Comfort at One

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With musical performances returning to Trinity Church Wall Street in-person as of March 2022, Comfort at One, one of Trinity's pandemic online musical offerings, has been retired. We hope these performances helped you find a daily haven of peace and comfort during trying times.

To watch archived Comfort at One performances, browse the list below or visit our music video portal for even more concerts.


All Past Performances

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MusicDecember 28, 2021

Comfort at One: Bishop’s Band

Celebrate the coming of the new year with a spirited performance by the Bishop’s Band in today’s installment of Comfort at One. In 2014, the Bishop’s Band presented Codex II, a concert dedicated to Martínez Compañón’s book, music from the late 18th-century from the Codex Trujillo del Perú.
MusicDecember 27, 2021

Comfort at One: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248

Trinity’s early music Twelfth Night Festival was a highlight of New York’s holiday season for several years. Today we present Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (parts five and six). These choruses, intimate arias, and colorful orchestrations depict the Christmas story as a drama to rival his monumental passions.
MusicDecember 24, 2021

Comfort at One: Christmas Concert

Happy Holidays! Today’s Comfort at One brings you a blast from the past: our 2017 Christmas Concert and Community Carol Sing, featuring Julian Wachner’s beloved arrangements of favorite Christmas tunes from The Snow Lay on the Ground.
MusicDecember 23, 2021

Comfort at One: Festival of Lessons and Carols for Advent

Comfort at One continues with a 2019 Festival of Lessons and Carols for Advent. A cherished holiday tradition for congregations around the world, this service tells the Christmas story through readings and musical illuminations. 
MusicDecember 21, 2021

Comfort at One: Christmas Carols Sing Along

Today for Comfort at One, sing along from wherever you are with Trinity ensembles in this concert that has been a highlight of the holiday season. This Christmas extravaganza, the Community Carol Sing, features Downtown Voices, NOVUS NY, and the Trinity Youth Chorus.
MusicDecember 17, 2021

Comfort at One: Handel's Messiah (Complete)

Trinity’s Messiah is unique—presented in a sacred space, on historic instruments, with soloists chosen from the choir to best complement each aria, air, and recitative. Trinity presented one of the first performances in North America in 1770, and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Julian Wachner are widely regarded as some of the greatest interpreters of the work. 
MusicDecember 16, 2021

Comfort at One: Handel's Messiah (Part 4)

For today’s Comfort at One, we give you one of the most dramatic movements of Messiah, “He was despised,” powerfully performed in this clip by Jonathan Woody of The Choir of Trinity Wall Street.
MusicDecember 15, 2021

Comfort at One: Handel's Messiah (Part 3)

"Messiah Week" for Comfort at One continues as we feature another impressive choral movement featuring The Choir of Trinity Wall Street. We hope that you enjoy Trinity’s interpretation of “Purify” in a performance praised by The New York Times: “With the church’s choir and the Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Mr. Wachner provides gritty, gutsy, edge-of-the-seat performances.”