors and thinkers, Trinity’s free programming brings our audiences new ways of seeing, and being, in the world. From classical and modern masterpieces to innovative jazz, Trinity’s musical programs are “the top of musical life in New York” (The New York Times). And our Trinity Talks, at the intersection of sacred and civic life, deepen our understanding on issues of religion, social justice, and community. 

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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)
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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.
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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.

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MusicOctober 13, 2021

Comfort at One: Choral Meditations: Duruflé and More

This week’s installment of Choral Meditations for Comfort at One is conducted by Trinity’s Director of Music Julian Wachner and Associate Organist Janet Yieh and includes works by Duruflé, Dawson, Sowerby, Wood, and Tippett. Each Wednesday, Comfort at One features The Choir of Trinity Wall Street's newly recorded choral works.
MusicOctober 12, 2021

Comfort at One: Source Code and Swing Low Sweet Chariot

In July, NOVUS NY gave its first live chamber music performance in over a year for Trinity’s 11:15am Sunday worship service. During the prelude, members of the NOVUS NY string quartet performed Jessie Montgomery’s Source Code alongside Florence Price’s arrangement of Swing Low Sweet Chariot. Enjoy this musical collage as we appreciate the impact of American spirituals on music history and into the present day.
MusicOctober 11, 2021

Comfort at One: Liszt’s Fantasy and Fugue on BACH 

Today’s Comfort at One is from the spring of 2016 and opens with Trinity's Avi Stein performing Liszt’s Fantasy and Fugue on BACH, followed by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street with the Trinity Baroque Orchestra performing Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet, BWV 164 and Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält,BWV 178.
WorshipOctober 10, 2021

Compline by Candlelight

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...

MusicOctober 6, 2021

Comfort at One: O Sacred Head

Comfort at One continues our Wednesday series of Choral Meditations, recorded this past summer by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street. Today's performance features O Sacred Head by David Hurd in addition to works by Elliott Schenck, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Walford Davies, and William Byrd.
MusicOctober 5, 2021

Comfort at One: Fauré Requiem

Trinity Church hosted a special Holy Eucharist service on September 12, 2021, as part of our Observance of the 20th Anniversary of September 11, 2001. Today’s Comfort at One brings you the music from this beautiful service, including stunning musical passages from Requiem by Gabriel Fauré.
MusicOctober 4, 2021

Comfort at One: BuxWV 146, BWV 5, and BWV 24

For today’s Comfort at One, we offer a favorite Bach at One concert from 2015 with Prelude in F Sharp Minor, BuxWV 146, and Bach cantatas Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 5, and Ein ungefärbt Gemüte, BWV 24.
WorshipOctober 3, 2021

Compline by Candlelight

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...

MusicSeptember 29, 2021

Comfort at One: Amplify Female Composers

Comfort at One presents our first installment with Amplify Female Composers, a new platform created by organists Carolyn Craig and Janet Yieh. Watch The Choir of Trinity Wall Street perform Sarah MacDonald’s Sing, My Soul, His Wondrous Love, Melanie De More’s Blessed Be!, Vittoria Aleotti’s Miserere mei, Deus, and Cecilia McDowall’s Love Incorruptible.
MusicSeptember 28, 2021

Comfort at One: Observance of the 20th Anniversary of September 11

For today’s Comfort at One we bring you 11 performances that were given in commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 from our weekend of music at St. Paul’s Chapel. Ranging from early music to jazz and pop, this musical collage of performances showcases the diversity of Trinity’s programming and the talent of our extended family of musicians who are dedicated to bringing healing and solace to those in need.

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